Bala held up very well on Monday as it collected around 8 crore nett which is a 15% drop only compared to Friday. The film did get a boost in Delhi and Punjab in the evening due to the holiday today (Tuesday) as collections in both places hardly dropped compared to Friday.
The Monday figure is better than Dream Girl which collected around 7.20 crore nett and with a holiday in North on Tuesday it should catch up with Dream Girl as its North where the business was less over the weekend. The Monday trend for the film is similar to Dream Girl and Chhichhore and both these films emerged SUPER HIT films and Bala looks like going the same. The first week should be better than both films due to Guru Nanak Jayanti on Tuesday and then it will be about the crucial second Friday which will tell where the film will go. The collections of Bala till date are as follows.
Friday - 9,50,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 15,00,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 17,75,00,000 apprx
Monday - 8,00,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 50,25,00,000 apprx
Housefull 4 was very steady on its third Monday with collections hardly dropping 10% as it collected in the 1.75 -1.95 crore nett range. This takes the total collections of the film to 195 crore nett with Mumbai circuit leading the way due to the business in Gujarat / Saurashtra.
Housefull 4 should get some benefit from Guru Nanak Jayanti on Tuesday but the business from Punjab and Delhi NCR was just 35 lakhs on Monday so it will not be a huge jump due to limited business in the areas where it is a big holiday. The third week is heading for a good collection of around 15 crore nett and is also on target to become the highest Akshay Kumar film in GROSS terms and the highest comedy in NETT terms. This will depend where the third Friday lands for the film. The collections of Housefull 4 till date are as follows.
Week One - 1,35,86,00,000
Second Week - 48,07,00,000
Friday - 2,00,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 3,00,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 4,50,00,000 apprx
Monday - 1,75,00,000 apprx
Third Week - 11,25,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 1,95,18,00,000 apprx