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TANU WEDS MANU RETURNS had an excellent second week grossing around 45.75 crore nett and taking its two week total to 115 crore nett. The drop is just 34% in week two and that is the highest for any film with a 30 crore nett plus second week apart from 3 Idiots.

The second week is also the fifth highest of all time beating films like YEH JAWAANI HAI DEEWANI and KRRISH 3. Business all over India barring Gujarat/Saurashtra is fantastic with North India competing with some of the biggest grossers ever.

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PIKU held up well in its third week with 10 crore nett approx taking its three week total to around 72.50 crore nett. The third week is the highest of the year beating the figures of BABY which grossed 6.75 crore nett approx in week three.

The film should make it to the 80 crore nett mark. The performance is mainly on the strength of high end multiplexes which have seen good appreciation. The PVR and Inox chains are at 50% of its all India business which is a big amount for a film grossing over 70 crore nett.

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PIKU did well it its third weekend grossing around 6.50 crore nett and taking its business to 69 crore nett approx. The film maintained well despite TANU WEDS MANU RETURNS scoring very at the box office. The collections are the highest for the third weekend for the year. They are almost similar to the the third week of BABY which had the previous highest third weekend.

The film looks on course for an 80 crore nett total and maybe even a chance to go past the 81 crore nett plus of BABY though has little chance of beating highest grosser of this year so far - GABBAR IS BACK.

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PIKU held up very well in week two grossing around 22 crore nett which was a similar collection to the new release BOMBAY VELVET as it also grossed that much in week one. The drop from week one is less than 50% which is very good trending. The film should be able to do 75 crore nett and maybe even hit 80 crore nett.

The best performance is in West Bengal where the film should cross 6 crore nett which is excellent and easily beats BABY at 4 crore nett which was the top grosser before PIKU.

Mumbai and Mysore are also very good with Mumbai expected to cross 25 crore nett and Mysore should comfortably cross 6 crore nett. Mass dominated circuits like CP, CI and Bihar have not done well. -----------------------------------------
GABBAR IS BACK is the biggest grosser of 2015 as it has collected 84 crore nett approx in three weeks. The film has done well despite competition from new releases over the last two weeks. BOMBAY VELVET did not provide competition but GABBAR IS BACK lost a lot of screen space due to its release especially in single screens. Its pretty clear that GABBAR IS BACK would have done better in these screens despite being in week three.

The performance in Bihar is very good where it will be amongst the top fifteen grossing films. It will not reach top 25 in any other circuit.

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PIKU had a very strong second weekend as it grossed 13.25 crore nett which is the best second weekend of the year beating the figures of GABBAR IS BACK. The second weekend business of PIKU is as follows.
Friday - 2,75,00,000
Saturday - 4,75,00,000
Sunday - 5,75,00,000
TOTAL - 13,25,00,000

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PIKU held up very well on day eight grossing around 2.75 crore nett which is less than 50% drop from first weekend. The film is putting up very good numbers in Mumbai, West Bengal and Mysore.

The failure of BOMBAY VELVET will help the film in week two and it should get a bug jump on Saturday. The weekend should cross 12 crore ar least and may even become the highest second weekend of the year

GABBAR IS BACK grossed 75 laks nett on its third Friday which us 75% drop from last Friday. This is reasonable as multiplex business was hut due to the release of BOMBAY VELVET and PIKU going strong which meant those two films covered most of the screens at multiplexes.

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PIKU did well in its first week grossing around 40 crore nett. The film had a poor start but gained momentum from Saturday and has maintained very well in the metros. The other major cities have also maintained well but the collections here are on the lower side. Cities like Mumbai, Kolkata and Bangalore are set to give the best collections of the year.

The performance of these of these cities means that Mumbai, West Bengal and Mysore are the best performers while Rajasthan, CP Berar, CI and Bihar have low numbers although have held very well since on Monday

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PIKU held up very on Tuesday with a very limited drop on Tuesday. The approx first five day business of PIKU is as follows:
Friday - 5,00,00,000
Saturday - 8,50,00,000
Sunday - 11,00,00,000
Monday - 4,25,00,000
Tuesday - 3,75,00,000
TOTAL - 32,50,00,000

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PIKU showed huge growth of 65% plus on Saturday which is extraordinary. It is very rare that this sort of growth happens. The first day business hardly gave the film a chance but day the phenomenal growth on day two has changed the scenario. The approx first four day business of PIKU is as follows.
Friday - 5,00,00,000
Saturday - 8,50,00,000
Sunday - 11,00,00,000
Monday - 4,25,00,000
TOTAL - 28,75,00,000

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PIKU had a good weekend of around 24.50 crore nett and the trend was very strong with extraordinary growth on Saturday and very good growth on Sunday. The trending is the best of the year barring DUM LAGA KE HAISHA but that film was at very low levels and it is easier with low collections.

The business of the film was led by the major metros of Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Gurgaon, Kolkata and Bangalore but on Sunday multiplexes all over were good. The few single screens it has released on have not done well but it does not matter much when multiplexes show this type of growth. The business in West Bengal is better than GABBAR IS BACK released last week and that film had the biggest weekend of the year in that circuit.

It is rare that film a film taking a five crore nett opening day ends up doing an 11 crore Sunday. The film should hold well on Monday especially after the growth on Sunday as some films manage to show huge jump on Saturday but are then flat on Sunday.

The other release of the week KUCH KUCH LOCHA HAI was very dull with around 2.25 crore nett business over the weekend.

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PIKU showed huge growth of 65% plus on Saturday which is extraordinary. It is very rare that this sort of growth happens. The first day business hardly gave the film a chance but day the phenomenal growth on day two has changed the scenario. The approx first two day business of PIKU is as follows.
Friday - 5,00,00,000
Saturday - 8,50,00,000 approx
TOTAL - 13,50,00,000

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PIKU picked up in the evening at the premium multiplexes to record first day collections in the 4.75-5 crore nett range. The pick up was mainly limited to the PVR, Inox and DT Chains which contributed more than half the all India business film.

The collections are better than films FINDING FANNY and DETECTIVE BYOMKESH BAKSHY which were also for the premium multiplexes but that hardly matters as both fared poorly so to be 10% and 20% better is not much. The film fared best in Mysore circuit with collections of nearly 50 lakhs but when this circuit leads, it means problems in most other parts of the country.

The film has hardly any chance for recovery as film is too costly for the limited appeal it holds. So basically it will be about a huge jump on Saturday and a good hold over the next few weeks which will at least mean some appreciation amongst the target audience..

The collections of KUCH KUCH LOCHA HAI were very poor all over and will hardly gross 75 lakh nett on day one.