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Opening weekends, footfalls, budget maths and the numbers behind the noise.
The multiplex chain has proposed dropping the decades-old print fee before the Competition Commission, a year after a standoff over Jolly LLB 3 nearly kept the film off screens.
Priyadarshan's Haiwaan, a Hindi remake of the Malayalam hit Oppam, opened Friday to an estimated Rs 2.5-3 crore, trade watchers say, against a budget pegged at Rs 100-115 crore.
Soori's Mandaadi grew sharply on Day 2, pulling ahead of Sardaar 2 at the same box-office weekend. Track Tollywood and Pinkvilla peg the growth differently, but both agree the smaller film is winning the clash.
Priyadarshan's crime thriller Haiwaan opened to an estimated ₹3.5–4 crore on its first day, per early trends, landing among the five biggest post-COVID openings for the genre and bumping Buckingham Murders down the list.
Nivin Pauly and Mamitha Baiju's Bethlehem Kudumba Unit has climbed to the top of Malayalam cinema's Kerala box office chart, crossing Rs 134 crore after a strong fourth Saturday.
Mirzapur: The Movie has crossed ₹200 crore in tracked gross by Day 9, riding steady weekday numbers and a second Friday-Saturday bump, with trade eyeing ₹300 crore by the end of its run.
Haiwaan's Day 2 numbers came in flat to falling, with Sacnilk and Pinkvilla reporting different net figures. The Akshay Kumar-Saif Ali Khan thriller opened September 11 to mixed reviews and a shaky word-of-mouth problem.
Sardar 2 and Mandaadi opened on the same Thursday, but the box office gap has turned into a rout. Soori's film earned 354% more than Karthi's on their first Saturday.
Mirzapur The Movie has crossed 190 crore net in India by its second Sunday, pushing past a 90 crore budget to log an official hit verdict with a reported 111 percent return.
Hanuman Ansh, a Hindi devotional film made on a shoestring budget, has crossed Rs 200 crore worldwide after a stunning turnaround from near-total box office collapse in week two.
Insidious: Out of the Further has crossed $57 million domestically in 21 days, overtaking The Curse of La Llorona's full North American haul, and is closing in on $150 million worldwide.
Mirzapur The Movie added Rs 13.25 crore net on its tenth day, pushing its worldwide total past Rs 266 crore and overtaking Bhooth Bangla's lifetime collection, per DNA India.
Yash starrer Toxic has wrapped its box office run at Rs 312.50 crore worldwide after a huge opening day was followed by a near-total collapse, with trade estimates putting losses at around Rs 300 crore.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day has crossed 500 crore net in India after 46 days, while Yash's Toxic nears 245 crore and Awarapan 2 passes 156 crore net in their own domestic runs, per Koimoi's tracking.
Tom Holland has reportedly crossed Zoe Saldana's all-time worldwide box office total, becoming Hollywood's highest-grossing actor at just 30, driven by Spider-Man, Avengers and The Odyssey.
Mirzapur: The Movie has crossed Rs 277 crore worldwide in 11 days, per trade tracking site Koimoi, overtaking Race 3 and the Hindi versions of Kantara Chapter 1 and 2.0 in the process.
Sardar 2, starring Karthi and SJ Suryah, has managed a five-day gross of around Rs 15 crore, trade estimates suggest, with a holiday Monday failing to lift its sagging run against Mandaadi.
Hanuman Ansh has grossed Rs 279.54 crore worldwide in 39 days against a budget of Rs 1.8 crore, per Koimoi's tracking, despite a muted opening week of Rs 1.08 crore net.
The Odyssey has pulled in Rs 258 crore gross in India over two months and is nearing $1.7 billion worldwide, putting it within reach of Inside Out 2 and Zootopia 2 on the all-time global chart.
Hanuman Ansh added Rs 8.25 crore on its sixth Monday, pushing India net past Rs 222 crore and worldwide gross to Rs 279.80 crore, edging past Mirzapur The Movie in the global tally.
Priyadarshan's Haiwaan, reuniting Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan after 18 years, has fallen off a cliff at the box office, dropping 60% on Monday to end day four at Rs 8.05 crore net in India.
Soori's Mandaadi has crossed Rs 62 crore worldwide in five days per trade estimates, though its makers claim Rs 65 crore, as the Tamil action thriller closes in on Rs 70 crore by day six.
Haiwaan's opening weekend numbers were shaky to begin with, and Monday made things worse. The Akshay Kumar-Saif Ali Khan film pulled in only Rs 50 lakh on Day 4, taking its total to Rs 7.25 crore.
Soori's Mandaadi has collected Rs 45.85 crore in five days, per Sacnilk, with day five bringing in Rs 11.25 crore despite a slight slide from the previous day's numbers.
Insidious: Out of the Further has crossed $155 million worldwide against an $18 million budget, nearly matching its predecessor's late-weekend hold despite reviews that split critics down the middle.
Ravi Teja's Irumudi has logged a 415.43% return on investment after 24 days, making it the second most profitable Telugu film of 2026 behind Couple Friendly, per Koimoi's box office tracking.
Early tracking for Anne Hathaway's psychological thriller Verity puts its North American opening weekend between $30 million and $40 million, according to Box Office Pro, ahead of its October 2 release.
Ravi Teja's Irumudi has crossed Rs 180 crore net in India on a Rs 35 crore budget, delivering a 415.43% ROI and becoming 2026's second most profitable Telugu film after Couple Friendly.
Hanuman Ansh, the low-budget Neem Karoli Baba biopic, added Rs 22.50 crore on its sixth Sunday to push its worldwide gross past Rs 268 crore, now trailing only Dhurandhar 2 and Border 2 in 2026.
Mirzapur: The Movie's ten-day tally has hit Rs 181.25 crore nett, per trade estimates, but an unusual Saturday-to-Sunday drop suggests its blockbuster ceiling just got lower.