Chatha Pacha: The Ring of Rowdies is holding well at the box office. After recording a phenomenal opening of Rs. 3.75 crore, the sports action comedy drama slipped by 40 percent on Day 2, when it collected Rs. 2.20 crore. As per estimates, Chatha Pacha recorded a nominal growth on Day 3, adding Rs. 2.25 crore to the tally. 

This took the first three-days cume of Chatha Pacha: The Ring of Rowdies to Rs. 8.20 crore gross at the Kerala box office. Based on the current trends, the movie is expected to see a good growth on Sunday and then on the Republic Day holiday on Monday. It will wrap its extended opening weekend by topping over Rs. 10 crore gross mark. 

Though these figures are fine, a better performance was expected considering its impressive opening day.  Starring Arjun Ashokan, Roshan Mathew, Vishak Nair, and Ishan Shoukath in lead roles, along with an ensemble cast that includes, Siddique, Milan Mathew, Lakshmi Menon, and others in supporting roles, Chatha Pacha opened to majorly positive word-of-mouth among the audience. If the movie keeps on gaining the traction on the weekdays too, it will put up a healthy total by the end of its first week. 

Besides the ensemble star cast, legendary actor Mammootty appeared in a guest role in the film. The Adhvaith Nayar directorial is currently dominating the Malayalam box office. Let’s see how far the movie can go from here on. 

Box Office collection of Chatha Pacha in Kerala is as follows:

Stay tuned to Pinkvilla for more updates. 

Disclaimer: The box office figures are compiled from various sources and our research. The figures can be approximate, and Pinkvilla does not make any claims about the authenticity of the data. However, they are adequately indicative of the box-office performance of the films in question. 

Border 2 collected Rs. 34.50 crore nett approx on its second day at the Indian box office. That marks a 23 per cent growth over its opening day, which is a superb trend. For a film like Border 2, which opens well and has a considerable share of business coming from smaller centres, staying flat or a minor bump on the second day is considered acceptable. The two-day running total for the film stands at Rs. 62.50 crore nett approx, with the Sunny Deol starrer headed for Rs. 100 crore plus nett weekend.

The film experienced its best growth in Mumbai and the Southern circuits on Saturday, which were on the lower side on opening day. Mumbai was up by around 45 per cent, with the Mumbai-Pune belt growing closer to 50 per cent, while Gujarat also saw a healthy 40 per cent jump. The latter is a Sunday market and should experience further growth today. In South, Mysore was up by nearly 50 per cent.

The Northern circuits continue to perform strongly, with bigger urban centres like Delhi-NCR seeing growth on Saturday, while Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh were relatively flat. Rajasthan and CPCI also had growth coming in on Saturday, which is fantastic, as these circuits tend to ease off on Saturdays for films that open well. The Eastern circuits did drop off a bit, with the likes of Bihar easing off a bit as is the norm, while West Bengal had a holiday on Friday and Saturday came down to normal levels.

In all, the second day has put the film in a very strong position. The opening day was a bit downer relative to expectations, but this growth has sorted it out. Sunday has started with a bang and should clear Rs. 40 crore, possibly Rs. 45 crore. Then there is a big national holiday for Republic Day on Monday, which will be another huge day for the film. The holds on Tuesday and Wednesday will determine just how high the film can eventually go. For now, the Hindi film industry has its first HIT of the year, and it will likely be a big one.