BAAGHI 2 grossed a good 10.50 crore nett in its third week and took its three week total to 154 crore nett making it the 19th highest nett grosser ever. It will remain in 19th place as the 18th position film is KRRISH 3 at 175 crore nett.

The drop in the third week is 68% which is a little better than the second week which saw a drop of around 71%. The film is the highest grossing film of 2018 in Bihar, Assam, Odisha and Rajasthan, the last mentioned is because PADMAAVAT did not release in this circuit. PADMAAVAT did not release in Gujarat also but despite that BAAGHI 2 is not able to match the collections of PADMAAVAT in Mumbai circuit (Gujarat is a sub circuit of Mumbai)

The business of BAAGHI 2 till date is as follows.
Week One- 1,10,81,00,000
Week Two - 32,74,00,000
Week Three - 10,50,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 1,54,05,00,000 apprx

The film should be able to add another 4-5 crore nett over the remaining weeks of its run which will take it close to the 160 crore nett mark.

The holdover from last week BLACKMAIL has fared poorly with collections of 3.25 crore nett apprx in week two which is a 80% drop and gives it a total 18.50 crore nett. The film could add another 1 crore nett on a best case scenario.

RAID continued to run its fifth week with decent figures of 75 lakhs nett in four days. The film could collect around 1 crore nett over the week. The total of the film so far is a little over 97 crore nett and the film is looking at a 97.50 crore nett finish which is the same as EK VILLAIN in 2014. The film should add a little in the sixth week also.

The collections of RAID till now are as follows.
Week One - 59,86,00,000
Week Two - 25,17,00,000 
Week Three - 8,75,00,000
Fourth Week - 2,62,00,000
Fifth Week - 75,00,000 (4 Days)
TOTAL - 97,14,00,000 apprx

RAMPAGE has done fair business considering no 3D release as that is a substantial contribution for Hollywood films like this. The film has grossed around 14 crore nett in four days and should finish the week at around 18.5-19 crore nett. The hold on Monday is decent with figures in the 1.75-2 crore nett range - a 30-35% drop. The business of the film is as follows.
Friday - 2,75,00,000
Saturday - 4,25,00,000
Sunday - 5,00,00,000
Monday - 1,85,00,000
TOTAL - 13,85,00,000 apprx

BLACKMAIL grossed 2.25 crore nett apprx in its second week (4 Days) to take its total to 17 crore nett and the film will close out at 18 crore nett.

HICHKI is still doing decent with around 44 crore nett after 25 days and it should cross the 45 crore nett mark.

BAAGHI 2 is edging close to the 150 crore nett mark as it collected an excellent 32.50 crore nett in week two. There is a drop from the first week of around 70% but that is still good considering the huge first week collections. The total of the film has crossed 143 crore nett while Mumbai circuit is now 40 crore nett plus and Delhi/UP is 30 crore nett plus. These are very big numbers for these circuits and its a similar story across all other circuits.

The business of BAAGHI 2 till date is as follows.
Week One- 1,10,81,00,000
Second Week - 32,50,00,000 apprx 
TOTAL - 1,43,31,00,000 apprx

BLACKMAIL has fared poorly at the box office with low weekend collections and then falling collections on the weekdays. It has ended its first week with 14.50 crore nett and there is not much scope to sustain into the second the week due to low occupancy over the weekdays. The film has not even been appreciated in the metros.

The business of BLACKMAIL till date is as follows
Friday - 2,50,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 3,35,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 4,00,00,000 apprx
Monday - 1,35,00,000 apprx
Tuesday - 1,25,00,000 apprx
Wednesday - 1,10,00,000 apprx
Thursday - 1,00,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 14,55,00,000 apprx

BLACKMAIL dropped again on Tuesday with the last hope of some sort run being a better Tuesday than Monday but there was another 10% drop. The total of the film stands at 12.50 crore nett and the week will close out a poor 14.50 crore with the film struggling to add thereafter.

The business of BLACKMAIL till date is as follows
Friday - 2,50,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 3,35,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 4,00,00,000 apprx
Monday - 1,35,00,000 apprx
Tuesday - 1,25,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 12,45,00,000 apprx

BAAGHI 2 took its total to nearly 138 crore nett as it added 3.25 crore nett on Tuesday. The film is steady across the country and will cross the 150 crore nett mark with the third Friday determining the lifetime business of the film .

The business of BAAGHI 2 till date is as follows.
Week One- 1,10,81,00,000
Friday - 4,75,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 6,50,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 9,00,00,000 apprx
Monday - 3,50,00,000 apprx
Tuesday - 3,25,00,000 apprx
Second Week - 27,00,00,000 apprx  (4 Days)
TOTAL - 1,37,61,00,000 apprx

BLACKMAIL was on the expected lines as it dropped on Monday after a low weekend. The Monday collections were 1.35 crore nett apprx which is a 45% drop from Friday. A 45% drop is normal but not for film like BLACKMAIL which opened poorly. The film needed a Monday around the 2 crore nett mark and optimum is being around the first day mark.

