Hrithik Roshan and Junior NTR’s ‘War 2’ was being called the biggest Bollywood film of this year. On the other hand, Rajinikanth’s ‘Coolie’ was the biggest Tamil film of this year. Both of these films, which have chosen the release date of August 14 with the intention of taking full advantage of the long weekend of Independence Day, are seen struggling as soon as the weekend is over.
The kind of banged start from ‘War 2’ did not get this film. With this, ‘Coolie’, which was clashed, got a much better response, behind which the biggest factor of the film was Rajinikanth. But on their first Monday at the box office, the condition of both ‘War 2’ and ‘Coolie’ looked worrying.
How was the Test of ‘War 2’?
Hrithik and Junior NTR’s film started on the first day with a collection of Rs 52 crore. On Friday, the film’s collection reached peak with 57.35 crores, but it fell to 32 crores on Sunday. In such a situation, the full decision of the future of the film was to be made from the Mande Collection.
In a long weekend of 4 days, the craze of ‘War 2’, which was coming by collecting more than 174 crore Net India, was seen to fade. The situation is that on the fifth day of the box office run, the earnings of this film came in a single digit. According to Caiknilk, ‘War 2’ has collected Rs 8.4 crore to Mande. The film’s earnings have decreased by more than 70% compared to Sunday, which is not a good sign. ‘War 2’, released in three languages, was earning the highest earning from the Hindi version.
On Sunday, the Hindi version of the film earned Rs 26.5 crore while Monday’s collection was only 7 crores. The Telugu version of ‘War 2’, which earned 5.25 crores to Sunday, could earn only 1.25 crores on Monday. That is, the earnings of ‘War 2’ in both the versions important for big earnings have fallen badly since Monday. In such a situation, it seems difficult that its earnings will also be able to reach around the original ‘War’ in 2019, whose lifetime collection was more than 318 crores.
How was Monday for ‘Coolie’?
The reviews of ‘Coolie’ and public reaction were not very positive than ‘War 2’, but it was definitely better. The biggest reason for this film reaching the theater is Megastar Rajinikanth. On the first day, the film brought a net collection of Rs 65 crore on the first day. On the second day too, the film’s earnings crossed 50 crores, but by the day the Sunday reached the level of 35 crores.
On Monday, ‘Coolie’ also had to see a big decline at the box office. This film has collected only a little more than 12 crores on the fifth day, which is up to 65% in front of its Sunday collection. The Original Tamil version of ‘Coolie’, which earned Rs 23.3 crore on Sunday, collected only 8 crores on Monday. While the collection of the Hindi version of the Hindi version which has earned a solid earning on Sunday with 4.75 crores left only Rs 1.75 crore. The Net India collection of ‘Coolie’ has now been more than 206 crores in 5 days. In this, the part of the Tamil version is 136 crores. Hindi has collected more than 25 crores and the Telugu version has collected 47. 35 crores.
The power of ‘Mahavatar Narasimha’ is intact
An animated film ‘Mahavatar Narasimha’, running in the fourth week, is still earning strong at the box office. Before the fourth weekend started on Friday, it had collected more than 141 crores in Hindi only by Thursday and the Net India collection had been more than 188 crores. On Thursday, it collected a total of 2.6 crores, in which the Hindi version earned 2.25 crores.
With the arrival of ‘War 2 and’ Coolie ‘, the screen count of’ Mahavatar Narasimha ‘also decreased. But still, taking a strong jump in the weekend, he collected 22.15 crores, out of which Hindi was 18.45 crore. Mande also remained its collection strong and it earned a total of Rs 2.1 crore in Hindi with 1.5 crores. That is, the box office collection of ‘Mahavatar Narasimha’ has still reduced much less compared to Thursday of last week.
‘Kuli’ is getting strong earnings from Overseas Market due to Rajinikanth Power and hence the film is on the way to become a hit. But ‘War 2’ is not even strong in overseas and all its expectations are on the Indian audience. According to the reports, the trend of ‘War 2’, made in the budget of 400 crores, says that its lifetime run will die before reaching 300 crores at the Indian box office. Therefore, Hrithik and NTR’s film is now in danger of becoming the first flop film of Spy-Universe.
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