Box Office: Vibe Opens At Rs 1.50 Crore, Earns More Than Kareena's Daayra

Kunal Kemmu's Vibe has opened to a modest response at the domestic box office. 

What's Happening

The comedy-action film, which marks Kemmu's second directorial venture after Madgaon Express, arrived in theatres on Friday.

According to Sacnilk, Vibe has earned Rs 1.50 crore nett in India on its opening day. 

The film was screened across 3,194 shows and recorded an overall occupancy of 13.38% on Friday.

The film saw a gradual increase in audience turnout through the day. 

Its morning shows recorded around 6% occupancy, which rose to 11.31% in the afternoon before reaching approximately 14% in the evening.

Among the major cities, Delhi-NCR recorded the highest occupancy for Vibe, at around 13% across 440 shows. Pune, Kolkata and Hyderabad followed with approximately 11% occupancy each.

Mumbai also registered around 11% occupancy, with the film running across 328 shows in the city.

Background

Interestingly, Vibe has opened with the same first-day collection as Kunal Kemmu's directorial debut Madgaon Express. The 2024 film also earned Rs 1.50 crore India net on its opening day before gradually finding a wider audience, particularly after its OTT release.

Vibe also found itself competing with another new release, Daayra, which hit theatres on the same day. The crime thriller is led by Kunal Kemmu's sister-in-law Kareena Kapoor and also stars Prithviraj Sukumaran.

The film has collected an estimated Rs 90 lakh India nett on Day 1, per Sacnilk.

Meanwhile, Vibe has started ahead of a couple of other recent releases. Aamir Khan's son Junaid Khan and Sai Pallavi's Ek Din earned Rs 1.15 crore on its opening day, while Imtiaz Ali's Main Vaapas Aaunga also collected Rs 1.15 crore on Day 1.
 

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Asian Games Forced To Apologise After Anthem Blunder In South Korea Match

Asian Games organisers offered "deepest apologies" on Saturday for playing the North Korean national anthem for the South Korean men's hockey team. South Korean officials were left angered by the latest mishap to hit the Nagoya-Aichi Games, which officially opened after a troubled build-up. At their Friday contest against Bangladesh, South Korea's players lined up for the traditional playing of the anthems, only to look bemused as North Korea's song rang out. Organisers then played Bangladesh's anthem and later the South Korean one, the South's Yonhap news agency said. South Korea went on to win 5-0.

"During the men's hockey match between (South) Korea and Bangladesh on September 18, an incorrect national anthem was mistakenly played before the match," the Asian Games organising committee told AFP on Saturday.

The statement said that, on Friday, "officials responsible for (National Olympic Committee) relations visited the delegation of the Republic of Korea and offered their sincere apologies for the incident".

"We will also work to prevent a recurrence and would like to express our deepest apologies to all those affected by this matter."

A stadium announcer apologised for the blunder but Min Tae-seok, coach of South Korea, was unimpressed.

"This is a really serious problem. When we protested, they said, 'We're sorry. It wasn't that it wasn't prepared, there was a mistake on the part of those responsible for playing it'," he said.

"But this is something that simply should never happen."

The build-up to the Games has been overshadowed by complaints from teams about the quality and amount of accommodation.

Some teams were also stranded at the airport for up to six hours when they landed this week.

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UBS Retains 'Buy' For HDFC Bank Stock; Sees Re-Rating After CEO Uncertainty Eases

UBS has maintained its Buy rating on HDFC Bank with a target price of Rs 1,000, saying resolution of the bank's leadership uncertainty could drive a near-term re-rating in the stock.

HDFC Bank has submitted the names of two candidates to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for the next Managing Director and CEO, with clarity on the successor expected soon. The current CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan is set to step down at the end of October.

According to UBS, resolution of the leadership overhang could act as a key near-term catalyst for the stock.

UBS expects HDFC Bank's loan growth to improve further after early signs of recovery. Loan growth stood at 15.6% in first quarter of fiscal 2027, and the brokerage expects it to move towards 15% over FY27-29E. The bank's loan growth has already shown improvement, with first quarter 2027 advances growth around 15.5% according to industry data.

UBS also expects margins to improve towards 3.5%, supported by a gradual shift towards a higher retail loan mix.

