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