SRIKANTH saw another strong hold on its third Friday as it collected 1.10 crore nett apprx. The figures are 15-20% down on the Thursday but that was a holiday in parts and if we take that out, the drop is hardly there. There was a big IPL match also which may have take out 5-10% and the biggest match is to come on Sunday.

The film should get some benefit of Delhi elections on Saturday as it will work like a holiday after the afternoon though collections are now just around 15 lakh from the city. The film now stands at over 32 crore nett; it looks pretty certain to earn at least 45 crore nett and above that will depend on where it lands next Friday with a new release.

There was a new release this week with BHAIYYA JI but that film could not provide much competition in the bigger multiplexes and as expected has collected less than the SRIKANTH at all the major chains. But it has some collections at independents and single screens and is playing at far more locations than SRIKANTH.

BHAIYYA JI will have figures around the 1 crore nett plus mark and pretty much similar to SRIKANTH with Delhi/UP having the bulk of the collections. The circuit could end up with around 35% or even a little more of the all India collections. The film is unlikely to have the huge Saturday growth and hence, it had to do better on day one.

The collections of SRIKANTH are as follows.

Friday - 1,65,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 2,75,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 4,00,00,000 apprx

Monday - 1,75,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 1,25,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 1,20,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 1,35,00,000 apprx

Friday - 1,10,00,000 apprx