<i>Raid 2</i> Box Office Collection Day 9: Ajay Devgn's Film Crosses Rs 100 Crore Mark
Box Office India Trade Network

RAID 2, which had seen a big drop in collections on Wednesday due to escalation in the conflict with Pakistan as the attention of the nation was there, saw collections come back on Thursday. The issue is still there but the hit in collections was not as much as Wednesday. The film picked up around 5 crore nett which means the film ended with an extended first week of 95 crore nett apprx.

The film has good numbers and has held up well but due to the Pakistan issue, there are less people going to cinemas and generally it will be the same with other leisure activities. Its unknown what shape this conflict will take place and the collections can be up and down depending on the news coming from the borders.

The film is trending like a HIT film and on Monday and Tuesday a figure similar to SHAITAAN looked pretty easy. But now, its about these external factors and how much of a dent will be made if any. Hopefully the film comes out with a good second weekend and cements its position as a HIT film though everything will be dependent on the news flow.

The eight day box office collections of RAID 2 are as follows.
Thursday - 19,25,00,000 apprx
Friday - 12,15,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 18,00,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 22,00,00,000 apprx
Monday - 7,00,00,000 apprx
Tuesday - 6,85,00,000 apprx
Wednesday - 4,50,00,000 apprx
Thursday - 5,00,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 94,75,00,000 apprx
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RAID 2 had a good second Friday as it collected 4.75 crore nett though collections should have been higher. However, the Pakistan conflict hit collections. The film should have gone past the Thursday number but evening and night show collections were not as good as they should have been and its not just places like Punjab and Rajasthan where the issue is bigger but other places as well.

BHOOL CHUK MAAF is lucky it did not make it to the theatres as its a film which would have mainly had collections in NCR and bigger centres of UP and Haryana and all these areas are affected. The film was not an opening film anyway and with low evening and night collections in NCR the film would have struggled to get even 2 crore nett up on the board.

RAID 2 now stands at close to 100 crore nett and it remains to be seen how it goes from here. The growth on Saturday may not be like it should be as evening and night shows get hit again. The film was cruising towards a HIT on Monday as that 140 crore nett plus looked easy but now its a bit of an unknown situation. It should still get there though its not known where this India Pak crisis will go. The film has found appreciation in all circuits but the final collections may not go as high as they looked like going on Monday or Tuesday.

The box office collections of RAID 2 till date are as follows.
Thursday - 19,25,00,000 apprx
Friday - 12,15,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 18,00,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 22,00,00,000 apprx
Monday - 7,00,00,000 apprx
Tuesday - 6,85,00,000 apprx
Wednesday - 4,50,00,000 apprx
Thursday - 5,00,00,000 apprx
Week One - 94,75,00,000 apprx
Friday - 4,75,00,000
TOTAL - 99,50,00,000 apprx