<i>Ground Zero</i> Review: One Of Emraan Hashmi's Most Nuanced Performances Is Competent In Parts
Box Office India Trade Network

The new release of the week, GROUND ZERO, could not do much at the box office as it collected around 1.10-1.20 crore nett. The film could not have better timing as it seems to have an angle on Pakistan/Kashmir issue and nothing can be more topical in India for the present day. But awareness was limited so the collections were not there. It managed to go over 1 crore nett. So, the film being topical for present day may have actually helped but to a limited amount.

This is a Friday when a film like BORDER 2 needed to be unleashed as there would those huge occupancies of decades gone on the huge releases of today but you need to be really lucky to get such timing to fit with the mood of the nation which then just obliterates the box office. As for GROUND ZERO, its a tough ride from this start.
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GROUND ZERO showed a good jump also of 60% as it collected around 1.85 crore nett which gives it a total collection of 3 crore nett over two days. The film is topical for the present scenario in India but collections remain low.
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GROUND ZERO collected a poor 5 crore nett in its first weekend. There was some good growth on Saturday but from a low level. As a result, it hardly mattered and then Sunday was pretty much flat. The film had good release timing but could not really benefit much from that and with RAID 2 releasing on Thursday, it makes that 10 crore nett number a task.

The weekend collections of GROUND ZERO are as follows
Friday - 1,15,00,000
Saturday - 1,85,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 2,00,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 4,95,00,000 apprx
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GROUND ZERO dropped on Monday as it collected around 50 lakhs nett which now takes the film to 5.50 crore nett. The film will probably reach around 6.75 crore nett for the week as it will shortened due to RAID 2 releasing on Thursday. The film will be a one week runner only with negligible collections in week two.

The collections of GROUND ZERO are as follows
Friday - 1,15,00,000
Saturday - 1,85,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 2,00,00,000 apprx
Monday - 50,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 5,45,00,000 apprx