BROTHERS had a good to decent weekend in terms of its collection which was aided by Independence Day on 15th August. But the weekend trend was poor and the film crashed out on the weekdays. The writing was on the wall on Saturday and the business on Monday sealed its fate.

The business is poor all over with metros starting well below the mark and the circuits that started well on Friday could not grow as much on day two which was the big holiday. The first week business is less than films like ABCD 2 and TANU WEDS MANU RETURNS.

There is not much hope for week two and just remains to be seen where it finishes as per the two other Akshay Kumar starrers this year - BABY (82 crore nett) and GABBAR IS BACK (87 crore nett). Irrespective of how it finally grosses against those two films it will lose more due to higher costs.

Box Office India Trade Network

BROTHERS fell again on Tuesday though it was a  reasonable 10%. The damage has already been done with the huge fall on Monday and collections are at low levels. The first five day business of Brothers is as follows.
Friday - 13,50,00,000
Saturday - 21,25,00,000
Sunday - 15,00,00,000
Monday - 5,35,00,000
Tuesday 4,80,00,000
TOTAL - 59,90,00,000

The film will close the week at around 68 crore nett and though competition in week two is not tough in form of ALL IS WELL, it will struggle to put up numbers and in the end it will only be able to add 20-30% to its first week business.

BROTHERS had a huge crash on Monday as business was over 60% lower than Friday. The collections crashed in all circuits. The first four day business of BROTHERS is as follows.
Friday - 13,50,00,000
Saturday - 21,25,00,000
Sunday - 15,00,00,000
Monday - 5,25,00,000 approx
TOTAL - 55,00,00,000

The first week will do business around 67-68 crore nett which is lower than films like ABCD 2 and TANU WEDS MANU RETURNS. Akshay Kumar's GABBAR IS BACK grossed nearly 87 crore nett but and it looks a big task for BROTHERS to even match that.

BROTHERS showed good growth of 55-60% on Saturday but as it was a huge holiday for Independence day so the growth should have been more. The first two day business of BROTHERS is as follows.

Friday - 13,50,00,000
Saturday - 21,25,00,000
TOTAL - 34,75,00,000

Sunday is now crucial for the film and it really needs Sunday to be around its Saturday figure or at least 20 crore nett which should enable the weekdays to hold up.
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BROTHERS grossed 49.75 crore nett over its first weekend and though the figure is good it does not tell the complete story. The near 50 crore nett business has mainly come due to the big Independence day holiday on Saturday while on Friday and Sunday the film has not performed. The first three day business of BROTHERS is as follows.
Friday - 13,50,00,000
Saturday - 21,25,00,000
Sunday - 15,00,00,000
TOTAL - 49,75,00,000

The business on Sunday was a killer though the warning signs were there on Saturday as key centers did not grow as they should gave. Still as next day was a Sunday, you would have thought the film to get away with it with perhaps a small drop but it was not to be.

The business on Sunday is much lower than a film like HOLIDAY and even lower than GABBAR IS BACK. The Sunday drop will probably mean it will be tough going on the weekdays. Due to the fact that the weekend was inflated by the big holiday and the poor trend it has practically no chance to add 50% on weekdays to its weekend business.