The box office is about two films at the opposite ends of the scale and it is likely to remai this way for some time. One film Pushpa (Hindi) has actually turned out to be the biggest success story post the pandemic in the Hindi markets while the other film 83 (Hindi) joins the ranks of films like Bombay Velvet (2015), Drona (2008) and Deedar E Yaar (1982) to be among the biggest disasters of all time.

Puhspa (Hindi) on its fourth Saturday collected around 2.50 crore nett to take its overall total to 76 crore nett, The growth is not as much as the last two weeks but that is bound to happen at some point due to the sort of run the film has been on till date. The collections remain superb in most of the places where it is being screened. It is closing on the 83 numbers day by day.

83 (Hindi) grossed 1.25 crore nett on its third Saturday to take its overall total to 94 crore nett. This film has also not shown growth like last week but due to the low collections its hardly matters if it is 1.25 crore nett or 1.50 crore nett. The film is heading towards 100 crore nett but much will depend on the collections in week four and if 100 crore nett does come it will have to thank god for small mercies and an open run in a holiday period.

A like for like comparison for the films would be 2.50 crore for Pushpa and 1 crore nett for 83 on Saturday as 83 (Hindi) has collections from Andhra, Tamil Nadu, Karntaka and Kerala while Pushpa (Hindi) is hardly being screened in these areas.