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

Mumbai, December 5 - Director Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Animal had a remarkable first Monday at the domestic box office with actual collection coming much higher than the trade projections and that trend continued on Tuesday as well with the sensational hold once again.

As per the early estimates, the Ranbir Kapoor-led action drama film has the biggest non-holiday first Tuesday ever for a Bollywood movie as it scored an estimated 38 crores net collection on its 5th day. The drop from Monday is around 15-20% but the fact that Monday itself went over the roof the hold today is nothing less than extraordinary.



In Hindi, Animal scored an estimated around 35-36 crores net on the first Tuesday which takes the total collection to around 283 crores net, including 251+ crores in Hindi in just 5 days. The first week should easily be over 330 crores net before going bang bang again in the second weekend.

Meanwhile, Sam Bahadur starring Vicky Kaushal held firmly on its first Tuesday with no drop at all which was much needed given that Monday's collection was underwhelming. According to early estimates, the film scored around 3.50 crores net, pushing the total collection to around 32.50 crores in 5 days.

Sam Bahadur is looking to finish the first week around 38-39 crores net which is a good score given the fact that it is up against a volcano-like Animal which is in riot mode. All eyes are now on the second weekend which will decide the fate of Sam Bahadur as far as the lifetime collection is concerned.

Stay tuned...