Animal was simply unbelievable on Monday as it recorded huge numbers of 38 crore nett which is a drop of under 30% and that is coming from a huge 50 crore nett plus number on day one. The drop at the bigger national multiplexes was just 27% for the Hindi version despite the ticket rate drop.

The mass circuits dropped even less the national chains but that was compensated by a bigger drop in South where it does have a healthy chunk of business. This takes the film to a huge 207 crore nett and the week should end up in the range of 290-300 crore nett. These numbers are coming without the aid of any holidays and the holds in core markets are much stronger than the all India number.

The length of the film hit collections over the weekend as it had nowhere to go in peak viewing periods but that is benefitting the film now as with a lesser audience on weekdays the capacity is less of a problem. The film has dropped a little more the South (it was very high on day one) but Hindi circuits have killed it on the Monday. Animal has a better all round performance than Pathaan, Gadar 2 and Jawan but where it stands with these films will depend a lot on what happens when teh Xmas films come.

The drops are just 20% from Friday in the main circuits like Mumbai, Delhi / UP and East Punjab. The Monday box office numbers are the highest ever wnen Monday has not been a holiday or there is some holiday affect on the day. All in all a phenomenal result on Monday for the film.  The four day numbers of Animal in Hindi are as follows.

 Friday - 52,50,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 56,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 61,00,00,000 apprx

Monday - 38,00,00,000 apprx

TOTAL - 2,07,50,00,000 apprx