SHAADI KE SIDE EFFECTS grossed 30.80 crore nett in its first week though it could not do much in the weekdays after a decent weekend. The film fell on Monday and although the weekdays did not see major daily falls, the weekday contribution was just 9 crore nett approx against the 21 crore nett approx weekend..

The film actually grossed good numbers over the weekend in Delhi, East Punjab and Mysore but these circuits fell badly on the weekdays. The circuits that did not gross that well actually held up better like Rajasthan and CI as there was limited downside.

SHAADI KE SIDE EFFECTS is likely to witness a major slide in week two as there are three new releases which will lead the market. It initially seemed that the film  may emerge a decent or even good fare after the weekend but the Monday changed all that and now the film will be lucky to even cross 40 crore nett
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Meanwhile, HIGHWAY dropped in its second week as it collected 5.42 crore nett it its second weekend taking its two week gross to around 26.19 crore nett. The film had grossed around 21 crore nett in week one giving a drop of around 75%.

The drop is in the normal range for week two but a film like this should be sustaining better as its tight release gave it a chance to have a decent run for a few weeks. But the appreciation is missing as the second week figures are less than HASEE TOH PHASEE which collected 6.75 crore nett.

This collections are also less than a film like YAARIYAN which had a pretty decent start but then fell away badly but even that film managed to collect 6.75 crore nett in week two. HIGHWAY will finish its lifetime run at around 28 crore nett which is not impressive. 

SHAADI KE SIDE EFFECTS did well over its first weekend as it collected around 21 crore nett in its first weekend as per early estimates. This was despite the business of the film being affected by the cricket matches on Friday and Sunday.

The matches involving India probably hit the film for 1 crore nett on Friday and a similar amount on Sunday. A limited release in Rajasthan also meant collections in that circuit were around 60 lakhs lower than they should have been.

The film did good business in Delhi city, East Punjab and Mysore while Mumbai saw average collections and other circuits were low. All circuits including the ones which were low on Friday saw good growth on Saturday but again the cricket match meant Sunday collections did not witness much growth.

The figures on Saturday suggest the film can hold on Monday but its hard to tell exactly how much of the growth was due to a low Friday due to the cricket. The approx figures of SHAADI KE SIDE EFFECTS over the first three days is as follows.
Friday - 5,50,00,000
Saturday - 7,50,00,000
Sunday - 8,00,00,000
TOTAL 21,00,00,000
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HIGHWAY dropped in its second weekend as it collected 2.75-3 crore nett it its second weekend taking its ten days business to 23.75 crore nett. The drop in the second weekend is 75% plus which is the norm for films today but for a film like HIGHWAY which is depending on word of mouth the hold should had been better.

The film was also affected by the cricket and SHAADI KE SIDE EFFECTS also took some business away as both films are doing their best business in the same areas.

This film will end its second with business probably around 25.50 crore nett and then may add another crore or two at best.

HIGHWAY dropped on day eight grossing around 70-75 lakhs nett. The drop came as it had the same target audience as the new release SHAADI KE SIDE EFFECTS. HIGHWAY was doing its best business in North and that's where SHAADI KE SIDE EFFECTS has its best numbers.

HIGHWAY will see a good jump on Saturday but its overall weekend growth is dependent on how SHAADI KE SIDE EFFECTS fares. If the latter is not up to the mark then the former will see more growth.

The total business in eight days is around 21.52 crore nett and the lifetime business of the film is looking to be in the 28-29 crore nett range.

Meanwhile, GUNDAY fell in week two collecting around 12.76 crore nett taking its two week total to around 70.81 crore nett. The drop at the start of week three is huge and the film is unlikley to add much more business.

Box Office India Trade Network

HIGHWAY grossed around 21.75 crore nett in its first week as it held steady on the weekdays and then got a boost for Maha Shivratri on Thursday. It is the opening that has let the film down as start was low and the growth on Saturday and Sunday was lower than it needed to be.

