Metro… In Dino Box Office: Film opens on expected lines, very strong growth over the weekend is key

As was predicted in this column a couple of days back, Metro… In Dino was expected to open in Rs. 3-4 crores range. Not that it was the kind of opening that augured well with the budget and credentials of the film. Still, post pandemic things have changed a lot, especially for niche urban multiplex kind of films like these which rely entirely on word of mouth. There is a lot of content like this which has been unleashed on OTT in the last 5 years, which means the content needs to be super solid for the film to grow from Saturday onwards.

That’s what all associated with the film would be looking forward to as well after the first day collections of Rs. 4.05 crores. The good part is that at least it hasn’t gone below the expectations that one had from it and now the stage is open for it to perform from this point on. It could well have had a field day as well but then there are Jurassic World Rebirth, F1 The Movie and Sitaare Zameen Par playing as well, all of which are catering to the same segment of multiplex audiences in key Indian cities. This means the film has task cut out for it.

Reviews as well as audience word of mouth for the film ranges from being decent to good, which means it has the potential to go up. However, the jump would need to be really big and at the very least it needs to go up by 75%, if not 100%. That would be a challenge indeed but then that’s something which is the need of the hour as well for this ensemble affair One waits to see how if that happens indeed.

Note: All collections as per various box office sources

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