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The film seems like a box office winner despite the mixed WOM it likely will get. The film reunites the director and main lead of Heropanti (Sabbir Khan and Tiger Shroff). This one also has a more popular heroine in Shradda Kapoor. She will attract the masses (many of her recent films have been huge box office successes such as AASHIQUI 2, EK VILLAIN, and ABCD 2). Her action sequences will play a key role in attracting the masses to theatres as well. The Sabbir-Tiger combo is there again after the box office success of HEROPANTI, BAAGHI's trailer presents a larger scale/budget than HEROPANTI (a factor which will attract the multiplex audience to the theatres more at least initially opening-day-wise), the action is there too once again in BAAGHI to attract the masses, and the film is named after a film from the past of the mass favourite: Salman Khan.
Basically, BAAGHI will get a strong opening at the box office, especially at mass centres. The film's WOM, as I said, will be Mixed: the masses/single screen audience will like the film, while the multiplex audience will not be as favourable, with some even possibly giving the film a thumbs down. However, the strong opening combined with the overall decent WOM for the film will be enough to do the job and make the film a box office winner.
My Box Office Predictions for BAAGHI:
Opening Day: 9 crores net
Opening Weekend: 28 crores net
Lifetime Collections: 70+ crores net
Overall Verdict: Hit
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