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The Vidya Balan starrer The Dirty Picture has opened to houses ranging from good to extraordinary. Considering the star cast of the film, the opening would be considered outstanding. The film is doing superbly well in single screen cinemas.
In Jaipur, collections in the morning shows were superb. At EP multiplex in the pink city, the film opened to full houses in two screens. “There was no provision for screening the film in the third auditorium,” said owner Rajprakash Bansal, adding, “Had we been able to open it in the third screen, it would have definitely drawn a full house there too!”
In multiplexes of Ghaziabad, the morning shows were mostly housefull.
In Gujarat too, the Rajhans Group of cinemas recorded 80 – 100 per cent collections.
In Ahmedabad, the occupancy in the first show (9 a.m.) at PVR multiplex was 95 persons; in the 9.30 a.m. show it was 113 persons. The 10 a.m. show of The Dirty Picture at the multiplex saw 112 people in attendance. At City Gold multiplex, Ahmedabad, the 9 a.m. show was housefull (305 persons); while the 9.30 a.m. show saw an attendance of 254 persons. At Shiv Cinemax, Ahmedabad, the 9 a.m. show had 220 persons in attendance, while the 10.30 a.m. show saw 241 footfalls. At Cinemax S.G. Road, Ahmedabad, the 9 a.m. show had 64 persons, while the 10.30 a.m. show had 93 people in attendance. At Wide Angle multiplex, Ahmedabad, 8.30 show had 431 persons, while the 9.30 am show saw 508 persons.
In Nagpur, shows of The Dirty Picture saw an overwhelming response, especially in the single screen cinemas. At Cinemax multiplex, the first three shows of the film saw collections of Rs. 20,922, Rs. 23,105 and Rs. 31,961 respectively. At Inox Poonam, Nagpur, the collections of the first three shows were Rs. 17,021, Rs. 14,164 and Rs. 20,428 respectively. At Inox Jaswant, Nagpur, the collections of the first three shows of The Dirty Picture were Rs. 5,521, Rs. 11,700 and Rs. 16,164. At the single screen cinemas, at many places the first shows were housefull. At Liberty cinema, the collections was Rs. 43,904 (housefull); at Alankar cinema the collection was Rs. 23,985 (housefull); at Janki cinema the collection was Rs. 16,959 (housefull). Jaishree cinema, Nagpur, also saw a full house with a collection of Rs. 20,968. Rajvilas cinema in Nagpur collected Rs. 11,800.
In Jabalpur, The Dirty Picture opened at Movie Magic cinema (first show: Rs. 15,145, second show: Rs. 10,021, third show: Rs. 16,470). At Samdareeya Era cinema the film collected Rs. 18,411 in the first show, Rs. 13,732 in the second show and Rs. 27,746 in the third show.
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