BRAHMASTRA (Hindi) did well on Wednesday as it collected around 9.25 crore nett for six day running total of almost 138 crore nett. The film behaved better on Wednesday as compared to Tuesday as the multiplexes held up better.

The film is going into that crucial period over the next three days (Thu - Sat) as this period will define its lifetime total. If it can hold up strongly on Thursday or Friday, it would be a good result for the film and then that big jump on Saturday has to come.

There is a huge open period over the next few weeks but that will only benefit BRAHMASTRA if it comes through this weekend with collections at a good level. The film is holding up best in Delhi/UP while collections in Nizam/Andhra will be the highest ever in a day or two. It has crossed the numbers of WAR and will cross DHOOM 3 anytime soon and DANGAL will probably be toppled on Saturday. 

The collections of BRAHMASTRA (Hindi) are as follows.

Friday - 31,00,00,000

Saturday - 35,00,00,000

Sunday - 38,50,00,000

Monday - 14,00,00,000

Tuesday - 11,00,00,000

Wednesday - 9,25,00,000

The five day total in all formats is around 157 crore nett across India as regional versions collect 18 crore nett in five days. It will be a 19 crore nett apprx week in regional.

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BRAHMASTRA (Hindi) has done good business in the first week as it collects over 146 crore nett. The film saw excellent business over the first weekend raking up over 100 crore nett without holiday support but the collections on the weekdays have been average.

There was a drop in collections on Monday and then it was normal trending barring the Tuesday where the film dropped more than it should have. Yet, the film had a healthy near 8 crore nett number coming on Thursday as even after drops the numbers remain solid due to the high starting point.

The next two days (Friday and Saturday) are crucial as these will basically determine where the film goes. The Mon - Thu collections of the film in Hindi have been almost ditto the collections of SOORYAVANSHI and if it can match or be similar to the numbers of the Akshay Kumar-starrer after the first week, then BRAHMASTRA will be a comfortable HIT. The first week ensure a success but now its about continuing to rack up the numbers over the next few weeks.

The collections of BRAHMASTRA (Hindi) are as follows.

Friday - 31,00,00,000

Saturday - 35,00,00,000

Sunday - 38,50,00,000

Monday - 14,00,00,000

Tuesday - 11,00,00,000

Wednesday - 9,25,00,000

Thursday - 7,75,00,000

The first week total in all formats is around 165 crore nett plus across India as regional versions collect 18.75 crore nett.

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BRAHMASTRA recorded the eight highest worldwide total for the first weekend for the Hindi version. The film collected a huge 189 crore nett in Hindi. This was second best total post the pandemic after KGF - CHAPTER 2 which did 198 crore.

Most of the films in the top ten are holiday releases with BAAHUBALI 2: THE CONCLUSION, SANJU and BRAHMASTRA being the only non holiday releases in the top ten. SULTAN, released in 2016, still leads the worldwide charts and that too six years after release. There are three 200 crore films with SULTAN, BAAHUBALI 2: THE CONCLUSION and SANJU and BRAHMASTRA could probably have joined the list with a holiday.

The worldwide collections of BRAHMASTRA is as follows. These are for the Hindi version only.

India Nett - 1,04,50,00,000

Overseas - $7,300,000

The top ten worldwide grossers in the opening weekend are as follows. This is also only for Hindi versions and like for like.

1. Sultan - 210 crore 

2. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion - 209 crore

3. Sanju - 204 crore

4. Dangal - 199 crore

5. KGF 2 - 198 crore

6. Dhoom 3 - 194 crore

7. Tiger Zinda Hai - 190 crore

9. Bajrangi Bhaijaan - 187 crore

10. Prem Ratan Dhan Payo - 185 crore

If we take all formats then the film added another 24 crore gross across the world for a worldwide total of 213 crore in all versions

BRAHMASTRA (Hindi) had a drop on Tuesday as collections went down 20% plus but still 11 crore nett is still a healthy collection and the film is looking at a first week of around 145 crore nett in Hindi. The collections of the film so far are around 128.50 crore nett which means only SOORYAVANSHI and BHOOL BHULAIYAA 2 are ahead of it post pandemic for original Hindi films.

The collections saw similar drops all over in practically all the circuits and now it is about basically where the second Friday lands as that will give an idea about where the film will go. The film does not have much competition at the box office for a few weeks till the release of VIKRAM VEDHA. Even then, BRAHMASTRA can continue as all it will need is one screen at the multiplexes. But for that, it has to do good business over the second weekend. 

