February Boxing Report: Gully Boy and Total Dhamaal Set New Trends at Tellers

The box office of Zoya Akhtar and Total Dhamaal Indra Kumar dominated the Bollywood box office in February. While it is believed that February is a dull month at the movies, this year has been a surprise. The two films, together, added more than 200 billion rupees to the Bollywood box office collections.

With his strong screenplay, director Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt, director Gully Boy, impressed the critics and, after a mediocre start, the film was taken up by the audience. He collected 71.25 crores of rupees during his four-day opening weekend and remained strong even during his first week. At the end of the first week, the movie based on Mumbai's underground rappers' life registered his name in the coveted 100-crore club of Rs 100 and, on his second weekend, brought him 18.05 crore from Rs. With regular attendance, his total collection rises to 123.10 crores from Rs to present.

Gully Boy became the second largest opener (Rs 19.40 crore) for Singh after Simmba who opened with a collection of Rs 20.76 crores. However, the film has worked more in the metropolises. Taran Adarsh, a trade badyst, said Gully Boy was showing an upward trend in the Mumbai circuit.

Released a week after Gully Boy, Total Dhamaal performed on Ajay Devgn, Anh Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Riteish Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi and others. is the most successful film of the Dhamaal franchise. In one week, the cash registers sounded and earned Rs 88.05. Taran Adarsh ​​predicted that the comedy would hit Rs 100 crore during its second weekend. He also mentioned that the film was so successful because of its media appeal.

He tweeted: "#TotalDhamaal has an advantage over other mbad entertainers.Families / kids adopt it with great success … It's no wonder, mbad circuits / screens unique + metros + plex in level 2 cities * collectively * totaling a strong … Normal ticketing rates [not hiked] are a plus, and it can not be denied that national chains [plexes in metros and beyond metros] contribute to a grand total , but we must not neglect the contribution of the mbad pockets / unique screens … Make films that attract all India, then only we can expect a completion of the trade. "

] The other contributors at the box office in February are Uri: The Surgical Strike by Vicky Kaushal: The Surgical Strike and Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (Kapoor-Sonam Kapoor) Uri ends his 50 days in theaters this Friday and after 50 days, the collection of the film is at 235.90 crores. [19659010] Girish Johar, Film Industry Analyst, commented on the film's performance in February: "Gully Boy has created his collection of 100 crores of rupees and Total Dhamaal is also about to do so. To change, we have 200 crores of rupees from two films in February, which is a rarity. Generally, because of the exam season, the month of February does not generate much business for filmmakers. Young people, who are the main audience, do not show up as much in theaters as they do in the following months. But this time, it's different. February 2019 is on a larger scale than the other months of February. "

He added:" Gully Boy is very well behaved in Mumbai, Pune and four to five other cities. Total Dhamaal has been appreciated by a wider audience. So, in terms of acceptance of a film by the public, it is Total Dhamaal who has the upper hand. "