Box Office: 'Animal' and 'Sam Bahadur' First Thursday Early Estimates

Mumbai, December 7 - Animal concludes the first week with a historic collection of around 340 crores net in all versions. The numbers are all-time highest for an adult-rated Indian movie and this has set up the stage for another huge weekend at the domestic box office.

The Ranbir Kapoor-led action drama scored an estimated 25-26 crores net in all versions on its first Thursday. In Hindi, it earned around 24 crores net, as per the early estimates. The total Hindi collection has crossed 300 crores net at approx. 302 crores in the first week.



Animal will again be the first choice of moviegoers in the second weekend which is expected to be over 80 crores net and can go up to 90-95 crores net. The movie is likely to enter the 500 crores net club by the third weekend and is also expected to do well during the Christmas weekend despite the arrival of the two most-awaited films.

While Animal is going bonkers at the box office, Vicky Kaushal-led Sam Bahadur also has a good first-week collection with very good hold during the week days. It scored an estimated 3-3.25 crores net collection on its first Thursday, pushing the total collection to around 39 crores.

The second weekend will be crucial for Sam Bahadur in its pursuit to reach a respectable lifetime total. The lack of new releases will help the film retain its screens in the second weekend which is expected to be around 15-20 crores net.

Stay tuned...