MADGAON EXPRESS collected 1.50 crore nett which is an okay collection for a non cast film but it has come with a buy one get one free offer. So, its about what the film is doing when there is no offer. Also these films are about what is happening post the weekend with the weekends giving strong enough trajectory.

The film has done decent in Mumbai circuit with around 50% of the all India collections coming from the circuit but this was likely as it looked a film mainly for this circuit. It looks like THE HANGOVER meets DIL CHAHTA HAI and that story itself will not relate much in North, Central and East India.

The fact that writers and directors today in 2024 are influenced by a film like DIL CHAHTA HAI pretty much sums up the messed up situation in the industry. Much has been said here before about this but its a blind industry where bad becomes good and good becomes bad and that is why the industry is in a huge struggle today and there looks no end in sight.

Back to MADGAON EXPRESS, it is depending on Mumbai circuit and as mentioned before, if this was last year you could write it off but with centres like Pune and Thane really collecting well now maybe these centres can take the film somewhere if they hold on in the long run. Outside Mumbai and maybe South, it will struggle..

The other release SWATANTRYA VEER SAVARKAR collected 1 crore nett with a huge bulk of the collections also coming from Mahrashtra. The film is mainly a Hindi release with only a few shows in Marathi.

This can also be said to be an okay collections for this cast and zone of the film but if ADGAON EXPRESS had the buy one get one offer then this film had bookings from maybe schools or companies to bolster the collections. This was not feeding but probably shows taken out to educate about the character. This film has less to offer outside Maharashtra then even MADGAON EXPRESS and again, it depends on Mumbai circuit. 

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MADGAON EXPRESS and SWATANTRYA VEER SAVARKAR jumped 70% and 100% respectively which can be called good growth but both are mainly collecting in Mumbai circuit. Both films have collected similar numbers in Mumbai circuit and that extra 1 crore nett of MADGAON EXPRESS is coming as it has better numbers than SWATANTRYA VEER SAVARKAR in other circuits though they are still very low. 

If MADGAON EXPRESS had these figures in Mumbai and more normal ratios outside it could have been respectable numbers but its a road trip/holiday film and a Goa based film and you sort of know that its mainly Mumbai and possibly South. 

For SWATANTRYA VEER SAVARKAR, its a biopic on a Maharashtrian politician and that keeps the majority collections in Maharashtra. The Maharashtra areas in CP Berar and Nizam/Andhra also have decent numbers. This weeks seems about Maharashtra but its not that these films are doing well in Maharashtra. Its just some respectable numbers are there compared to the rest of the country. Also one film has buy one get free offer and the other has block bookings. So, its about where they stand when these things are not supporting.

Both films are about what they are doing post the Holi holidays and are the collections around the first day numbers and then maybe they can get some sort of run.

The collections of MADGAON EXPRESS are as follows.

Friday - 1,50,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 2,50,00,000 apprx

The collections of SWATANTRYA VEER SAVARKAR are as follows. 

Friday - 1,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 2,00,00,000 apprx