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PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE (Hindi) put up another extraordinary total on Sunday as it collected over 48 crore nett which took its second weekend to an incredible 115 crore nett apprx. This is the first 100 crore nett plus second weekend ever and its gone past the 100 crore mark by a margin.

The film also hit the 500 crore nett mark on Sunday making it the seventh film to do so and the total of the film stands at 506 crore nett. The first 500 crore nett film was BAAHUBALI 2: THE CONLCUSION in 2017 and it is the only pre pandemic film to hit the 500 crore nett. Here, PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE will be the first film to cross the 600 crore nett mark which it will comfortably go over.

The holds for the film are outstanding as week on week, the drop looks under 60% and that is from an eight day first week. The film continues running riot in Mumbai circuit as it looks to beat the long standing record of BAAHUBALI 2: THE CONLCUSION by the end of the week and then cruise to the 200 crore nett mark. The film is already the second highest grossing film ever in Mumbai and in Odisha, it became the biggest grosser in a matter of nine days.

The lifetime number of the film depends on how strong the film remains over the holiday period. The likely scenario looks at the moment that PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE will cross 650 crore nett with a chance to hit 700 crore nett though a lot will depend on the holiday period. BAAHUBALI 2: THE CONLCUSION remains the only film ever to have a double digit third Friday and that will be the next target for PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE.

The collections of PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE (Hindi) till date are as follows.
Thursday - 65,00,00,000 apprx
Friday - 53,00,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 67,00,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 76,00,00,000 apprx
Monday - 41,50,00,000 apprx
Tuesday - 34,75,00,000 apprx
Wednesday - 29,00,00,000 apprx
Thursday - 25,00,00,000 apprx
Week One - 3,91,25,00,000 apprx
Friday - 24,75,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 41,50,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 48,50,00,000 apprx
Second Weekend - 1,14,75,00,000 apprx 
TOTAL - 5,06,00,00,000 apprx
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PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE set a new record for the second weekend by a huge margin as it beat the numbers of STREE 2 by over 20 crore nett and in doing so became the first film to score a century in the second weekend. Pre pandemic, a century in the whole week was a big number but with business taking a jump for the films appreciated by the audience, the benchmarks have shifted.

Also with films like KGF - CHAPTER 2, GADAR 2 and now PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE, there is significant penetration into the smaller centres which was missing in the pre pandemic blockbusters apart from BAAHUBALI 2: THE CONLCUSION as they were mainly driven by huge numbers in the multiplexes. GADAR 2 had a modest contribution in South and KGF - CHAPTER 2 and PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE have a limited release in South. Hence, just from this, it can be seen the sort of ratios that have come from the Hindi circuits for these films.

Below are the top five second weekends and it is noticeable that apart from ANIMAL, they are all sequels and that is the way the industry will be going until something changes. Numbers don't lie and sequels rule and going forward its very likely they will continue to rule.

1. Pushpa 2 - The Rule - 1,14,75,00,000
2. Stree 2 - 93,17,00,000
3. Gadar 2 - 89,25,00,000
4. Animal - 88,42,00,000
5. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion - 78,96,00,000