Ans. The film will do around 200 crore nett in India and 115 crore plus in Overseas and this is with just one major holiday. Some will put it down to Salman Khan star power but Jai Ho with one major holiday did just a bit more than half the business of PRDP. It is true that the film has not been liked all over India, as for the negativity it is mainly because the film has been liked in places Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh and not liked in Mumbai, Delhi or Bangalore so what you see in the press and cyber world is more reflective of the latter. Films that are liked in the metros like Baby, Badlapur or Piku have positivity while a Prem Ratan Dhan Payo or Gabbar Is Back will have negativity although box office fate of last two is better as box office tends to reflect the whole country rather than a few big metros.
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