This Sunday sees the release of the biggest film of the year so far: Sikandar.
The Diplomat will go on collecting right up to Saturday, since Sikandar arrives on Sunday, and so it may be looking at a lifetime of over Rs 35 crore (Rs 350 million). That will make it a fair success.
Last week's release, John Abraham's The Diplomat, has surprised everyone by attracting fair footfalls.
Chhaava has entered the prestigious Rs 500 Crore (Rs 5 billion) Club and with that, it joins the likes of Pushpa 2, Stree 2, Jawan, Animal, Gadar 2, Pathaan and Baahubali 2 to have achieved this feat.
It collected Rs 13.30 crore (Rs 133 million) on Friday, and zoomed past Rs 20 crore (Rs 200 million) on Saturday and Sunday.
Months after the last big success in the Hindi film industry, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, there is another big one running successfully in theatres.
Ten days after its release, Chhaava continues to dominate theatres.
Chhaava has entered the Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) club in just three days.
Sanam Teri Kasam got the biggest collections ever for a re-release.
Deva saw low collections at the box office over the weekend.
The film will end up having a lifetime in the vicinity of Rs 125 crores but if it can stretch towards the Rs 150 crores mark then that would be a very good result for Sky Force.
While Emergency has managed some sort of traction, Azaad is absolutely dull.
The Ram Charan-Kiara Advani-starrer opened better than expected.
Pushpa 2 has shown that when a film is truly accepted by audiences, the market potential is in a different league altogether.
Just when it seemed that Bollywood had recovered with multiple big hits in 2023, it all came down in 2024 with a flurry of flops, disasters and mega disasters.
Meanwhile, Pushpa 2 (Hindi) outperformed both Mufasa and Baby John despite being in the fourth week. It has already reached the Rs 775 crores (Rs 7.75 billion) mark.
Baby John had an ordinary opening day on Christmas with only Rs 11.25 crore (Rs 112.5 million) coming in.
After earning Rs 730 crore* until Christmas (Rs 7.3 billion), the film is marching fast towards the Rs 800 crore (Rs 8 billion) mark.
All of 2024, most movies have struggled to have these kinds of numbers even in their entire lifetime.
While 2023 saw many mega blockbusters (Pathaan, Gadar 2, Jawan and Animal), this year had only two.
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