Puaada put up fantastic first week numbers in Punjab and extraordinary numbers in the four big cities. The public came out pretty much as normal for the comedy entertainer though the occupancy rule and limited release held back numbers but no doubt it will make some ground over the coming weeks.
The audience has come out in good numbers though collections may only be what the box office allows but at the end of the day the film is running strongly. Puaada was even getting more footfalls than Bell Bottom on Thursday in most cities of Punjab even though it was day eight. The collections may have been less but that is down to higher ticket rates for Bell Bottom due to 3D.
The four big centres did extremely well but the best performance actually came at Cinepolis Mittal in Bhatinda which collected a huge 12.03 lakh in just five and a half days as it started Saturday afternooon. There were 12 cinemas in total which crossed 10 lakhs nett which is huge for the present time.
The film did not get a release in many of non national chain multiplexes of the state and most of these would have shown outstanding collections. A core Punjabi film loving centre like Moga did not even see a release. the film has got the Punjab market going and now even centres in Himachal like Solan, Kullu, Surendranagar, Hamirpur etc will start with the film this week. The figures of Puaada from the four biggest cities of Punjab are as follows.
Jalandhar
PVR MBD - 14,87,635
PVR Curo - 13,34,388
Sarb - 7,09,077
TOTAL - 35,31,100
Ludhiana
PVR Silver Arc - 17,40,702
PVR Flamez - 7,39,588
PVR Pavilion - 2,75,676 (3 days)
Cinepolis Neopolis - 18,91,499
Wave Ludhiana - 11,40,496
Nirmal Palace - 1,92,398
TOTAL - 59,80,359
Amritsar
PVR SCT - 10,81,808
Inox Amritsar - 12.90,232
Cinepolis Alpha - 13,24,693
Cinepolis Celebration - 6,70,577
TOTAL - 35,31,000
Chandigarh
PVR Elante - 16,85,241
PVR Centra - 3,17,140
PVR Manimajra - 1,66,747
Cinepolis Mohali - 14,89,455
Cinepolis Jagat - 2,15,653
Piccadilly - 6,11,518
TOTAL - 44,85,754
