Box office report: 'Ra.One' emerging triumphant?

Panned by many critics, Shahrukh Khan’s dream project Ra.One, however, is doing just fine at box office.

The film has raked in close to Rs. 92 crore in its extended 5-day weekend that began on Wednesday, the day of Diwali. The response to both the 2D version and the 3D version has been good.

Here’s the five-day break up: The film opened on Friday with a collection of around Rs. 18 crore that peaked to Rs. 25 crore on Thursday. Friday saw a dip in the collection to Rs. 15 crore. What’s a tad disappointing is that the film did not pick up as expected on Saturday and Sunday. Its Saturday collection was Rs. 16 crore approx and on Sunday it made Rs. 17 crore.

These figures include the collections from the dubbed Tamil and Telugu versions as well.

However, it would still require this week’s collections to figure out if the movie can indeed be declared a hit. Remember, Ra.One has been made on a whopping budget of close to Rs. 150 crore.

The film may have been trashed by critics in India, the west, particularly the critics in the US, have lavished praises on the movie.

The other two releases of the week, Tell Me O Kkhuda and Damadamm! failed to draw in the crowds.