1st Wednesday Box Office Report - F9 Is Decent, Shang Chi Is Superb

Two big Hollywood films - Vin Diesel action flick F9 and Marvel's big release, Shang Chi have been performing well on the week days.  Let us see how the films have fared on first Monday at the box office. 

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It has been almost 3 years since the last Fast & Furious film, The Fate of the Furious, which debuted in 2017. Now, the family members are back and it seems the franchise has got even more bigger and better as Universal Pictures has just released an action-packed new trailer for F9, the ninth installment in the Fast & Furious saga. F9 was supposed to kick-off the summer season last year in May 2020 but due to the pandemic situation held back its release. Now, the makers have released the super bowl teaser of the blockbuster franchise which comprises of Diesel, Rodriguez, Kang, Charlize Theron, Helen Mirren and John Cena.

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Thanks to the adrenaline-pumping trailer which has lots of high-octane action scenes, Justin Lin and F9 opened on Thursday with Rs 1.90 crore including all English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada versions, which is still a decent amount considering that movie is available online in HD prints. There was a slight drop on Friday as the action faced Marvel's Shang Chi and collected Rs 1.60 crore. F9 did showed slight growth on Saturday with Rs 1.80 crore followed by a very good Rs 2.70 crore on Sunday. The Monday collection was good with Rs 1 crore. As per early estimates, F9 dropped slightly to Rs 80-90 crore on Tuesday, bringing the 6 days collections to around 10 crore.

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On the other hand, Marvel's next big adventure starring Asian actors, has opened very well from 900 screens which was a big surprise, considering it does not feature well-known stars plus the super-hero character is not popular unlike other Marvel's character. The advance booking for Shang Chi was better than other Hollywood COVID-19 releases like Tenet, Wonder Woman 1984, Godzilla Vs Kong and even better than the recent released Bollywood flick - the Akshay Kumar starrer Bell Bottom.

With glowing reviews, Shang Chi opened on a good note with Rs 2.97 crore. The collection remained stable with Rs 3.33 crore on Saturday. There was a good jump on Sunday with Rs 4.31 crore.  The super-hero drama held very well with Rs 1.53 crore on Monday and Rs 1.35 crore on Tuesday. As per early estimates, Wednesday was good with Rs 1.30 crore, bringing the 6 days collections to somewhere between Rs 14.70-14.80 crore.