RUSLAAN could not do much on its second day as it recorded limited growth which was always going to be the case as these sort of films need some sort of start on the opening day.

The film is pretty much devoid of competition as none of the holdovers are collecting that much either and yet, it has not found an audience. The film will not be able to match the business of last weeks dud DO AUR DO PYAAR.

The box office is practically dead with very low occupancy everywhere for all films. The holdovers are getting extended runs but collections for them are low as well.

The collections of RUSLAAN till date area s follows.

Friday - 45,00,000

Saturday - 60,00,000

The new release this week RUSLAAN had dull collections of 45-50 lakhs nett which was lower than last weeks DO AUR DO PYAAR which netted 50 lakh plus. The plus for RUSLAAN was the genre as its an action film while DO AUR DO PYAAR had more face value as it had a known female lead.

The problem with RUSLAAN is the face value as in Hindi cinema, its extremely rare for an out and out action film to work when the lead has not found acceptance with the masses. Generally, action fares work with established stars due to the acceptance they have.

A start like this for a film like DO AUR DO PYAAR still gives that film a chance although it did not find acceptance but its impossible for an action film like RUSLAAN to go anywhere after a start like this.

MAIDAAN remains the top performing film at the box office as collections of the film went up and were higher than all the weekdays of the second week by a decent margin. The film will have a steady third week at the box office though overall collections are not going anywhere.