Box office report: Dream Girl races towards ₹100 cr club, Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas and Zoya Factor disappoint

Neither of the three new releases could make an impact on the box office over the past weekend, but Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas pulled off a surprise victory over The Zoya Factor and Prassthanam. The Karan Deol launch vehicle made a reported ₹4.5 crore in its first three days, while Sanjay Dutt’s political drama made just under ₹3 crore, and Sonam Kapoor’s latest managed a mere ₹2.25 crore.

According to Box Office India, none of the three films showed growth worth writing about. While Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas made ₹1.2 crore on Friday, it showed a marginal improvement on Saturday and Sunday, making ₹1.55 crore and ₹1.85 crore respectively. Prassthanam debuted with ₹80 lakhs, and followed it up with ₹90 lakhs on Saturday and ₹1.25 crore on Sunday. The Zoya Factor landed with a thud, making ₹70 lakhs on Friday, and ₹80 lakhs on both Saturday and Sunday.

Meanwhile, holdover releases Dream Girl and Chhichhore continued their terrific runs. The Ayushmann Khurrana-starrer made ₹25 crore on its second weekend, according to trade analyst Taran Adarsh, and will likely cross the ₹100 crore mark today.

Chhichhore, the Sushant Singh Rajput and Shraddha Kapoor comedy, has already crossed the ₹100 crore mark. The film made close to ₹16 crore on its third weekend, and is on track to cross the ₹125 crore mark soon. According to Adarsh, the film is trending ahead of Kesari, Gully Boy, Super 30 and Total Dhamaal, which are some of 2019’s biggest hits.

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