KARWAAN and MULK have had fair collections in their respective second weekends. KARWAAN grossed 4-4.25 crore nett to take its total to 16 crore nett plus. MULK was a little better with 4.75 crore nett over the weekend and it took its total to 16.25 crore nett.

KARWAAN has dropped around 45% from last week while MULK is only 30% but despite these holds the films are not really going anywhere due to the poor business in week one. It was an open week as the big releases come on Wednesday and this allowed both KARWAAN and MULK an extended run but they will be out after another two days.

Both films will probably stay under 20 crore nett though this will mean both films will at least cover their P & A from theatrical release but that is not saying much. The collections of KARWAAN and MULK till date are as follows.

Karwaan
Week One - 12,00,00,000 apprx
Friday - 90,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 1,50,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 1,75,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 16,15,00,000 apprx

Mulk
Week One - 11,50,00,000 apprx
Friday - 1,00,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 1,75,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 2,00,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 16,25,00,000 apprx

The Hollywood release THE MEG remained low over the weekend despite huge growth om Saturday. The film grossed around 5.25 crore nett over the weekend with a 1.10 crore nett start on Friday.

The Punjabi film DAKUAAN DA MUNDA looted the box office (not pun intended) as it took a huge first opening day. It was the highest collecting film across Hindi markets and that includes all Hindi releases and Hollywood films.

The film collected 1.60 crore nett across India which is extraordinary for this film and was 50 lakh better than the next best film THE MEG which grossed around 1.10 crore nett on day one. The business of DAKUAAN DA MUNDA came on just 150 odd theatres while THE MEG was five times more.

DAKUAAN DA MUNDA is the second best opening of 2018 for a Punjabi film after the historic CARRY ON JATTA 2 and the sixth biggest of all time. The rest of the mega openers have been cast films while this is not. The top five Punjabi openings of 2018 are as follows. ALL figures are GROSS
1. Carry On Jatta  2 - 3,01,00,000
2. Dakuaan Da Munda -  2,06,00,000
3. Vadhayiyaan Ji Vadhayiyaan - 1,67,00,000
4. Sajjan Singh Rangroot - 1,53,00,000
5.Golak Bugni Bank Te Batua - 1,04,00,000

The opening of DAKUAAN DA MUNDA ensures a HIT film on worst case even if the film was not to sustain from Monday onward. If the film actually sustains then it will cause problems for the two big Hindi releases GOLD and SATYAMEVA JAYATE  in Punjab which release on Wednesday.