BACHCHHAN PAANDEY collected a poor 46.75 crore nett in its first week as collections fell fast from Monday onward. The weekend itself had struggled as it failed to grow over the weekend. This was mainly due to Mumbai circuit which fell heavily on day two.

There was better occupancy in small centres of UP, Bihar and MP but the collections from here are much less compared to bigger cinemas and even here it has been replaced by RRR in the second week. 

The first week business of BACHCHHAN PAANDEY is as follows.

Friday - 12,25,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 11,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 11,50,00,000 apprx

Monday - 3,50,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 3,25,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 2,75,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 2,50,00,000 apprx

GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI is still doing reasonable business as it collects around 5 crore nett in week four and takes its total to 122 crore nett plus. Tthe film could make its way slowly to 125 crore nett or thereabouts. The film is still being screened in a show or two at major multiplexes.

The business of GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI till date is as follows.

Week One - 66,72,00,000 

Week Two - 34,63,00,000 

Week Three -  16,05,00,000 

Week Four - 5,00,00,000 apprx

BACHCHHAN PAANDEY collected a low 3.25 crore nett on Tuesday to take its five day total to 41.50 crore nett. The drop was not much on Tuesday but it would hardly matter if the film went up 10 or 20% on Tuesday. The fate was sealed on Saturday after some hope on Friday.

The first week will head to the 47 crore nett but then it will lose most of its screenings to RRR giving very limited second week collections. If the film has got unlucky with facing THE KASHMIR FILES at the peak of its box office, then its got lucky with non theatrical revenue which will take it towards recovery or minimal losses which could have been huge with this theatrical performance.

BACHCHHAN PAANDEY has performed best in mass markets comparatively but even here the collections cant be called good or even average. They are just comparatively better than say a Mumbai city or Delhi NCR or Kolkata.

The five day business of BACHCHHAN PAANDEY is as follows.

Friday - 12,25,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 11,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 11,50,00,000 apprx

Monday - 3,50,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 3,25,00,000 apprx

BACHCHHAN PAANDEY showed a big drop on Monday as collections dropped 70% plus from Friday. This was pretty much expected as Gujarat/Saurashtra had dropped big on Saturday itself and it was the extended Holi period in parts of the country. The collections of the film were in the 3.50 crore nett range.

The film has not been accepted but even then it could have got way with it if had the Holi weekend to itself. These sort of films for mass circuits need that opening weekend as they are front loaded. Here the weekend did not come due to the competition and so the writing was on the wall. Bihar had a good Monday with collections similar to SOORYAVANSHI but that circuit is playing catch up and will eventually fall into line by the end of the week. 

The first week collections will probably be around 47 crore nett and there will not be much coming after as it will be replaced by RRR at most places while THE KASHMIR FILES retains screens well due to good occupancy.

The four day business of BACHCHHAN PAANDEY is as follows.

Friday - 12,25,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 11,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 11,50,00,000 apprx

Monday - 3,50,00,000 apprx

BACHCHHAN PAANDEY had a low weekend of 34.75 crore nett as it could not really stand up against THE KASHMIR FILES. There was some hope on day one as collections did pick up well but it was mainly due to the Holi period.

The collections on Saturday and Sunday could not grow as they dropped in the places where it was a holiday on day one while the areas which have an extended Holi holiday period showed growth on Saturday and then flat on Sunday. THE KASHMIR FILES wave at multiplexes also meant that its shows being replaced by the Vivek Agnihotri-directorial due to the demand of that film. 

The reports of the film are also so so but the main reason for the weekend performance is THE KASHMIR FILES. It basically became a clash with a bigger film which is an established BLOCBUSTER post release and that took 67% of the market leaving 33% to BACHCHHAN PAANDEY. Its not that if BACHCHHAN PAANDEY would have taken all of THE KASHMIR FILES business if that was not there as BACHCHHAN PAANDEY is not a 100 crore weekend film. But it would have taken 40-50% and that would have been enough for a 65-70 crore nett weekend.   

THE KASHMIR FILES will also hit RRR this week though not to extent that hit BACHCHHAN PAANDEY as it will be in third weekend for RRR as against the second weekend for BACHCHHAN PAANDEY. The advance opened for RRR yesterday but plexes reported more enquiries for THE KASHMIR FILES as people could not get tickets and the plans for this film are not even open for the third weekend. 

The industry will see BACHCHHAN PAANDEY as a shocker but its got unlucky with THE KASHMIR FILES coming out of the blue. The film is now going to do less than other Akshay Kumar films like GOLD and PAD MAN which would never be the case if it remained the main Holi release. The lucky side is the huge 150 crore plus revenue from digital, satellite and music which will cushion the box office blow in terms of recovery.

Also Bihar managed 48 lakhs nett on Sunday when all cinemas opened and although its too late in the day for BACHCHHAN PAANDEY, its good news for the industry as the market was struggling but here the numbers have come just a little short of SOORYAVANSHI opening day on a national holiday. So the circuit is slowly recovering post the pandemic and gives RRR a chance to open better than SOORYAVANSHI in Bihar.

The weekend business of BACHCHHAN PAANDEY is as follows.

Friday - 12,25,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 11,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 11,50,00,000 apprx

BACHCHHAN PAANDEY collected 12.25-12.50 crore nett on day one which is pretty good considering the situation with THE KASHMIR FILES running riot at the box office and the collection is far higher than the film looked like getting before release.

The film should have got up to 13 crore nett but it lost around 50-60 lakhs nett business in Bihar and CP Berar as many of the single screens were shut due to Holi. Bihar will be shut on Saturday also and will open on Sunday. The collections in Bihar were only 15-20 lakhs when they should have been double. CP Berar also was only 35 lakhs nett which is half of the Rajasthan number when it should be same.

The standout was Gujarat Saurashtra which collected 2-2.25 crore nett which gave Mumbai circuit a very good number of 4.75 crore nett. Rajasthan, CI and UP also fared well. The film has somehow got to this first day number probably due to the star presence of Akshay Kumar but it is still facing that huge headwind of THE KASHMIR FILES which is going to get stronger and stronger over the weekend as the advances were insane for Saturday and Sunday.

This makes it a huge uphill battle for BACHCHHAN PAANDEY as that film will be taking at least 20 crore nett and maybe even 25 crore nett or even more out of the market making it very tough for the Akshay Kumar starrer to go anywhere. If the reports of a film are great, then maybe you have a chance of fighting this wave but here BACHCHHAN PAANDEY has fair reports and that too mainly for Hindi circuits where the other film is a hurricane.