The collections of HIGHWAY are less than HASEE TOH PHASEE which collected 27 crore nett in week one and YAARIYAN which collected 24 crore nett in week one. Both these films were also targeting the multiplex youth and had lower costs.

HIGHWAY is looking at a 30 crore nett finish on a best case scenario as there is a flow of releases for the multiplex audience starting this week with SHAADI KE SIDE EFFECTS.

Box Office India Trade Network

The first five day business of HIGHWAY is as follows.
Friday 3,25,00,000
Saturday 4,50,00,000
Sunday 5,50,00,000
Monday 2,25,00,000
Tuesday 2,00,00,000
TOTAL 17,50,00,000

The film is holding up pretty well on the weekdays with low collections but it really needed a good second week to pull through. But SHAADI KE SIDE EFFECTS s is likely to take away its audience in week two. A 30 crore lifetime total is looking out of reach.

HIGHWAY grossed around 13-13.25 crore nett in its first weekend. The film had an upward trend over the weekend but due to a slow start at most places it needed a bigger jump on Saturday. The growth had to be over 50% but was around the 35% range.

The film was released on just over 700 screens which helped the film as it was not playing in places where it had little chance of collecting. Today films which only have chances at city multiplexes are going to 1200 plus screens and most of these films hardly have collections at certain centers

HIGHWAY was restricted to 1-2 screens at multiplexes with only better collecting multiplexes going to two screens and the single screen was very limited to a few big cities.
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HIGHWAY was steady on Monday but with low collections as it grossed around 2.25 crore nett taking the four day total to 15.50 crore nett. The drop from Friday is just 30% approx but collections were low on Friday.

The film should hold steady over the weekdays and finish with around 21 crore nett in the first week which is on the lower side as a lower costing film like HASEE TOH PHASEE grossed 27 crore nett over the first week and that was just decent not great.

The second week will see competition from SHAADI KE SIDE EFFECTS, another film targeting the city multiplex audience. The approx four day breakdown of the film is as follows.
Friday - 3,25,00,000
Saturday 4,50,00,000
Sunday 5,50,00,000
Monday 2,25,00,000
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DARR @ THE MALL made little impact at the box office despite a wide release. The first weekend business was in the range of 3-3.25 crore nett as it collected around 1 crore nett on day one and it was in the same range in day two. Sunday however was slightly higher.

The collections are very bad for a film which has released on close to 1200 screens. The film could not put up decent collections even in circuits where horror films tend to do better. The poor start and no growth leaves the film with no chance at the box office.

The other releases of the week like DEE SATURDAY NIGHT and GULABI GANG were total washouts with the former not even touching 10 lakhs and the latter having negligible collections.

HIGHWAY started slowly but picked up well in the evening in metro multiplexes. The film manage to record decent collections in places like Mumbai, Delhi, Gurgaon and Bangalore. The first day collections are around 3.25-3.50 crore nett.

The first day collections are okay as the release was only in around 700 screens and restricted to mainly multiplexes. In fact the horror film DARR @ THE MALL had a wider release of over 1100 screens. The film did not do well outside metros but that is expected and release was also restricted outside the major cities.

The film is sure to see growth on Saturday and it remains to be seen how much. It should go to over 4 crore nett but if it can get near the 5 crore nett, then the film can really go somewhere.
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DARR @ THE MALL collected around 1 crore nett on its first day which is a low collection considering that film was released on around 1100-1200 screens. The occupancies were low all over with select screens opening a bit better due to horror factor. The opening day collections are still better than films like MR JOE B CARVALO and ONE BY TWO.

The film is unlikely to go anywhere as the horror genre is dependent on the initial and it is rare for the genre to pick up well after the first day. The collections were slightly better in mass areas than the big cities.

Other releases like DEE SATURDAY NIGHT which was released on around 100 screens and GULABI GANG which was released on a few PVR theatres with a show or two collected very poorly.