BAAHUBALI (Hindi) in its re-run could not make much impact but that was expected as the film was a couple of years old and has been seen by most of the audience. The collections were very dull with very low occupancy and it will not last in the theatres till BAAHUBALI Part 2 in a few weeks time. That film will be a different kettle of fish as the craze surges day by day and its not out of the question that the dubbed Hindi version sets all time records in some circuits. The first weekend collections of BAAHUBALI (Hindi) re-run are as follows
Friday - 40,00,000
Saturday - 60,00,000
Sunday - 75,00,000
TOTAL - 1,75,00,000

There were six new releases which hit the screens BAAZI ZINDAGI KI, BLUE MOUNTAINS, KEHKASHAN, LAALI KI SHAADI MEIN LAADDOO DEEWANA, MIRZA JUULIET and MUKTI BHAWAN.

MIRZA JUULIET was the best of the lot with collections around 50 lakhs nett over the first weekend. The second best was LAALI KI SHAADI MEIN LAADDOO DEEWANA and BLUE MOUNTAINS while others had figures below 10 lakhs nett.

BAAHUBALI (Hindi) had a re - run on a wide release but was a bit of disaster but this makes no difference to BAAHUBALI Part 2 as that film is hugely awaited in Hindi as well as other languages. A rerun of a film which has been shown on television many times and to huge audiences when on peak time is not going to find an audience in theatres. The ticket rates are very high so there is no repeat audience for any blockbuster be it the biggest of recent times. Re - runs did good business until the mid nineties but when ticket prices started increasing heavily from 1994 onwards this audience died for most films barring exceptions like HUM AAPKE HAI KOUN and GADAR - EK PREM KATHA

BAAHUBALI (Hindi) in its re-run collected around 40-50 lakhs nett on day one and there were even shows cancelled due to lack of audience. But this was still much better than the other new Hindi releases.

There were six new releases which hit the screens BAAZI ZINDAGI KI, BLUE MOUNTAINS, KEHKASHAN, LAALI KI SHAADI MEIN LAADDOO DEEWANA, MIRZA JUULIET and MUKTI BHAWAN.

The only two which managed to get over 10 lakhs nett were LAALI KI SHAADI MEIN LAADDOO DEEWANA and MIRZA JUULIET with both films looking at business around the 15-20 lakhs nett mark. It was the poorest week of the year so far at the box office.