The issue for the film is the business in the B and C centres but what has happened is that be it East Punjab, Rajasthan, CI or Bihar, the A centres have given healthy numbers for the circuits numbers to be good.

The collections of BRAHMASTRA (Hindi) are as follows.

Friday - 31,00,00,000

Saturday - 35,00,00,000

Sunday - 38,50,00,000

Monday - 14,00,00,000

Tuesday - 11,00,00,000

The five day total in all formats is around 145 crore nett across India as regional versions collect 16.75 crore nett in five days. It will be a 19 crore nett apprx week in regional.

BRAHMASTRA (Hindi) dropped 55% on Monday as it collected around the 14 crore nett mark. The film did see better holds in mass pockets like CI (45% drop) and UP (state) but this is more to do with that these places have fewer cinemas with big ticket price drops on Monday. With the big films, these places generally hold better till Wednesday.

The drop is little less than in actual value than it looks as Maharashtra had a semi holiday on Friday and that has taken a bigger hit Monday. Nizam/Andhra also got some benefit from the semi holiday but surprisingly that held up better compared to Maharashtra. The film here will now cruise past the record of DANGAL for a Hindi film in a week and may even challenge AVENGERS: ENDGAME which has the highest figure for a non South film.

It would have been better if the drop was on the other side of 50% on Monday but it put up a huge weekend total and appreciation was less in B and C centres. And with business where it is, you take a 14 crore nett Monday which is still better than the OPENING day of all original Hindi films barring SOORYAVANSHI.

Now it is about where the second Friday lands and hopefully it will be 50% of Monday or better which would put in course for another very good weekend. The numbers of the film are a huge boost to industry breaking many myths over the last few months. It would have been great if the film found appreciation across the board but that was not to be.

The collections of BRAHMASTRA (Hindi) are as follows.

Friday - 31,00,00,000

Saturday - 35,00,00,000

Sunday - 38,50,00,000

Monday - 14,00,00,000

The four day total in all formats is around 124 crore nett across India as regional versions collect 15.50 crore nett which is a record a for Hindi film. Normally there wouldn't be much coming from dubbed formats but this film can put up a decent number.

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BRAHMASTRA saw excellent collections overseas as it collected around the $8 million mark which is comfortably the highest opening post the pandemic as no other film has crossed the $4 million mark. There are a few films with a $3 million plus weekend like SOORYAVANSHI, '83, KGF - CHAPTER 2 and LAAL SINGH CHADDHA but all were short of $4 million. This is also the sixth highest opening weekend of all time in Overseas though less if we take out Telugu.

The film was driven by the business in US/Canada which put an all time high of $4.5 million plus beating PADMAAVAT. But if we take out Telugu, then its the second highest opening ever after PADMAAVAT as that film did $4.4 million in Hindi alone. In Australia, it also took the fourth highest opening ever after PADMAAVAT, KGF - CHAPTER 2 and SANJU.

The performances were less in Gulf and United Kingdom but these markets are Muslim dominated and BRAHMASTRA had that Hindi mythology angle which would have kept some of this audience away. The record grosser overseas post pandemic is KGF - CHAPTER 2 with $9.1 million and this will cross that in the next couple of days. There will be a drop on weekdays as US/Canada will take a big hit.

The apprx collections of BRAHMASTRA overseas are as follows.

United Kingdom - £500,000 ($580,000)

USA / Canada - $4,550,000

Gulf - $1,200,000

Australia - A$903,000 ($620,000)

ROW - $1,150,000 apprx

BRAHMASTRA (Hindi) had an excellent first weekend as it collected almost 105 crore nett and that too without a holiday. The growth was strong on Saturday as the first day was probably boosted by around 2 crore nett due to the semi holiday. But mass pockets did not push on Sunday as they could have. The growth was good but there was potential to go higher.

The film has scored all over in the first weekend with excellent business in the big 20 cities while others places range from very good to good. But as Sunday did not push up high, it will be more about the bigger centres driven by the 3D version while B and C centres will be lesser.

The film saw solid growth on Sunday in places like Gujarat and CI but in that 20-30% zone. If these places could have pushed up 40-50% on Sunday then it could have been said with certainty now that the film would sustain strongly in the long run. Now, its about seeing what the weekdays bring.

