MUMBAI, India | September 28, 2026 —
The Box Office Report Today has delivered a weekend few expected.
Nani’s The Paradise has raced past ₹138 crore worldwide. Sidharth Malhotra and Tamannaah Bhatia’s The Vvan – Force of the Forrest ended its opening weekend with steady day-by-day growth. Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame Encore proved that audiences are still willing to pay for a seven-year-old blockbuster.
Yet the weekend’s biggest surprise belongs to a film that has already spent 52 days in theaters.
Hanuman Ansh collected another ₹9 crore in India on its eighth Sunday and pushed its worldwide total beyond ₹400 crore.
So while new releases fought for opening-weekend glory, an older film quietly reminded the industry of a far more valuable box-office weapon:
staying power.
THE 60-SECOND BRIEF
The Paradise has reached approximately ₹92.10 crore India net and ₹138.25 crore worldwide gross.
The Vvan – Force of the Forrest collected ₹33.25 crore India net in its first three days after growing from Friday through Sunday.
Hanuman Ansh earned ₹9 crore on Day 52, taking its India net total to about ₹307.03 crore and worldwide gross to approximately ₹401.20 crore.
Meanwhile, Avengers: Endgame Encore collected around ₹22.45 crore in India over three days.
Now comes the real test:
Monday.
Weekend crowds can create excitement. Monday determines how much of that excitement is real.
‘The Paradise’ Crosses ₹138 Crore — But Monday Could Change the Story
Nani’s The Paradise entered theaters with enormous expectations, and the numbers show why.
After a powerful start, the Srikanth Odela-directed film continued to add double-digit collections through the weekend.
The film earned an estimated ₹15.70 crore India net on Sunday, slightly higher than Saturday’s ₹15.25 crore.
Its cumulative India net collection, including premiere shows, has now reached approximately ₹92.10 crore.
Meanwhile, India gross stands near ₹109 crore, while overseas markets have contributed around ₹29.25 crore.
That takes the reported worldwide gross to roughly ₹138.25 crore.
Those numbers look impressive.
However, the most important number for The Paradise may not have arrived yet.
Monday will reveal whether the film can hold audiences after premium weekend demand fades.
A strong Monday could put the movie on course for a substantial first week.
A sharp drop would tell a different story.
‘The Vvan’ Has Something Every Film Wants: Growth
Sidharth Malhotra and Tamannaah Bhatia’s The Vvan – Force of the Forrest did not explode on opening day.
Instead, it did something potentially more encouraging.
It grew every day.
The folk-horror fantasy opened with approximately ₹8 crore India net on Friday.
Saturday climbed to around ₹11.25 crore.
Then Sunday jumped again to roughly ₹14 crore.
That took its opening weekend India net total to approximately ₹33.25 crore.
Its worldwide gross reached about ₹43.15 crore after three days.
The Sunday collection was about 24% higher than Saturday.
That matters because growth across the weekend can indicate improving audience interest rather than front-loaded fan demand alone.
However, there is one major question left.
Can The Vvan survive Monday?
If the film holds well, its weekend growth will look far more meaningful.
If collections collapse, the strong Sunday may simply have been the result of holiday traffic.
The Weekend’s Real Shock: ‘Hanuman Ansh’ Is Still Going
Then comes the movie nobody can ignore.
Hanuman Ansh is now in its eighth week.
By normal theatrical standards, it should be surviving on limited shows and leftover audiences.
Instead, it earned approximately ₹9 crore India net on Day 52.
Yes — Day 52.
That was also a jump of about 38.5% from Saturday’s ₹6.50 crore.
Its India net total has now reached approximately ₹307.03 crore.
India gross stands near ₹362.70 crore.
With overseas earnings added, the film has crossed approximately ₹401.20 crore worldwide.
That makes Hanuman Ansh one of the year’s most extraordinary box-office stories.
The most remarkable part is not just the ₹400-crore milestone.
It is the route the film took to get there.
