PAD MAN had a decent first week of 62 crore nett as it held well on the weekdays after a very average start. The film jumped very well on Saturday but could not follow up on Sunday as families in places like Jaipur and Kanpur did not really come and this is the audience that can really push a film.

The film took advantage of the partial holidays to hold up well midweek and the drop came on day seven which was always likely. The weekdays held well but places that can sustain well in the long run like Punjab, Delhi, UP and Gujarat are not the drivers of the film. It is doing comparatively better in places like Mumbai and Bangalore.

The eighth day is the test for the film with competition from a new release and a strong holdover film. The film is a success but will have to show just a 10-15% drop from Thursday to emerge a solid HIT. Normally films drop more when a new film comes but there are case of no drop as well but generally those films open at around half the range of PAD MAN.

The collections for PAD MAN for the first week are as follows
Friday - 10,00,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 13,50,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 16,00,00,000 apprx
Monday - 5,75,00,000 apprx
Tuesday - 6,00,00,000 apprx
Wednesday - 7,00,00,000 apprx
Thursday 3,75,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 62,00,00,000 apprx

PAD MAN got another boost on Wednesday due to a partial holiday in some states for Mahashivratri and it was Valentines Day which helps collections. The film collected a healthy 7 crore nett on day six which takes it total to 58 crore nett plus. The film has jumped on Tuesday and Wednesday and the collections are 22% higher on Wednesday than on Monday. The film has done very well on the weekdays till now but the first test will be Thursday.

Then there will be the crucial eighth day which will tell where the film is going. There will be a three way battle with AIYAARY and the holdover PADMAAVAT fighting PAD MAN. The film is a success but t will day eight that will tel if the film can become a HIT.

The collections for PAD MAN for the first six days are as follows
Friday - 10,00,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 13,50,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 16,00,00,000 apprx
Monday - 5,75,00,000 apprx
Tuesday - 6,00,00,000 apprx
Wednesday - 7,00,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 58,25,00,000 apprx

The film has done well to come this far as its a slow paced film and now it will be about holding well enough over the second weekend,

PAD MAN also showed an uptrend like PADMAAVAT on Tuesday due to Mahashivratri holiday at places. The film collected 6 crore nett on Tuesday to take its five day rotal to over 51 crore nett. The gains were a little less than PADMAAVAT as it was collecting at a higher level. PADMAAVAT went up by around 10% while PAD MAN went up by 5%.

There is a holiday for Mahashivratri today as well and Valentines Days also which will aid the film again though it may not be the normal Valentines Day growth as some of that growth will have been factored into collections on the Monday partial holiday. The week is going over 60 crore nett but by how much will depend over the next two days.

The first five day business of Pad Man is as follows.
Friday - 10,00,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 13,50,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 16,00,00,000 apprx
Monday - 5,75,00,000 apprx
Tuesday - 6,00,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 51,25,00,000 apprx

PAD MAN is contining to do well in Mumbai and Pune although the collections were helped as it was a partial holiday in Maharashtra on Tuesday.

North India did not have a holiday but collections held pretty well there with a drop of around 5%. The other places like Bihar and CI are showing low collections but that is always going to happen with this type of film which does not have anything for the mass audience barring the presence of Akshay Kumar.

PAD MAN has held on well on Monday with a drop of 40-45% from Friday as it grossed around 5.75 crore nett which has taken its four day total to 45 crore nett plus. The weekend trend was good but Sunday did not really go through and it could have dropped more on Monday but this is a solid showing on Monday.

There will be holiday period over the next two days with Mahashivratri on Tuesday but the holidays will be spread over two days with some states having holiday on Tuesday and others on Wednesday so its hard to tell how this will reflect on collections. It could be the jump comes on Tuesday and the Wednesday holds or the major growth comes on Wednesday.

The first weekend business of PAD MAN is as follows.
Friday - 10,00,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 13,50,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 16,00,00,000 apprx
Monday - 5,75,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 45,25,00,000 apprx

The film has been appreciated in the metros like most other concept films so eventually there is a limit to how far these films can as there is a limited audience.

The performance where most Akshay Kumar films do well like Punjab, UP and Rajasthan is less than normal but likes of Bangalore and Pune are scoring much better than a TOILET - EK PREM KATHA or JOLLY LLB 2.

PAD MAN picked up well over the weekend from a fair start. The film has recorded business of around 39.50 crore nett over the weekend and shown Saturday growth of 35% apprx and Sunday growth of 20% apprx. The Sunday growth could have been more but with a film on this subject there is always a chance that the smaller town family audience may not come.

The Sunday growth is still more than the regular metro film and now it will be about the weekdays. There are two partial holidays to bump up the collections. Although Valentines Day is not an official holiday it acts like a holiday as far as box office concerned and shows a good jump in business. The film has done better than TOILET - EK PREM KATHA over the weekend in places like Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore though obviously most places are less.

The first weekend business of PAD MAN is as follows.
Friday - 10,00,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 13,50,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 16,00,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 39,50,00,000 apprx

The trend of the film is very similar to AIRLIFT though at a slightly lover level. That film had gone from 11.12 crore nett on day one to 42.50 crore nett. Here PAD MAN has gone from 10 crore to 39.50 crore nett. TOILET - EK PREM KATHA had a stronger trend because it held more appeal for smaller cities.

The difference is AIRLIFT was being driven by Delhi NCR and Punjab over the weekend and the Mumbai come on over the weekdays. Here it is the opposite and it will be down to Delhi NCR and Punjab holding up stronger over the weekdays.

PAD MAN did well on ts second day as it showed very good growth of 35% to collect around 13.50 crore nett and take its total to 23.50 crore nett. There are not many films that have opened to the 10 crore nett mark or higher and showed growth of 35%.

This sort of growth normally comes with films opening at a lower level. The film showed huge growth in Mumbai circuit where traditionally social films do better and this will probably be the case for PAD MAN. The film also has better numbers than TOILET - EK PREM KATHA in South India. North India is less despite Akshay Kumar who is strongest in the North but the subject holds less appeal for the North Indian audience especially Punjab and UP. The Delhi NCR belt is collecting pretty well.

The first two day business of PAD MAN is as follows.
Friday - 10,00,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 13,50,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 23,50,00,000 apprx

The growth of PAD MAN on Saturday is similar to JOLLY LLB 2 last year though as that film had a more audience friendly genre the collections are less. The Saturday growth of recent Akshay Kumar starrers is as follows with PAD MAN being second best after TOILET - EK PREM KATHA.
Toilet - Ek Prem Katha - 46%
Pad Man - 35% apprx
Jolly LLB 2 - 34%
Airlift - 31%