Mumbai, Aug. 18 -- After a sharp dip on Friday, it looks like John Abraham's Batla House is finally picking up the pace and is showing promise when it comes to weekend collection. The film raked about Rs. 10.09 crores which is a pretty decent number.

The film clashed with Akshay Kumar's Mission Mangal and opened to a decent collection of Rs. 15.55 crores on Thursday. However, the collection dipped sharply on Friday when the film managed to collect only about Rs. 8.84 crores which was a little disappointing. After taking Saturday's collection into account, the film now stands at Rs. 35.29 crores.

Directed by Nikkhil Advani, the film is based on the controversial Batla House encounters of 2008 in Delhi's Jamia Nagar. John Abraham, in the fi...