There was a negative agenda against the film on Friday with the national press picking up the big loss in share price of PVR and Inox and labelling the film is a disaster based on that. But post release on Monday the share prices have recovered as actual facts come across but now no one will talk about that. Its likely that people in the industry even highlighted this and obviously they have some sort of agenda as well as they will also not highlight the recovery.

The collections of BRAHMASTRA (Hindi) are as follows.

Friday - 31,00,00,000

Saturday - 35,00,00,000

Sunday - 38,50,00,000

The film did well in languages in South as it grossed 13.50 crore nett which is almost the highest ever for a Hindi film in languages. The Telugu version is already the highest ever and in Tamil, the film has also done pretty well with good growth on Saturday. This has however meant Hindi versions in these places are probably a little less than they should especially in Tamil Nadu. The film collected 118 crore nett across India in all formats.

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BRAHMASTRA collected a record 30.25 crore nett for a Hindi film in South India as Telugu version did well and Tamil version did pretty well. The South total is pretty much similar to Mumbai circuit and in fact a little ahead. The film is course to becoming the highest grosser in Nizam/Andhra in all formats beating DANGAL though it wont beat the Hindi version of the Aamir Khan starrer in Nizam Andhra.

BRAHMASTRA collected 10.90 crore nett in Telugu, 2.61 crore nett in Tamil and 16 lakh in Kannada and practically zero in Malayalam. There was around 25 lakhs in regional from Hindi circuits also. This gives the film a total of 13.92 crore nett in regional languages.

The breakdown of the collections from South is as follows.

Friday - 6,03,00,000 (Hindi - 2.16 cr, Tel - 3.87 cr)

Saturday - 5,12,00,000 (Hindi - 2.17 cr, Tel - 2.95 cr)

Sunday - 5,53,00,000 (Hindi - 2.28 cr, Tel 3.25 cr)

Friday - 2,10,00,000 (Hindi - 1.85 cr Tel / Kan - 25 lk)

Saturday 2,77,00,000 (Hindi - 2.49 cr, Tel / Kan - 28lk)

Sunday - 2,92,00,000 (Hindi - 2.62 cr. Tel /  Kan - 30 lk)

Friday - 1,06,00,000 (Hindi - 34lk, Tamil - 72 lk)

Saturday - 1,73,00,000 (Hindi - 71 lk, Tamil - 1.02 cr)

Sunday - 1,71,00,000 (Hindi 85lk, Tamil 86 lk)

Friday - 45,00,000

Saturday - 38,00,000

Sunday - 45,00,000

BRAHMASTRA (Hindi) showed excellent growth of 15% on Saturday and that is coming off a big Friday number. The percentage growth may not look a lot but it is huge for a film like this as films that open with strong day one have a chance that collections will be flat on the second day and then going up on day three. The second day collections of BRAHMASTRA are around 35.50 crore nett in Hindi taking it to 66.50 crore nett in two days.

Also the growth is actually higher than it looks as there was a part holiday in Maharashtra and South on day one. Maharashtra has still managed to make small gains but in South there is a drop as basically that had overperformed on day one. Both regional and Hindi versions dropped in South. Maharashtra made minor gains due to partial holiday on day one but because of good growth in Gujarat/Saurashtra the circuit of Mumbai went up 10% to almost 11 crore nett.

The growth in North, Central and Gujarat/Saurashtra is excellent as these areas went up in the region of 15-30% and these are the core Hindi markets and mass pockets in these areas all went up strongly. The best growth in the range of 30% came in the Delhi NCR and Punjab belt. The slight concern on day one was the huge ratio from South even in Hindi but that has all changed on day two with Hindi circuits leading the way. It was the probably the holiday factor that pushed places like Nizam/Andhra to huge collections on day one. The second day has dropped over 1 crore nett here but still overall collections are nearly 12 crore nett an its on course to beat the 25 crore nett (all languages) of DANGAL.

The growth on day two puts the film on course to emerge a HIT and it will be coming after a long time though it will be the Monday number which will confirm the HIT status of the film. The film has also set an all time record at PVR and Cinepolis chains for Hindi films for the highest single days ever.

The collections of BRAHMASTRA (Hindi) are as follows.

Friday - 31,00,00,000

Saturday - 35,50,00,000

The collections of the film in all formats stand at around 35.75 crore nett and 39.50 crore nett for a two day total of 75 crore nett in two days. The film has continued its extraordinary run in overseas as well to enable it to have huge worldwide gross numbers in two days.

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