SOORYAVANSHI remained steady on Wednesday as collections came in the 9.50 crore nett range taking the six day total to 112 crore nett. The holiday factor is practically out if the film and fair value is maybe just 5-10% less than its collection on Wednesday.

The film continues its super strong run in Mumbai circuit with collections over the 48 crore nett mark which is a 40% plus contribution for the film. The collections in the North are at far lower levels but they are pretty steady. Delhi city and East Punjab always underperform for Rohit Shetty films but UP could have been better but this area is coming out of the doldrums with SOORYAVANSHI. The collections from the state have been a total disaster since the pandemic.

Another state Bihar coming out of disaster collections in the pandemic is also holding up pretty well. The crucial day will be now be Friday which will give an idea to where this film is going.

The apprx six day collections of SOORYAVANSHI are as follows.

Friday - 26,00,00,000

Saturday - 24,00,00,000

Sunday - 27,00,00,000

Monday - 14,25,00,000

Tuesday - 11,50,00,000

Wednesday - 9,50,00,000

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SOORYAVANSHI is heading to be the highest Hindi film grosser in Gujarat/Saurashtra outside BAAHUBALI 2: THE CONCLUSION and is already challenging the biggest grossers in the state after just six days. The total after six days stands at around 25.50 crore nett which is extraordinary even allowing that it is Diwali period..

The film has beaten the likes of KABIR SINGH and SIMMBA in six days flat and will take out KICK after seven days. There have been six films to cross the 30 crore nett mark in the state and its pretty sure that SOORYAVANSHI will hit this mark before the end of the second weekend and these numbers are coming post pandemic. 

The target for the film will be to top the numbers of GOLMAAL AGAIN and that seems well in sight at the moment but the business in Gujarat will drop off from Monday onward. Gujarat is the third highest collecting state for Hindi films after Maharashtra and UP if we take the cumulative numbers for 2019. It is also a good benchmark for the long run response of a film as films that out perform in Gujarat tend to have a very good response on satellite and continue to be watched for years. 

The top Nett Grossers in Gujarat/Saurashtra of all time are as follows. 

1. Bahubali 2: The Conclusion - 63.28 crore

2. Golmaal Again - 36.04 crore

3. Housefull 4 - 33.28 crore

4. PK - 33.17 crore

5. Tiger Zinda Hai - 32.09 crore

6. Bajrangi Bhaijaan -31.59 crore

7. Sanju - 29.13 crore

8. Dangal - 28.54 crore

9. Prem Ratan Dhan Payo - 28.07 crore

10. Sultan - 27.85 crore

11. Kick - 25.96 crore

13. Simmba - 25.17 crore

14. Kabir Singh - 24.38 crore

15. Dhoom 3  - 24.07 crore

SOORYAVANSHI continued its strong run at the box office with collections in the 11.50-11.75 crore nett region. The biggest drop on Tuesday was in Mumbai circuit but it still remains very strong and the best circuit of them all. The collections are over 43 crore nett in the circuit.

Gujarat/Saurashtra also saw a drop but that was bound to happen as the film had been at record or near record levels every day for the first four days. SOORYAVANSHI is still on course to be the biggest grosser ever in Gujarat outside BAAHUBALI 2: THE CONCLUSION but it depends on the business in week two and week three.

The business has just started and to be challenging all time records anywhere itself is a big achievement. The first week is heading for collections around the 120 crore nett mark and then it would be about where the crucial second Friday lands. There is no competition and the hold should be good. 

There are drops in Delhi city and East Punjab but that tends to be the case with most Rohit Shetty films. The two places which do better in North for Rohit Shetty are UP and Haryana and the former is still steady while the latter underperformed in the weekend due to 50% occupancy rule.

The apprx five day collections of SOORYAVANSHI are as follows.

