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| Bajirao Mastani’s overall theatre earnings likely to overtake Dilwale |
December 22, 2015, NewsCrunch
Powered by word of mouth publicity Bajirao Mastani overtook the fancied Dilwale on Monday.
Bajirao Mastani earned 10.25 crore and Dilwale Rs. 10.09 cr on the first day of the week.
While the difference between them was not much, the development is terrible for Dilwale.
Monday saw a 50% drop in earnings for Dilwale when compared to its peak - the collection on Friday, the day it was released (Rs 21 crore).
As industry analyst Taran Adarsh explained the drop for Bajirao Mastani was just 10 to15% when compared to its Friday peak when it made 12.08 cr.
The pattern is likely to hold good for the rest of the week and for the coming weekend. If that happens Bajirao Mastani’s total theatre earnings would overtake Dilwale.
Shahrukh Khan and Rohit Shetty sounded disappointed.
Shahrukh Khan blamed Dilwale’s lukewarm performance to the clash with Bajirao Mastani. He has also made it clear that his next Eid movie Raees will not clash with Salman Khan’s Sultan.
Rohit Shetty said as many theatres did not show Dilwale in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh on Friday and Saturday, overall earnings had come down.
Upset over Shahrukh Khan’s comments on intolerance, right wing groups had warned theatre owners from showing Dilwale.
#Dilwale declines 50%+ on Mon from Fri. Fri 21 cr, Sat 20.09 cr, Sun 24 cr, Mon 10.09 cr. Total: ₹ 75.18 cr. India biz.— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) December 22, 2015#BajiraoMastani had a SOLID Mon [10% to 15% decline from Fri]. Fri 12.80 cr, Sat 15.52 cr, Sun 18.45 cr, Mon 10.25 cr. Total: ₹ 57.02 cr.— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) December 22, 2015