Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Weekly Box Office Report: Billu is below average


Shah Rukh Khan’s Billu opened with 35% to 45% collections on Friday, which is certainly low for a Shah Rukh Khan film. Perhaps the audience had a fair idea that Irrfan plays the lead. The figures were comparatively better over the weekend but dropped again on Monday. The coming days will prove Billu’s fate at the box-office.

The other two releases were much smaller in comparison to Billu and even in itself since they lacked star value or publicity factor. Kay Kay Menon starrer The Stoneman Murders despite being a decent effort couldn’t get a good opening. Manoj Bajpai’s Jugaad was outright rejected