RAID 2 saw a drop on the fourth Friday as it collected 75-80 lakhs nett which means the fourth week will see a major drop in collections. The Friday is down around 70%; so, a 65-70% drop week on week looks there for the film. The growth on Saturday can be better than last week due to the lower collections.

The drop is due to the release of BHOOL CHUK MAAF despite though the Hollywood releases last week did not affect it. The situation is totally different when a new Hindi film releases. BHOOL CHUK MAAF is a wide release and on top, there are incentives to watch the film, causing a drop in the collections of RAID 2. The job is done for the film though as it stands at 151 crore nett.

The film has done well over with Mumbai circuit and West Bengal being the best. The former got advantage of a huge holiday on day one which really helped collections. There will be circuits like Odisha and the South circuits which will stay below SHAITAAN. But Odisha is probably because of the horror advantage for SHAITAAN and South saw regional films release alongside RAID 2.

The box office collections of RAID 2 till date are as follows.

Friday - 2,75,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 4,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 5,50,00,000 apprx

Monday - 1,65,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 1,50,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 1,40,00,000 apprx

Friday - 80,00,000 apprx

RAID 2 has comfortably crossed the 200 crore gross mark overseas as it heads for the fifth highest total ever for an Ajay Devgn film worldwide. The bigger Ajay Devgn grossers worldwide are all 300 crore plus films be it SINGHAM AGAIN, TANHAJI: THE UNSUNG WARRIOR, DRISHYAM 2 or GOLMAAL 3. The film stands at 208 crore in terms of worldwide gross collections after 20 days.

RAID (2018) had a total of 143 crore worldwide and if we compare with that, then the main difference will be India as in Overseas RAID 2 will be better by only around 20-25% as its heads for a $3.5 million end while RAID was almost $3 million. The film will manage to go past RAID in all the major overseas markets. US/Canada and Gulf both top $1 million.

The difference in India is huge as it looks to be doing 70% more than RAID. Basically the numbers of the film in India and Overseas establish the film has a franchise and the way they are basically gold dust at the moment as the box office is very receptive to them. Now this sets up more films in this franchise in the future.

The worldwide numbers of RAID 2 are as follows.

India - 181 crore (149 crore nett)

Overseas - 27.25  crore ($3.25 million)

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RAID 2 did very well its third week collecting 19 crore nett which is just a 50% drop from the previous week. The film now stands at 150 crore nett and has crossed the business of SHAITAAN released last year. The third week numbers were also slightly better than SHAITAAN. The big difference is Gujarat where SHAITAAN did not do well as it was a remake of the Gujrati film, VASH.

RAID 2 had competition of two Hollywood releases last week with MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING and FINAL DESTINATION BLOODLINES but was not affected. However, this week, there is BHOOL CHUK MAAF which will will probably affect it more as there will be more of an over lapping audience. This film was supposed to come two weeks back and that has worked in the favour of RAID 2.

The film has done well over with Mumbai circuit and West Bengal being the best, the former got advantage of a huge holiday on day one which really helped collections. There will be circuits like Odisha and the South circuits which will stay below SHAITAAN but Odisha is probably because of the horror advantage for SHAITAAN. Meanwhile, South saw regional films release alongside RAID 2.

The box office collections of RAID 2 till date are as follows.

Friday - 2,75,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 4,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 5,50,00,000 apprx

Monday - 1,65,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 1,50,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 1,50,00,000 apprx

RAID 2 saw a good jump on Tuesday due as it collected 2 crore nett which now takes the film to 147 crore nett. The third week has reached 16 crore nett and its looking to finish 18.5-19 crore nett. The comparative figures for SHAITAAN was 18.75 crore nett. So, its a similar third week number to that film.

The growth was due to discounted Tuesday and the lower ticket rates. The film will still have two weeks from this Friday to add to business until the release of HOUSEFULL 5. There should be at least 15 crore nett to come post the third week and may be it can even add more after the third week.

The box office collections of RAID 2 till date are as follows.

Friday - 2,75,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 4,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 5,50,00,000 apprx

Monday - 1,65,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 2,00,00,000 apprx

RAID 2 collected 1.65 crore nett apprx on its third Monday which gives the film a total of 145 crore nett plus. The third week is around 14 crore nett in four days and will finish at 18.5-19 crore nett which is a good third week total. The film will be closing the week at around 150 crore nett.

The hold on Monday is normal for a holdover film as Friday was around 2.75 crore nett. The film will still have two weeks from this Friday to add to business until the release of HOUSEFULL 5. There should be at least 15 crore nett to come post the third week and may be it can even add more after the third week.

The box office collections of RAID 2 till date are as follows.

Friday - 2,75,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 4,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 5,50,00,000 apprx

Monday - 1,65,00,000 apprx

RAID 2 held up very well over its third weekend with collections of 12.50 crore nett. The drop is under 50% from the previous weekend and again the film showed good growth on Sunday which is a sign of appreciation across all circuits. The Saturday saw less growth but that was likely as MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING released that day and this reflected on all holdovers.

RAID 2 has an overall total of 134 crore nett and its likely to cross the 150 crore nett mark at the end of the week. The way its going, there may still be plenty of gas left in the tank. The film is now holding well across the Hindi belt especially Delhi/UP circuits which could have started better but now is probably holding best.

The collections in Delhi/UP stand at 32 crore nett while Mumbai is at 50 crore nett which is already more than SHAITAAN. The film got a huge boost in day one in Maharashtra and that has enabled Mumbai circuit to have a better ratio as compared to SHAITAAN. Also, the film is doing very well in Gujarat unlike SHAITAAN. West Bengal is another circuit scoring well and it will be the third best Ajay Devgn film in the circuit after DRISHYAM 2 and SINGHAM AGAIN.

The box office collections of RAID 2 till date are as follows.

Friday - 4,75,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 8,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 11,25,00,000 apprx

Monday - 4,50,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 4,25,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 3,00,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 2,75,00,000 apprx

Friday - 2,75,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 4,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 5,50,00,000 apprx

RAID 2 scored a very good second week of 38.50 crore nett despite having issues on Friday and Saturday due to the Pakistan conflict. The film has dropped under 60% from an eight day first week which is a good hold. The film did see a drop on Wednesday but this can be because of the holiday on Monday followed by the discounted rates on Tuesday which consumed much of the weekday audience.

This week has seen the BHOOL CHUK MAAF fiasco, which will be releasing with a shortened window, when this window should actually be pushing higher for better results. Then there is this discounted Tuesday being initiated by PVR/INOX which is also not a clever idea. The belief is probably that you are getting more people into the habit of cinema but its more likely you are going to get a chunk of your regular going audience going to cinemas on Tuesday which means other weekdays will suffer. The price sensitivity in India is due to concessions and NOT ticket rates. If nothing is to be done with concessions then just let it be and don't play around with ticket rates making the audience come out for discounts which hardly add much to bottom lines.

RAID 2 now stands at 131 crore nett and is the second HIT film of the year and it will be third Friday which will determine the lifetime business. But it may well be a different week as MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING is releasing on Saturday. So, the trend will probably will be different and Saturday may not see the growth with usually comes on Saturday.

The box office collections of RAID 2 till date are as follows.

Friday - 4,75,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 8,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 11,25,00,000 apprx

Monday - 4,50,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 4,25,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 3,00,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 2,75,00,000 apprx

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