The advance of of Bholaa failed to get much momentum on the final day as it finishes at around 35-36k in the national chains.. The film should have better momentum of the day compared to the films around it like Cirkus, Shehzada and Bhediya due to a part holiday and action. The film should actually also run better than Raksha Bandhan due to the action factor in mass centres but a lot depends on the reports from these centres.

The Ram Navami holiday should help especially in UP which looks set to be best for the film. These films must fire in the likes of Central India and Gujarat to work and a good barometer will be CI where a 50 lakh total is a must on day one especially with Ram Navami. The advance is dominated by the national chains so a film like Bholaa which is not catering should always open advance as late as possible which gives the advance better momentum and urgency even if advances may remain a little less. You are going into the first day with more momentum which gives a better feel around the film.

The overall advance for the four day weekend looks to be around 3.5-3.75 crore nett. The top advancesin terms of tickets sold at national chains for original Hindi content post midnight for the first day since the pandemic are as follows. Bholaa is estimated with a few hours to go. 

1. Pathaan - 5,60,000

2. KGF 2 (Hindi) - 5,05,000

2. Brahmastra - 3,04,000 

3. 83 - 1,29,000

4. Drishyam - 1,19,000 

5. Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 - 1,12,000

6. RRR (Hindi) 1,09,000

7. Tu Jhoothi Main Makkar - 75,000

8. Laal Singh Chaddha - 64,000

9. Gangubai Kathiawadi - 61,000

10. Vikram vedha - 60,000

11. Jugjugg Jeeyo - 56,000

12. Shamshera - 50,000

13. Samraat Prithviraj - 45,000

14. Ram Setu - 39,000 

15. Raksha Bandhan - 37,000

16. Bholaa - 35-36k

17, Shehzada - 32,000

18. Cirkus - 31,000

19. Bhediya - 30,000

20. Thank God - 28,000