The Telugu film LOVE STORY is set to become the highest grosser post the second lockdown as it has grossed around 30 crore nett in six days and should cross the numbers of BELLBOTTOM in the first week. The film has seen dropping collections after a near 23.50 crore nett weekend. The film will not collect much more than 1 crore nett on Thursday but overall the film has done well due to initial collections.

QISMAT 2 is rock steady with collections set to cross 10 crore nett in its extended eight day weekend. The film had a little drop on Wednesday mainly as collections in Punjab came down 15%. The collections in Punjab did not drop on Tuesday as Monday had been affected by a bandh.

Delhi city is fantastic for the film with the collections on Wednesday being 5-10% lower than the opening day. This is a good sign for Hindi films set to release from Diwali onward for business in Delhi city.

The collections of QISMAT 2 till date are as follows.

Thursday - 1,24,00,000

Friday - 1,30,00,000

Saturday - 1,75,00,000

Sunday - 2,35,00,000

Monday - 1,10,00,000

Tuesday - 1,05,00,000

Wednesday - 90,00,000

The Telugu film LOVE STORY recorded a huge opening as it collected around 8.5-9 crore nett on day one which is the best start since cinemas reopened after the second wave and the eighth best opening post the pandemic. The film was especially strong in Hyderabad and surrounding areas which are officially allowing 100% occupancy.

The top openings post the pandemic are dominated by South films and mainly Telugu films as the Hindi markets have not been able to get going. Also the film in South are very dependent on the first day while for us its about the weekend as multiplexes dominate business and they collect best over the weekend. The top Hindi opener remains BELLBOTTOM but the collections was under 3 crore nett.

The top openings in India post the pandemic are as follows.

1. Vakeel Saab (Telugu) - 37,50,00,000 

2. Master (Tamil) - 35,00,00,000

3. Roberrt (Kannada) - 12,50,00,000

4. Uppena (Telugu) - 12,00,00,000

5. Pugara (Kannada) - 9,75,00,000

6. Krack (Telugu) - 9,25,00,000

7. Karnan (Tamil) - 9,00,00,000

9. Yuvarathnaa (Kannada) - 8,00,00,000

10. Red (Telugu) -  7,25,00,000