Friday - 26,00,00,000

Saturday - 24,00,00,000

Sunday - 27,00,00,000

Monday - 14,25,00,000

Tuesday - 11,50,00,000

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The winning run continues for Akshay Kumar post the pandemic as he just picks up right where he left off in 2019 with SOORYAVANSHI. It was a huge year for Akshay Kumar in 2019 with KESARI, MISSION MANGAL, HOUSEFULL 4 and GOOD NEWWZ and it was just not the huge success of these films but just complete domination in that year.

After 2019 and the huge success of these four films, the pandemic hit and cinemas remained shut for 18 months. Now in these 18 months films there were many films that were said to have got appreciation or love. Said is the word as they were generally works of PR but the only genuine winner in those dark days was another Akshay Kumar film LAXMII.

The others got FAKE love and appreciation while this film LAXMII got a REAL audience as it practically smashed all records on satellite outside the BAAHUBALI films and continues to do well a year after release. So even in bad times the guy delivered a genuine winner. We wont say HIT as it did not release in cinemas but going by the satellite there is a good chance it would have been driven by Central and Western India.

So huge success in 2019 and then somehow a solid winner in the pandemic and now it came down to the same hero to put the Hindi film industry on the map again with SOORYAVANSHI and he has done that with flying colours. There was an attempt in August with BELLBOTTOM as well but that was bad timing and even God could have not done anything at that point of time. Here with SOORYAVANSHI, there is also credit due to the director Rohit Shetty also but without a big star like Akshay Kumar, this situation would be near impossible to succeed in as the industry is star dependent.

SOORYAVANSHI may not do the business of HOUSEFULL 4 which is the biggest Akshay Kumar grosser or even a GOOD NEWWZ in the final count but its given the industry a new lease of life and that is more important than some benchmarks which will go anyway in time.

SOORYAVANSHI had an excellent hold on Monday as it collected around 14-14.25 crore nett taking the four day numbers to 91 crore nett. The drop from day one is around 46% which is very good especially if we consider that day one was the biggest holiday of the year. 

The film is extraordinary in Gujarat and Maharashtra despite the 50% occupancy rule is next best. All the circuits which have collections coming from Maharashtra have held very well be it Mumbai, CP Berar or Nizam/Andhra. 

There are drops in Delhi city and East Punjab but that tends to be the case with most Rohit Shetty films. The two places which do better in North for Rohit Shetty are UP and Haryana and the former is still steady while the latter underperformed in the weekend due to 50% occupancy rule.

SOORYAVANSHI should hold well into the next few days but it the lifetime will depend on where Mumbai circuit lands when the holiday period is over in Gujarat/Saurashtra. The film is a HIT and will cross the 150 crore nett mar and the second Friday will tell if it can go to 175 crore nett or even near 200 crore nett.

The apprx four day collections of SOORYAVANSHI are as follows.

Friday - 26,00,00,000

Saturday - 24,00,00,000

Sunday - 27,00,00,000

Monday - 14,00,00,000

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SOORYAVANSHI is doing phenomenal business in Gujarat/Saurashtra and could emerge the biggest grosser ever in the circuit outside BAAHUBALI 2: THE CONCLUSION. It was always expected to well in Gujarat as its an extended holiday period and the circuit was doing pretty well since reopening of cinemas.

Still the response has beaten the expectations over the first four days. The 5 crore nett opening was on the cards but to sustain at same levels over the weekend was huge and on Monday it was simply historic. Rohit Shetty films have a tendency to be very strong in Gujarat and SOORYAVANSHI is another one.

If we look at the 5 crore nett plus days in Gujarat/Saurashtra then only twice its been a non Rohit Shetty film and that is PREM RATAN DHAN PAYO on day one and HOUSEFULL 4 on day four. All the others have been Rohit Shetty films be it SINGHAM RETURNS, GOLMAAL AGAIN and SOORYAVANSHI. This does not include BAAHUBALI 2: THE CONCLUSION.

The collections of SOORYAVANSHI till date in Gujarat/Saurashtra is as follows.

