The manner in which Sitaare Zameen Par had seen day on day surge over the weekend, it was really unreal. To almost double up from Friday to Saturday and then further jump by more than 50% on Sunday is the stuff that dreams are made of. However, this is what exactly happened and after scoring a half century from a just-about double digit opening on Friday, it made everyone in the industry stand up and notice.

After all, something like this has only happened before with films like The Kashmir Files and The Kerala Story and one wondered if something as historic as that was in the making all over again. Frankly, it seemed like Monday will not just end up being in a double digit zone all over again but also surpass Friday collections of Rs. 10.70 crores by a distance. With news of shows being added due to heavy demand, it seemed like at least Rs. 12 crores were on the cards.

Well, that was not the case to be as the film ended up bringing Rs. 8.50 crores eventually. Now as a standalone film with a subject like this, these are decent numbers because there is as much audiences as that can come in on the first weekday. However, it was those huge and unprecedented jumps over the weekend that made expectations soar.

Nonetheless, what has to be seen now is the kind of hold that’s seen from today onwards with Rs. 65.80 crores under its belt. At the very least, it would need to be on the same lines as Monday and at worse, not go below Rs. 7 crores mark. That would ensure that the second weekend will see a rise in numbers all over again. That said, there are multiple films arriving on Friday, most notably Maa, Nikita Roy, F1 The Movie and Kannappa, which means competition would be from across languages and industries.

It’s going to be a wait and watch scenario for the Aamir Khan starrer.

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