UTV’s latest movie Main Aur Mrs Khanna could only pull 50% of the crowd to the theaters but its previous movie Wake Up Sid, a Ranbir Kapoor starter, which was released in theatres on 2nd October is still able to pull in 85% occupancy.
PVR’s first weekend collection for the movie was about Rs2 crore across India and in the Diwali weekend the numbers crossed Rs25 lakh.
“On Diwali weekend, especially on Friday and Sunday, we reported 80%-90% occupancy level across India and this movie is holding good in our theaters,” said Prakhar Joshi, head programming, PVR cinemas.
The movie produced with a budget of Rs15 crore by Dharma Productions and distributed worldwide by UTV Motion Pictures, was able to garner Rs2.2 crore over the first weekend. The movie also collected about $165,934 in the UK while for the US the collections were $355,532. In the Gulf region the film’s per print average was $9,575.