The disastrous fate of ROCK ON 2 has nothing to do with the currency demonetizing issues but to do with the film itself. The collections are lower than they would be if everything was normal but the key for these films which only have chances in metros is the second day growth. It can be said that demonetizing also affects but then it should have also affected DOCTOR STRANGE which grew a huge 113% on Saturday. This film is aimed at the same markets as ROCK ON 2 and despite the cash crunch it showed huge growth on Saturday which was a possibility for ROCK ON 2 also if the film had merits. Despite dull start and other issues it still had a chance to rescue itself by doing what DOCTOR STRANGE did but as the film was rejected it could not. Below are the weekend figures for ROCK ON 2 and DOCTOR STRANGE (Second Weekend) with the crucial growth on Saturday highlighted
Friday
Rock On 2 - 2,00,00,000
Doctor Strange - 75,00,000

Saturday
Rock On 2 - 2,40,00,000 (+20%)
Doctor Strange - 1,60,00,000 (+113%)

Sunday
Rock On 2 - 2,50,00,000
Doctor Strange - 1,90,00,000

DOCTOR STRANGE did pretty well in India with collections in the 2.50-2.75 crore nett range. Although the number was not high the film was released on just 675 cinemas with 800 screens taken from these cinemas. So in terms of that its a decent start and Mumbai and South India showed good numbers. The film was released in English mainly with some places showing a dubbed Hindi version. The occupancy was good for the film in the main multiplexes. The first day territory breakdown of Dr. Strange is as follows.
Mumbai - 79,00,000
Delhi / UP - 41,00,000
East Punjab - 18,00,000
Rajasthan - 6,00,000
CP Berar - 6,00,000
CI - 4,00,000
Nizam/Andhra - 31,00,000
Mysore - 40,00,000
Tamil Nadu/Kerala - 23,00,000
West Bengal - 8,00,000
Bihar - 2,50,000
Assam - 1,00,000
Osisha - 2,50,000
TOTAL - 2,62,00,000

The Saturday growth is all important for the film especially as its mainly released in English and this audience comes out at high end multiplexes on Saturday