HICHKI has emerged a HIT film in China as it has sustained very well over the last four weeks or so. The film had started with less than $750k and is now on the verge of crossing $20 million. The film has crossed the business of PK to stand as the fifth highest grossing Indian film in China.

This film has done better in China than in India which was also the case with DANGAL, SECREY SUPERSTAR, HINDI MEDIUM and DELHI SAFARI. These four films as well as HICHKI have sold more tickets in theaters of China than India.

The figures for Hindi films are below and it shows how different this market is compared to the core overseas markets where films are watched by the expat sub continent audience. Shah Rukh Khan who is the biggest star in these markets has the lowest grossing films in China.

The business of all Indian films released in China over the last decade or so are as follows.
1. Dangal - $193.06 million
2. Secret Superstar - $117.71 million
3. Bajrangi Bhaijaan - $45.55 million
4. Hindi Medium - $32.71 million
5. Hichki - $19.70 million (30 Days)
6. PK - $19.65 million
7. Toilet  - Ek Prem Katha - $14.23 million
8. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion - $11.93 million
9. Sultan - $5.26 million
10. Dhoom 3 - $3.24 million
11. 3 Idiots - $2.91 million
12. Delhi Safari - $1.51 million
13. Baahubali: The Beginning - $1.12 million
14. Happy New Year - $410k
15. Fan - $220k
16. My Name Is Khan - $71k

HICHKI has done well in China with collections on day eight holding up well. The collections on day eight were in the same range as day one. The film has clocked up $8 million so far in China and it will the second Saturday that will tell where this film will go.

If the film can repeat the growth of last Saturday then it has a shot at crossing $15 million but that sort of growth may be too difficult to get on the second Saturday. The film will be the highest grossing Indian film in China after DANGAL, SECRET SUPERSTAR, BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN, HINDI MEDIUM and PK. Only these five films have gone over $15 million and it remains to be seen if HICHKI can do same.

The collections of HICHKI in China till date are as follows
Previews - $40,000
Friday - $730,000
Saturday - $1,740,000
Sunday - $1,740,000
Monday - $790,000
Tuesday - $810,000
Wednesday - $780,000
Thursday - $740,000
Week One - $7,370,000
Friday - $720,000
TOTAL - $8,090,000

HICHKI might succeed in China as day two sees good collections of $1.75m apprx. The film was expected to do well in China and the local distributors opened it up on over 38000 screenings but the turnout was very low which meant the screenings were cut by 25% on day two but the collections have gone up almost 150% on day two.

The local distributors probably got confidence of a big start from HINDI MEDIUM which opened to over $3 million but despite the low start all is even on day two as collections are where they should be and on the numbers of screenings given. Now it will be about if the film can go from here and get a run for a few weeks. The collections of HICHKI in China for the first two days are as follows.

Friday - $740,000
Screenings  - 38,335

Saturday - $1,750,000 apprx
Screenings- 28,500 apprx

The two day total is around the $2.5 million mark (INR 18.50 crore)

RAID continued to run its fifth week with decent figures of 75 lakhs nett in four days. The film could collect around 1 crore nett over the week. The total of the film so far is a little over 97 crore nett and the film is looking at a 97.50 crore nett finish which is the same as EK VILLAIN in 2014. The film should add a little in the sixth week also.

The collections of RAID till now are as follows.
Week One - 59,86,00,000
Week Two - 25,17,00,000 
Week Three - 8,75,00,000
Fourth Week - 2,62,00,000
Fifth Week - 75,00,000 (4 Days)
TOTAL - 97,14,00,000 apprx

RAMPAGE has done fair business considering no 3D release as that is a substantial contribution for Hollywood films like this. The film has grossed around 14 crore nett in four days and should finish the week at around 18.5-19 crore nett. The hold on Monday is decent with figures in the 1.75-2 crore nett range - a 30-35% drop. The business of the film is as follows.
Friday - 2,75,00,000
Saturday - 4,25,00,000
Sunday - 5,00,00,000
Monday - 1,85,00,000
TOTAL - 13,85,00,000 apprx

BLACKMAIL grossed 2.25 crore nett apprx in its second week (4 Days) to take its total to 17 crore nett and the film will close out at 18 crore nett.

HICHKI is still doing decent with around 44 crore nett after 25 days and it should cross the 45 crore nett mark.

HICHKI grossed 4 crore nett in its third week to take its three week total to 42.50 crore nett. There was a drop in business in week three which makes 50 crore impossible for the film with a 44-45 crore nett finish likely which is still good for the film. It will do around 10 crore nett more than MARDAANI and around 12 crore nett more than TUMHARI SULU.

