Box Office Update: A Good Thursday For War And Sye Raa
War and Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy had a good Thursday as these two movies could able to maintain a good hold on a working day. On the second day (3 October), War collected 24.35 Cr. while Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy had 18.50 Cr. net collection day in India. War's Hindi collection was 23.10 Cr. whereas Sye Raa collected most from the Telugu version where this biographical had a 17.15 Cr day.
Just FYI, War and Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy had a bumper opening with 53.35 Cr. and 62 Cr. India net respectively. On Thursday, both films show a mandatory decline because of the working day in India. Apart from Hindi, War collected 85 Lakh from Telugu and 40 Lakh from the Tamil version. On the other hand, Sye Raa collected other than Telugu, 1 Cr. from Hindi, 20 Lakh from Tamil, 5 Lakh from Malayalam, and 10 Lakh from Kannada version.
As compared to occupancy, Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy had a batter occupancy than War on Thursday which is 20% higher but due to fewer shows than War, Sye Raa earned less as compared to this Bollywood biggie. Both movies' collection got a boost from Evening and Night shows where occupancy was almost double from Morning shows.
Being an action thriller, War is attracting the mass audience which is good news for the makers plus, Hrithik Roshan, and Tiger Shroff's stardom also pulling the audience towards the theaters. Talking about the Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, this film has somehow managing to attract the Hindi audience with a good story and multi-star cast despite the jaggurant of War.
With the current trend, War will have a similar kind of day on Friday and won't see much difference in the collection. Sye Raa will be no different either. Both the movies will pick the pace on Saturday and Sunday where we might see a big jump at the box office.
Day 1 [1st Wednesday] - ₹ 53.35 Cr [Hi: 51.60; Te: 1.05; Ta:70]
Day 2 [1st Thursday] - ₹ 24.35 Cr [Hi: 23.10; Te: 0.85; Ta:40]
Day 1 [1st Wednesday] - ₹ 62.00 Cr [Hi: 2.60; Ta: 0.50; Te: 58.40 ; Ma: 0.20: Ka: 0.30]
Day 2 [1st Thursday] - ₹ 18.50 Cr [Hi: 1.00; Ta: 0.20; Te: 17.15 ; Ma: 0.05: Ka: 0.10]