The Christmas week saw the best collections at the box office India since the reopening of cinemas as a film from Hollywood, WONDER WOMAN 1984, and a film from the Telugu film industry, SOLO BRATHUKE SO BETTER, found an audience.

WONDER WOMAN 1984 collected 10.50 crore nett over an extended eight day week plus previews. There was a drop in collections over the weekdays but that has been par for the course since cinemas returned and the second weekend should see better collections. WONDER WOMAN 1984 should go over 15 core nett in the long run which is a decent final number. If it can reach 18 crore nett then it would mean just 20% less than the first WONDER WOMAN film which released in English only but in a normal scenario for the box office.

The Telugu film SOLO BRATHUKE SO BETTER also did well in the first week as it collected 13.25 crore nett across India in the first week. The film also saw collections come down on weekdays but overall the film has scored. Around 12.50 crore nett of the 13.25 crore nett has come from Nizam/Andhra where it has to cover costs of around 9 crore apprx. The share of the film in Nizam/Andhra should be around 8.50 crore in week one especially as the terms could be better than normal.

WONDER WOMAN 1984 had support from the youth in metros while SOLO BRATHUKE SO BETTER got support from mass audience in Nizam/Andhra. This shows its mainly the youth which is coming out to cinemas at the moment be it urban or mass youth and sustaining collections will be difficult until family audiences return.

The first box office success in India post Covid has come from the Telugu film industry as SOLO BRATHUKE SO BETTER raked up good numbers over its first four days. The film has beaten the numbers of WONDER WOMAN 1984 despite being a 400 odd cinema release against the 775 of WONDER WOMAN 1984.

The film had a very good start on Friday as it collected 3.75 crore nett on Christmas day and has held up pretty well since then. The film has to cover a 9 crore share from Nizam/Andhra to be in the plus and going by the first four day numbers it would have done 6.5 crore plus share in a normal situation. It could be higher in the pandemic as the terms are likely to be different and possibly more in the distributor's favour. The film will probably cover within the first week.

The Telugu film industry has huge mass support and that could be the reason why a film has got good initial numbers but longer runs will probably still be tough as the family audience is not likely to come out just yet.

The all India collections of SOLO BRATHUKE SO BETTER for the first four days are as follows. The contribution was very limited outside Nizam/Andhra with some collections coming from Bengaluru mainly.
Friday  - 3,75,00,000
Saturday - 2,75,00,000
Sunday - 2,25,00,000
Monday - 1,50,00,000
TOTAL - 10,25,00,000