Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Box Office: The Hollywood sci-fi saga is stable on Sunday

There was not much growth for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes on Sunday as Rs. 4.50 crores* came in. These are stable numbers when compared to Saturday, though the growth that it had seen from Friday was still better. There was always a chance that the film just remains static, especially with an IPL double header on Sunday and that’s what actually happened.

The film has now done decently to reach Rs. 12 crores* already and now one waits to see whether Rs. 2 crores mark is crossed on Monday. On Friday, the film had collected Rs. 3.25 crores*, hence anything over Rs. 2 crores would be fine for the film. Anything over and above that would be good and anything lesser would signify that this is mainly a weekend-to-weekend film, and the trend will just repeat for this Hollywood biggie.

That said, the numbers collected so far have given an indication that the first week score of the film could be around Rs. 20 crores. It can, of course, go higher if the collections cross Rs. 2 crores mark on Monday. However, at least this one hasn’t turned out to be a dead-on-arrival affair like so many other Bollywood films in the past and that will be something to rejoice for the exhibitors. Not that it will make them pop the champagne as yet, but at least they won’t be shutting down their theatres till June, which seemed like the case before its release.

*Estimates. Final numbers awaited

Note: All collections as per production and distribution sources