Mumbai:
Anand
L
Rai
directed
Hindi
film
Raanjhanaa
starring
Sonam
Kapoor
in
lead,
has
concluded
the
first
week
with
an
excellent
collection
at
the
Indian
Box
Office.
Having
debuted
with
superb
response,
the
romantic
drama
film,
which
marks
the
entry
of
Tamil
actor
Dhanush
in
Bollywood,
has
topped
the
domestic
business,
beating
old
releases
like
Fukrey
and
Yeh
Jawaani
Hai
Deewani.
Raanjhanaa
was
one
of
the
highly-talked
about
and
most-anticipated
Hindi
movies
of
2013.
The
movie
opened
with
an
average
response
with
its
occupancy
ranging
between
30%
and
35%
in
the
morning
and
matinees
shows
on
its
first
day.
It
picked
up
well
in
afternoon
and
evening
shows.
The
film
witnessed
remarkable
growth
in
its
footfalls
on
Saturday
and
Sunday.
It
collected
Rs
20.08
crores
nett
at
the
Indian
Box
Office
in
the
first
weekend.
The
Dhanush
and
Sonam
Kapoor
starrer
continued
its
rocking
run
on
the
weekdays
too.
When
compared
its
opening
day
business,
the
collection
of
Raanjhanaa
fell
down
by
25%+
on
Monday
and
interestingly,
it
went
up
further
on
Tuesday.
On
the
weekdays,
the
movie
has
collected
Rs
14.85
crores
at
the
domestic
Box
Office,
taking
its
7-day
first
week
domestic
total
to
Rs
34.93
crores
nett.
Its
breakup
is
Rs
5.12
cr
on
Fri,
Rs
6.81
cr
on
Sat,
Rs
8.15
cr
on
Sun,
Rs
3.85
cr
on
Mon,
Rs
3.90
cr
on
Tue,
Rs
3.60
cr
on
Wed
and
Rs
3.50
cr
on
Thu.
The
most-awaited
movie
Ghanchakkar
starring
Emraan
Hashmi
and
Vidya
Balan
in
leads,
has
hit
the
screens
this
Friday.
Trade
experts
have
already
predicted
that
it
will
halt
the
dream
run
of
all
old
releases
at
the
Box
Office.
It
should
be
seen
whether
Raanjhanaa
would
be
affected
by
it
at
the
business
centres.