It's
Avatar:
The
Way
of
Water
that
ruled
theatrical
business
all
over
again,
what
with
close
to
100
crores
coming
in
the
second
week
followed
by
an
excellent
third
weekend
of
over
30
crores.
In
the
times
when
even
a
lifetime
score
of
30
crores
has
become
a
challenge
for
so
many
films
and
at
times
is
even
been
celebrated
by
many
makers,
here
comes
a
Hollywood
film
which
collects
more
than
that
in
its
third
week,
only
to
end
up
being
a
bonafide
all
time
blockbuster.
The
James
Cameron
directed
sci-fi
drama
has
now
collected
324
crores*
already,
what
with
an
an
entry
into
the
300
Crore
Club
been
secured
in
the
third
weekend
itself.
In
the
process,
it
has
gone
past
the
lifetime
score
of
several
Bollywood
blockbusters
that
includes
Sultan
(301.50
crores),
Padmaavat
(302.15
crores),
War
(318
crores)
and
Bajrangi
Bhaijaan
(321
crores).
Next
in
line
is
Tiger
Zinda
Hai
(339
25
crores)
and
that
should
be
history
as
well
inside
this
week.
All
time
blockbuster
success
of
Avatar:
The
Way
of
Water
has
opened
up
the
channels
further
for
Hollywood
action
films
in
India
and
now
one
waits
to
see
how
big
does
the
newest
instalment
of
Mission:
Impossible
turn
out
to
be
when
it
releases
in
India
this
summer.
Though
there
hasn't
been
a
single
film
from
this
franchise
to
have
hit
even
a
century
in
India,
things
have
changed
dramatically
in
the
last
few
years
when
it
comes
to
consuming
international
content,
especially
after
several
Marvel
biggies
and
now
Avatar:
The
Way
of
Water.
Rest
assured,
the
Tom
Cruise
starrer
would
be
really
big
when
it
hits
the
screens,
and
at
least
for
the
franchise
several
new
records
would
be
established.
Same
could
well
happen
for
Ajay
Devgn's
next
two
releases
Maidaan
and
Bholaa
as
well.
The
superstar
has
delivered
a
big
blockbuster
in
the
form
of
Drishyam
2
which
is
all
set
to
cross
the
Hindi
version
of
Brahmastra
(235
crores)
in
just
a
few
days
from
now.
That
would
keep
it
just
under
The
Kashmir
Files
(253
crores)
before
the
close
of
its
run
if
one
accounts
for
Bollywood's
biggies
in
2022.
So
far,
the
film
has
already
collected
234
crores*
after
the
sixth
week
was
quite
good
at
over
6
crores
and
then
the
seventh
weekend
too
stayed
positive
with
over
3
crores
coming
in.
While
the
teaser
release
of
Bholaa
has
set
huge
expectations
around
its
March
release,
early
dhamaka
could
well
happen
with
Maidaan
which
arrives
in
February
and
the
teaser/promo
of
which
would
be
out
pretty
soon.