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News India Live, Digital Desk: Rani Mukherjee’s return as SSP Shivani Shivaji Roy has impressed the audience, but the pace of the film has slowed down as the working day (Monday) started. Released on January 30, 2026, the film made gains in its first three days, but fell victim to ‘Monday Drop’ on the fourth day i.e. February 2, 2026.1. Fourth Day Collection: A huge decline of 70%According to the early trends (as per Sacnilk), ‘Mardaani 3’ has collected around ₹ 2.15 crore nett in India on its fourth day i.e. first Monday. Sunday’s Collection: ₹ 7.25 croreMonday’s Collection: ₹ 2.15 croreFall: There has been a decline of around 70.34% in the earnings compared to Sunday.2. Total Box Office Collection (India Nett)Day Collection (in crores)Day 1 (Friday)₹4.00 croreDay 2 (Saturday)₹6.25 croreDay 3 (Sunday)₹7.25 croreDay 4 (Monday)₹2.15 croreGrand Total (4 days)₹19.65 crore3. ‘Mardaani 3’ vs ‘Mardaani 1’ and ‘Mardaani 2’: Who has the upper hand? If we look at the records of the franchise, ‘Mardaani 3’ has given competition to its previous films in terms of opening, but it will still have to struggle a lot for the lifetime collection: Mardaani (2014): Earned ₹ 3.40 crore on the first day. Its lifetime collection stood at ₹35.65 crore.Mardaani 2 (2019): It opened with ₹3.80 crore. Its lifetime collection was ₹47.35 crore.Mardaani 3 (2026): Recorded the biggest opening with ₹4.00 crore, but the decline on the fourth day is worrying.4. The biggest challenge in front of Rani Mukherjee’s film is Sunny Deol’s film ‘Border 2’, which has become a tsunami at the box office. Competition: While ‘Mardaani 3’ was limited to ₹ 2.15 crore on Monday, ‘Border 2’ has earned a handsome amount of ₹ 5.75 crore even on its 11th day. Screen Count: ‘Border 2’ has more screens. Due to this, ‘Mardaani 3’ is facing difficulty in gathering footfall.