A couple of the regional film industries saw good box office returns this week with DEOOL BAND 2 in Marathi and DRISHYAM 3 in Malayalam putting up strong numbers. The DRISHYAM brand is also there in Hindi with an expected release in October. Both these regional films were released on Thursday and started very well.

DRISHYAM 3 (Malayalam) took a huge opening of around 14.50 crore nett which is probably the second biggest ever for the industry. The second day did see a drop with around 10 crore nett but with 24.50 crore nett in two days, it is an excellent collection. It now remains to be seen where it goes as some films from this industry have put up big numbers over the last few years. So, this film would come with expectations and on top, its a franchise film. Malayalam cinema has seen huge growth in Gulf and this film collected a huge $1.5 million apprx on day one

The Marathi film, DEOOL BAND 2, is superb as it collected 2.25 crore nett on a Thursday and then collections actually went higher on Friday to 2.50 crore nett which means not only good collections but a strong trend as well. No doubt the film will do well. Again both films are franchises which seem to be dominating everywhere. The Friday collections are not much less than the Hindi new release, CHAND MERA DIL.

Last week there was a Tamil film KARUPPU which put up around 61 crore nett over its weekend and has ended up with around 105 crore nett in the first week. The collections in Tamil Nadu stand at around 66.50 crore nett and it should cross 100 crore nett here. The film is a major grosser for the Tamil film industry after a long time.