BL Predicts: John Abraham-Ileana D’Cruz starrer, Pagalpanti, to take a solid opening at the box office

This Friday sees the release of another multi-starrer comedy about a month after Housefull 4 hit screens during Diwali weekend, and went on to be a hit. So, can the John Abraham-Anil Kapoor-Ileana D'Cruz-Arshad Warsi-Urvashi Rautela-Pulkit Samrat-Kriti Kharbanda-Saurabh Shukla starrer emulate its starrier counterpart. Will the audience be ready to accept it quick on the heels of another film in a similar category? And how far will leading man John and Director Anees Bazmee's goodwill go toward brining in the audience? We spoke to reputed trade expert Vishek Chauhan on what could work in favor for and against the film. Here's what he has to say.

"Pagalpanti is directed by Anees Bazmee, who's known quite well by the audience and enjoys a strong connect to them. Viewers have generally liked most of his films so far. Moreover, Bazmee's films usually work well at both multiplexes and single screens, with the ratio actually favouring the latter. A film like Mubarakan saw better occupancy at plexes. We can say that his movies see an audience turnout of 60:40 in in favour of multiplexes, so Pagalpanti should see a good opening in multiplexes as well as single screens."

Elaborating on the impact John and Anil presence would have, Vishek Chuhan added, "The film also stars John Abraham in the lead, and he's been having a good time at the box office of late. His last release, Batla House, emerged as his highest grosser as a solo hero, almost touching 100 crore net, and, more importantly, it worked very well at multiplexes, thus creating a lot of goodwill between John and the audience who prefer watching films at plexes. Plus, the last time John and Azmee came together in Welcome Back, it turned out to be his biggest opener. Then, we cannot discount the Bazmee-Anil Kapoor, which has always clicked at the ticket window whether it be Welcome, its sequel, or Mubarakan."

Taking all these factors into consideration, Vishek Chauhan feels that the film should take a 7-8 crore net opening at least and could touch 30-35 crore over its first weekend if the word-of-mouth is positive.

"Pagalpanti should open at 7-8 crore and could touch 30-35 crore over the weekend if the word-of-mouth is good. However, if the film is really bad, then God help it."

As for Yeh Saali Aashiqui (the debut of Amrish Puri's grandson, Vardhan Puri, along with Shivaleeka Oberoi, another debutante), Vishek Chauhan is of the firm opinion that the film will be a "complete non-starter".

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