SAM BAHADUR has picked some decent collections through the Christmas and New Year period which now puts the film at around 89.50 crore nett and it will easily cross the 90 crore nett mark at the end of its run. These numbers have come with the competition of ANIMAL and then the Christmas, releases DUNKI and SALAAR.

The film has done well in Mumbai and Mysore as the former has crossed the 30 crore nett mark and should end at around 33 crore nett driven by excellent business in Pune and very good business in Mumbai city. The film has not fared well in Gujarat but because of the strong numbers in Mumbai city and Pune, it has managed to put up a good number in Mumbai circuit.

The numbers in Mysore are better than a bigger film like TU JHOOTHI MAIN MAKKAAR and its probably going to finish around the 9 crore nett mark. The film has a bigger budget compared to films like ZARA HATKE ZATA BACHKE, SATYAPREM KI KATHA, DREAM GIRL 2 and FUKREY 3. So, it should have done a little better for its costs but it has managed to hold up well in the metros to get to the 90 crore nett mark which is a good result considering the competition around.

The collections of Sam Bahadur till date are as follows.

Week One - 36,63,00,000

Week Two- 25,11,00,000

Week Three - 17,62,00,000

Week Four - 5,51,00,000

Week Five - 4,50,00,000 apprx

Friday - 25,00,000 apprx

SAM BAHADUR did very well on its third Friday as the film jumped again like the previous week and collected a solid 2.25 crore nett which now takes the film to over 64 crore nett. These numbers mean a very good third week though it will be shortened by the release of DUNKI on Thursday.

The film may have been a HIT if it was a solo release but that we will never know. The film offers little for the wider audience but has done well in Mumbai city, Pune, Bangalore and Delhi NCR. Kolkata and Hyderabad are the metros which could have done better.

The 75 crore nett mark now is easy for the film and it should be there by the end of the third week and then remains to be seen if it can get any collections post the Christmas releases. The third week collections of the film can be up there with the likes of OMG 2 and TU JHOOTHI MAIN MAKKAAR which is very good considering it could have been out now against such formidable competition.

The collections of SAM BAHADUR till date are as follows.

Friday - 3,50,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 6,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 7,00,00,000 apprx

Monday - 2,25,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 2,10,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 1,90,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 1,80,00,000 apprx

Friday - 2,25,00,000 apprx

SAM BAHADUR collected well in the second week as it picked up 24.75 crore nett taking its two week total to 62.50 crore nett. Basically its about the third Friday; if the film holds at the level of Thursday, then it should do around 75 crore nett and if it jumps like last week, then even 80 crore nett may be possible. Either way the is an AVERAGE success. The second week collections are at the same level as TU JHOOTHI MAIN MAKKAAR which is a good result.

The film may have been a HIT if it was a solo release but that we will never know. The film offers little for the wider audience but has done well in Mumbai city, Pune, Bangalore and Delhi NCR. Kolkata and Hyderabad are the metros which could have done better.

The film has a 35% ratio from Mumbai circuit which is much better than most films this year and it one of the rare films this year which has circuit ratios which are like a pre pandemic film for a film in this zone which is depending on word of mouth.

The collections of SAM BAHADUR till date are as follows.

Friday - 6,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 9,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 10,00,00,000 apprx

Monday - 3,50,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 3,35,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 3,00,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 2,85,00,000 apprx

Friday - 3,50,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 6,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 7,00,00,000 apprx

Monday - 2,25,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 2,10,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 1,90,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 1,75,00,000 apprx

Second Week- 24,75,00,000 apprx

SAM BAHADUR had a good second weekend as it collected almost 17 crore nett taking its ten day total to 54 crore nett plus. The first weekend of the film was 25 crore nett and the film has only dropped 33% in the second weekend which did not look possible on Monday as the film dropped 40% itself on Monday.

SAM BAHADUR picked up well on the second Friday which was a surprise as its rare to see jumps of 25% from Thursday to Friday even for the most successful films. The film has fared better in Mumbai circuit than many films post the pandemic. The film is trending around 40% above Delhi/UP which is the normal trend pre pandemic but very films have managed this post pandemic. The stronger business in Mumbai city and Pune with Bangalore to support may have been the reason for the jump on Friday.

The film is looking an average success but may have better if it did not come on the same day with ANIMAL. It remains to see where the film lands on Monday. If it can really hold and then show a similar trend on Friday, then the film can actually go comfortably above 75 crore nett. ANIMAL not doing those 20 and 30 crore nett days from here on should also help the film. 

