PAGALPANTI had a poor first day as it collected 5 crore nett but the fact it got to 5 crore nett means that it had growth in the evening as the morning collections were horrible. This does not alter the fact that its a poor number and the film has to like double up on Saturday to be in the race again.

It will be very difficult to double up as its a mass comedy film but the mass centres have not performed and they just don't double the collections on day 2. These centres have to be interested initially for a film to actually work in these places. The bigger multiplexes have the potential to double up or even more but it will be a surprise if it happens for this film as its not really for that audience.

The business is generally low in all circuits with Mumbai at around 1.60 crore, Delhi/UP at 1.15 crore nett and East Punjab at 49 lakhs. The collections in Rajasthan, CP Berar and CI are also low with none of these circuits going over 30 lakhs. The only small plus was that it managed to beat FROZEN 2 as some audience did come post the afternoon whereas if it maintained like morning it would be the same as that film which is animation.

FROZEN 2 did well on day one with 3.50 crore which is one of the best starts for an animation film in India. It has already beaten the lifetime number of the last film which was around 2.90 crore nett in 2013; it had released in 75 screens. The growth was not huge in the evening as a 4 crore nett plus number could have been achieved with good evening growth. But being a kids film, the target audience will probably come today and Sunday rather than Friday evening. The film looks set for a decent weekend at least