Box office: Jagga Jasoos starts on a decent note

Ranbir Kapoor starrer opened with average numbers on day one

Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif’s long in making film Jagga Jasoos released this week finally after more than three years. The film had missed many deadlines of release. The film got mixed reviews while Ranbir Kapoor received a lot of appreciation for his performance. The day one saw 25-30% occupancy and collected Rs. 8.50 crore approximately. Although this figure is comparatively lesser than Ranbir’s previous film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil with more Rs.13 crore, it is said that his latest release is expected perform well on Saturday-Sunday considering its target audience. The makers have promoted it as children’s film. Moreover Ae Dil Hai Mushkil was a festival release and it was multi-starrer so it was expected to do well.

Ranbir made his debut as producer with Jagga Jasoos and due to delay the budget of the film increased. It is directed by Anurag Basu and got more than 1800 screens in India and 610 plus screens overseas.  The film is said to be made on Rs.110 crore and according to trade expert it looks difficult that it will recover the money easily.