The Friday this week was the worst of the year as the the new Hindi releases collected even lower than the films released last week. There were films like M S DHONI - THE UNTOLD STORY and INFERNO having some collections last week while this week no film has managed to those collections. The total of all the Hindi and English films playing last week including holdover was around 4.75 crore nett while this week it half that at around 2.25-2.50 crore nett. The best collecting Hindi film was 31st OCTOBER though last weeks holdover MOTU PATLU - KING OF KINGS may eventually have a better second week than the first week of 31st OCTOBER. The apprx opening day figures of the new Hindi releases are as follow.
31st October - 30,00,000,
Gandhigiri - 12,00,000
1:13:7 - Ek Tera Saath - 8,00,000
Mmrisa - 2,00,000
My Father Iqbal - 1,00,000

JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK was the best collecting film of the week but its collection were even lower than last weeks Inferno which did around 1.75 crore nett. JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK meanwhile was around the 1 crore nett mark..
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The weekend was a very poor one at the box office as all the new films failed to make a mark with 31st OCTOBER having the best collections. The animation film MOTU PATLU - KING OF KINGS has done fair business and will be among the top three animation films in Hindi. The film grossed around 1 crore nett in its second weekend taking its lifetime business to around 4 crore nett. The film is showing a weekly drop of around 50%. The film had opened very poorly but is the only film in the last few weeks to have some trend. Its getting fair occupancy on Saturday and Sunday's due to family audiences. The apprx opening day figures of the new Hindi releases are as follow.
31st October - 1,10,00,000
Gandhigiri - 40,00,000
1:13:7 - Ek Tera Saath - 25,00,000
Mmrisa - 7,50,000
My Father Iqbal - 3,00,000

There were many English films playing but none are doing good business be it JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK (Week One), INFERNO (Week Two) or THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (Week Two). JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK grossed 3.50 crore nett over its first weekend. There was even a South Korean film TRAIN TO BUSAN released and the collections were a total disaster. The film was screened in English and even dubbed into Hindi, Tamil and Telugu which was just pointless.

It was a dull week for business but MOTU PATLU - KING OF KINGS has done pretty decent for an animation film. There have been very few animation films that have done over 4 crores nett in India and this film looks like it can do that much as the film has 3-4 shows at many major multiplexes in its second week. The film has fared far better than the other releases last week who hardly have any shows in week two.  The apprx first week figures of the Hindi films released last week are as follows.
Motu Patlu: King Of Kings - 2,75,00,000
Beiimaan Love - 1,50,00,000
Saat Uchakkey - 1,50,00,000
Fuddu - 15,00,000
Anna - 5,00,000

INFERNO grossed a poor 9.50 crore nett in its first week and is remaining in theatres in week two due to lack of competition rather than the merits of the film.

There were a few Hindi releases this week but the all fared poorly with BEIIMAAN LOVE being the best collecting film as it had some collections at single screens while the others had hardly anything. It was dud week but its thats pre Diwali period when the makers don't want to release their films. Even the big Diwali films like AE DIL HAI MUSHKIL and SHIVAAY are releasing pre Diwali which will affect their initials also but occupancy will pick up markedly post Diwali. Be it M S DHONI - THE UNTOLD STORY or INFERNO, both films were not even doing 15% occupancy on an all India basis and the new releases struggled to do half of that. The apprx opening day figures of the new releases are as follow.
Beiimaan Love - 30,00,000,
Motu Patlu: King Of Kings - 25,00,000
Saat Uchakkey - 25,00,000
Fuddu - 3,00,000
Anna - 1,00,000

INFERNO was the best collecting film of the week as it grossed around 1.75 crore nett and it is probably the only film which will get some decent growth but numbers are too low for it to do any worthwhile business.
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There were a few Hindi releases this week but they all fared poorly with animation film MOTU PATLU - KING OF KINGS coming out best as it managed grow more over the weekend compared to the other films. The apprx weekend day figures of the new releases are as follow.
Motu Patlu: King Of Kings - 1,50,00,000
Beiimaan Love - 1,00,00,000
Saat Uchakkey - 1,00,00,000
Fuddu - 10,00,000
Anna - 3,00,000

INFERNO did the best out of all films released this week grossing around 6.50-6.75 crore nett over its first weekend. The collections are poor but this type of film from Hollywood has a limited market. There can be no doubts though of the inroads made by Hollywood especially over the last two years with big gains in the market share while it is the opposite for Hindi films. This is reflected by the fact that the biggest hits of 2016 outside SULTAN are THE JUNGLE BOOK and THE CONJURING 2, both of which are Hollywood releases. Both were just remarkable with THE JUNGLE BOOK crossing 187 crore nett and THE CONJURING 2 doing 60 crore nett apprx just in English language with practically zero marketing. Three Blockbuster films in 2016 and two are from Hollywood pretty much sums up 2016 as far as the Hindi films are concerned.