MUMBAI: Sajid Khan‘s remake of the 1983 hit Himmatwala failed to live up to expectations. With most of the audience and critics dismissing the movie, Himmatwala‘s chances at a thundering box office run seem bleak. Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter were flooded with jabs at the movie and the director with one of the jokes making the rounds in the trade being that Himmatwala is the first film to be titled after its viewer. The film had a weak opening compared to the hype and expectations and the collections fell further over the weekend collecting Rs 283 million for the first three days.

Horror flick Aatma ended its first week with collections of Rs 83.5 million.

Court room drama starring Boman Irani and Arshad Warsi Jolly LLB was steady in its second week adding Rs 91 million and took its 17 day total to Rs 278.5 million.

Another south Indian remake that has backfired in recent times is Jackky Bhagnani satrrer Rangrezz which remained poor in its first week and managed to collect just Rs 61.5 million.
Mere Dad Ki Maruti collected about Rs 25 million in its second week taking its 17 day total to Rs 101 million.

Tigmanshu Dhulia‘s critically acclaimed and appreciated sequel to Saheb Biwi Gangster, Saheb Biwi Gangster Returns collected Rs 7.5 million in its third week to take its three week tally to Rs 214.5 million.

Abhishek Kapoor‘s Kai Po Che which has been adapted from Chetan Bhagat‘s Three Mistakes of my Life collected Rs 11 million in its fifth week taking its total collection since releasing to Rs 486 million.