Friday - 5,16,00,000

Saturday - 5,23,00,000

Sunday - 5,42,00,000

Monday - 4,50,00,000 apprx

SOORYAVANSHI had an excellent weekend as it collected around the 27.50 crore nett mark on Sunday giving it a weekend of 77.50 crore nett. The Sunday doing better than the Diwali holiday holiday is a huge result for the film. In pre pandemic times, the film would have probably done around 105-110 crore nett if it had a Diwali release date and the holiday fell on the first day. 

This 77.50 crore has come with a rushed release due to the tussle with multiplexes which affected the collections on the morning of release and with restrictions in various places. The Maharashtra restrictions have hit the film quite a lot as this belt is where the film has found strongest appreciation. If these things are taken out of the equation then the film could have done around 85 crore nett.

This 85 crore nett is the fair value number which means the actual market post pandemic compared to pre pandemic was around 20-25% less for SOORYAVANSHI and this is a great result for the first film back. It means its going to business pretty much as normal for films which are expected to open under 20 crore nett once all restrictions are gone.

The bigger numbers will also be ready to come but that will take a little longer as more of the audience returns. This is fine for this year as none of the releases will be looking at 30 crore nett opening day. Basically the HINDI film industry is back in business and now if SOORYAVANSHI can hold strong over the next two weeks it will be the perfect comeback

The apprx weekend collections of SOORYAVANSHI are as follows.

Friday - 26,00,00,000

Saturday - 24,00,00,000

Sunday - 27,50,00,000

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SOORYAVANSHI has become the highest opening weekend for Akshay Kumar with collections of 77 crore nett plus beating the previous best of MISSION MANGAL by 10 crore nett.

If the film released had released before the pandemic, it can be said with certainty that it would have been the first 100 crore nett weekend for Akshay Kumar and smashed records of all his films by huge distances.

Still even after the pandemic the records have been smashed by good margins and Mumbai with Maharashtra at 50% occupancy has beaten his other releases by a huge 40%. Its the first time that an Akshay Kumar starrer has gone over 30 crore nett in Mumbai circuit in the opening weekend.

The top Akshay Kumar opening weekends are as follows.

2. Mission Mangal - 67,13,00,000

3. Good Newwz - 64,13,00,000

4. 2.0 - 61,29,00,000

5. Kesari - 54,35,00,000

6. Housefull 3 - 53,27,00,000

7. Rustom - 49,53,00,000

8. Housefull 4 - 49,26,00,000

9. Toilet - Ek Prem Katha - 49,09,00,000

10. Jolly LLB 2 - 47,59,00,000

SOORYAVANSHI had a superb hold on Saturday with collections dropping less than 10%. The film has collected around 24-24.50 crore nett with centres in North and Central belts dropping the most. The Mumbai circuit is expected to hold again near the 10 crore nett range but if it can get some growth, then its possible the all India number of SOORYAVANSHI can go a little higher.

The two day numbers of the film has crossed 50 crore nett and its seeing a trend very similar to GOLMAAL AGAIN which was a Diwali release a few years ago and also released on the big Diwali holiday. The numbers are at a lower level compared to GOLMAAL AGAIN but that is mainly due to the market issues at present and the pandemic affect. GOLMAAL AGAIN did 30 crore nett on Friday, 28.50 crore nett on Saturday and 29 crore nett on Sunday. The trend is practically ditto here just with lower collections.

There should be growth on Sunday but it wont the huge 25-30% growth we get on a normal Sunday for mass films as its holiday period. If it can even be a little higher than Saturday that would be great.  Getting near day one would be extraordinary.

The film continued its phenomenal run in Gujarat/Saurashtra on Saturday and the final collections in the circuit may well be a little higher than Friday.

The apprx two day collections of SOORYAVANSHI are as follows.

Friday - 26,00,00,000

Saturday - 24,25,00,000