The business of HICHKI till date is as follows
Week One - 26,11,00,000
Week Two - 12,30,00,000
Third Week - 4,00,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 42,41,00,000 apprx

RAID also dropped in the fourth week which put it out of the race to reach 100 crore nett though the film is a HIT film. The film collected 2.75 crore nett in week four for a total of 96.50 crore nett. The film could in the 1-2 crore nett range over the coming weeks. The film needs to repeat week four business in week five for 100 crore nett business and its rare for films to do that.

The collections of RAID till now are as follows.
Week One - 59,86,00,000
Week Two - 25,17,00,000 
Week Three - 8,75,00,000
Fourth Week - 2,75,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 96,53,00,000 apprx

HICHKI had a drop in the third weekend as it collected a little over 2.50 crore nett which is 70% down from the second  weekend. The first weekend was down around 45%. The film has basically consumed its limited audience and now will settle around 45 crore nett for lifetime business. It looked like it could have got 50 crore nett before the third weekend.

The business of HICHKI till date is as follows
Week One - 26,11,00,000
Week Two - 12,30,00,000
Friday - 50,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 90,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 1,15,00,000 apprx
Third Weekend - 2,65,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 41,06,00,000 apprx

RAID also dropped on its fourth weekend as it collected a little under 1.75 crore nett and takes its total to 95.50 crore nett. Just like HICHKI will not get to 50 crore nett due to the drop in business its a similar story here as the fourth weekend here ensures the film film will fall short of the 100 crore nett mark here. The film is probably looking at a 97-97.50 crore nett finish.

The collections of RAID till now are as follows.
Week One - 59,86,00,000
Week Two - 25,17,00,000 
Week Three - 8,75,00,000
Friday - 30,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 55,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 85,00,000 apprx
Fourth Weekend - 1,70,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 95,48,00,000 apprx

HICHKI had a noticeable drop on its third Friday as it collected 50 lakhs nett apprx. The film has basically consumed most of its limited audience and will see a much bigger drop in the third week as compared to the second week. But the job is done for the film and it is a HIT. The total business of the film so far is nearly 39 crore nett.

The business of HICHKI till date is as follows
Week One - 26,11,00,000
Week Two - 12,25,00,000
Friday - 50,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 38,86,00,000 apprx

RAID also dropped on its fourth Friday as it collected 30 lakhs nett which takes its tally to 94 crore nett. The film is nearing the end of its run and could have some decent collections on Saturday and Sunday but that will be about it. The film is a HIT but is likely to fall short of 100 crore nett mark unless it goes up three or four times on Saturday.

The collections of RAID till now are as follows.
Week One - 59,86,00,000
Week Two - 25,17,00,000 
Week Three - 8,75,00,000 apprx
Friday - 30,00,000 aprrx
TOTAL - 94,08,00,000 apprx

HICHKI showed a drop of a around 50% from the first week to gross 12.25 crore nett in week two and takes its total around 38.50 crore nett. The film looks set for business over 45 crore nett and may even hit 50 crore nett depending on the next two weeks. The film is a HIT.

The business of HICHKI till date is as follows
Week One - 26,11,00,000
Week Two - 12,25,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 38,36,00,000 apprx

RAID also held well dropping 65% in the third week. This film had a larger overlapping audience with BAAGHI 2 so that film affected this as compared to HICHKI. The film grossed 8.75 crore nett in the third week which is actually far bigger than a film like SINGHAM RETURNS.

RAID is also a HIT film as will get that 45 crore distributor share which it needs to be a HIT. It is the highest grossing Ajay Devgn film outside the Ajay Devgn/Rohit Shetty combination as it has crossed the business of RAAJNEETI.

The collections of RAID till now are as follows.
Week One - 59,86,00,000
Week Two - 25,17,00,000 
Week Three - 8,75,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 93,78,00,000 apprx

HICHKI grossed 1.10 crore nett apprx on its second Monday taking its business to 35 crore nett. The third week is heading for around 12 crore nett plus business which will see the film at 38 crore nett in two weeks and it should be able to cross 45 crore nett from there depending on holds in week 3 and 4.

The film has chances for a 50 crore nett total. The business of HICHKI till date is as follows
Week One - 26,00,00,000 apprx
Friday - 2,40,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 2,60,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 3,25,00,000 apprx
Monday - 1,10,00,000 apprx
Second Week - 9,35,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 35,35,00,000 apprx

RAID grossed 80 lakhs nett on its third Monday and has taken its total to 92 crore nett. The third week will be around 9.50 crore nett which is decent considering the competition of BAAGHI 2.

