Box Office: Second weekend analysis of Dilwale v/s Bajirao Mastani

 

It's been two week now after the much talked about big clash between the films Dilwale and Bajirao Mastani. While Dilwale, that features Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Varun Dhawan and Box Office: Second weekend analysis of Dilwale v/s Bajirao Mastani

 

Kriti Sanon took the lead over the opening few days, the other release Bajirao Mastani that features Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra has seen a steady rise in box office

 

collections.

 

In this box office analysis we take a comparative look at the box office collections of both films in terms of their Second Weekend collections. A point that needs to be remembered here is that the

 

entries are for comparative purposes only and do not represent the ranking. Interestingly with good reviews and positive word of mouth Bajirao Mastani that lagged behind Dilwale

 

during the opening days, has managed to surpass the latter as the days progressed. In fact Bajirao Mastani that collected Rs. 34.3 crores over its Second Weekend has managed to surpass not

 

just Dilwale that collected Rs. 21.23 crores but also Salman Khan's Kick that collected Rs. 34.02 crores in the same time frame. On the other hand Shah Rukh Khan's Dilwale has

 

surpassed the second weekend collections of the Sooraj Barjatiya directed Salman Khan starrer Prem Ratan Dhan Payo that collected Rs. 20.04 crores.

 

When further comparing the Second Weekend collections of both films to their first weekend collections, Dilwale has shown a drop of approximately 67% whereas Bajirao Mastani has shown

 

a drop of approximately 26%. In essence proving that as time progressed, Dilwale that when released was the audiences' first choice has fast taken the back seat losing out to Bajirao

 

Mastani. When put in terms of numbers, Bajirao Mastani has done approximately 61% more business than Dilwale in the second weekend.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Movie Name	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Total (INR cr.)
Bajrangi Bhaijaan	12.8	19.25	24.05	56.1
PK	14.48	17.16	21.85	53.49
Krrish 3	9.16	14.23	16.35	39.74
Dhoom 3	10.1	12.04	16.71	38.85
Bajirao Mastani	12.25	10.3	11.75	34.3
Kick	9.22	10.62	14.18	34.02
Chennai Express	6.5	8.51	10.22	25.23
Happy New Year	5.26	7.46	9.51	22.23
Dilwale	8.11	6	7.12	21.23
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo	5.5	6.7	8.2	20.4