Hamari Adhuri Kahani looks set to struggle for an opening tomorrow. The film does a have a hit song but the picturisation probably had to be better to translate into a strong box office opening. Also the the main actors Emraan Hashmi and Vidya Balan are on a lean patch with their last few films not doing well.
The film will also face competition in the form of Hollywood release and the holdover releases Dil Dhadakne Do and Tanu Weds Manu Returns.
The film will may do better in the evening but that probably wont be enough for a good first day so as has been the case for most of the year it all hangs on word of mouth and how much can you grow on Saturday.
The Hollywood release Jurassic World may do a first and that is topple a major Hindi release on the opening day. There have been many times that Hollywood releases have scored over Hindi films but none of those Hindi films would have been in the level of Hamari Adhuri Kahani.
The early bookings though there are not much of them suggest that Jurassic World will score over Hamari Adhuri Kahani at most of the major multiplex chains. North India seems to have a decent lead for Jurassic World and North has a big multiplex contribution.
Hamari Adhuri Kahani will probably have to rely on the single screens to outscore Jurassic World but that is an unlikely scenario. Its better chance will be strong word of mouth so that the evenings at multiplexes show huge growth which enable it to catch Jurassic World or even surpass it. Jurassic World will release on Thursday at many places so this can also give Hamari Adhuri Kahani a chance if the film is not up to the mark.
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