Wednesday, 18th November 1:35 PM IST
PREM RATAN DHAN PAYO Drops Further On Tuesday
Diwali is great time for films to release as audience is in festive mood and is waiting for big Diwali releases. This year Salman Khan starrer Sooraj Barjatya film ''Prem Ratan Dhan Payo'' lit up box office on auspicious occasion of Diwali. Film brings back blockbuster pair of actor - director after 17 years and also smiles on faces of trade and exhibitors.
PRDP released in 4300 screens in India and 780 screens in overseas market. With 2 hour 50 minutes run time, it did lose some amount of edge but that has been recovered by super stardom of lead actor and release date. Film opened to fab response all over yesterday and as we predicted, film collected huge 40.35 cr nett on day one in Hindi and 41 cr nett all India including Tamil & Telugu which is highest opening day of 2015 and 2nd highest ever.
Film collected huge numbers all over and it created new circuit records in 7 circuits and left behind only in West and south on day one. But as we predicted in our report on Friday morning that it has dropped by 23%. Film collected 31.05 cr nett on day two which was a very good performance. Film dropped by 25% plus in morning/noon shows but again grew today in evening shows. Film collected 30.07 cr nett on day three which was solid trending that too despite holiday on day one.
Today again film has taken a solid start and it seems that it will grow by 12-15% today over yesterday. As per early trends, film should collect around 28.30 cr nett today and that means a bad drop of 10% from yesterday. Film has found acceptance in Gujarat, CP, CI and Mumbai but it is not so great in south, west and East Punjab. There are murmurs in trade that film will see noticeable drop if not on Monday then for sure on Tuesday.
And going by the trends today, film had occupancy of 25% in morning followed by little improvement of 40% by evening and that means film will drop in excess of 55% from yesterday. And situation is so bad that it might struggle to cross 13.62 cr nett. Film needed to cross 16 cr nett on Monday but now with such steep fall it is bound to finish with in 170 cr nett after week one. What was even worse that film dropped across the board. Film further dropped on Tuesday and collected 12.04 cr nett.
Film has six day total of 155.43 cr nett (225 cr gross) which is still fantastic with additional 3 cr nett from Tamil/Telugu versions. Film added superb 8.90 million $ (59 cr) in overseas in four days. Film has worldwide gross of 290 cr in six days. After such opening followed by such a drop scenario looks bleak for the film.
Below are the collections for the film -
Domestic Collection | |
1st Week
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Thursday | 40.35 cr |
Friday | 31.05 cr |
Saturday | 30.07 cr |
Sunday | 28.30 cr |
Monday | 13.62 cr |
Tuesday | 12.04 cr |
Total Domestic Collection | 155.43 cr |
Total Overseas Collection | 66.50 cr |
Total Worldwide Collection | 221.93 cr |