Day‑8 figures show Resident Evil down 61% with under 350 screens, while Nani’s The Paradise barely edged past ₹2 crore on Friday.
Resident Evil’s Indian earnings took a nosedive on Friday, the film’s eighth day, slipping more than 60 per cent from the previous day. The horror‑action outing managed just ₹0.28 crore, according to Bollywood Hungama, while the number of venues shrank to 349 across 299 locations. That translates to an occupancy of barely over 20 per cent.
Koimoi’s data paints an even bleaker picture for the film’s screen count. From a launch of 4,314 shows, the schedule collapsed to just 463 shows on the second Friday – an 89‑plus per cent plunge. The same source notes a 73 per cent dip in collections compared with day one. In net terms, the film sits at roughly ₹15.4 crore after eight days, a respectable figure for a Hollywood title but far from the momentum needed to sustain a second weekend.
The timing couldn’t be worse. Two new releases have already begun to dominate the multiplexes, siphoning away screens and audience attention. While Resident Evil battles dwindling showtimes, another Indian‑made film is fighting its own uphill climb.
Nani’s The Paradise opened on the same weekend with a modest ₹1.22 crore on day one. Bollywood Hungama reports a 27.9 per cent dip on the following Friday, pulling in ₹0.88 crore and taking the cumulative net to ₹2.10 crore. The film’s weekend trajectory now hinges on whether Saturday and Sunday can spark a bounce that lifts it out of the early‑stage slump.
Both movies illustrate a broader pattern: new entrants are quickly reshaping the box‑office landscape, leaving little breathing room for titles that don’t generate instant word‑of‑mouth. Resident Evil, despite being the franchise’s biggest opening in India, is already wrestling with an 89 per cent loss of its original screens. The Paradise, a regional drama with star power, is still trying to convert its opening buzz into a sustainable run.
For the horror franchise, the next two days will be a litmus test. If the Friday dip can be arrested and a modest weekend recovery materialises, the film could finish its run with a tidy crore‑plus total. If not, the steep slide may become a cautionary tale for future Hollywood releases that rely on a strong opening but lack a local hook.
Meanwhile, The Paradise’s fate rests on weekend footfall. A surge could push its net past the ₹3 crore mark, giving Nani’s team a cushion before the next slate of releases arrives. A flat or falling curve, however, would see the film join the growing list of titles that struggled to find an audience beyond the first 48 hours.
The coming weekend will therefore decide whether Resident Evil can claw back enough to justify its hefty screen count loss, and whether The Paradise can turn a tepid start into a respectable run. Box‑office watchers will have their eyes glued to the numbers on Monday, when the weekend totals are finally tallied.
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