The weekend is turning out to be a huge one for the film industry as Mirzapur - the Movie and Hanuman Ansh run riot. It was a holiday for Janmashtami and both films managed to show growth from the partial holiday. Mirzapur collected 25.50 crore nett on the first day and has collected 31 crore nett on the second day which is a jump of almost 25%.  The two day collections of the film stand at around 56.50 crore nett and its on course for a 90 crore nett weekend. Janmashtami has been played out over two days so growth maybe limited on Sunday.

The film has seen one of the weaker links on day one Maharashtra come on board as collections went up here around 50% as compared to the 25% national average. Delhi / UP and East Punjab which were fantastic on day went up further on day two. The latter which is weaker circuit today compared to a few years ago was outstanding on Saturday. Bihar could not grow on day two but the two day business is extraordinary with a total over 3 crore nett.

The film is also doing very well overseas especially considering it does not have amuch of a cast and is heading for a weekend of $2.25-2.5 million which will be the fourth biggest weekend of the year after Dhurandhar 2, Border 2 and Bhoot Bangla. The main markets have done well with Gulf and Canada and Australia being best. 

There is not much to say about Hanuman Ansh as it recorded the highest day of its run on Saturday with collections set to be 15 crore nett plus which puts the film at around 93 crore nett and it continies to break all records in week five. The admits of the film are just 50 lakh apprx till date so there is still huge potential considering the devotees could be in crores and the word is pushed about the film. Only god knows where this film will eventually go. It may officially be its fifth week but in real terms its week two as in the first three weeks it went pretty much unnoticed.