HANUMAN (Hindi) continues to do well as it collected almost 5 crore nett in its third weekend with the competition of FIGHTER. This takes the film to 44 crore nett and it should be a comfortable 50 crore nett for the film.

The target of the film will be to cross the business of 12TH FAIL which stands at almost 56 crore nett  though that film has a 6 crore nett contribution from South while it is minimal for HANUMAN. The all India business of the film is nearly 170 crore nett and with the Telugu version in Nizam/Andhra being strong, it could go to 200 crore nett.

The Telugu industry has some of its biggest releases in this early January period with Sankranthi normally in the second week. This small film, HANUMAN, is on its way to being the highest grosser from the Telugu industry on Sankranti despite many big releases before. If it reaches the 200 crore nett mark, it will be the eighth Telugu film to do that after BAAHUBALI: THE BEGINNING, BAAHUBALI 2: THE CONCLUCION, SAAHO, PUSHPA: THE RISE - PART 01, RRR, ADIPURUSH and SALAAR. All these have released in many other languages and all have good Hindi contribution. The highest one language is ALA VAIKUNTHAPURRAMULOO with around 190 crore. 

The collections of HANUMAN till date are as follows.

Week One - 22,68,00,000

Week Two - 16,81,00,000

Third Weekend - 4,75,00,000 apprx

HANUMAN (Hindi) also got the benefit of the Republic Day as it grossed 1.75 crore nett to take its total to over 40 crore nett and it should go on from here to cross the 50 crore nett mark. The film is a HIT but could not really break out as it seems to be working more for sentiments rather than the film itself.

The film is best in Mumbai circuit driven by a superb collections in Gujarat/Saurashtra with collections of 16.50 crore nett in Mumbai till date. By the end of the third weekend end, it will be ahead of 12TH FAIL in a circuit like Mumbai despite much less business in Mumbai city and Pune in the circuit. This would be pretty much unthinkable before the pandemic but this is how the dynamics of the box have changed post pandemic.

Rajasthan, CP Berar and Odisha have already crossed 12TH FAIL but that film had good business in the South while HANUMAN (Hindi) contribution in South is limited due to regional versions being played there.

South, Delhi/UP, West Bengal and maybe East Punjab will stay below 12TH FAIL while others will beat the Vikrant Massey starrer. The film has done 90 crore nett in Nizam/Andhra till date and will probably be the first small film to cross 100 crore. This number normally only comes for the bigger stars. A PUSHPA, for instance, had done around 130 crores in the circuit.

The collections of HANUMAN till date are as follows.

Week One - 22,68,00,000

Week Two - 16,50,00,000 apprx

Friday - 1,75,00,000 apprx

MAIN ATAL HOON collected 5.25 crore nett apprx in its first weekend showing good growth on Saturday and Monday should hold well due to the public holiday. But it needs to be around 1 crore nett on Tuesday if it is to get some run at the box office and even that may not be enough with FIGHTER coming on Thursday.

The Saturday growth, which was a struggle just after the pandemic, seems to be coming like normal now but its all of very low opening day numbers. Actually, the opening day remains an issue not just for small films but even medium and bigger films generally though there are some exceptions.

The collections of MAIN ATAL HOON till date are as follows

Friday - 1,15,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 1,90,00,000

Sunday - 2,25,00,000

MERRY CHRISTMAS did a second weekend of 2.50 crore nett and its looking to settle at under 20 crore nett with a shortened second week due to the release of FIGHTER.

The  collections of MERRY CHRISTMAS till date are as follows.

Friday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 3,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 3,25,00,000 apprx

Monday - 1,50,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 1,00,00,000 apprrx

Wednesday - 90,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 80,00,000 apprx

Friday - 55,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 1,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 1,00,00,000 apprx

HANUMAN (Hindi) collected well in its second weekend with an 11 crore nett plus total which is pretty much similar to the first weekend. The film has collected over 33 crore nett till now and should get some benefit on Monday due to the public holiday.

