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Zero is looking at a reasonable Monday with collections in the 9-10 crore nett range on Monday. It will be a 45-50% drop which is a little high for a film which under performed over weekend but then it could have been much worse for a film which did not really trend over the weekend. There was also the factor of the holiday on Tuesday helping the film in the evening.

Surprisingly its still UP and Bihar holding best. Some centers in these parts only dropped 30% from the first day and you probably have to go back to Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam in 2002 when a Shahrukh Khan film out performed in these parts compared to the metros. Even the single screens here are holding well across UP and Bihar. The collections are also held better in Delhi NCR and big cities of East Punjab.

The total collections of the film so far are in the 64 crore nett range and there should be jump on Wednesday due to the holiday but as film has not been really been accepted it will not be that big 60-70% jump which can happen for a film which is not doing huge collections.

Originally posted by: pakeezah

Has Zero recovered its money? Will it?

Zero dropped under 50% on Monday thanks to the holds in Delhi / UP, East Punjab and Bihar. The drops elsewhere were in the 50-60% range. The Monday collections were in the 9.50 crore nett range which takes the business of the film to 64 crore nett in four days.

The film only dropped 30% in Delhi / UP as it collected 3 crore nett against the 4.20 crore nett on day one. East Punjab and Bihar dropped 40%. But its a different story in Mumbai and South as collections came down 55% and even 60% in some centres. There is the Xmas holiday on Tuesday but it might not grow as it should on a the national holiday as the holiday is more effective in the Mumbai and South while its not so big in UP and Bihar.

The first week may do around 85 crore nett depending on how far it goes on Tuesday. There will be a drop post the Xmas holiday.. The first four day figures for Zero are as follows.

Friday - 19,35,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 17,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 18,25,00,000 apprx

Monday - 9,50,00,000 apprx

TOTAL - 64,10,00,000 apprx