The collections of RAID till now are as follows.
Week One - 59,86,00,000
Week Two - 25,17,00,000 
Friday - 1,75,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 1,90,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 2,50,00,000 apprx
Raid - 80,00,000
Third Week - 6,95,00,000 apprx (4 Days)
TOTAL - 91,98,00,000 apprx

HICHKI held well in its second weekend dropping 45% from its first weekend. The second weekend was 8.25 crore nett which takes its total to 34 crore nett plus. The film has crossed TUMHARI SULU (AVERAGE) and is similar to MARDAANI (SEMI HIT) and it looks on course for a 45 crore nett plus total which will be a 20 crore share and a HIT film.

It wont reach the numbers of similar films like KAHAANI, QUEEN or NEERJA but still has done well enough. The business of HICHKI till date is as follows
Week One - 26,00,00,000 apprx
Friday - 2,40,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 2,60,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 3,25,00,000 apprx
Second Weekend - 8,25,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 34,25,00,000 apprx

RAID has has a decent third weekend of nearly 6.25 crore nett despite the presence of BAAGHI 2 which ended its run in most of the single screens though its not as if itw as doing huge business in single screens. The film stands at a little over 91 crore nett and it will be fourth Friday which will determine where the film finishes.

The collections of RAID till now are as follows.
Week One - 59,86,00,000
Week Two - 25,17,00,000 
Friday - 1,75,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 1,90,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 2,50,00,000 apprx
Third Weekend - 6,15,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 91,18,00,000 apprx

HICHKI maintained its steady run and has collected nearly 31 crore nett so far and should go past TUMHARI SULU by the end of the weekend and should also cross MARDAANI by the end of the week.

The business of HICHKI till date is as follows
Week One - 26,00,00,000 apprx
Friday - 2,40,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 2,60,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 30,85,00,000 apprx

RAID is doing decent business in its third weekend as Saturday managed to go up a little despite coming off a holiday. The trend of the film is around 65% down from last week if we go by the Saturday numbers which is good considering how BAAGHI 2 is dominating the market.

The collections of RAID till now are as follows.
Week One - 59,86,00,000
Week Two - 25,75,00,000  apprx
Friday - 1,75,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 1,90,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 89,26,00,000 apprx

HICHKI has held up well on its second Saturday as it grossed around 2.25-2.50 crore nett. The drop is just around 25-30% from the first day which clocked 3.25 crore nett. The holiday factor has helped the film to get such a strong second Friday but it should should hold over the weekend and cross the likes of TUMHARI SULU in ten days flat. The film has grossed 28.25 crore nett apprx in eight days.

The business of HICHKI till date is as follows
Week One - 26,00,00,000 apprx
Friday - 2,25,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 28,25,00,000 apprx

RAID has also held well on its third Friday with 1.75 crore nett apprx. This is a good number considering the phenomenal BAAGHI 2 which would have affected this film unlike a HICHKI which is for a limited audience.

The film stands at 87.50 crore nett now and could reach the 100 crore nett mark which would be a good result for this film. The collections of RAID till now are as follows.
Week One - 59,86,00,000
Week Two - 25,75,00,000  apprx
Week Three - 1,75,00,000 (Friday) apprx
TOTAL - 87,36,00,000 apprx

HICHKI has had a decent first week of 26 crore nett after a poor start when it released. The film picked up on Saturday and maintained very well on Monday and then towards the end of the week the holiday factor helped on Wednesday evening and Thursday.

The film has fared best in Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata and Bangalore with West Bengal the best circuit comparatively. The first week figure of MARDAANI which was the last Rani Mukerji starrer was 22.94 crore nett . So the film is 14% up on that film in the first week.

There is BAAGHI 2 to contend with this week but that film has a different target audience and that limited audience for HICHKI in the metros may not be too interested in a film like BAAGHI 2. So it could still continue to go strong in week two. There is also the Good Friday holiday to help.

RAID has sustained well in week two with collections of 25.75 crore nett which is a 57% drop from the first week. the total of the film is now nearly 85.50 crore nett and the film has good chances of emerging a HIT as long as there is not a huge fall in the third week. The also got a boost on Wednesday evening and Thursday due to the holiday factor.

BAAGHI 2 will affect this film in the A centers but on Friday it will have the holiday to see it through to a decent number. The collections of RAID till now are as follows.
Week One - 59,86,00,000
Week Two - 25,75,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 85,61,00,000 apprx

HICHKI has held on strongly on Tuesday with hardly any drop from the day before. The film is course for a 24 crore nett first week and then then day eight will decide where it can go. There is a big release with BAAGHI 2 but HICHKI is for a different audience so it could be that BAAGHI 2 does not affect it that much. The first five day collections of HICHKI are as follows
Friday - 3,25,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 5,25,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 6,75,00,000 apprx
Monday - 2,25,00,000 apprx
Tuesday - 2,25,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 19,75,00,000 apprx

RAID also did not show a drop the second Tuesday as it collected in the same range as the day before. The film has now collected 79.50 crore nett plus and should finish the second week with a total of 83.50 crore nett apprx. The collections of RAID till now are as follows.
Week One - 59,86,00,000
Friday - 3,25,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 5,25,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 6,75,00,000 apprx
Monday - 2,25,00,000 apprx
Tuesday - 2,25,00,000 apprx
Second Week - 19,75,00,000 apprx (5 Days)
TOTAL - 79,61,00,000 apprx

HICHKI had a good hold on Monday dropping 30% from the first day to record business of 2.25-2.35 crore nett range. This takes the business of the film to 17.50 crore nett and the first week will finish in the the 23-24 crore nett which is a  decent result for this film.

