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Shudh Desi Romance Outscores Zanjeer Easily Thursday 6th September 2013 13.00 IST

Boxofficeindia.Com Trade Network Shudh Desi Romance has outscored Zanjeer easily as it opened better and the gap is wider in the afternoon shows as Shudh Desi Romance improves at multiplexes where opening collections were low and holds where it started better. Zanjeer started lower than Shudh Desi Romance and the gap is widening. It could be that Shudh Desi Romance has double the collections of Zanjeer on day one despite showing on less screens. The Telugu version of Zanjeer named Thoofan has opened better in Nizam/Andhra but the way it is going there will no circuit where Zanjeer will be ahead at the end of they day. Even a mass circuit like Bihar should see Shudh Desi Romance getting the upper hand by the end of they day.As per boxofficeindia.com report. 2. Chennai Express 206 Cr In Four Weeks Madras Cafe 41 Cr In Two Weeks Thursday 6th September 2013 10.30 IST Boxofficeindia.Com Trade Network Chennai Express has taken its total to 206 crore nett in for weeks and is likely to add another 2 crore nett to have an approx finish of 208 crore nett. The figures have beaten the previous record holder 3 Idiots by around 3%. The distributor share of the film will be 115 crore which will be 8.50 crore better than the previous record holder Ek Tha Tiger. Madras Cafe collected around 8.25 crore nett in week two taking its total to 41 crore nett. The film will finish just a bit higher than Vicky Donor, a film from the same team released last year but with much lower costs than Madras Cafe. The four big films in August are set to finish with following totals. Chennai Express - 208 crore Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobaara! - 60 crore Madras Cafe - 44 crore Satyagraha 58-60 crore The business of Chennai Express is more than 40 crore higher than the other three August releases combined. 3. Thursday 6th September 2013 10.30 IST Boxofficeindia.Com Trade Network Shudh Desi Romance has taken a better opening than Zanjeer across multiplexes practically all over India despite the latter being a bigger film. Shudh Desi Romance opened to around 35-40% collections while Zanjeer was around 15-20% at multiplexes. The early single screen occupancies were 25-30% for Zanjeer and 15-20% for Shudh Desi Romance. In the North it was a big lead for Shudh Desi Romance with multiplexes being much better and single screens being on the same lines. Zanjeer opened better in single screens of Maharashtra. Overall the opening was decent for Shudh Desi Romance and poor for Zanjeer. It will be interesting to seen which film has the higher first day figure as Shudh Desi Romance has better occupancies but Zanjeer has the wider release. At the moment it seems that Shudh Desi Romance has a big enough gap at multiplexes to more than cover the lower screen count.All the data collected from www.boxofficeindia.com