Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt's romantic comedy "Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania" (HSKD) and Riteish Deshmukh's Marathi debut film "Lai Bhaari" had a rocking weekend at domestic box offices.
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania
The romantic comedy, which is a tribute to classic 90s film "Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge", has managed to win audience's heart in India. The film opened on a decent note, but on Saturday and Sunday the film showed tremendous growth.
However, it failed to cross the ₹50 crore mark in its opening weekend. The film managed to take its three days total to ₹33.74 crore.
#HSKD surpasses ALL expectations and has a FANTABULOUS Sunday: Fri 9.02 cr, Sat 11.25 cr, Sun 13.46 cr. Total: ₹ 33.74 cr nett. India biz.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 14, 2014
The business of "Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania", directed by debutant Shashank Khaitan, remained low due to heavy rainfall in several circuits especially Mumbai. Also, the film faced competition from Marathi film "Lai Bhaari" at Maharashtra box offices.
But overall, "HSKD" has managed to pull off decent numbers from the box office,
Meanwhile, in overseas market also the film has opened to good response. The business of "HSKD" is way better than Dhawan's last release "Main Tera Hero" in international market.
#HumptySharmaKiDulhania is way ahead of #MainTeraHero in UAE-GCC. Collects $ 294,000 [₹ 1.76 cr] till Sat. VERY GOOD!
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 13, 2014
#HumptySharmaKiDulhania has witnessed ample growth in key markets such as USA, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand. Sat better than Fri.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 13, 2014
#HumptySharmaKiDulhania all set to emerge Varun Dhawan's HIGHEST grosser in USA-Canada. Crosses *lifetime biz* of #MainTeraHero in 2 days.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 13, 2014
#HumptySharmaKiDulhania is also ahead of #SOTY Fri + Sat biz by almost $ 50,000 in USA-Canada. SUPERB!
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 13, 2014
Lai Bhaari
Deshmukh starrer "Lai Bhaari" had outstanding business in its opening weekend. The film has got phenomenal response from people in Maharashtra. Within three days of its release, the film created records for other Marathi films.
#LaiBhaari [Marathi] has a MIND-BOGGLING weekend. Fri 3.10 cr, Sat 3.60 cr, Sun 3.85 cr. Total: ₹ 10.55 cr. Note: Maharashtra biz only.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 14, 2014
With positive word of mouth, the film will continue its marvelous run at the box office. The film is also expected to dominate the box office market over regional and Bollywood films in the coming weeks.
