Chhichhore collects Rs 35 cr in the first weekend, Saaho’s box office collection Rs 130 cr

Released this Friday, Sushant Singh Rajput and Shraddha Kapoor starrer, Chhichhore has had a good weekend with flying numbers at the box office.

According to a report in Boxofficeindia.com, the film collected around Rs 16 crore on the third day, taking its total to Rs 35.57 crore. The film had opened at a mere Rs 7.32 crore but rose to Rs 12.25 crore on day 2.

Film trade analyst Taran Adarsh wrote on Twitter, “Chhichhore goes from strength to strength on Day 1… Witnessed a big turnaround in evening and night shows… Word of mouth has come into play, which will translate into solid growth on Day 2 and 3… Weekend biz is sure to spring a big surprise… Fri Rs 7.32 cr. India biz.”

The Nitesh Tiwari directorial also stars Varun Sharma, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Prateik Babbar, Naveen Polishetty and Tushar Pandey.

Battling with Chhichhore on the box office front, Shraddha’s another big release ‘Saaho’ which stars Prabhas as the main lead showed around 50% growth with collections of Rs 6.50 crore net on Sunday. It now stands at a total collection of Rs 130 crore.

Directed by Sujeeth, Saaho also stars Mahesh Manjrekar, Jackie Shroff, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Murli Sharma and Chunky Pandey in key roles and released in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi.