CHHAAVA had a superb first weekend with outstanding collections on Sunday. The film collected a huge 44 crore nett on Sunday and had a fantastic weekend of 106 crore nett. The film set records in Maharashtra as it recorded the highest collections ever seen in the state with Pune and Thane leading the way with insane occupancy. A Maharashtra dominated chain like MovieMax saw the highest day in its history on Sunday as beat PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE's number for Sunday.

CHHAAVA also crossed the 20 crore nett mark in Mumbai circuit on Sunday which made it the first outright Hindi film to hit this mark with the only other film being able to do this was PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE. The business in Mumbai circuit was around 54 crore nett in 3 days which is 51% of the all India ratio. This is very similar to the ratio of TANHAJI: THE UNSUNG WARRIOR.

The business of the film is also fantastic in the South with both Nizam/Andhra and Mysore doing well. In Nizam/Andhra, its just not Marathawada putting up the numbers as Nizam has done extremely well. The has picked up well in the North and Central markets and numbers in these areas were very good on Sunday. The Eastern markets are the weakest and could have done better but that was the case with TANHAJI: THE UNSUNG WARRIOR as well.

The Sunday jump for the film ensures a huge run for the film as collections are sure to be huge for the next three days and the lower level collections will be post the holiday, on Thursday. The last HIT film from the Hindi film industry was BHOOL BHULAIYAA 3 in November and its basically been a dry period since then. If this had not worked, the period would have extended even further as there are no major release for the next 5-6 weeks.

The collections of CHHAAVA till date are as follows.

Friday - 29,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 34,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 44,00,00,000 apprx