The collections of SAM BAHADUR till date are as follows.

Friday - 6,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 9,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 10,00,00,000 apprx

Monday - 3,50,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 3,35,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 3,00,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 2,85,00,000 apprx

Friday - 3,50,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 6,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 7,00,00,000 apprx

Second Weekend - 16,75,00,000 apprx

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SAM BAHADUR collected a fair 2.25 crore nett on its second Monday dropping around 35% which is the normal drop weekly drop post the first Monday. This has now taken the film to almost 57 crore nett and the second week should do around 24-25 crore nett.

This will take the film to 62 crore nett plus by the end of the second week and it then becomes about where the third Friday lands. If there's no drop, it should end up close to the 75 crore nett and if it can show the same trend as the second Friday and go up, then the film could even cross 75 crore nett mark.

The film is looking an average success but may have better if it did not come on the same day with Animal as majority of the audience went to that film. Much of the ANIMAL audience would not be interested in a film like SAM BAHADUR but a solo release is a solo release.

The collections of SAM BAHADUR till date are as follows.

Friday - 6,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 9,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 10,00,00,000 apprx

Monday - 3,50,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 3,35,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 3,00,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 2,85,00,000 apprx

Friday - 3,50,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 6,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 7,00,00,000 apprx

Monday - 2,25,00,000 apprx

Second Week- 19,00,00,000 apprx

SAM BAHADUR has seen a good hold on the second Friday as collections jumped 20% from the Thursday and the film collected 3.50 crore nett which is pretty much the same as its Monday collection. The collections of the film are a healthy 41.20 crore nett and the film is a success.

The film was going along with steady collections over the weekdays but at a low level. However, the second Friday was a surprise with this jump as ticket pricing and the metros came into play. The film has to consolidate this Friday with big growth on Saturday. Being a metro centric film that should happen.

SAM BAHADUR now has a chance to go to 75 crore nett which would be in the range as SATYAPREM KI KATHA but this film has a higher budget. If it can get to 75 crore nett its a good number considering the competition of ANIMAL. If it had a solo release date or came with lesser competition, it would have done much better.

The first five day collections of SAM BAHADUR are as follows.

Friday - 6,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 9,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 10,00,00,000 apprx

Monday - 3,50,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 3,35,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 3,00,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 2,85,00,000 apprx

Friday - 3,50,00,000 apprx

SAM BAHADUR collected a fair 25 crore nett over its first weekend with good growth on Saturday though there was not much follow through on the Sunday which was expected.as the bulk of the business was coming from the three big metro centres.

These collections are low for the film but if you consider the juggernaut competition of ANIMAL against the film and the general collections of films, which don't have much to bring out mass audiences over the first weekend, then these collections are pretty respectable.

Despite the decent weekend trend, the problem the film is likely to face is that ANIMAL will be recording huge collections on the weekdays and in the metros also and with a limited audience out there on weekdays. Also, there is no holiday support; hence, it will find it tough to hold as strong as it has to.

The first three day collections of SAM BAHADUR are as follows.

Friday - 6,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 9,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 10,00,00,000 apprx

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SAM BAHADUR dropped around 40% on Monday to collect in the 3.50-3.75 crore nett range but the film needed to do better due to the weekend figures being low for the film. The film needed to be closer to the first day number and really could  ot afford to drop more than 25% at the max.

These numbers are respectable in terms it has clashed with a colossal like ANIMAL and got some numbers as many films which have released without this sort of competition have not been able to get even these sort of numbers. But eventually box office is not about doing better than the has been films but getting results and that looks tough for Sam Bahadur post the Monday numbers.

The ANIMAL wave is going to go on for sometime and then there are two huge Christmas releases. The best case for SAM BAHADUR is somehow make it to the AVERAGE mark. But with under 4 crore nett coming on a Monday, that looks far unless the film can really hold well from here on for a few weeks. The four day collections of the film are around 28.75 crore nett.

The first four day collections of SAM BAHADUR are as follows.

Friday - 6,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 9,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 10,00,00,000 apprx

Monday - 3,50,00,000 apprx

SAM BAHADUR picked up well on Saturday as it collected 9 crore nett taking its two day total to 15 crore nett. These collections are pretty good considering the competition from ANIMAL and may have been higher if it was a solo release. A solo release may have given potential for more growth as well as here, the bulk of the Saturday audience has gone to ANIMAL.

