It was a relatively quieter day for both chup and dhokha on Saturday, as it fell on Friday right after National Film Day, which had propelled the fortunes of all the films in the running in a big way. With a good audience already enjoying the films on the day of release itself, there would definitely be some kind of dip on Saturday, something that eventually happened.
Of course, no one knew what the dip would look like, because on the one hand, prices rose almost three times, the reverse effect was well felt in the footsteps due to the affordability issue. This is the reason when a balance is needed where ticket prices are so uniform that the number of visitors is not abnormally high on one day and then they see a big dip on the other.
In this context, chup still did well enough to bring in Rs. 2.07 crores on Saturday after Friday stood at Rs. $3.06 million. As a result, the two-day total stands at Rs. $5.13 million. It would have been better if the figures had been in Rs. 2.25 crores range, but the collections haven’t really dropped either, which is a positive sign. On the other hand dhokha had brought in Rs. 1.25 crores on Friday, which was better than expected, and on Saturday, the collections stood at Rs. 0.65 crores*, which could actually have been the first day’s score. The thriller has Rs. 1.90 crores so far and should go past 1 crore again today.
* Estimates. Last numbers waited
Note: All collections according to production and distribution sources
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