Friday, 16th March 2018, 1:15 PM IST

HATE STORY 4 Remains Decent

The fourth installment of the erotic thriller franchise Hate Storyhit the theatres on March 9. Competing against Taapsee Pannu’s Dil Juunglee andSharman Joshi’s 3 Storeys, Hate Story 4 emerged victorious at the box officewith its opening collection of Rs 3.76 crore on Friday.

On Saturday, Hate Story 4’s earnings witnessed a decent increasewith a collection Rs 4.19 crore. Audiences had high expectations from thisUrvashi Rautela and Karan Wahi starrer. It has been helmed by Vishal Pandya,who also directed the previous two installments of the franchise.

‘Hate Story 4’ managed to be on a decent track of business byearning, 4.62 cr and hence, had good first weekend by grossing 12.57 cr.Without showing a drastic drop, the movie went ahead and collected 2.09 croreson its 1st Monday. With a mini surprise, the movie showed a small growth andcollected 2.10 crores on its 1st Tuesday. Hate story now stands at the grandtotal of 16.76 crores at the box office.

On its 1st Wednesday the film earned 1.85 cr. Hate Story 4 hascrossed 20 cr mark on its 1^st week and has collected 1.43 crores onits 1^st Thursday. The movie till now has collected 20.04 crores.