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With some big releases looming on Friday, Akshay Kumar starrer ‘Singh Is Bliing’ box office collections are in danger of being caught short of the Rs 100 crore mark. As of Wednesday, the film has earned Rs 89.90 crore. While the overall Rs 100 crore achievement is there for the taking, what the film requires is a major push to reach the mark on the basis of just the Indian take. (Image: Bollywood Hungama)
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On day 1, after logging an occupancy rate of 80%, which translated into a handsome take of Rs 20.67 crore in domestic market alone, the film took another big chunk of the money pouring into theatres on day 2, even though it was not as high as the previous day’s take. ‘Singh Is Bliing’ box office collections on day 2 (Saturday) may have dropped, but still managed to stay in double digits, having earned as much as Rs 14.50 crore. (Image: Bollywood Hungama)
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What everyone was waiting for were Sunday’s numbers as this is the most important day for the film – it is every one’s holiday. ‘Singh Is Bliing’ box office collections swelled by a mammoth Rs 19.27 crore on day 3 for a total 3-day (opening weekend) take of Rs 54.44 crore in the domestic market. (Image: Bollywood Hungama)
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On day 4 (Monday), with the weekend over and people trooping back into their offices, the film maintained its collections at reasonable levels to earn Rs 7.1 crore – presumably many people played truant at work/schools/colleges. (Image: Bollywood Hungama)
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On day 5 (Tuesday) in never-say-die spirit so reminiscent of Akshay Kumar himself, the films box office collections rose by a respectable Rs 6.56 crore. On day 6 (Wednesday) the movie collected Rs 5.30 crore, which is a decent enough amount, but is going to become a concern if Friday’s new releases are hits, which will draw all the crowds away from Akshay’s movie. (Image: Bollywood Hungama)
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On day 7 (Thursday), ‘Singh is Bliing’ collections fell some more to Rs 4.20 crore. Now, domestic collections have reached the Rs 77.60 crore mark and if we add the foreign take to that, the total adds up to Rs 94.10 crore. Still short of the coveted overall Rs 100 crore mark, but if the weekend goes well and Aishwarya Rai’s comeback film does not do well, a lot more people will be trooping in to watch Akshay Kumar. (Image: Bollywood Hungama)
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Going by the advance bookings alone that ‘Singh Is Bliing’ logged, Akshay Kumar can well brace up for his biggest opener of all time. While it was pretty much expected that single screens would see a very good opening for this release, what is making all the difference on day 1 is the kind of advance bookings that the film managed at the multiplexes. Especially in the Delhi/NCR area, the film has seen one of the biggest advance bookings ever, which can in fact also be compared with that of Salman Khan’s ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ -and to think that since this is Akshay Kumar’s fourth release of the year, people would have had enough of the actor. (Image: Bollywood Hungama)
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