In a really unique experience Salman Khan’s Bodyguard is currently trending in India on Twitter, at the time when Shah Rukh Khan’s Ra.One has just released. The power of fans that Salman Khan holds on social media is unparalleled. One Twitter user with handle @Hishh said, “So despite of al d marketin revolutions, Bhai shows who is d real daddy. #RaOne couldnt reach upto #BodyGuard first day collection is d news”.
This primarily happened because of the comparison for the opening day collection of both the movies. The Times of India reported opening day Ra.One collection of Rs. 22 crores in India wiwth headline “RA.One snatches Day one honours”, but this is completely untrue, and it has already led to a complete chaos and frenzy within the industry circles as the net collection of Shah Rukh Khan’s Ra.One were Rs. 14.7 Crores. (See Box Office Report)
This caused all the Salman Khan fans to start ReTweeting the correct figures, and state that actually Ra.One has not beaten Bodyguard’s opening day collection figure in India, well resulting into making #Bodyguard trend in India on Twitter.
Salman Khan today has a lot of fan power combined on entire social media, and even without his single Tweet his tremendous fan following caused his previous movie ‘Bodyguard’ trending on a day when even his film is not releasing.
Shah Rukh Khan’s most ambitious sci-fi thriller RA.One released on Diwali and while some critics gave it a thumbs up for blending elegance of Hollywood with Indian sensibilities, others panned the superhero drama by labelling it a ‘video game’.
Ra.One – Audience response
The reviews notwithstanding, it has managed to collect Rs 18 crore at the home box office on the opening day.
However, as predicted by trade pundits, the film couldn’t break the first day collection records of Salman Khan-starrer Bodyguard, which earned Rs 22 crore in the domestic market on the opening day.
In the overseas market, the Red Chillies Entertainment and Eros International co-production raked in Rs 6.5 crore.
If reviewers have a different take on the film, viewers are also reacting differently but theatre owners predict good business in the coming week.
“Although the film has got mixed reviews, the first day has been really good. We witnessed more than 80 percent occupancy,” a source in PVR said.
“Moreover, the extensive marketing of the film has created a curiosity among people, who are eager to see what is the film all about,” the source added.
Cinemax witnessed an average footfall on the first day.
“There could be two reasons — the 3D version of the film was made available a little late. Although in metros it was fine, but in other cities due to delayed release in 3D we had to cancel some of the shows,” said Sunil Punjab, CEO of Cinemax.
“Also, we saw a decline in the occupancy in the evening as it was Diwali time and people were busy in Diwali puja. But today (Thursday) the response has been encouraging since morning we have had good number of people coming to see the film,” he added.
Directed by Anubhav Sinha, the Rs 150-crore film, which also stars Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal in prominent roles, was released in as many as 3,500 screens across the world.
Even before the film reached the theatres, its makers earned money by selling its satellite rights reportedly for Rs 35 crore and the distribution rights for Rs 77 crore.
The film’s highlight is high-tech VFX shots, which were outsourced from multiple specialty studios in London, Paris and Bangkok, as also the US.
Puneet Sahay of Spice Cinemas, however, informed that the film is not appealing to adults.
“Although Shah Rukh’s acting is good, RA.One is basically a film for children as it boast of lot of animation and special effects. Adults are not actually liking the film. However, it is likely to do well in the coming days,” Sahay said.
“Actually, it’s nothing more than a video game,” said college student Akhil Sharma.
Wallpapers of Ra.One
Caution:all those peoples/persons who made a plan to see RA-ONE MOVIE OF SHARUKH KHAN along with their FAMILY and CHILDRENS.As we anticipated about RA ONE earlier it,s a SCIENCE FICTIONS FILM that will entertain all those children who dreamed about SUPER HERO that takes cares of us against EVILS is totally useless rather it,s a ADULT MOVIE and FULL OF NONSENSE made by GRET HERO/KING OF BOLLYWOOD SHARUKH KHAN which really upset me.As I am big fan of SALMAN KHAN but ever appreciated all those actors who do good jobs and make good movies cos MOVIE is one of the PORTRAIT of our society and such IDIOTICS never anticipated from ACTOR like SHARUKH KHAN.Competing yourself with other ACTORS and accepting new challenges is good but making such movies and investing huge amount in such MOVIES which never looks like BOLLYWOOD MOVIE is one of the CURSE to our society.And I request and even APOLOGISE to all those who were die hard fans of SHARUKH KHAN that do not take my words in other way else you just HUNCH your mind and decide whether my words is MEANINGLESS or have some facts in it.I admire SHARUKH KHAN as BAZZIZAR,DAAR,CHAK DE INDIA,MOHABBATEIN.K2H2.DDLJ,RAB NE BNA DI JODI,ANJAAM.RAAM JANE,and many more and he is being known by his ACTING rather NUDITY.Ita really shameless to see SHARUKH KHAN in such MOVIES which didn,t gives any good messages to our society.