It is probably targeting a 50 crore nett total which is excellent but it looked like to be more at a point of time last week and could have gone like KANTARA. However, its not really broken out in any area like that film which really pushed its collections to higher levels in Maharashtra/Gujarat.

The collections of HANUMAN till date  are as follows.

Friday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 3,75,00,000 apprx

Sunday -  5,75,00,000 apprx

Monday - 3,75,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 2,50,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 2,25,000,000 apprx

Thursday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Friday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 4,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 5,25,00,000 apprx

MAIN ATAL HOON collected 1.15-1.25 crore nett on its first day which is not too bad for a film with no face value but the collections are driven heavily by the bigger multiplexes a bit like MERRY CHRISTMAS last week but with lower collections. The film is a biopic on a former Prime Minister so that may have got a limited audience out who would be interested in the story.

MERRY CHRISTMAS fell on its eighth day with collections of 55 lakhs nett which takes the film to 13 crore nett. This means the film may just get to around 5 crore nett in week two on a best case scenario with a more likely scenario being a 4 crore nett week.

The collections of MERRY CHRISTMAS till date are as follows.

Friday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 3,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 3,25,00,000 apprx

Monday - 1,50,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 1,00,00,000 apprrx

Wednesday - 90,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 80,00,000 apprx

Friday - 55,00,000 apprx

HANUMAN (Hindi) is a HIT as it collects 2 crore nett on its second Friday which is similar to the the first Friday and the film looks to be heading for a 50 crore nett plus lifetime number though a lot depends on how FIGHTER fares at the box office. The collections on the second Friday were better that the first Friday at many of the bigger multiplexes.

The film has a 24 crore nett total so far after eight days and it will be another strong trending weekend and a public holiday on Monday for the inauguration of Ram Mandir though it remains to be seen how this holiday plays out.

The collections of HANUMAN till date are as follows.

Friday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 3,75,00,000 apprx

Sunday -  5,75,00,000 apprx

Monday - 3,75,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 2,50,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 2,25,000,000 apprx

Thursday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Friday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

HANUMAN grossed an excellent 83 crore nett in its first week across India with a huge 50 crore nett coming in Nizam/Andhra where it had competition from the bigger film GUNTUR KAARAM. The latter grossed around 85 crore nett in week one in Nizam/Andhra and probably another 10 crore nett form the rest of India for a week one total of 95 crore nett.

There is no doubt that HANUMAN will score a higher number across India but the job is probably to beat the bigger film in the home market of Nizam/Andhra. There is a 35 crore gap which is pretty difficult to cover after week one in a circuit like Nizam/Andhra but HANUMAN has held superbly in the first week. On the second Friday, it was doing roughly 3 times the business of GUNTUR KAARAM but even then, it will be tough to catch the the Mahesh Babu starrer.

HANUMAN has scored huge in Nizam/Andhra and is good in Karnataka also. The Hindi version also fared well in Karnataka for a dubbed film. If we take the all versions business of the film then Mysore did almost 9 crore nett in Karnataka while Mumbai circuit was 10 crore nett in all versions. Nizam/Andhra, Mumbai and Karnataka were the top performing regions though there was a solid outperformance in Odisha as that circuit scored above many of the bigger circuits across the Hindi circuits.

The all India business of HANUMAN is as follows. 

Hindi Version - 22,00,00,000

Telugu version (Hindi circuits) - 1,75,00,000

Nizam/Andhra - 50,00,00,000 (excluding Hindi)

Mysore/Karnataka - 8,00,00,000 (excluding Hindi)

Tamil Nadu - 1,25,00,000 (excluding Hindi)

Kerala - 5,00,000 (excluding 1 Hindi print)

MERRY CHRISTMAS collected a low 12.50 crore nett in week one. The film had started with the same collections as HANUMAN on day one but while its just 12.50 crore nett for this film, the latter has gone to over 20 crore nett.

The film managed some respectable numbers over the weekend and Monday but it was all downhill from there and now its just about if it can reach the 20 crore nett mark. That depends on the second Friday which has to hold. If there is a 20-25% drop, then that 20 crore nett number is pretty much impossible with FIGHTER coming on Thursday.

