'After Saiyaara, a lot of confidence has come in. Hindi is now looking good, especially with Dhurandhar 2 expected in March.'
Vadh 2 and Bhabhiji Ghar Par Hain had a combined collections of less than Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million) on the first day.
Mardaani 3 opens better than its previous installments.
Border 2 saw the best opening ever for Bollywood since last year's Chhaava.
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Concept-driven films are finding it more and more difficult to find theatrical audiences today.
They Call Him OG topped the gross domestic box office collection with Rs 224 crore (Rs 2.24 billion).
Post Dhurandhar and Avatar: Fire and Ash, all new movie releases are turning out to be huge flops, be it the ones coming from Bollywood or south. Last week's releases Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos and Rahu Ketu add to the list.
O'Romeo scored Rs 33 crore while Tu Yaa Main scored Rs 2.75 crore last weekend.
Seventy-three movies released in 2021, of which 32 were theatrical releases. These films generated Rs 550 crore at the box office.
Prabhas-starrer The Raja Saab has failed to do well in its opening weekend in its Hindi version.
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When Dhurandhar released a week ago, it was expected to become a hit, with a lifetime collections of Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion) in reach. But no one knew the film to become such a phenomenon.
The Rishab Shetty film ended up getting a larger showcasing than its Bollywood counterpart and that showed on the collections of the films.
'Gujarati films are crossing the Rs 100 crore mark, Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra has surged past Rs 300 crore, Marathi film Dashaavtar has already topped Rs 50 crore and Tamil blockbuster Coolie has raked in over Rs 250 crore.' 'These successes show that regional cinema is no longer niche.'
The trend indicates that The Taj Story will have a better Monday than Friday while Baahubali: The Epic will see a Monday drop.
Haq will aim for a lifetime collections of Rs 25 crore to Rs 30 crore
After back to back disappointments of Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, Ganapath and Heropanti, Tiger Shroff now has a film which has opened reasonably well at the box office.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the major films that released in theatres and how they fared.
With 17 films crossing the Rs 100 crore mark in the first six months, this year relied less on big-ticket blockbusters.
It was a black weekend for the Bollywood box office, as close to half a dozen new films arrived in theatres and all of them flopped!
It's 'not looking like a Diwali lineup, which is usually grand and has superstar movies.'
Mahavatar Narsimha emerges as big a blockbuster as 1975's Jai Santoshi Maa.
It will enter the Rs 100 Crore Club by Tuesday, and then march on.
Saiyaara, which collected Rs 306 crore, would have made more but was was hit by the Mahavatar Narsimha wave.
As Tamil Nadu gears up for elections, a clash of films with distinct political ideologies is set to unfold at the box office, mirroring the rivalry between political parties.
Let's see what the festive box office finally brings us.
The two day total for the two films is Rs 44.34 crores and 18.10 crores respectively.
After comedies like Bhool Chuk Maaf and Stree, National Award-winning actor Rajkummar Rao tries hard core action in the gangster film, Maalik.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the releases which did a minimum lifetime business of Rs 20 crore. Unfortunately, the list is not very long.
It has entered the Rs 100 Crore Club with ease and will eventually aim for lifetime collections in the vicinity of Rs 150 crore.
'The learning will be long term and if anything unlearn everything from this and start afresh.'
Housefull 5 has crossed the Rs 150 crore (Rs 15 billion) milestone after being in theatres for 10 days.
The reason is because there aren't any screens for a large mass of Indians.
Deva saw low collections at the box office over the weekend.
While Emergency has managed some sort of traction, Azaad is absolutely dull.
Analysts estimate that Pushpa 2 (in all languages) will become the fastest film to cross the Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) mark.
This Sunday sees the release of the biggest film of the year so far: Sikandar.
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