Prahaar – The Ujjwal Nikam Story has entered its second week on a slower note. The Hindi legal drama collected Rs 60 lakh net in India on Friday, October 23, from 849 shows, down 50% from Thursday’s Rs 1.20 crore, according to Sacnilk data cited by The Times of India.
Where the eight-day total stands
Worldwide gross has reached Rs 23.76 crore after eight days. Domestic net is Rs 17.75 crore, while India gross stands at Rs 21.16 crore. International markets contributed Rs 10 lakh on Friday, pushing overseas gross to Rs 2.60 crore.
The first-week daily trajectory shows a front-loaded but steady run:
- Opening Friday: Rs 2.35 crore net
- Saturday: Rs 3.15 crore
- Sunday: Rs 3.65 crore
- Monday: Rs 2.00 crore
- Tuesday: Rs 3.30 crore
- Wednesday: Rs 1.50 crore
- Thursday: Rs 1.20 crore
A legal drama with a niche ceiling
Directed by Avinash Arun, the film stars Rajkummar Rao as public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, with Wamiqa Gabbi, Lalit Prabhakar as Ajmal Kasab and Jaideep Ahlawat. The story revisits the 1993 Bombay Blasts and the 2008 Mumbai Train Attacks through Nikam’s legal battles. That subject matter gives the film a strong Maharashtra connect, but it also makes the run dependent on a serious, courtroom-drama audience rather than a broad family crowd.
The night-show signal
Friday’s overall Hindi 2D occupancy was 17.35%, but the day part split is the more useful number. Morning shows recorded 4.62%, afternoon 13.38%, evening 14.23%, and night shows 31.31%. The film is not dead during the day – it is simply concentrated in late screenings.
Daily footfalls on Friday were 25,806, taking cumulative theatrical attendance to 806,606. For exhibitors, that gap between occupancy and collections is an operational signal: late slots are carrying demand, while morning inventory is largely going unsold.
What to watch next
A 50% drop from Thursday’s Rs 1.20 crore is a routine second-Friday correction, not a collapse. The real test is whether Saturday and Sunday recover toward the first weekend’s Rs 3.15-3.65 crore range. If night shows hold and the weekend sees a lift, the film can still finish with a respectable lifetime total; if Saturday stays flat, the second week will be meaningfully smaller than the first.
- Do shift screens and local marketing toward night and late-evening slots.
- Do track footfalls and occupancy alongside daily collections.
- Don’t read the second-Friday drop as a final verdict on the film’s legs.
- Don’t ignore that overseas is still adding only small amounts day to day.
Source: The Times of India