The film has recorded good occupancy in Mumbai, NCR and Bangalore on Saturday but outside these places, there is limited support. For the film itself the film needed higher collections on day one and because of this first day number, the growth also had to be higher as this film is not like another Vicky Kaushal starrer ZARA HATKE ZARA BACHKE but a much bigger one. The film is very much dependent on the Monday which has to hold up strongly and be close to the Friday number which would give it a good run till the Christmas releases.

The plus for the film is that it has put up 15 crore nett over two days against ANIMAL and not many would have expected that. A 9 crore nett on Saturday is actually a good collection in the present scenario as bigger star cast films have not managed this when released alone.

The first two day collections of SAM BAHADUR are as follows.

Friday - 6,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 9,00,00,000 apprx

ANIMAL set the box office on fire as it recorded day one collections of around 52.50 crore in Hindi and a 10 crore nett plus total coming from regional versions for an all India total of 63 crore nett apprx. The Hindi numbers of the film are the third highest ever after JAWAN and PATHAAN while in all languages, only JAWAN is higher at 72 crore nett.

The film has racked up crazy numbers in Nizam/Andhra not just in Hindi but in Telugu also and this is just not just Nizam/Andhra but in overseas also where the Telugu version has put extraordinary numbers. Such numbers have never ever been seen for a Hindi film dubbed into Telugu. Because of this huge contribution from Telugu, the film has gone over the 100 crore mark worldwide. The Hindi version also has huge numbers worldwide as overseas is also extraordinary.

The collections are also fantastic across all Hindi circuits as circuits like East Punjab, Rajasthan, CI and Bihar have gone above the numbers of PATHAAN and JAWAN but it is less in the bigger circuits like Mumbai and Delhi/UP which keeps the overall number less. The numbers across mass circuits are huge for Ranbir Kapoor and far higher than all his other films. The opening day numbers in East Punjab, Rajasthan and CI are double the number of BRAHMASTRA.

The film picked up well in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Eastern India as numbers from all these areas have come in higher than expected. The film does have an overdose of sex and violence which could eventually tell in the conservative parts of the country. But that is compensated with a strong story like a 90's potboiler which appeals heavily to the mass audience and above all that it has momentum on its side.

SAM BAHADUR had a pretty decent first day of 6 crore nett apprx with solid contributions in Mumbai, Delhi NCR and Bangalore though other big centres like Kolkata and Hyderabad were dull. The film needed heavier collections as the film has a healthy budget but if you consider the competition, then 6 crore nett is a good number. The film is sure to show strong growth on day 2.

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ANIMAL has recorded the third highest first day of all time as it collects 52.50 crore nett and becomes the fifth film to collect over 50 crore nett on the opening day, the other four being WAR, KGF - CHAPTER 2, PATHAAN and JAWAN. The opening is third best ever and the third best of the year showing how far the opening days have come for the big films. Basically the four biggest openings are all post pandemic.

The film is by far the highest opening day for a Ranbir Kapoor starrer as it beats the 34.19 crore nett of SANJU and 30.37 crore nett of BRAHMASTRA. In between BRAHMASTRA and ANIMAL, there was TU JHOOTHI MAIN MAKKAAR which opened at 13.98 crore nett showing the potential difference of genre today. The difference was there pre pandemic but now its gone to a different level.

The difference between a BRAHMASTRA and ANIMAL is that ANIMAL caters to the mass male audience in a big way while that is not the case with BRAHMASTRA. The way the hero is projected always made a huge difference with this mass male audience and its no different today. Also it gets a huge bulk of the initial audience and to get an initial you have to cater to this audience. This is where films like ANIMAL, GADAR 2, JAWAN and PATHAAN have scored.

The numbers of ANIMAL also show that the holiday is also now not as important as pre pandemic when the film has initial appeal. If it was a national holiday, then it would have done better but only by 15-20% when earlier the holiday boost was generally higher. This is because audiences are frequenting cinemas less and waiting for the bigger films and now they don't need the holiday as much as before where the box office was spread more evenly. 

The top opening days for Hindi films are as follows (Hindi language only)

1. Jawan  - 63,87,00,000

2. Pathaan - 55,72,00,000

4. KGF Chapter - 52,39,00,000

5 War - 50,61,00,000

6 Thugs Of Hindostan - 48,27,00,000

7. Bharat - 41,62,00,000

8. Tiger 3 - 40,88,00,000

9. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion - 40,73,00,000

10. Prem Ratan Dhan Payo - 39,32,00,000