The collections of MERRY CHRISTMAS till date are as follows.

Friday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 3,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 3,25,00,000 apprx

Monday - 1,50,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 1,00,00,000 apprrx

Wednesday - 90,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 80,00,000 apprx

HANUMAN (Hindi) collected a good 22 crore nett in its first week with a strong trend as day seven is pretty much similar to the first day. The film had that boost due to the holiday period where some circuits really out performed on day 3 and day four. But by the end of the week, it was pretty much back to normal.

It did look like Gujarat, Rajasthan and CI were going to put up huge numbers but that has not been the case but a good hold on day eight should ensure HIT status for the film. The film will have a good run for a few weeks if the second Friday can collect similar to Thursday or even more.

The collections of HANUMAN over the first week are as follows.

Friday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 3,75,00,000 apprx

Sunday -  5,75,00,000 apprx

Monday - 3,75,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 2,50,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 2,25,000,000 apprx

Thursday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

MERRY CHRISTMAS had a fair hold on Monday as it collected 1.50 crore nett which is a 25% drop from day one but it is a holiday period. There are no official holidays as such but various states have different festivals at this time of year which aids the collections.

The film should really be collecting more closer to the Friday number and that would have been the case if this holiday factor was not even there. The film has collected 9.75 crore nett till date in four days which is a low collection but for these films, it about what they are doing after the first week.

The four day collections of MERRY CHRISTMAS are as follows.

Friday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 3,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 3,25,00,000 apprx

Monday - 1,50,00,000 apprx

HANUMAN (Hindi) is excellent on the first Monday as it collects 3.75 crore nett and takes its total to over 15 crore nett. The film has collected almost double of its Friday number and there is that holiday factor here but take that out and it can easily be assumed that there is at least a 50% jump from Friday.

There was a film like 12TH FAIL which went over 50 crore nett with some appreciation in the metros. But here, the appreciation is outside the metros in places like Gujarat, UP, MP etc and this should ensure that this film goes on to higher number than 12TH FAIL even with FIGHTER in the way and just 15 crore nett up on the board till today. The metro appreciation may not be like 12TH FAIL but that won't matter in the long run as a far wider reach will give it far better numbers.

The collections of HANUMAN over the first three days is as follows.

Friday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 3,75,00,000 apprx

Sunday -  5,75,00,000 apprx

Monday - 3,75,00,000 apprx

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MERRY CHRISTMAS saw drop post the partial holiday on Monday as it collected around 1 crore nett on Tuesday. The trend is decent for the film but for these films, you can have a low opening and then, the trend has to be good.

The numbers on Tuesday are 50% down on Friday which would have been fine if the film got some sort of opening but with these level of collections, it will find it tough going forward. The film has collected 10.75 crore nett so far and it should be a 12.50 crore nett week for the film. Then the target is probably 20 crore nett lifetime which will depend on its second Friday collection.

The five day collections of MERRY CHRISTMAS are as follows.

Friday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 3,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 3,25,00,000 apprx

Monday - 1,50,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 1,00,00,000 apprrx

HANUMAN (Hindi) also saw a drop on Tuesday as areas which had a holiday like Gujarat, Rajasthan and Odisha came off a holiday. The last named was huge on Monday as it had the best collections outside Mumbai and Delhi/UP. Gujarat also saw huge collections on Monday collecting almost 1 crore nett.

The circuits where there was no holiday like Delhi/UP and East Punjab are steady on Tuesday with very similar collections to Monday and here there is a partial holiday on Wednesday which should help collections. The film is basically heading for a second Friday which will be more than the first Friday. The film is also huge in Telugu as collections went higher than the big film GUNTUR KAARAM on Tuesday in Nizam/Andhra.

The collections of HANUMAN over the first five days are as follows.

