‘Prahaar: The Ujjwal Nikam Story’ cleared the Rs 30.61 crore worldwide mark on its 17th day, but the Sunday bump is small. The Rajkummar Rao-starrer added Rs 65 lakh in India net collections on November 1, an 8.3% improvement over Saturday’s Rs 60 lakh, according to figures compiled by Sacnilk.
Domestic net now stands at Rs 23.25 crore, with India gross estimated at Rs 27.58 crore. Overseas gross is Rs 3.03 crore, taking worldwide gross to Rs 30.61 crore.
Sunday show count and occupancy
The Sunday number came from roughly 940 shows. The film sold an estimated 29,701 tickets at an overall occupancy of 22.54%. Evening screenings were the strongest at 28.85%, while afternoons were at 14.54% and mornings at just 5.08%. Across the day, that is roughly 32 tickets per show.
- Day 17 India net: Rs 65 lakh, up from Rs 60 lakh on day 16.
- Week one India net: Rs 17.15 crore.
- Week two India net: Rs 4.50 crore.
- Third week so far: Rs 1.60 crore.
- Cumulative tickets sold: 10,73,377.
The run is front-loaded
Week one contributed about 74% of the current domestic net total. The second week fell to Rs 4.50 crore, and the third week has added Rs 1.60 crore so far. That is a classic urban, issue-driven curve: the audience arrives early and does not expand after opening weekend.
The film, directed by Avinash Arun, draws on prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam’s work in the 1993 Bombay blasts and 2008 Mumbai terror attack trials, with Wamiqa Gabbi also in the lead. The subject has drawn a narrow, metropolitan audience rather than a mass family audience, which shows up in the occupancy pattern.
What the Rs 30.61 crore mark actually signals
Overseas is only Rs 3.03 crore of the total, so the worldwide line is essentially domestic. The metric worth tracking for distributors is not the milestone but the show count and daypart occupancy. A film doing 5.08% in mornings cannot hold 900-plus shows for long; exhibitors are likely to keep evening-heavy metro screens and release the rest.
For media planners, the read is simple: a Rs 30 crore worldwide headline should not be used to justify fresh theatrical spend. The title has peaked; whatever audience remains is concentrated in the evening show, which is a scheduling fact, not a growth signal.
For OTT and satellite buyers, the next conversation is catalogue value, not theatrical tail. The figures remain estimates and could shift when studio data is finalised, but the direction of the curve is already clear.
Source: The Times of India
