First weekend: ‘Mubarakan’ and ‘Indu Sarkar’ show growth at the box office

Anees Bazmee’s ‘Mubarakan’ started on a low note at the box office, but showed growth during the weekend. The first day collection of the film was Rs 5 crore which is disappointing. The movie showed growth on Saturday and Sunday by collected approx. Rs 7.25 crore and Rs 10.25 respectively. Well, the amount that the movie collected on Sunday should have been the first day collection.

The first weekend collection of ‘Mubarakan’ is Rs 22.50 crore which is quite low for a film of this genre and budget. Massy-entertaining films have only weekends to collect a good amount at the box office as on the weekdays the collection go down.

The first weekend collection of ‘Mubarakan’ is much less than Anil Kapoor’s last release ‘Welcome Back’. Even Arjun Kapoor’s ‘Half Girlfriend’ that was bashed by critics had a better weekend than ‘Mubarakan’. (Also Read: While ‘Mubarakan’ takes a leap, ‘Indu Sarkar’ remains low on collections)

Talking about ‘Indu Sarkar’, the film starring Kirti Kulhari showed growth during the weekend. The movie collected Rs 1.35 crore approx. on Sunday, taking the three-day total to Rs 3.25 crore. The biggest positive aspect of Madhur Bhandarkar’s directorial is the budget. The movie is made with a budget of Rs 7 crore and around 50 percent has been covered in the weekend itself. If the movie stays stable over the weekend then it will easily be a hit at the box office.

On the other hand, ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ has done very well in its second weekend. The film collected Rs 3.50 crore approx. in its second weekend taking the till date total collection to Rs 13.68 crore. The movie was made with a budget of Rs 6 crore and it is a hit at the box office.

Murtuza Iqbal

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