Box Office India Trade Network
HATE STORY 3 did well on day one as it grossed around 8.75 crore nett though the collections did falter a little after the early shows at places where it had taken a strong opening. This will probably mean a drop on Saturday but still due to the start it should get a healthy weekend of over 20 crore nett. The film scored well in places like UP, CP Berar, CI and Nizam.
The drop in certain areas suggests that the film is probably going to have to depend on what it can do in the first week despite little competition next week. The issue with this genre is that most of the recovery has to come from India theatrical and so it can't afford collections to drop too much after the first day.
RAGINI 2 released last year was of a similar genre also managed a similar opening day to HATE STORY 3 and then went on to do 46 crore nett business and that is probably the target of HATE STORY 3.
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HATE STORY 3 dropped on Saturday which was on the cards as collections started dropping on Friday at places. The drop is around 15% but despite the drop the collectiins are still good. The first two day business of Hate Story 3 is as follows.
Friday - 8,25,00,000
Saturday - 7,00,00,000 apprx
Total - 15,25,00,000
The drops were there in most of the circuits. The business on Sunday may grow but it will be limited growth with the best case being a total similar to Friday though that won't be easy.