Two big films, Drona and Kidnap, and an international film Hell Boy 2 hit the box-office on Thursday, ending a succession of two slack weekends.
Out of the three films to have released on October 2, a national holiday, Drona opened at 50%, Kidnap at 70% and Hell Boy 2 at 20-25% across theatres.
Weekend advance bookings indicate that Kidnap is ahead of Drona. Reportedly, both films had a high production cost; Rs 20 crore for Kidnap and close to Rs 50 crore for Drona.
Drona is a super-hero movie starring Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra while Kidnap is Imran Khan’s second film. The actor shot to glory after his first film Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na.
Bhumika Tewari, AVP programming, Fun Cinemas, said, “The box office collection last week, when only Rafoo Chakkar and Hari Puttar released, wasn’t impressive. They were promoted very little and had complete new comers.” Hari Puttar and Rafoo Chakkar opened to a poor 5-10% response. Tewari said that Journey to the Center of the Earth and A Wednesday are still running strong at the box office with 55% and 60% respectively.
According to the Box Office India report, international markets have been eagerly waiting for Drona and Kidnap to rake in some money.
Currently, Punjabi films are dominating the scene there; Hashar did business worth Rs 50 lakh in its first three days and blockbuster Mera Pind hit Rs 4.25 crore in 24 days, the report says.
It goes to to add that another film, Hullu, is extremely dull and has collected Rs 15 lakh net in its first week. Saas Bahu Aur Sensex is also a disaster with collections worth Rs 55 lakh in week one. Welcome To Sajjanpur, on the other hand, recorded a decent Rs 6.50 crore during its first week.