The Marathi film DEOOL BAND 2 has scored big and is looking to become one of the biggest Marathi films ever. There is a good chance it will be in the top three and maybe even the top two also. The film collected 28.25 crore nett in its first week and stands at almost 20 crore nett in week two with one day to go. Basically it will be at 50 crore nett after two weeks.

The hold in week two is extraordinary as it was an eight day first week and if you factor in seven days then it will be a fall of just 15% apprx. The top three films in Marathi language at present are SAIRAT, BAIPAN BHARI DEVA and RAJA SHIVAJI. While SAIRAT maybe out of reach, this film can challenge the other two as BAIPAN BHARI DEVA stands at 70 crore nett and RAJA SHIVAJI (still running) is at 66 crore nett. On the trend, a 70 crore nett plus total does not look tough but there are multiple releases which will affect screenings from this week onward.

The film is a devotional drama again showing which way the box office is going as the traction that these sort of films are getting post pandemic takes you back 75 years back when the Mythological/Devotional genre was strong.

RAJA SHIVAJI will end up being the highest grossing Marathi film ever but that will be because of a good contribution from the Hindi version. The film will finish with 90 crore nett apprx and just edge past the collections of SAIRAT though if we take only Marathi then it will be 67-68 crore nett only which is third best total so far. However, DEOOL BAND 2 has a good chance of beating this number.