The total collections of the film are now 11.25 crore nett with the week likely to be around 14.50-15 crore nett. This figure is the same as the HICHKI weekend which is a similar film in terms of economics. The low occupancy on Monday makes it tough for box office collections post week one as it will struggle to get screenings.

The first four collections of BLACKMAIL are as follows.
Friday - 2,50,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 3,35,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 4,00,00,000 apprx
Monday - 1,35,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 11,20,00,000 apprx

Also there is OCTOBER releasing on Friday which is for the same urban audience as BLACKMAIL and that will hit collections further.

Even a 20 crore nett total looks mission impossible after the Monday collections.

BLACKMAIL had a poor weekend as collections were just around 10 crore nett which is the same range as MADAARI (9.92 crore nett), more than QARIB QARIB SINGLLE (8.13 crore nett) but less than HINDI MEDIUM (11.79 crore nett). These are the three recent Irrfan Khan solo starrers. But more than the numbers its the appreciation which is missing as film is too dark and therefore the growth did not happen over the weekend.

There were IPL matches over the weekend but the weekend business proves it hardly affects business at this stage as BAAGHI 2 got the growth on Saturday and Sunday despite it having a huge ratio of business coming outside multiplexes where the major growth happens. Maybe the in the later stages it could affect films a little but nothing like a big match featuring India.

The first two day collections of BLACKMAIL are as follows.
Friday - 2,50,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 3,35,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 4,00,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 9,85,00,000 apprx

The film has a low budget of around 18-19 crore including PA and with digital covering almost 50% of the cost the film so it will probably be a plus for the producers but when theatrical does not do well then its unlikely to do well on satellite or digital so the losses will be for holders of these rights.

The business on Monday could hold at low levels till the end of the week but that will not be enough to give it a sustained run at the box office.

BLACKMAIL could not do much on Saturday as it collected in the 3.25-3.50 crore nett range which is growth of around 30-35% but for these type of films it is far too less. This was on the cards as the film did not get that push on Friday evening at the metros which it should of considering it is for that audience.

Some films record very strong business on Saturday without the Friday lift in metros but it was not to be the case with this film. The growth is very moderate and it will probably face an uphill struggle at the box office. A film like BAAGHI 2 has grown more in metro centers as compared to a BLACKMAIL which pretty much tells the story as the metro audience is not the the target audience of that film.

The first two day collections of BLACKMAIL are as follows.
Friday - 2,50,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 3,35,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 5,85,00,000

The weekend of BLACKMAIL could struggle to hit the 10 crore nett mark which is not much better than a MADAARI (2016) which was another Irrfan Khan which collected 9.27 crore nett in its first weekend but on 975 screens compared to the 1500 of BLACKMAIL.

The only hope is big growth of 40% plus on Sunday but with the reports and dark theme which hold little interest for families it would be a huge surprise if that happens on Sunday.

BLACKMAIL had a poor opening of 2.50 crore on day one with a pretty wide release. HICHKI had grossed 3.25 crore nett on around two thirds of the screens of BLACKMAIL. Some sort of growth should come over the weekend and it could be good growth on Saturday but the film has a long to way to go and will need a very solid Monday.

There have been films called BLACKMAIL before and despite being cast films both have failed. One was in 2005 with Ajay Devgn, Sunil Shetty and Priyanka Chopra and was a box office disaster. The other was the Dharmendra, Rakhee and Shatrughan Sinha in 1973 which also flopped badly but eventually was a coverage film as it had repeat runs due to the huge star value of Dharmendra through the 70's and 80's. It remains to be seen how the 2018 BLACKMAIL goes.

If we look at the solo Irrfan Khan starrers then its in the range of his normal opening. The first day collections of recent Irrfan Khan starrers are as follows.
Blackmail - 2,50,00,000
Qarib Qarib Singlle - 1,68,00,000
Hindi Medium - 2,50,00,000
Madaari - 1,98,00,000
Jazbaa -  3,94,00,000
Talvar - 2,50,00,000

The opening of JAZBAA is higher as it had a stronger cast with presence of Aishwarya Rai but generally the openings are in the 1.50-2.50 crore nett range.

The opening of the film is in the range of HINDI MEDIUM which went on to be a HIT and it would be no surprise if BLACKMAIL had similar growth like that film over the weekend but Monday will be crucial will as HINDI MEDIUM had far superior reports.

The other release of the week MISSING had extremely dull collections of 15 lakhs nett apprx.