R… Rajkumar collects Rs 45.8 crore worldwide in first weekend

Last week’s release “R… Rajkumar” which released on Friday, December 6, 2013, opened well owing to the chartbusters “Gandi Baat” and “Saree Ke Fall Sa” and movie promotion.

The aggressive promotions saw the movie stars Shahid Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha visiting every show on TV and every mall from North to South which managed to catch the audience’s attention.

Directed by Prabhu Deva, “R… Rajkumar” also stars Sonu Sood, Mukul Dev, Ashish Vidyarthi and Asrani in key roles. The movie is doing well in single screens and saw a dull response in multiplexes.

R..._Rajkumar“R… Rajkumar” released across 2900 screens in India and 300 screens overseas, opened to an average response on Friday with an occupancy in the range of 40-45% overall. The movie got along well with audiences in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhatisgarh, Rajasthan and Bihar circuits.

Friday collections were around Rs 8.86 crore nett, which is the biggest opening for Shahid Kapoor. Saturday collections were around Rs 8.30 crore nett and on Sunday approximately Rs 10.60 crore nett taking the total weekend collection to around Rs 27.76 crore nett at Indian box-office.

However Eros International declared that the film grossed a nett of Rs 39.77 crore in India and Rs 6 crores overseas.

On other hand “Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram Leela” has finally entered the 100 crore club. Released on November 15, 2013 the movie has grossed Rs 106 Crore nett in its third week.

With “Dhoom 3” releasing on December 20, 2013, all eyes of audience are towards how much it will collect.