Grand opening for JTHJ, SOS; may join INR 1 billion club

The movies opened together and both are doing well.


Ians November 15, 2012

NEW DELHI: Jab Tak Hai Jaan (JTHJ) and Son Of Sardaar (SOS) opened together on Diwali day and both have managed a grand opening. Trade pundits predict that the movies’ box office collection will cross INR 1 billion mark.

Shahrukh Khan, Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif starrer JTHJ was released on 2,500 screens and it has reportedly collected INR 152 million all over India. The Ajay Devgn, Sonakshi Sinha and Sanjay Dutt starrer SOS collected INR 107 million from 2,000 screens in the country.

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh says it is the “best Diwali for Bollywood”.

“In mass circuits, SOS is ahead and at multiplexes, JTHJ takes a lead. As per early trends, JTHJ is ahead of SOS in India, but both are winners at the box-office. This is the biggest and best Diwali for Bollywood. The business of JTHJ and SOS will be the biggest ever,” Adarsh tweeted.

Rajesh Thadani, Multi-media Combines, Mumbai, told IANS that both films are doing very well.

Son Of Sardaar is doing well in single screens and Jab Tak Hai Jaan is doing well in multiplexes. Looking at the reports, I am sure SOS will pick up and do well in a couple of days,” he added.

There has been a lot of pre-release buzz around both JTHJ and SOS. Plus they have the advantage of releasing on diwali and have the extended weekend to mint more money.

Anant Verma, director and business head of DT Cinemas, told IANS: “Both the films have opened well with almost equal occupancy at our cinemas. We gave equal capacity and almost same number of shows to both. We are looking at a decent occupancy till Sunday. Friday morning shows will dip a little, but overall till Sunday all cinemas will do well. Families, youngsters and couples are coming to watch SOS and JTHJ.”

Produced by Aditya Chopra, late film-maker Yash Chopra’s last directorial venture has reportedly been made at a budget of INR 500 million, while director Ashwni Dhir’s SOS is said to be costlier with INR 800 million in expenses.

Sanjay Ghai of Mukta Arts predicts the films will cross INR 1 billion collection mark.

“They have the potential to cross INR 1 billion. Yesterday both the films opened at 90 per cent occupancy, which was expected and today both JTHJ and SOS are going houseful,” Ghai said.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 16th, 2012.          

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