Shahrukh's Ra.One to break Bodyguard's first weekend BO record

Shahrukh Khan's Ra.One has received mixed reviews from the film critics across the world, but it has got bumper opening at the Box Office on the first day of Diwali. According to trade analysts, the superhero science fiction is expected to cross Rs 100 crores mark at the collection centres in the first weekend and beat the record of Salman Khan's Bodyguard, which had raked in Rs 85.50 crore in the five-days weekend.

Ra.One has been made with a whopping amount of Rs 175 crores, while Blockbuster movie Bodyguard was made with a budget of Rs 42 crores. Shahrukh-Kareena starrer film has hit 3,500 screens breaking the record of Bodyguard, which released in 2,700 screens. After seeing the opening day response, trade experts think that the film will surely beat the collection record of Bodyguard at Indian Box Office.

The movie Ra.One has also set a record in the number of screens overseas by releasing with 904 prints in around 1,500 screens. The trade analysts calculations say that the film will also break the overseas Box Office record of Bodyguard and set a new benchmark for upcoming Indian movies.