Vijay Sethupathi’s comedy-drama Baththa strengthened on its second Friday, collecting ₹1.60 crore in India net box office on Day 9, as per Sacnilk data cited by The Times of India. The film, written and directed by Balaji Tharaneetharan, improved 15.9% over Thursday’s ₹1.38 crore.
Baththa’s second-week hold
The nine-day India net total now stands at ₹17.06 crore, with gross collections at ₹19.75 crore. The first week had contributed ₹15.46 crore. On Friday, Baththa ran 1,591 shows and recorded 135,160 footfalls, taking its nine-day footfall count to 1,427,857.
Occupancy data for the Tamil 2D version shows an overall rate of about 23%. Night shows were the standout at 34%, while morning shows trailed at 13.23%. Afternoon and evening shows logged 21.38% and 20.85% respectively.
That daypart curve is useful for exhibitors. A night-led audience tells them which showtimes to retain if a new release forces screen cuts over the weekend.
Dorothy holds on fewer screens
Dorothy, associated with Karthik Subbaraj and starring Keerthy Suresh, collected ₹50 lakh in India net earnings on Day 15 from 519 shows. That is a 6.4% rise over Thursday’s ₹47 lakh. Its cumulative net total is ₹11.94 crore and gross is ₹13.88 crore.
The film recorded 24% occupancy and 42,035 footfalls on Friday. Its Tamil version arrived on September 25, 2026, with the Telugu version following on October 2.
Read the numbers as screen allocation
The headline gap is wide: ₹1.60 crore against ₹50 lakh. But the show counts are also wide: 1,591 for Baththa versus 519 for Dorothy. On a rough per-show basis, the two films are close—Baththa around ₹10,000 per show and Dorothy around ₹9,600 per show. Dorothy’s lower total is therefore mostly a function of scale, not a collapse.
- Baththa, Day 9: ₹1.60 crore net, up 15.9%; total ₹17.06 crore net.
- Dorothy, Day 15: ₹50 lakh net, up 6.4%; total ₹11.94 crore net.
- Occupancy: Baththa night shows 34%; Dorothy overall 24%.
Both films improved over the previous day, which matters because midweek-to-Friday growth is an early signal of word of mouth. The Times of India notes that both titles are receiving good reviews from critics and audiences—consistent with the Friday uptick.
For a data-first read, the more actionable comparison is how each film performed against its own show count, because that determines whether a title is over-screened or under-screened. The next checkpoint is the weekend. If Baththa converts its night-led demand into a strong second Saturday and Sunday, distributors will have a clear reason to hold screens. Dorothy has to justify its third-weekend show count with a similar hold.
Source: The Times of India
