The Diwali releases continue to dominate the box office despite a few new releases. BHOOL BHULAIYAA 3 collected a good 4.25 crore nett which is a little up on the Thursday and now the total of the film stands at 212 crore nett and it is set for another very good week.

The film was boosted a little in North due to Guru Nanak Jayanti as both Delhi NCR and East Punjab showed good gains from the Thursday and this was basically why the film went up on Friday. The growth will be less also in these two circuits on Saturday but Mumbai and the rest will show a good jump. So, overall there should be a solid growth. The film now has a shot at 250 crore nett lifetime business as its an open period till the release of PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE.

SINGHAM AGAIN collected 3 crore nett apprx on its third Friday which is similar to the Thursday and this film also benefitted in NCR and Punjab but the ratio is less than BHOOL BHULAIYAA 3 in these parts. The total collections of SINGHAM AGAIN are now 215 crore nett and even here there is an outside chance of 250 crore nett though it will be harder than BHOOL BHULAIYAA 3 as that film has a better trend.

There is a chance now that it may well turn out to be a 500 crore Diwali and if not its going to very close. This is good news for the industry as Diwali has never been this big in the recent past and on topm both films had reports which cant be called good but still these numbers have come. Obviously, the franchise factor has to a lot to do with it which will mean even more franchise films in the near future.