Box-Office: Singham – 51 Cr, Zindagi – 63 Cr

Singham has done remarkable business in its first week (July 22-28). After a net of Rs. 9 crore on the first day, the weekend ended at Rs. 31 crore as Saturday saw a slight rise in collections and Sunday saw a big jump (Rs. 12.41 crore). The contribution of the single-screen cinemas to the Rs. 31 crore weekend was bigger than that of the multiplexes. In fact, the Ajay Devgan starrer was so strong in the single-screen cinemas that it outshone even blockbusters like Dabangg at some centres. The last four days of the week did not see the usual sharp fall in collections. In fact, the film netted Rs. 6 crore on Monday, Rs. 5.5 crore on Tuesday, Rs. 4.6 crore on Wednesday and approximately Rs. 4 crore on Thursday, taking the week’s net total to Rs. 51 crore. This is the highest first-week collection of a solo Ajay Devgan starrer. The second weekend has also started off very well, thanks to no star-cast opposition this week. At the rate at which the film is going, its second week should touch Rs. 18 to 20 crore in spite of Ramzan starting early next week.

The 2 week total of Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara is roughly Rs. 63 crore.

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara continues to rock in the multiplexes. After the first week’s net of Rs. 44 crore, it added another Rs. 19 crore to its kitty, taking its 14-day total to roughly Rs. 63 crore. Since the multiplexes have contributed much more to the film’s revenues, the producers/distributors have stood to gain in the first two weeks as they are entitled to 52.5% (instead of 50%) in the first week from multiplexes and 45% (instead of 42.5%) in the second week.

Click next for the box-office updates of Harry Potter, Murder 2, Chillar Party & Delhi Belly.

Harry Potter Aur Maut Ke Tohfe Part 2 (dubbed) did fair business in its second week. The original English version- Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 did fair business in its second week. The original English version fared better, of course. In the second week too, the 3D version in both, Hindi and English, versions collected better revenues than the 2D version.

Emraan Hashmi has slowly but surely made a pretty comfortable place for himself in the audience’s hearts.

Murder 2, in its 3rd week, withstood the onslaught of Singham (1st week), Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2nd week) and Harry Potter (2nd week). Emraan Hashmi has slowly but surely made a pretty comfortable place for himself in the audience’s hearts.

Chillar Party is on its way out. The tax-exemption in Maharashtra did not help much as the third week’s takings aren’t really too impressive. Outside of Maharashtra, of course, it is hardly yielding shares.

Delhi Belly (Hinglish & Hindi dubbed) would’ve also been out of the cinemas had it not been for absence of major releases. Since there is no big new release next week also, the ensemble cast film just might get a breather in its 5th and 6th weeks too.

Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap has had to bid farewell after 4 weeks, to most of the cinemas in spite of the audience’s appreciation of Amitabh Bachchan’s performance in it. Goes to show that just a great performance cannot make a film work at the turnstiles.