SRIKANTH put up a good total of 8.25 crore nett in week three dropping a little over 40% from the previous week. The film has a 39 crore nett total in three weeks and although it was probably looking at a bigger drop in week four due to new releases, that should be compensated somewhat due to the boost the film gets on Cinema Lovers Day (today).

The film will comfortably cross the 45 crore nett mark and it remains to be seen if it can cross the 50 crore nett mark. The dull period is sort of over now as there will be a flow of medium and small films starting this Friday though the biggest films in the next 3 months or so are from South with KALKI 2898 AD and PUSHPA 2.

BHAIYYA JI, which released last week, has not done well as it collects 7.25 crore nett. The business was best in Delhi/UP especially the UP stations but considering the film has that local flavour, it should have recorded much better collections in UP.  

The collections of BHAIYYA JI in its first week are as follows

Friday - 1,15,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 1,60,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 1,75,00,000 apprx

Monday - 75,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 70,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 65,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 60,00,000 apprx

SRIKANTH collected around 80-85 lakhs nett on its third Monday which takes the film to 37 crore nett and its looking like the film will do a third week of 8-8.50 crore nett. The trend remains strong for the film although the third week hold will not be as good as the second week.

Still a 40% drop week on week is still pretty good and with Cinema Lovers Day expected on Friday, it should see another good hold in week four. As a result, 50 crore nett still remains a possibility. Cinema Lovers Day was a last minute cancellation in March as election issues were cited.

The new release this week BHAIYYA JI is heading for a 7.25 crore nett plus week as it saw around 75-80 lakhs nett come in on Monday after a 4.50 crore nett weekend.

The collections of BHAIYYA JI till date are as follows

Friday - 1,15,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 1,60,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 1,75,00,000 apprx

Monday - 75,00,000 apprx

SRIKANTH collected well in the third weekend with 5.25 crore nett which is a 37% drop from the second weekend which is a strong trend and this is despite the Sunday growth not coming this week maybe due to the IPL final as generally business looks to be hit on Sunday.

The film has 36 crore nett up on the board so far and should be close to 40 crore nett at the end of the week. Although there will be a new release MR & MRS MAHI with the same lead as SRIKANTH, it looks like it will be Cinema Day on Friday if all goes to plan. This itself should be enough to ensure a solid fourth week as on the Friday SRIKANTH should do very well going by past trends on cinema day.

The Hindi competition this week for SRIKANTH was BHAIYYA JI and SRIKANTH managed to collected better than that film. BHAIYYA JI collected around 1.15 crore on Friday, 1.50 crore nett on  Saturday and then around 1.75 crore nett on Sunday which gives the film almost 4.50 crore nett. The film had bulk of its collections from Delhi/UP with nearly 1.50 crore nett. Mumbai circuit was far less than Delhi/UP for the film due to the regional feel of the film.

The box office collections of SRIKANTH are as follows.

Friday - 1,10,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 2,15,00,000 apprx

Third Weekend - 5,25,00,000 apprx

SRIKANTH saw another strong hold on its third Friday as it collected 1.10 crore nett apprx. The figures are 15-20% down on the Thursday but that was a holiday in parts and if we take that out, the drop is hardly there. There was a big IPL match also which may have take out 5-10% and the biggest match is to come on Sunday.

The film should get some benefit of Delhi elections on Saturday as it will work like a holiday after the afternoon though collections are now just around 15 lakh from the city. The film now stands at over 32 crore nett; it looks pretty certain to earn at least 45 crore nett and above that will depend on where it lands next Friday with a new release.

There was a new release this week with BHAIYYA JI but that film could not provide much competition in the bigger multiplexes and as expected has collected less than the SRIKANTH at all the major chains. But it has some collections at independents and single screens and is playing at far more locations than SRIKANTH.

BHAIYYA JI will have figures around the 1 crore nett plus mark and pretty much similar to SRIKANTH with Delhi/UP having the bulk of the collections. The circuit could end up with around 35% or even a little more of the all India collections. The film is unlikely to have the huge Saturday growth and hence, it had to do better on day one.

The collections of SRIKANTH are as follows.

Friday - 1,65,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 2,75,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 4,00,00,000 apprx

Monday - 1,75,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 1,25,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 1,20,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 1,35,00,000 apprx

Friday - 1,10,00,000 apprx