Filmmakers
tried
to
woo
movie
buffs
with
subjects
as
diverse
as
revenge
comedy,
erotic
thriller,
tragic
love
story
and
candyfloss
campus
romance
this
Friday,
but
audiences
are
still
flocking
to
the
halls
to
catch
Bhaag
Milkha
Bhaag.
Movies
that
hit
the
theatres
Friday
include
Bajatey
Raho,
Nasha,
Issaq,
Luv
U
Soniyo
and
Hollywood
film
The
Wolverine.
But
viewers
are
still
buying
tickets
to
watch
ace
athlete
Milkha
Singh's
life
story
in
Bhaag
Milkha
Bhaag,
which
released
July
12.
According
to
trade
experts,
Hugh
Jackman's
Hollywood
film
The
Wolverine
has
performed
better
than
the
Bollywood
films
this
Friday.
Trade
analyst
Taran
Adarsh
is
not
surprised
with
the
Hollywood
film's
performance.
"As
expected,
Hollywood
overpowers
Bollywood
at
the
domestic
box
office.
The
Wolverine
collects
Rs
3.15
crore
nett
on
Friday
(all
languages)," he
posted
on
Twitter.
The
movie's
collection
are
expected
to
rise.
"
The
Wolverine
had
65
percent
occupancy
on
opening
day.
We
are
expecting
it
to
rise
to
80
this
weekend,"
Puneet
Sahay
of
Spice
Cinemas,
told
IANS.
"The
former
had
46
percent
occupancy
and
the
latter
50
percent.
The
bold
Nasha
followed
them
with
35
percent
occupancy.
Luv
U
Soniyo
didn't
have
a
good
opening
as
there
was
only
10
to
15
percent
occupancy
for
it
on
the
first
day,"
Sahay
said.
Bajatey
Raho,
which
features
Dolly
Ahluwalia,
Ranvir
Shorey,
Vinay
Pathak
and
Tusshar
Kapoor,
and
Prateik
and
Amyra
Dastur-starrer
Issaq,
had
an
average
opening.
While
Nasha
marked
the
entry
of
controversy
queen
Poonam
Pandey
in
Bollywood,
veteran
actress
Rati
Agnihotri's
son
Tanuj
Virwani
found
his
launchpad
in
Luv
U
Soniyo.
The
buzz
for
these
movies
was
high
thanks
to
heavy
promotion,
but
Bhaag
Milkha
Bhaag
still
holds
a
strong
clout.
Adarsh
has
declared
Farhan
Akhtar
starrer
as
a
super
hit.
"Bhaag
Milkha
Bhaag
collected
approximately
Rs
26.05
crore
in
second
week.
Grand
total
is
Rs.
79.79
crore.
It
is
a
super
hit,"
Adarsh
posted
on
Twitter.
Sahay
said
that
even
on
weekdays,
the
biopic
is
doing
well.
"On
weekdays
there
was
60
percent
occupancy
and
this
weekend
we
are
expecting
it
to
go
up
to
80
percent,"
he
said.
The
Rakeysh
Omprakash
Mehra-directorial
was
declared
tax
free
in
Maharashtra,
Delhi
and
Goa.