Friday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 3,75,00,000 apprx

Sunday -  5,75,00,000 apprx

Monday - 3,75,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 2,50,00,000 apprx

MERRY CHRISTMAS collected 8.25 crore nett in its first weekend aided by good growth on Saturday but the wider audience did not really come on Sunday and collections remained pretty flat on Sunday. The film is a niche film for the metros and this was sort of expected. On top of it, HANUMAN is the main film for audiences outside metros.

The film is now depending on the hold on Monday though and there will be holidays in various states over the week to help the film sail though a little but the film really needed a bigger jump on Sunday. There are some circuits where HANUMAN is doing 3 times the business on Sunday and even a multiplex dominated Punjab is double. 

The three day collections of MERRY CHRISTMAS are as follows.

Friday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 3,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 3,25,00,000 apprx

HANUMAN (Hindi) goes from strength to strength as it shows huge growth on Sunday again after the big gains on Saturday. The film has found acceptance among the audience and the film is doing well everywhere. The bigger multiplexes were less to start off with but the family audiences turned up here on Sunday as well.

The weekend collections of the film were 11.50 crore nett and the film is on course to emerge a HIT as collections will hold on Monday and it should go on a run from here for a few weeks. The fact that all circuits have good numbers on Sunday is a plus though maybe East (outside Odisha) could have bene better. The film is working on sentiments.

The collections of HANUMAN over the first three days is as follows.

Friday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 3,75,00,000 apprx

Sunday -  5,75,00,000 apprx

MERRY CHRISTMAS has shown good growth of around 50% as it collects around 3 crore nett on its second day in Hindi to take its two day total to 5 crore nett. The film had to grow on Saturday as there was a high ratio of business of the urban centres where Saturday is the best day.

A lot depends on what happens to the film on Sunday as it attempts to get some of the wider audience and then more importantly where it lands on Monday as collections have to be similar to or close to the Friday number if it is to have a run.

The two day collections of MERRY CHRISTMAS are as follows.

Friday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 3,00,00,000 apprx

HANUMAN (Hindi) is excellent and looks on course to be a HIT as collections jumped around 80-90% and the film collects 3.75 crore nett on Saturday for a two day total of 5.75 crore nett. The film has shown huge 75%  growth collections in mass pockets whereas the multiplex business doubled up. When you have such growth in mass circuits on a Saturday, it is almost certain the film is going to do very well.

The film is going to do very well and should emerge a HIT or even more though that time will tell. The Monday hold is certain as when the mass circuits grow like this on Saturday, it means at least this side of the business will be more on Monday than Friday and possibly by a margin. Multiplexes have a price drop but even there, the film is sure to hold and the holiday period in various states will help further.

The collections of HANUMAN over the first two days is as follows.

Friday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 3,75,00,000 apprx

HANUMAN (dubbed) and MERRY CHRISTMAS collected a similar amount on the first day as both films collected 2 crore nett apprx. The opening of MERRY CHRISTMAS was lower in the morning but it caught the other film up due to it being a more urban film for multiplexes. Hence, evening and night shows had the bulk of the collections.

HANUMAN still has the edge as its doing better in the mass circuits. The film is mainly driven by centres in Mumbai circuit and Central circuits and due to the devotional value, these films do have a chance to break out. The film also has a good release for a dubbed film due to there being lack of competition as the Christmas films are out and MERRY CHRISTMAS is mainly for multiplexes.

It remains to be seen where the film can go and it will be Sunday where the film can really collect well as the places where it has opened better do better business on Sunday. Still, its managed the best opening day number for a South dubbed film after SALAAR in the last year or so. ADIPURUSH was a bilingual and that is not being counted. 

MERRY CHRISTMAS picked up in the metros in the evening which was likely as it had nothing for the morning audience and it is very much dependent on the Saturday growth as here the places where its doing well are best on Saturday. If the growth is good then it will have a chance to hold on the weekdays and a run for two weeks. The film is very niche and there is a limited audience out there for this type of content today.

The big Telugu flick GUNTUR KAARAM opened huge with collections to be near the 30 crore nett mark on day one in Nizam/Andhra which is almost 40% down on SALAAR. The film should have actually got to a better day one number based on advances but reports were not there to support the film.