MAIN VAAPAS AAUNGA is proving to be a HIT film in East Punjab as it catches the collections of a big new release like COCKTAIL 2 in just four days after its release. On Monday, COCKTAIL 2 has grossed around 53 lakhs nett while MAIN VAAPAS AAUNGA is 47 lakhs nett. On Tuesday, its likely that MAIN VAAPAS AAUNGA will be same or more than COCKTAIL 2 and East Punjab is one of the better performing circuits for the romcom.

MAIN VAAPAS AAUNGA has that Punjabi flavour with partition relatability which means it is scoring excellent numbers in Gurgaon and the bigger centres of Punjab state. The film is sure to hit double digits in the circuit and could even challenge the collections of BHOOTH BANGLA in the circuit which is a 165 crore nett plus film across India.

This is not to say that MAIN VAAPAS AAUNGA is a HIT and COCKTAIL 2 is a FLOP as the economics are all wrong for the former. Despite this huge appreciation in parts of the country, it will turn out to be a heavy loser unless this mini miracle spreads out and becomes a real miracle. It has to become a mini MAHAVATAR NARSIMHA in terms of box office collections to get somewhere.

Putting East Punjab aside and at an all India level, COCKTAIL 2, which actually does not have much appreciation, is actually standing in a better position simply because of the opening weekend. It again shows the importance of getting figures up on the first weekend especially if you have a cost associated for a film. Its basically a MUST for films with a budget.

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MAIN VAAPAS AAUNGA did very well in the second week collecting around 20 crore nett which is almost double of the first week and is now standing at a total of 31 crore nett. The film has seen an excellent trajectory after the first weekend and has found solid appreciation with the gentry audience especially in NCR and Punjab. 

Despite the break out it will still be a big loser in terms of recovery as it it needed to break out from higher initial numbers. Here the film actually might do 60-65 crore nett or even more which is a HIT number for the content and face value of the film but not for the budget of the film.

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MAIN VAAPAS AAUNGA continues its steady run as it collected 10.50 crore nett which is a little less than the second weekend but is still almost as much as the FIRST WEEK. The trend for the film is outstanding and its a good break out considering the opening day collections. In fact, the break out would have looked outstanding as well in the pre pandemic days but after what has happened to films like THE KASHMIR FILES and MAHAVATAR NARSIMHA is that they bought in the trends of the pre multiplex era and shown the levels you can go to with hardly any start. This used to happen many times in the 80's and 90's.

The film is a HIT in East Punjab and NCR while Mysore is also good but the rest are on the lower side. 

The collections of the film till date are as follows. 

Friday - 2,65,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 3,85,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 4,00,00,000 apprx

MAIN VAAPAS AAUNGA has done well in the second weekend as it collected a similar amount to what it collected in the whole first week. The film collected around 11.50 crore nett in the second weekend which takes the film to almost 23 crore nett in ten days. Despite the strong second weekend the collections still remain low due to the disaster initial of the film though slowly, it is covering ground.

The film has found appreciation mainly in NCR and Punjab. The film has collected over 4.50 crore nett in East Punjab and this is mainly on the strength of Gurgaon, Chandigarh and the big cities of Punjab (political). The circuit which today is less than 10% is more than 20% for this film but going forward the key will be Mumbai city which needs to do better. Obviously it can do better in Central and Eastern India but that is unlikely to happen. This makes Mumbai city important as its a big center and can do better as the film is for the gentry audience.

The biggest issue for the film are its costs. The film should really be a success if it does business similar to the likes of THE KERALA STORY 2: GOES BEYOND or MARDAANI 3 but the costs of this film are far more than those films. The film still has time and it remains to be seen where it can finally reach. 

The collections of MAIN VAAPAS AAUNGA till date are as follows.

Friday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 4,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 5,25,00,000 apprx

HAUNTED – ECHOES OF THE PAST saw a drop in collections on Wednesday as it collected 1.10 crore nett which takes the film to almost 13 crore nett. The week will end close to 14 crore nett which is good figure for this film though it will not collect much after the first week. Still the job is done as costs are very low and there is not much of P&A spend especially for the advertising side.

MAIN VAAPAS AAUNGA is holding up well at the box office as it saw its best day on Wednesday and this looks to continue on the last day of the week. This means the film is going to end the week with higher collections than how it started the week. The collections of the film so far are around 9.75 crore nett and it will end the week with 11.50 crore nett.

The collections remain low but it has a chance to cover some ground in week two as the second week should be as good as the first week or maybe even more despite the competition. It does not alter the fate of the film as the costs are high but now it can end up with respectable collections if it can maintain for the next few weeks. The film has good collections now in NCR and East Punjab with Mumbai city and Bangalore also collecting well.

The collections of HAUNTED – ECHOES OF THE PAST and MAIN VAAPAS AAUNGA are as follows.

Friday - 2,25,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 3,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 3,50,00,000 apprx

Monday - 1,50,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 1,50,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 1,10,00,000 apprx

Friday - 1,10,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 1,85,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 2,50,00,000 apprx 

Monday 1,10,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 1,50,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 1,75,00,000 apprx

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MAIN VAAPAS AAUNGA, which opened to disastrous collections last week, is now showing a very good trend and the box office has improved tremendously. The film started showing a good trend over the weekdays and now the second weekend is even better. There is still a lot of work to do due to the budget of the film. Despite the trend, the collections are still only 17.50 crore nett till date though after ten days it can be around 23.50 crore nett.

It is going to cover ground from here on but its all about how much ground it can cover and where can it go. Its Delhi NCR and East Punjab doing most of the lifting at present. The film needs support from Mumbai circuit especially Mumbai city if it is to really go somewhere and continue this trend into the next few weeks. These three areas are enough for the film to get somewhere in the final tally. Mumbai has done a little more than East Punjab and this gap has to widen as there is a limit as to how much Punjab and NCR alone can give.

The film started off like it would become a EK DIN which had similar costs to MAIN VAAPAS AAUNGA and openings were also the same. In the weekdays it looked like it can go the KRISHNAVATARAM PART 1: THE HEART way which was around 34 crore nett from a 1 crore nett opening. This was also costly for its face value though not as much as EK DIN.

Now it looks even better for MAIN VAAPAS AAUNGA and for sure its going to get a respectable finish. However, the target now should be some sort of success or even better due to this trend and the next 2 weeks will tell whether it can do that. It will be gentry audiences driving as break out into the wider audience would actually turn out to be a miracle.

The collections of MAIN VAAPAS AAUNGA till date are as follows.

Friday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 4,25,00,000 apprx