Most theatrical releases make the majority of their money during the first two weekends.
Hanuman Ansh has done the opposite.
It kept building momentum deep into its run.
Why ‘Hanuman Ansh’ Changes the Box-Office Conversation
Opening-day records generate headlines.
But theatrical profitability depends on more than opening day.
A film that continues attracting audiences for weeks can become far more valuable than one that opens huge and disappears quickly.
That is why Hanuman Ansh matters.
The film recorded around 46% overall occupancy on its eighth Sunday.
Even more striking, evening shows reportedly reached approximately 75% occupancy.
Those numbers suggest that the movie is not simply lingering in theaters.
Audiences are still actively choosing it.
For exhibitors, that creates a powerful reason to keep screens.
For producers, it creates something marketing money cannot easily buy:
long-term word of mouth.
Seven Years Later, Avengers Still Has Box-Office Power
Marvel also delivered one of the weekend’s biggest surprises.
Avengers: Endgame Encore, a limited theatrical re-release of the 2019 blockbuster, collected around ₹22.45 crore in India during its first three days.
Sunday alone contributed approximately ₹7.55 crore.
The performance is especially notable because this is not a new movie.
Audiences already know the story.
Many have watched it multiple times at home.
Yet thousands returned to theaters.
The reason appears to be the event factor.
The Encore edition includes bonus material and new footage connected with Marvel’s upcoming Avengers: Doomsday.
That turned an old blockbuster into a fresh theatrical event.
For studios, the message is difficult to miss:
A re-release can work when audiences are given a reason to return.
Four Movies, Four Completely Different Box-Office Lessons
This weekend did not produce one simple winner.
Instead, each major title tells a different story.
The Paradise shows the power of a massive opening and strong nationwide hype.
The Vvan shows why weekend growth can matter more than a modest Friday.
Hanuman Ansh demonstrates the extraordinary value of long-term word of mouth.
Meanwhile, Avengers: Endgame Encore proves that nostalgia can still sell tickets when packaged as an event.
That makes Monday particularly interesting.
Now the weekend advantage disappears.
Ticket demand normalizes.
Working audiences return to routine.
And films must survive largely on genuine interest.
Monday Test: The Number That Matters Next
The industry will closely track today’s collections.
For The Paradise, the question is whether its strong worldwide momentum can translate into weekday stability.
For The Vvan, traders will watch whether positive weekend growth survives the first weekday.
For Hanuman Ansh, even a normal weekday hold would extend an already extraordinary theatrical story.
Meanwhile, Avengers: Endgame Encore will test how much demand remains after Marvel fans rushed to theaters during the weekend.
That is why Monday matters.
Friday measures hype.
Saturday measures interest.
Sunday measures family audiences.
Monday measures strength.
THE BIGGER PICTURE
The weekend offers a useful reminder about how unpredictable theatrical business has become.
There is no longer one guaranteed formula.
A star-driven Telugu action film can dominate through scale.
A Bollywood folk-horror title can grow through audience response.
A small spiritual drama can explode weeks after release.
And a Hollywood blockbuster released seven years ago can return and collect more than ₹22 crore in three days.
Audiences are not rejecting theaters.
They are becoming more selective about what deserves a theatrical experience.
That distinction could shape the movie business far more than opening-day records alone.
INVC NEWS Bottom Line
Nani’s The Paradise currently has the biggest new-release numbers, with worldwide collections around ₹138.25 crore.
The Vvan has built an encouraging ₹33.25-crore India net opening weekend.
Avengers: Endgame Encore has proved Marvel nostalgia still has serious theatrical value.
But the film that has turned this weekend’s box-office report upside down is Hanuman Ansh.
A movie earning ₹9 crore on its 52nd day and crossing ₹400 crore worldwide is no longer simply having a successful run.
It is showing the industry something much harder to manufacture than a blockbuster opening:
an audience that refuses to leave.
Now comes Monday — and that is where the next box-office story begins.
What happened. Why it matters. What comes next.
