A low-scoring weekend for Bollywood

This week saw four releases – Ek Paheli Leela, Dharam Sankat Mein, Broken Horses and Barefoot to Goa. But of these, only two films managed substantial collections over the weekend, namely Sunny Leone starrer Ek Paheli Leela and the religious satire Dharam Sankat Mein.

Ek Paheli Leela opened to poor numbers on Friday and did not grow in the evening due to poor reviews and bad word of mouth. The film closed its first day at Rs. 5.30 crore. Saturday was no better as the film dropped by 15% in occupancies, collecting Rs. 5 crore.

The film struggled to show any kind of growth on its third day and closed collections on Sunday with Rs. 5.35 crore.

Having done evenly in both mass centers and metropolitans, Ek Paheli Leela’s collections so far amount to Rs. 15.65 crore. It is highly unlikely that the collections will grow during the week and the film may just gross Rs. 25 crore lifetime at its very best.

Dharam Sankat Mein fared far worse in comparison. Opening to meagre numbers, the film closed its first day at Rs. 1.30 crore. The film garnered average reviews but grew only by 30%, bringing in Rs. 1.70 crore on Saturday. The third day was slightly better as the film grew a little more but the growth was not substantial and the film closed collections on Sunday with Rs. 2.05 crore.

Over the course of three days, Dharam Sankat Mein has notched a total of Rs. 5.05 crore at the box office and the film is not expected to hit double-digit figures during its first week unless a massive upswing takes place.