Mumbai:
Hindi
movie
Murder
3,
the
third
installment
of
Makesh
Bhatt's
Murder
series,
has
topped
the
collection
chart
at
the
Indian
Box
Office
in
the
first
week,
beating
another
new
release
Jayantabhai
Ki
Luv
Story.
But
the
Randeep
Hooda
and
Aditi
Rao
Hydari
starrer
has
failed
to
beat
the
opening
week
record
of
Murder
2.
Murder
3,
which
is
one
of
the
much-hyped
and
most-awaited
movies
of
2013,
was
expected
to
start
with
a
bang.
But
the
movie
opened
to
an
average
response
at
the
domestic
Box
Office
and
it
did
not
show
big
improvement
in
its
business
over
the
weekend.
It
collected
Rs
13.31
crores
at
the
desi
collection
centres
in
the
first
weekend.
Its
breakup
is
Rs
4.52
cr
on
Fri,
Rs
4.01
cr
on
Sat
and
Rs
4.78
cr
on
Sun.
The
Vishesh
Bhatt
directed
flick
showed
50%
drop
in
its
business
on
Monday,
when
compared
to
its
first
day
collection.
It
fared
reasonably
well
on
other
weekdays.
Murder
3
has
collected
Rs
7.55
crores
at
the
domestic
Box
Office,
taking
its
first
week
total
to
Rs
20.86
crores
nett.
Its
breakup
is
Rs
2.25
cr
on
Mon,
Rs
2.05
cr
on
Tue,
Rs
1.75
cr
on
Wed
and
Rs
1.50
cr
on
Thu.
However,
Murder
3
has
been
made
with
a
budget
of
Rs
18
crore
and
it
had
already
recovered
Rs
15
crores
from
satellite
and
music
rights.
The
film
has
recovered
its
production
cost
on
the
first
day
and
rest
of
the
money
collected
from
its
theatrical
run
is
its
nett
profit.
But
it
has
failed
to
beat
the
record
of
Murder
2,
which
had
collected
Rs
36.5
crores
nett
at
the
desi
Box
Office
in
the
first
week.