MUMBAI: Akshay Kumar’s films have a safe selling price because of which they also have a safe recovery target. Most of his films fold up within the hundred crore mark save for a couple.
Houseful 3 has been panned by our critics who will praise the similar Dumb & Dumber or The Nice Guys of the similar genre. Houseful 3 is an entertainer even if branded a no brainer. The public has been deprived of a mass entertainer catering to all sort of audience for over three months because of which the film has had a decent opening. It has maintained well and the collections saw a huge leap on Sunday to end its opening weekend with Rs 53.25 crore.
The collections will affected from tomorrow onwards as Ramadan sets in.
Project Marathwada was poor.
Waiting, despite Naseeruddin Shah in the lead, has failed to stir up any interest in the audience. The film has managed to collect barely Rs 1.9 crore in its first week.
Phobia, a kind of thriller laced with horror, collected Rs 2.95 crore in its first week.
Veerappan, did better finding some support from single screen mass cinemas. The film collected Rs 6.75 crore in its first week.
Fredrick went down as a total loss project.
Sarbjit collected Rs 6.65 crore in its second week to take its two week tally to Rs 26.05 crore.
Azhar added Rs 30 lakh in its third week taking its three week total to Rs 31.95 crore.
Baaghi has added Rs 20 lakh in its fifth week to take its five week total to Rs 78.25 crore.