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The brokerage expects HDFC Bank's return on assets (RoA) to improve to 1.9% in FY27/FY28E as growth and margins recover. UBS also sees scope for future productivity gains from the bank's branch network. Around 42% of HDFC Bank's branches are less than five years old, providing room for these newer branches to mature and contribute more meaningfully to the bank's business.

On the liability side, UBS forecasts deposit CAGR of 15.5% over FY26-28E.

UBS said HDFC Bank's valuation remains supportive, with the stock trading at around 1.4 times fiscal 2028E price-to-book value (P/BV). The bank is also trading at a 33% discount to its own long-term average P/BV, according to UBS.

HDFC Bank trades at a 30% discount to ICICI Bank on the same metric, with UBS noting that this represents the widest-ever discount between the two banks.

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Toxic Vs Hanuman Ansh Box Office Collection: Spiritual Drama Scores Big In Week 6

Hanuman Ansh continues its phenomenal box-office run, with the devotional drama earning significantly more than Yash-starrer Toxic on Thursday. While Hanuman Ansh collected Rs 6.25 crore on Day 42, Toxic raked in Rs 14 lakh on Day 23 in India.

The devotional film earned a staggering Rs 6.11 crore more than the Yash starrer, highlighting its extraordinary staying power at the box office.

Hanuman Ansh Shows Sixth-Week Momentum

Hanuman Ansh collected Rs 6.25 crore net on Day 42, across 9,160 shows in India. The film's India net collection has now reached Rs 243.38 crore, while its India gross collection stands at Rs 287.40 crore.

The Day 42 collection represents a 4.2% jump from the previous day's Rs 6 crore, underlining the film's strong momentum even in its sixth week. With this the spiritual film raked an overall Rs 80. 25 crore on week sixth.

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Overseas, the film collected Rs 1.50 crore on Day 42, taking its total overseas gross to Rs 21.75 crore so far. This pushes the worldwide gross collection to Rs 309.15 crore.

Hanuman Ansh recorded an overall occupancy of 19% on Day 42. Morning shows registered 7.92% occupancy, which increased to 17.46% in the afternoon and 22.08% in the evening. Night shows witnessed occupancy reaching an impressive 20.69%.

The film's performance is particularly noteworthy given its reported budget of around Rs 2 crore. Hanuman Ansh opened to just Rs 10 lakh on its first day but gradually gained momentum through positive word of mouth.

Toxic Day 23 Collection

According to Sacnilk, Toxic collected Rs 14 lakh net in India on Day 23, across 219 shows. The figure represents a decline from the Rs 13 lakh earned on Day 22. With this the film raked in Rs 1.39 crore in its third week.

With its Day 23 collection, Toxic's India net collection has reached Rs 249.63 crore, while its India gross collection stands at Rs 297.92 crore. The film's total overseas gross collection stands at Rs 341.67 crore.

The Hindi and Kannada versions continued to drive Toxic's domestic performance. The Hindi version earned Rs 4 lakh crore from 42 shows, meanwhile the Kannada version collected Rs 10 lakh from 177 shows.

Hanuman Ansh's Strong Run Despite Smaller Release

The comparison becomes more notable when the scale of the two releases is taken into account. Toxic was released across multiple languages and had a significantly wider theatrical footprint, while Hanuman Ansh built its box-office run gradually despite a much smaller initial release.

The trend was visible earlier in their theatrical runs as well. On Day 7, Toxic earned Rs 7.85 crore net from 12,894 shows. On the same calendar day, Hanuman Ansh, then on Day 26, collected Rs 8.50 crore from 7,008 shows, almost half the number of shows. Earlier comparisons also showed Hanuman Ansh posting higher daily collections than Toxic despite having fewer shows on their respective days.

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Directed by Geethu Mohandas, Toxic stars Yash, Kiara Advani, Nayanthara, Tara Sutaria, Huma Qureshi, Rukmini Vasanth, Akshay Oberoi and Sudev Nair. The film, set in post-independence Goa, was reportedly made on a budget of around Rs 500 crore.

Toxic released in Kannada, English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam, opened strongly at the box office, but its daily collections declined considerably after its opening week. Meanwhile, Hanuman Ansh, has continued to benefit from its extended theatrical run, with its Day 42 collection pushing its worldwide gross to Rs 309.15 crore.

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