The Hollywood film, ‘Godzilla vs Kong’ has taken a solid start at the box-office in India as the film has raked in collections in the range of Rs 6 crore, thereby emerging the biggest opener in the Hindi film states over the last one year.
The number has come despite it being a mid-week release, and the surge in covid cases, defying all theories built in the industry. The film released in four languages in India – English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu – and with English version leading the way by a huge margin all across the country. The English and Hindi version alone have fared better than the day one figures of ‘Roohi’ (Mahashivratri) and ‘Mumbai Saga’ (A conventional Friday release).
The three national chains, PVR, Inox and Cinepolis is in the range of Rs 2.62 crore (PIC: 1.38 crore, 0.82 crore, 0.42 crore), which is phenomenal to say the least, whereas the non-national chains have brought in figures anywhere in the range of Rs 2.80 crore.
The film has fared well down south, and it’s the collection from non-national chains in the south that will decide where the day one finally ends. The figures could be slight above the range mentioned, and that difference will be due to the South Indian version of the film.
While exact figures will be known early in the morning, the English version has raked in approx. 3.00 crore, whereas the Hindi version stayed low around the Rs 0.30 crore mark, primarily due to a release only in the 2K format, which meant that most single screens could not screen the film even if they were keen on getting the film for their property.
There was an attempt within industry to build a perception that the audience is not stepping out to watch a film following the not so good opening of ‘Mumbai Saga’, but ‘Godzilla vs Kong’ has destroyed all the notions and will probably put in a positive message within the industry to release their film and believe in the content. —Pinkvilla