The film has done better than similar films of this range in terms of cost of like BAREILLY KI BARFI and TUMHARI SULU. Both these films were average fares so it could be that Hichki could be a notch or two higher but that it all depends on how its holds up over the next two weeks.

The first four day collections of HICHKI are as follows
Friday - 3,25,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 5,25,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 6,75,00,000 apprx
Monday - 2,25,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 17,50,00,000 apprx

The film also did well in Gulf in its first weekend with business of $500k and is also set for China release towards the end of the year where it will have huge potential being a female orientated urban social drama. The China box office for Hindi films is being driven by a larger female audience and this film could do multiples of India there in terms of business.

HICHKI showed a good trend over the weekend as it grossed around 15 crore nett. The collections are nothing much but for these films its about staying in the race over the weekend. The film could have easily done just 10 crore nett or even under and it would have been over for the film.

The Saturday growth was 60% and there is always a chance with these type of films that this sort of growth can come on Saturday but the Sunday growth of 20-25% was apprx is solid for this type of a film and it could be that it has appreciation among the family audience in the bigger cities. But it was also Ram Navami on Sunday so the it could have been a little better for business than a normal Sunday

The first weekend collections of HICHKI are as follows
Friday - 3,25,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 5,25,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 6,50,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 15,00,00,000 apprx

The collections are a good 25% higher than TUMHARI SULU and a little higher than MARDAANI (14.44 crore) in terms of NETT collections although GROSS is a little lower. So in real terms the weekend is less than MARDAANI. The weekend has kept the film in with a chance and the test will come in the weekdays which will decide if there is appreciation for the film to emerge a success or even a HIT.

HICHKI showed very good growth of 60% on Saturday as it collected 5.25 crore nett apprx. The film has collected 8.50 crore nett in two days which is not much but the trend is there to make some ground on the weekdays if Monday can hold up strongly.

The film is going to be driven by Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore as these markets are best. This was the case for TUMHARI SULU released last year and also MARDAANI released a few years back

The first two day collections of HICHKI are as follows
Friday - 3,25,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 5,25,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 8,50,00,000 apprx

RAID showed growth of 50% plus on its second Saturday to record business of 5 crore nett. This takes its business to 69 crore nett apprx. The film is doing best in UP and Bihar.

The collections of RAID till date are as follows. 
Week One - 60,60,00,000 apprx
Friday - 3,25,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 5,25,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 69,10,00,000 apprx

HICHKI had a low first day of 3.25 crore nett but it has managed to collect better than most films which are in the similar zone over the past year or so. The collections of similar films last year are as follows
1. Begum Jaan - 3,64,00,000
2. Tumhari Sulu - 2,61,00,000
3. Mom - 2,56,00,000
4. Simran - 2,43,00,000
5. Meri Pyaari Bindu - 1,67,00,000
 
All the films had low occupancy on day one but that is always likely but HICHKI is second best of the lot. TUMHARI SULU was a minor success and HICHKI has a better opening day than that. The last Rani Mukherjee film MARDAANI had opened at 3.44 crore which is a similar range but that was at the time of entertainment tax. So in terms of gross collections they are much higher.

HICHKI should grow very well on Saturday as high end multiplexes have their best day then but the test will be on Monday and that it will tell if the film can have a run at the box office. The weekend is a bit irrelevant for these types as all it can give you a platform to stay in the race and the work starts from Monday. Here the platform is certain as the weekend will easily cross double digits and remains to be seen what happens on the weekdays. Cost wise the film is safe due to good revenue from non theatrical sources.

The Punjabi film SAJJAN SINGH RANGROOT was a so so affair. It grossed around 1.25 crore nett across India which is a fair number for a Punjabi film but not a film which has Diljit Dosanjh in the lead. The film had a World War One setting and promos lacked the entertainment factor and Punjab traditionally is an entertainment seeking circuit be it Punjabi or Hindi films. Some Hindi films get away with it as Gurgaon is there and that becomes 30-35% of the circuit for these but Punjabi films don't have this as Gurgaon is very limited for these films.

Like HICHKI has been able to put some sort number in East Punjab due to Gurgaon. Take Gurgaon out and the circuit is a dead for the film.