Bollywood Box Office: May 18-20, 2018

Raazi had another outstanding weekend in North America. From May 18-20, 2018, it earned $511,635 from 120 theaters ($4,264 average), according to Bollywood Hungama. The spy drama tied with Sonu Ki Titu Ke Sweety for the year’s best Weekend 1-Weekend 2 holdover, retaining 62% of its opening weekend business. Raazi‘s total already stands at $1,795,109. 143 Cinema posts daily box office grosses, so we can track exactly when Raazi passes the $2 million mark.

Come next weekend, North American theaters will have two Indian films featuring solo female leads that have earned more than $2 million bucks here: Raazi and the Telugu biopic Mahanati. That’s pretty cool. (Also, Telugu movies make a ton of money here, holy crap!)

102 Not Out continued its strong showing into a third weekend, earning $115,746 from 102 theaters* ($1,135 average). Its total earnings of $1,194,551 rank it in fifth place for the year, just $125k behind Baaghi 2.

October earned $203 from one theater, bringing its total to $517,870.

*Bollywood Hungama routinely counts Canadian theaters twice in its weekly reporting, at least for a movie’s first few weekends of release (although they seem to be right about Raazi this week). When possible, I try to verify the correct theater count with other sources, like Box Office Mojo or 143 Cinema. The above figures represent what I believe to be the actual theater counts. Bollywood Hungama’s reporting technically puts 102 Not Out in 116 theaters (making for a $998 per-theater average).

Sources: 143 Cinema, Bollywood Hungama, and Box Office Mojo

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