SAIYAARA hit an insane Monday as it collects the highest Monday of the year with collections in the 23.50-24 crore nett range. The film has beaten the numbers of CHHAAVA on Monday which itself had a huge hold on Monday. The film is showing a 10% jump on Monday as collections in Mumbai circuit go up by a margin and other circuits which were slightly lesser like CP Berar and Nizam/Andhra also show jumps.

The circuits which were extraordinary on day one like Delhi/UP, Bihar and Rajasthan are also outstanding as they hold collections very close to Monday levels. A Bihar doing a 1 crore nett plus number on Monday is simply unthinkable for a film like this. The collections on Monday in this single screen dominated circuit are more than ANIMAL, JAWAN and PATHAAN.

This is a very rare Monday as collections don't go up due to the drop in tickets but here admits have probably gone up by around 20% compared to Friday to give it this growth. The film is standing at 107 crore nett so far in four days and collections are set to go up again on Tuesday due to the discounted rates. The rates have not gone down to the level of cheap Tuesday but are less than a regular Tuesday as makers are tagetting that youth college growing crowd as much as possible.

The film could be looking at a 170 crore nett first week though now its about how the film holds on the Wednesday after the Tuesday which is going to get heavy footfalls. If the Wednesday comes out with another 20 crore nett number then the film could be looking to cover around 300 crore nett in just two weeks flat.

The industry will be getting the notebooks out discussing the learnings from this film and will come out with hundreds of reasons but in reality there are no explanations when this happens to a film. Even the director or producers will not have a clue what has happened. It is the same before SAIYAARA and the same after SAIYAARA.

The idea was and always will be when you tell a story, whatever that maybe, you tell it in a way that it has the widest reach possible. Now if its a flop or hit, that will only be known on release but at least the attempt should be to REACH the widest audience possible. This has not been happening in the Hindi film industry for many years as 70-80% of the major releases don't have reach. Maybe this can change now with results of SAIYAARA as without REACH, box office numbers will always be hard to come by. 

The collections of SAIYAARA till date are as follows.

Friday - 21,50,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 26,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 35,75,00,000 apprx

Monday - 23,75,00,000 apprx

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The SAIYAARA wave has also hit overseas as the collections on Monday are not only more than Friday but also Saturday which has not been seen before or at least for a very long time. This was on the cards when Sunday collections jumped 30% when normally you are flat on a best case scenario.

The weakest market Australia saw huge improvement on Monday while even the strongest markets like US/Canada and Gulf saw big jumps. Gulf was almost $250k which is the highest Monday number in the circuit this year. The total collections in Overseas were $700k on Monday giving the film an overall total of $2.65 million.

The $10 million mark may look far but with this genre and the craze building in overseas with each passing it day, it will be very much possible and in a month or so time we could be looking at a film which is the top grosser in Overseas in 2025. It would be a huge run to turn a $2 million weekend in $10 million lifetime but it is very much on.

The collections of the film in overseas till date are as follows.

Friday - $425,000

Saturday - $650,000

Sunday - $875,000

Monday - $700,000

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SAIYAARA recorded the sixteenth highest Monday collection on record though if we take out the holiday factor, it goes into the top ten and becomes the ninth highest Monday ever. The film has beaten Monday figures of films like CHHAAVA, SIMMBA and WAR

If we look the films in the top twenty then only SAIYAARA and GADAR 2 are films with a cost of under 100 crore. SAIYAARA is also the only love story as well on the list as it easily beats the 17 crore nett plus Monday number of KABIR SINGH. It will get even better for SAIYAARA on Tuesday as its will be among the top ten and it will be among the biggest non holiday first Tuesdays of all time.

The weekdays are set for the film and now its about where it can land on Friday and where it stands among the big grossers. PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE, CHHAAVA and ANIMAL are the only films to see a Friday over 20 crore nett. Although that maybe too much of an ask for SAIYAARA, its not totally out of the question especially if Wednesday manages a 20 crore nett number.

The top first Mondays of all time are as follows.

1. Tiger 3 - 56.08 crore (Holiday, Day Two)

2. Pushpa 2 - The Rule - 40.74 crore 

3. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion - 39.81 crore (Partial Holiday)

4. Gadar 2 - 38.36 crore

5. Animal (Hindi) - 37.68 crore 

6. Stree 2 - 36.87 crore (Holiday)

7. Tiger Zinda Hai - 36.53 crore (Holiday)

8. Housfull 4 - 34.12 crore (Holiday)

9. Krrish 3 - 29.64 crore (Holiday)

10. Jawan (Hindi) - 28.61 crore

11. Bajrangi Bhaijaan - 26.78 crore (Holiday)

12. KGF - Chapter 2 - 25.24 crore

13. Dangal - 24.98 crore 

14. Sanju - 24.63 crore 

15. Pathaan - 24.51 crore

17. Chhaava - 23.12 crore

18. Simmba - 21.19 crore 

19. PK - 21.15 crore 

20. War - 20,18,00,000  (Partial holiday)