WILL THE HOLLYWOOD FILMS BRING CHEER AT THE BOX OFFICE?

Last week’s big release Housefull 5 has done decently well at the box office. As expected, it opened at Rs. 22 crores. On Saturday, it saw a jump when it earned Rs. 28.25 crores. The jump was also due to the Bakri Eid holiday. Hence, the Sunday jump was nominal and it earned Rs. 29 crores.

Housefull 5 held well on Monday, earning Rs. 11 crores. On Tuesday, the makers decided to keep the ticket rates cheap, as is the norm since the last two months. The move didn’t work, as intended. The collections dropped to Rs. 9.35 crores.

Housefull 5 is expected to earn Rs. 115 crores in Week 1. If it holds well in Week 2, it’ll be able to have a good lifetime total. Thug Life, on the other hand, opened below expectations in both Hindi and Tamil. It should have ideally collected Rs. 1 crore in Hindi on its day of release. Instead, it took the film 3 days to reach that mark.

This week, there are no major Hindi films and 3 significant Hollywood flicks will try their luck. How To Train Your Dragon had paid previews on Sunday in IMAX theatres and got a great response. The series has some following in India and it is expected to collect around Rs. 1 crore. The same applies to From The World Of John Wick: Ballerina. It will have paid previews tonight, that is, June 12.

The third film, Materialists, seems like a feel-good romcom and stars popular Hollywood actors. But it seems like it’ll get overshadowed by the other two Hollywood biggies as well as Housefull 5.