[tps_footer]Bollywood film ‘Hate Story 3‘ starring Karan Singh Grover, Sharman Joshi, Zareen Khan, and Daisy Shah has finished well on its first weekend. The film was expected to do better than its previous two installments in the franchise and has managed to reach pretty close. After opening to a good start on Friday the film has managed to collect Rs. 22.50 crores net approx (Rs. 225 million). The performance showed drop after the opening day, but was enough to get the film through its first weekend.

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Out of the three films that released yesterday, ‘Hate Story 3′ has easily managed to become the strongest opener with an occupancy rate of 30-35% approximately in its opening shows. The film was expected to have a collection around 20 crores which it has surpassed. ‘Hate Story 3’ collected Rs. 8.25 crores net approx on Friday,Rs. 6.75 crores on Saturday and Rs. 7.50 crores on Sunday making it a total of Rs. 22.50 crores net approx.

The film performed the best in Northern regions like UP, CP Berar, CI where such genre of films have huge audience. Performance in rest of Maharashtra apart from Mumbai and Pune have also been remarkable. Owing to the legacy of the film series, the film enjoyed an awareness among the audience who knew what the film will be offering. ‘Hate Story 3′ is expected to have similar lifetime business to last year’s release ‘Ragini MMS 2’ which collected Rs. 46 crores net approx over all. The film will also perform better than its two sequels.

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‘Hate Story 3’ starring Sharman Joshi, Zareen Khan, Karan Singh Grover and Daisy Shah among others is a journey of erotica which shows romance, love, hate and revenge. The film is much more steamier and bolder than its preceding two parts and has taken the erotic vibe a notch higher. After a good start in its first weekend, we look forward to seeing the first weekday collections of the film.[/tps_footer]