‘The Shaukeens’ has done fairly well in its first weekend at the domestic box office. The film has collected Rs 18.53 crore, which is a decent total considering the star cast of the film. On Friday, the film opened slow, picked up on Saturday and managed to collect about 7 crore on Sunday. The fate of ‘The Shaukeens’ will be decided depending on how well its fares on Monday (today). The reports are mixed, and the word-of-mouth is certainly not as good as some of those films that start slow and then go from strength-to-strength over the weekdays. The Shaukeens First Weekend Collections Friday -  5.12 cr Saturday - 6.35 cr Sunday – 7.06 cr Weekend Total – 18.53 cr  

In a group interview to promote his recently released film ‘The Shaukeens’, Bollywood superstar Akshay...

October was a great month for the industry, with two highly anticipated films featuring two of the biggest superstars, releasing in theatres – Bang Bang and Happy New Year. As far as the domestic collections are concerned, both films weren’t upto trade expectations, but did blockbuster business in the overseas markets.

The Shaukeens was below-par on its opening day, as the film collected Rs 5.12 crore at the box office. The film opened to a decent response in the morning, but failed to pick up towards the end of the day.

Happy New Year is steady on the lower side at the box office in its third weekend. The film has collected around 1.5...