WELCOME BACK dropped in third week as it grossed around 3.50 crore nett taking its business to 95.50 crore nett apprx. The drop in week three was a huge 80% plus which left with no chance of reaching 100 crore nett. The best business comparatively has come in Bihar where it will beat bigger all India grossers like TANU WEDS MANU RETURNS and ABCD 2.

HERO had a huge crash in week two grossing around 2.50 crore nett and taking its business to 31.75 crore nett in two weeks. The drop week on week is over 90%. The lifetime business of the film will be around 32 crore nett

WELCOME BACK will gross around 97 crore nett which will put it with SINGHAM (2011) and EK VILLAIN (2011) as these films also missed 100 crore nett by a very short margin. The distributor share of WELCOME BACK will be around 49 crore.

WELCOME BACK has low collections in the third week as the film dropped in Friday which is par for the course but for some reason could not show big gains on Saturday which established films normally do. The first four days of the third week for WELCOME BACK are as follows.
Friday - 55,00,000
Saturday - 75,00,000
Sunday - 90,00,000
Monday 35,00,000
TOTAL - 2,55,00,000

The film has grossed around 94.50 crore nett till date and is looking at 97-98 crore nett finish which is in the same range as films like SINGHAM (2011) and EK VILLAIN (2014).

WELCOME BACK grossed a decent 18 crore nett in week two taking its two week total to 91.75 crore nett. The drop in the second week is 75% which is par trending. The collections are the seventh highest for week two in 2015 and it should have been a bit higher considering the first week was the second highest this year.

The film has grossed healthy number is the big circuits in two weeks with Mumbai at 32 crore nett due to strong performance in Gujarat, Delhi/UP is at 19 crore nett which is already the third highest of the year and East Punjab is at 10 crore nett. It has also done well in Rajasthan and CI.

It remains to be seen if the film can get to 100 crore nett and it does not look easy with the weekend being crucial for it to remain with a chance. The film must sustain better in week three to get to 100 crore nett and a 75% week on week drop won't be good enough..
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WELCOME BACK is struggling to reach the 100 crore nett mark as collections dropped 75-80% in week three when the drop has to be around 65% week on week to reach 100 crore nett. The collections will be in the 50-60 lakhs nett range on its third Friday.

It is still not totally impossible that the film can reach 100 crore nett as the collections can more than double on Saturday and go even further on Sunday but that seems unlikely scenario. The film needs around 6 crore nett plus over the week and this does not look like coming leaving it at around 98-99 crore. Although this hardly makes a difference and the film has done well, a genuine 100 crore film is good for perception.

The collections of HERO also dropped in the second week and its second week will probably come out as same as WELCOME BACK's third week. The hold is better outside the metros but thats not good enough and will close at around 35 crore nett.