MUNJYA collected a fantastic 4 crore nett on Monday and is now looking a huge run at the box office for many weeks. There are big films in the way but in todays times, that does not mean much if the trailers are not up to the mark as we saw on Eid.

The drop for MUNJYA on Monday is minimal with all circuits across the board holding well from the Friday levels. The genre is front loaded and it could feel the heat at some point but being family friendly, it might override the genre factor.

The next test is the second Friday where there will be a new major release, CHANDU CHAMPION. The new release factor itself should mean a drop from the previous day but acceptance in some areas of this film looks huge. Hence, the second Friday could really hold and then no doubt the weekend will propel it.

The film is a HIT and the second Friday is going to tell how big of a HIT it becomes and in todays times when a film film actually gets accepted, it normally goes higher than most expect it to.

The collections for MUNJYA till date are as follows.

Friday - 4,25,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 7,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 8,25,00,000 apprx

Monday - 4,00,00,000 apprx

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MUNJYA recorded the fourth highest Monday of the year so far behind SHAITAAN, FIGHTER and CREW which are all bigger films and opened at far higher numbers. A film like ARTICLE 370 went on to do 77 crore nett and MUNJYA has a higher Monday than that film. The Friday to Monday trend is also stronger. ARTICLE 370, despite being a different genre, is probably going to be the best comparison for MUNJYA as far as box office goes and it should do better than that film.

ARTICLE 370 had seen a 30% drop on Monday and here with MUNJYA, its only around 5%. ARTICLE 370 also did far better in Mumbai with Mysore also being excellent. Elsewhere, the film did well but performance was less than Mumbai and Mysore and despite the excellent numbers of ARTICLE 370 in Mumbai, the underlying trend for MUNJYA in the circuit suggests that it can be higher than the Yami Gautam-starrer

The caveat will be showcasing as there are big films releasing in June and new films do get the upper hand in terms of showcasing in their opening weekend especially if they are big films.

The Mondays this year so far have been as follows. There are no big totals on the crucial Monday but that is down to big opener as without that a big Monday is pretty much impossible with maybe a rare exception like THE KASHMIR FILES.

1. Shaitaan - 7,28,00,000

2. Fighter - 7,07,00,000

3. Crew - 4,18,00,000

5. Article 370 - 3,46,00,000