Shudh Desi Romance Opens Well Zanjeer Dull

Shudh Desi Romance opened well on its first day. The film had a decent opening at places and picked up quickly at places where it started slowly. The film did very well in the Delhi NCR and Rajasthan belt on day one.

Zanjeer opened poorly all over. the multiplexes were awful and although single screens were better they were still very low. The Telugu version of the film Thoofan did better and that could do some decent business but the Zanjeer (Hindi) is a huge disaster.

Satyagraha was below the mark in week one with collections of around 48 crore nett. The film has seen a huge fall in week two and at best do business lifetime of 60 crore nett.

Madras Cafe collected around 8.25 crore nett taking its total to around 41 crore nett. AVERAGE

Chennai Express added around 5.50 crore nett in week four taking its total to 206 crore nett apprx. BLOCKBUSTER.

Chennai Express 206 Cr In Four Weeks Madras Cafe 41 Cr In Two Weeks

Chennai Express has taken its total to 206 crore nett in for weeks and is likely to add another 2 crore nett to have an approx finish of 208 crore nett. The figures have beaten the previous record holder 3 Idiots by around 3%. The distributor share of the film will be 115 crore which will be 8.50 crore better than the previous record holder Ek Tha Tiger.

Madras Cafe collected around 8.25 crore nett in week two taking its total to 41 crore nett. The film will finish just a bit higher than Vicky Donor, a film from the same team released last year but with much lower costs than Madras Cafe. The four big films in August are set to finish with following totals.

Chennai Express - 208 crore

Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobaara! - 60 crore

Madras Cafe - 44 crore

Satyagraha 58-60 crore

The business of Chennai Express is more than 40 crore higher than the other three August releases combined.