Welcome Back : Reviews and Box Office thread - Page 10

Welcome Back is showing excellent trends in its first weekend at the box office. The film opened well on Friday, picked up on Saturday and shows on Sunday are running to packed houses at most places.

The Anees Bazmee directed film has already collected Rs 31.4 crore in its first two days and the first weekend business could cross the 50 crore mark if the film manages to sustain through the rest of the day.

Occupancy for the night / late night shows at multiplexes does tend to be on the lower side on Sunday, but the advance booking for Welcome Back' is excellent.

The film is certain to cross the 100 crore mark at the domestic box office, but what remains to be seen is if Welcome Back' can go on to be a much bigger grosser. Only three films have crossed the 100 crore mark this year - Bajrangi Bhaijaan (320 cr), Tanu Weds Manu Returns (151 crore) and ABCD 2 (105 crore). Unless Welcome Back' has a surprisingly huge drop on Monday (unlikely because of positive word-of-mouth), the film should cross the 100 crore mark in its second weekend.

Hero' releases in theatres next weekend, but that film belongs to a different genre altogether and if Welcome Back' holds well on Monday, business of Hero' could be affected to a certain extent next week.

The release of Welcome Back' was postponed several times and the makers didn't go all out to promote the film either. But the popularity of the first film has resulted in a surprisingly good opening at the box office.

The lifetime predictions of Welcome Back' (IndicineLBO) will be made today. Do stay tuned for that!

For now, check out the day-wise box office collections of Welcome Back

• Friday - 14.35 crore
• Saturday - 17.05 crore
• Total collections - 31.4 crore