Earlier Movies spent many weeks in the theaters but nowadays only three days Fri to Sun declares where will film go in upcoming days. In this long weekend release films make profit easily. Nowadays the release dates of the film declares through in holidays weekends. In 2016 there is only 10 weekends in which the stars Sonam Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor, Sushant Singh Rajput, Priyanka Chopra will get the profit.
| Weekends | Movies | Holidays |
| 19 February | Two films Sonam Kapoor's 'Neerja' and Manish Paul's 'Tere Bin Laden - Dead or Alive' is going to release this week. | Ravidas Jayanti on 22nd February |
| 4 March | Priyanka Chopra's 'Jai Gangaajal' and Randeep Hooda and Kajal Aggarwal's film are releasing. | Shivratri on 7th March |
| 15 April | There is only one film releasing this week, Shahrukh starer film 'Fan' | Baishakhi on 13th April, Ambedkar Jayanti on 14th, Ramnavmi on 15th, then three weekends and Mahaveer Jayanti's Holiday on 19th |
| 7 July | Salman Khan starer 'Sultan' and Shahrukh starer 'Raees' are going to release this weekend | Id on 7th, Id after three weekends. |
| 12 August | Akshay Kumar's 'Rustom' and Hrithik Roshan's 'Mohenjo Daro' are going to release | 15th August Independence Day |
| 2 September | Sushant Singh Rajput starer film 'MS Dhoni : The untold story' | Ganesh Chaturhi on 5th September |
| 7 October | No film announced till now | Dussehra on 10th, Muhhharam on 12th |
| 28 October | Ajay Devgan's dream project 'Shivaay' and Karan Johar's Ranbir Kapoor starer film 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' | Diwali weekend till Bhai Duz on Bhai Duz on tuesday |
| 11 November | No film announced | GuruNanak Jayanti on 14th November |
| 9 December | No Film annouced | Mild-e-nabbi on 12th |
