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SRK's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi hasn't really opened to an overall bumper response, but it is gradually picking up. Carrying mixed reports, the film has managed to attach a 'good opening' tag solely because of weekend collections. It had a slow opening on Friday in Mumbai but the collections went on to improve later. With a slight slump in the collections happening today it remains to be seen whether the film will achieve the same amount of success, which SRK-Aditya Chopra got with their two films, DDLJ and Mohabbatein.

BO collections

Rab Ne... managed to collect Rs 7.5 crore net collections on day-one, with business ranging from good to very good in centers like Punjab, Delhi/NCR, Punjab and Mysore. In Punjab circuit alone the collections were Rs 75 lakh, making the film second best grosser of 2008 after Singh Is Kinng.

In the Mumbai-Thane circuit the film opened in 94 cinemas and while it started at 60% on Friday first show, but the collections saw a rise in the weekend. The centers where the film has opened low are Bihar, CP Berar, CI and Rajasthan circuits.

The opening weekend collections for RNBDJ have been as follows, PVR-70%, Fame-60%, G-7 – 85% and Adlabs 75-85%.

Will Rab Ne... be another DDLJ?

A senior trade analyst tells us, "The budget of RNBDJ seems to be in the range of Rs 18-20 crore. Looking at its opening trends, it seems set to garner at least Rs 20 crore in India alone and between Rs 16-18 crore from the overseas. Music sales may earn Yash Raj Rs. 5 crore. The satellite rights will get the film anywhere between Rs. 13-15 crore. So in total the film will do business of at least Rs. 58-60 crore which doesn't seem bad at all."

Trade Analyst Amod Mehra says, "The film didn't get an opening befitting a well anticipated SRK film. But the collections did improve considerably for the weekend. If the length is reworked then there are chances for the film to do better."

Manoj Desai of G-7 tells us, "Today on Monday the matinee show collections have fallen drastically. The film opened well at our multiplex but the audience response while coming out of the cinema screens is not so encouraging. Not many seem to have enjoyed the film. Flaws such as the film being too lengthy or the illogical situation of SRK's own wife in the film not recognising him in another avatar when even a small kid in the cinema hall can, are going against it."

By Abhijit Mhamunkar . Buzz18 Dec 15, 2008