Jawaani Jaaneman has managed to exceed the general trade expectations with its Day 1 collections estimated at between Rs. 3.25 to 3.75 crore. While the business is lower than the Deepika Padukone starrer Chhapaak, it has done better than the recently released Panga featuring Kangana Ranaut. In comparison to Saif Ali Khan’s recent projects such as Laal Kaptaan, Baazaar, Kaalakandi and Chef, Jawaani Jaaneman has recorded the highest opening day figures, with the exception of Baazaar which still recorded an opening of around 1 crore.
It’s a metropolitan-centric film that has garnered rather positive reviews for being a romantic comedy, giving Jawaani Jaaneman – Alaia F’s acting debut – the opportunity to have a three-day total gross of around 12-13 crores, a fairly successful outcome taking the restrained budget into account. However, as with any multiplex film, the real success of Nitin Kakkar’s work of art lies in the weekdays and how it crosses the 30-35 crore threshold, which can make it the highest-grossing Saif Ali Khan film since Phantom, making it a genuine box office success. We must wait and see how it fares in the all-important Monday test. Multiplexes in cities like Mumbai, Delhi, and Bangalore are doing great business, yet in more rural areas, some single screens are earning dismally, as low as Rs. 700, 1200, or 1300 per show, with a potential of over Rs. 1 lakh.
Last week’s release, Street Dancer has crashed on it’s second Friday as the early estimate suggest approx. 1 crore day for the film. The lifetime collections will be under 65 crore, and it’s a theatrical flop for Varun Dhawan. Kangana Ranaut’s Panga too has crashed and will end with lifetime collections even below Chhapaak. Needless to say, both the films entailed losses for Fox Star Studios and are flop at the box-office. Tanhaji is rock-steady on its fourth Friday with 2 crore plus collections. It will cross the 250 crore mark before the end of this week.
