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Fourteen days into its theatrical run, Mardaani 3 has collected ₹39.86 crore at the India net box office. On the surface, that number does not scream breakout. It has not dominated headlines, nor has it triggered the kind of opening weekend hysteria that often defines the Hindi trade cycle. But measured against the model it was built on, the film is behaving almost exactly as designed — and that may