It’s Thursday and we’re back with the early box-office predictions this week’s releases. This Friday will see the clash of Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao starrer Judgementall Hai Kya with Kriti Sanon, Varun Sharma and Diljit Dosanjh starrer Arjun Patiala. While the makers of both the films are leaving no stone unturned to keep the buzz around the film alive, fans of the respective stars can’t wait to see their respective films lead at the box-office.
So before you get confused which movie’s ticket to book for the weekend, we bring to you the early box-office predictions of both the films. For which, we got in touch with Trade Analyst Girish Johar. We started the conversation, talking about Vicky Kaushal starrer Uri: The Surgical Strike’s re-release. Asking if it will affect the BO collections of these two films, he told us, “Uri is re-releasing for a particular one show at 10 O’clock at multiplexes, giving it one screen. I don’t think Uri have much impact (on these films). It is releasing for a social cause. Certain single-screen cinemas do have a problem with it. They are saying, “who will play for the lighting and other costs because there’s no revenue generated as Govt. has announced it free for students.”
Predicting the box-office collections of Judgementall Hai Kya, he said, “Whatever we have seen of the film – promotional material, posters – give out intrigue value. Rajkummar Rao and Kangana Ranaut’s film is backed by Ekta Kapoor, the expectations are pretty much decent. Since it seems to be very upmarket and niche content, I peg the film around Rs 3-4 Crore on Day 1. If the word of mouth becomes strong, the collections can go up to Rs 4-5 Crore.”
While predicting Arjun Patiala, he said, “This trio is a good combo and promo also have a quirky take in it. The film will be decent in North Markets, rest of the India market – South, East and Central – it will purely on word of mouth. I would peg the film around Rs 1.5-2 Crore on day 1 and again if the content or word of mouth is strong it can cross 2-3 Crore.”
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