= FREAK ALI = Reviews / BO Collections - Page 3

Freaky Ali grossed 7.25 crore nett in its first weekend which is a low total. The film managed some decent growth on Saturday but Sunday could not do too much. The collections are better than other Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrers like Manjhi - Tha Man Mountan (6.17 crore) and Raman Raghav (3.84 crore). Its even probably better than TE3N comparatively as that featured Amitabh Bachchan also but only managed 11.13 nett. The problem is when the audience sees a character artiste as the main lead it is hard to get them to the theatres even if the content is strong. Not that its the case here but the film is probably a little better than the figures suggest. The first weekend collections of Freaky Ali are as follows.

Friday - 1,75,00,000

Saturday - 2,50,00,000

Sunday - 3,00,00,000

TOTAL - 7,25,00,000

There is a holiday on Monday for Bakri Eid which will help on Monday but its not a full national holiday so its likley the collections will jump in parts of some circuits.

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Freaky Ali got a little jump on Tuesday due to Bakri Eid and some places had a holiday. The collections of the film were similar to day one at 1.75 crore nett. The holiday is not too big especially this time as it was declared holiday on Monday but Eid fell a day late in India so some places had the holiday on Tuesday. The jump was mainly outside the big metros. The first week collections of the film will now probably go to 12 crore nett. The film needs 18 crore nett for recovery of the price paid for its domestic theatrical rights which is probably just out of reach unless Friday can show a fall under 60% from the first Friday. The first five day collections of Freaky Ali are as follows.

Friday - 1,75,00,000

Saturday - 2,50,00,000

Sunday - 3,00,00,000

Monday - 1,25,00,000

Tuesday - 1,75,00,000 Apprx

TOTAL - 10,25,00,000

Despite low figures the film has already crossed the business of Raman Raghav 2.0 which had the same lead and finished with business of 6.80 crore nett.