The second-week story for Nayyi Navelli has turned from bounce to baseline. On Wednesday, October 28, the Yami Gautam-starrer took an estimated ₹22 lakh net at the Indian box office, its lowest reported single-day figure since its October 16 release. The film’s domestic net total now stands at ₹25.52 crore, with India gross at ₹30.28 crore, according to data compiled by Sacnilk and reported by The Times of India.
What the day-13 numbers show
The film was running across 1,293 shows, but the Hindi 2D version filled just 6.76% of seats on average. The daypart curve tells a familiar story of a film that lives mostly in the evening:
- Morning shows: 4.38%
- Afternoon shows: 7.08%
- Evening shows: 7.69%
- Overall occupancy: 6.76%
Day 13 remains provisional, so the final figure may shift slightly.
The second-week hold is the sharper signal
The opening week closed at ₹22.15 crore net. Subtract that from the ₹25.52 crore total and the first six days of week two have added roughly ₹3.37 crore net. After a dip on second Friday and a Saturday-Sunday recovery, Monday weakened, Tuesday held steady, and Wednesday slipped further.
That sequence matters more than the ₹22 lakh figure itself. A film holding 1,293 shows with sub-7% occupancy is keeping capacity without converting it, which raises a hard question for exhibitors: hold screens for a possible weekend bounce, or reassign them to a newer release?
What to watch next
For media planners and film-business analysts, the practical read is not to treat one low provisional day as the full story. Track the final Day 13 number, the Saturday-Sunday recovery, and the week-three screen count. The screen count is the forward indicator: if Nayyi Navelli holds its show count, distributors are betting on its evening slots; if show count drops, the ₹22 lakh day will look like the start of the theatrical wind-down.
Source: The Times of India
