Welcome Back will open tomorrow and should open pretty well but its simply not as big as the Welcome sequel should be. Welcome released in December 2007 and was basically a record opening though numbers did not show that as it did not open at multiplexes on day one due to revenue sharing terms. The film went on to be a huge hit, the biggest of the year in some circuits. Not only that the film has been a huge success on television since release which endorsed the its popularity.
These factors should mean an event type film but its missing as Welcome Back does not look as big as Welcome for the public as the cast is weaker with Welcome's biggest face value Akshay Kumar missing. This seems a big mistake by the makers.
The two biggest franchise films in India, Dhoom and Golmaal have seen an upscale each time but here this is not the case. The film may have been made on a bigger scale but in a sequel but the cast also has to be at least as good as previous film, preferably better. There are very few films made with pan India appeal today but Welcome Back is one film with all India appeal and these types deserve the numbers for the effort but not having Akshay Kumar or someone with an equal star status will probably mean the film won't fulfill its potential.
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