Box Office India Trade Network

PIKU held up very well in week two grossing around 22 crore nett which was a similar collection to the new release BOMBAY VELVET as it also grossed that much in week one. The drop from week one is less than 50% which is very good trending. The film should be able to do 75 crore nett and maybe even hit 80 crore nett.

The best performance is in West Bengal where the film should cross 6 crore nett which is excellent and easily beats BABY at 4 crore nett which was the top grosser before PIKU.

Mumbai and Mysore are also very good with Mumbai expected to cross 25 crore nett and Mysore should comfortably cross 6 crore nett. Mass dominated circuits like CP, CI and Bihar have not done well. -----------------------------------------
GABBAR IS BACK is the biggest grosser of 2015 as it has collected 84 crore nett approx in three weeks. The film has done well despite competition from new releases over the last two weeks. BOMBAY VELVET did not provide competition but GABBAR IS BACK lost a lot of screen space due to its release especially in single screens. Its pretty clear that GABBAR IS BACK would have done better in these screens despite being in week three.

The performance in Bihar is very good where it will be amongst the top fifteen grossing films. It will not reach top 25 in any other circuit.

Box Office India Trade Network

PIKU had a very strong second weekend as it grossed 13.25 crore nett which is the best second weekend of the year beating the figures of GABBAR IS BACK. The second weekend business of PIKU is as follows.
Friday - 2,75,00,000
Saturday - 4,75,00,000
Sunday - 5,75,00,000
TOTAL - 13,25,00,000

Box Office India Trade Network

PIKU held up very well on day eight grossing around 2.75 crore nett which is less than 50% drop from first weekend. The film is putting up very good numbers in Mumbai, West Bengal and Mysore.

The failure of BOMBAY VELVET will help the film in week two and it should get a bug jump on Saturday. The weekend should cross 12 crore ar least and may even become the highest second weekend of the year

GABBAR IS BACK grossed 75 laks nett on its third Friday which us 75% drop from last Friday. This is reasonable as multiplex business was hut due to the release of BOMBAY VELVET and PIKU going strong which meant those two films covered most of the screens at multiplexes.

Box Office India Trade Network

PIKU did well in its first week grossing around 40 crore nett. The film had a poor start but gained momentum from Saturday and has maintained very well in the metros. The other major cities have also maintained well but the collections here are on the lower side. Cities like Mumbai, Kolkata and Bangalore are set to give the best collections of the year.

The performance of these of these cities means that Mumbai, West Bengal and Mysore are the best performers while Rajasthan, CP Berar, CI and Bihar have low numbers although have held very well since on Monday

Box Office India Trade Network

GABBAR IS BACK continued it's decent run on it'd second Monday grossing around 1.75 crore nett. The approx first four day business of GABBAR IS BACK in week two is as follows.
Friday - 2,75,00,000
Saturday - 4,25,00,000
Sunday - 5,50,00,000
Monday -1,75,00,000 approx
TOTAL - 14,25,00,000

Box Office India Trade Network

GABBAR IS BACK did well in its second weekend with business of around 12.75 crore nett which is a drop of around 67% from the first weekend. The total is 72 crore nett in ten days and the film is on course to be the biggest grosser of 2015.

The film may even emerge the first real hit of the year but depends as the 40 crore distributor share is there but it has to go over 45 crore to be a hit and for that it has get numbers in week three and week four. The film did get some competition from PIKU from Saturday onwards but as the business in premium multiplexes wasn't that great anyway it did not make much difference to the film.

Box Office India Trade Network

GABBAR IS BACK had a decent eighth day as it grossed around 2.75 crore nett. The fall is around 75% but the first day was a holiday in some parts of the country. The film will easily clear 10 crore nett for the weekend and maybe even go to 12 crore nett.

The collections are better than new release PIKU in Gujarat/Saurashtra, Rajasthan and Bihar. Surprisingly a multiplex circuit like East Punjab is also doing well enough even though normally it does not perform too well for this type of mass film. The collections are low in West Bengal and Mysore.

Box Office India Trade Network

GABBAR IS BACK held up well from Monday after a fair weekend. The film grossed 58.50 crore nett in week one which is easily the best of the year beating the 52 crore nett of BABY, another Akshay Kumar starrer. GABBAR IS BACK had two partial holiday but BABY had the much bigger Republic Day holiday which is a bigger advantage.

The film has put up good to decent figures in most circuits. Mysore is low but that is expected for this type of film. Mysore is the only circuit where collections are less than BABY.

Box Office India Trade Network

GABBAR IS BACK dropped on Tuesday which was expected as it was a holiday in parts of the country on Monday. Delhi/UP alone lost around 50 laks nett. The approx first five day business of GABBAR IS BACK is as follows.
Friday - 12,30,00,000
Saturday - 10,90,00,000
Sunday - 15,25,00,000
Monday - 6,85,00,000
Tuesday - 5,25,00,000 apporx
TOTAL - 50,65,00,000

Box Office India Trade Network

GABBAR IS BACK held up well on Monday though was helped by holiday in parts of the country. The drop in under 45% from Friday which was also a holiday in parts of the country. The approx first four day business of GABBAR IS BACK is as follows.
Friday - 12,30,00,000
Saturday - 10,90,00,000
Sunday - 15,25,00,000
Monday -7,00,00,000 approx
TOTAL - 45,45,00,000

Box Office India Trade Network

GABBAR IS BACK has scored well on Sunday with an approx 15 crore nett total. It could even be a little more depending on the final figure in Mumbai. The weekend has gone to around 38.50 crore thanks to the good Sunday business. There were huge jumps in business in many circuits like Delhi/UP, East Punjab and Rajasthan. The approx first three day business of GABBAR IS BACK is as follows.
Friday - 12,30,00,000
Saturday - 10,90,00,000
Sunday - 15,30,00,000
TOTAL - 38,50,00,000

There is a holiday in places like Delhi, MP and Mumbai for Buddha Purnima on Monday. So, it should have a good Monday and the trend does look positive due to the good business on Sunday. The overall weekend figure is not good but is par for the course and now a 60 crore nett week which would be pretty good is a possibility.

Box Office India Trade Network

GABBAR IS BACK is has had a good first day as it grossed 12.27 crore nett but the holiday factor added around 1.50 crore nett. It would have been more but Marathi film TIMEPASS 2 which smashed all records in Maharashtra (outside Mumbai city and Pune) including HAPPY NEW YEAR and DHOOM 3

GABBAR IS BACK did well in Maharashtra but could have been better if the Marathi film was not there. The collections in Mumbai will be 3.75 crore nett plus while Delhi/ UP is around 2.30 crore nett. The film had record opening for Akshay Kumar starrer in Mysore of 61 lakhs nett but it happened because it was holiday.

Overall the near 12 crore nett number may seem good as a number but in real terms it would have been good if it was not a part holiday. The film really needed a 14 crore nett plus number as a drop is inevitable today. Basically the film has to record to the same number on Saturday as Friday if the film has to have a chance to cover. This would give it a chance of taking its weekend to near 40 crore but Saturday being same as Friday will be tough.