Jab Harry Met Sejal BO/ Review Thread # 2 - DTNpg27

Jab Harry Met Sejal struggled for growth on its second as collections outside the big cities fell. The film will collect around the 14-14.50 crore nett range on its second day and take its business to around 29.50 crore nett in two days.

The film could get close to its day one figures when final figures come in but there is little chance of a higher second day than the first day. This was always likely as films with limited appeal will find it tough to hold numbers at the level it collected on day one.

Jab Harry Met Sejal is trending very similar to Tubelight but at a lower level. That film also face a similar drop on day two and gain it was a case of an initial which just could not be held as the film did not hold appeal for the wider audience. Here it was sort of expected as the director Imtiaz Ali has a poor track record but with Tubelight the director had a Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Ek Tha Tiger behind him but went to the cinema he made before these films.

There is a partial holiday on Monday which will help collections on Monday and on Sunday evening but the film cant really survive in the long run at these levels with this second day trend.

Jab Harry Met Sejal had a reasonable first day as it grossed 15.50 crore nett apprx on the first day. The film has only really managed to collect in metros with collections outside the five metros coming out low. A huge chunk of the collections have come in Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Bangalore, Pune and Bangalore while the rest have hardly contributed. Even Punjab where there are big multiplexes is well below the mark outside Gurgaon which is basically NCR. The performance is very much like Tubelight with the opening day collections much higher than the appeal of the content and that film did not grow over the wekend and it could be same case here unless metros really push higher.

The film is the lowest Shahrukh Khan opener of recent times as if we account for the holiday factor of Fan then the collections come out similar to that film. Just like with Salman Khan with Tubelight, these big stars can't do films which have limited reach as when it comes to numbers you are depending on just star power and that is just a first day thing and even that will not be as it should. A Raees crossed 20 crore nett plus with a clash even though its was a poor film because it had reach. This does not have the reach which looked likely before the release as the director has a record of films which have limited reach and appreciation Now its about how or if the film can grow on Saturday as it will be its best chance because the film is only collecting in metros and thats a Saturday audience. Outside metros there is a good chance of drops of in many places.