Triptii
Dimri
in
Vicky
Vidya
Ka
Woh
Wala
Video.
It
was
a
very
poor
weekend
for
Bollywood
as
just
about
Rs
10
crore
(Rs
100
million)
came
in.
The
capacity
available
over
a
weekend
is
over
Rs
200
crore
(Rs
2
billion)
if
one
takes
into
account
all
the
theatres
that
screen
Hindi
movies.
So
the
kind
of
numbers
that
have
come
in
signify
that
the
overall
occupancy
was
merely
5
percent.
This
sums
up
the
disastrous
times
the
industry
has
been
facing
with
neither
good
movies
coming
in
nor
audiences
being
enticed
enough
to
watch
even
the
reasonably
decent
ones.
The
last
three-four
months
have
been
disastrous
with
nothing
really
working
at
the
box
office
(except
event
films
like
Stree
2).
What’s
worse
is
that
there
are
no
films
releasing
in
theatres
either.
Alia
Bhatt
in
Jigra.
Last
weekend
was
no
exception,
and
the
onus
fell
on
holdover
releases
like
Vicky
Vidya
Ka
Woh
Wala
Video
and
Jigra.
The
former
was
just
okay
in
the
first
week
whereas
the
latter
had
flopped
already.
As
a
result,
VVKWWV
extended
its
collections
by
around
Rs
6
crore*
(Rs
60
million)
in
the
second
weekend
while
Jigra
brought
in
around
Rs
5
crore*
(Rs
50
million).
Overall,
VVKWWV
may
stretch
to
Rs
38-40
crore
(Rs
380-400
million)
lifetime
collections
while
Jigra
will
aim
for
Rs
33-35
crore
(Rs
330-350
million),
which
goes
on
to
show
how
dull
the
scenario
has
become.
Hopefully,
Diwali
releases
Singham
Again
and
Bhool
Bhulaiyaa
3
will
reverse
the
trend.
*Estimates.
Final
numbers
awaited.
Note:
All
collections
as
per
various
box
office
sources.
