Box Office India Trade Network

HUMSHAKALS grossed around 51.25 crore nett in its first week. The film had a decent weekend but had a drop of 55% on Monday from and the normal weekday drops.

The weekend saw great business in circuits like Mumbai, Delhi/UP and East Punjab but the film held better in the weekdays in places like CP Berar, CI, Rajasthan and Gujarat. The first week collections are the fifth best of the year after JAI HO, HOLIDAY - A SOLDIER IS NEVER OFF DUTY, GUNDAY and 2 STATES.

Overall its a fair first week but the film is dependent on what sort of business it can get over the next 7-10 days or so.
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HOLIDAY - A SOLDIER IS NEVER OFF DUTY grossed 11 crore nett approx in its third week making it the highest grossing film of the year till date. The film has now grossed 110 crore nett going past the 108 crore nett of JAI HO.

The film may end the first half of the year as the highest grossing film if EK VILLAIN remains lower and going to that level is a huge ask for EK VILLAIN.

The third week did see a 65% drop in business as compared to the 55% drop in week two but that was mainly due the release of HUMSHAKALS. The film is likely to do an all India distributor share of around 57 crore with Mumbai topping at 20 crore plus.

Box Office India Trade Network

 

HUMSHAKALS grossed 4.75 crore nett on Monday which is a drop of around 55% from Friday. The norm on Monday is around 50% drop from Friday. The four day total is 40.50 crore nett approx. The week is looking to be around 51 crore nett. The collections for the first four days are as follows
Friday - 10,80,00,000
Saturday - 10,70,00,000
Sunday - 14,10,00,000
Monday - 4,75,00,000
TOTAL - 40,35,00,000

 

The second weekend will be important for the film though it faces competition from Ek Villian which has become a hot film due to the music.
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HOLIDAY - A SOLDIER IS NEVER OFF DUTY collected around 90 lakhs nett on Monday taking its total to around 6.75 crore nett for the week. It is nearing the business of JAI HO everyday and now stands at 105.75 crore nett compared to 108 crore nett of JAI HO. The collections for the first four days of the second week are as follows.
Friday - 1,20,00,000
Saturday - 1,80,00,000
Sunday - 2,80,00,000
Monday - 90,00,000
TOTAL - 6,70,00,000

The third week should do business around 9-9.25 crore nett which is a drop from second week but still decent as it faced competition from a big release like HUMSHAKALS.

Box Office India Trade Network

HUMSHAKALS had a big growth on Sunday as it collected around 14 crore nett giving it a total of 35.60 crore nett plus. The collections for the weekend are decent and the trend is good with Sunday showing solid growth all over. The collections were up 25% on Sunday.

The initial could have been a bit better but to have a 35 crore nett plus figure from the initial it got is very good. The figures are slightly lower than HOLIDAY - A SOLDIER IS NEVER OFF DUTY due to single screens where Akshay Kumar has that initial draw. In Mysore the film has collected more than  HOLIDAY - A SOLDIER IS NEVER OFF DUTY.

There will not be much of a problem covering costs as comedies get a good satellite rate and the film is shot in UK. Hence, there is the rebate of shooting there which will amount to a sizeable amount as the film has production budget of 50 crore plus. Now it will be Monday and Tuesday that will decide where the final theatrical business will end up.
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HOLIDAY - A SOLDIER IS NEVER OFF DUTY is closing in on the number one grosser of the year JAI HO as it takes its seventeen day total to nearly 104.85 crore nett with a 5.80 crore nett third weekend.

The film could beat JAI HO at the end of the third week but if it does not it is sure to beat in in the fourth weekend. The film has seen a 70% drop in the third weekend compared to 53% in the second weekend due to the release of HUMSHAKALS.

It will be a similar drop in the third week as another major film EK VILLAIN releases which means a 112 crore nett lifetime finish. The final business will be in the same range as Akshay Kumar's HOUSEFULL 2.

Box Office India Trade Network

HUMSHAKALS held well on Saturday with collections the same range as Friday. The film collected around 10.70 crore nett on Saturday giving it a two day total of 21.50 crore nett plus.

The 22 crore figure is an okay figure but the trend has been good over the first two days with the film having a similar Saturday to Friday when normally there is a 5-10% drop for the films with a wide release as generally there is a drop outside the 5-6 big metros.

The trend on Saturday ensures growth on Sunday but it will be about how big the growth is. A few weeks back, HOLIDAY - A SOLDIER IS NEVER OFF DUTY showed 35% growth on Sunday coming off a slightly better Friday and Saturday trend. So, in case of HUMSHAKALS, there is potential for a 20-30% uptrend with 30% being very good.