Box office verdict: Katrina Kaif’s Fitoor loses to Sanam Re and Deadpool on opening day!

Katrina Kaif and Aditya Roy Kapur's much hyped film Fitoor, directed by Abhishek Kapoor, has tanked at the box office. It collected only Rs 3.61 crore on its opening day at the box office in India.

Published: February 14, 2016 10:59 AM IST

By Shweta Parande

Box office verdict: Katrina Kaif's Fitoor loses to Sanam Re and Deadpool on opening day!

Katrina Kaif and Aditya Roy Kapur’s much hyped film Fitoor, directed by Abhishek Kapoor, has tanked at the box office. It collected only Rs 3.61 crore on its opening day at the box office in India. It was expected to be a blockbuster, coming from the director of films such as Rock On!! and Kai Po Che! But the adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations into the Kashmiri milieu failed to create a good impression among movie-goers. The cinematography capturing the beautiful Indian state is the only thing that is being considered worth the ticket.

Fitoor was beaten at the box office by Sanam Re – the Pulkit Samrat-Yami Gautam-Rishi Kapoor movie directed by Divya Khosla Kumar. Sanam Re collected Rs 5.04 crore at the box office on its opening day, confirming that there is a market for cliched romantic tales still.

Meanwhile, Ryan Reynolds starrer Deadpool, which has received mixed reviews, was preferred by Indian urban audiences over Fitoor and Sanam Re. The anti-superhero movie Deadpool managed to collect over Rs 4 crore at its opening box office in India, reinstating the popularity of Hollywood films in India.

But what is more worrying for the careers of Katrina Kaif and Aditya Roy Kapur is that Sanam Re with a relatively new cast has worked better than their labour of love. Katrina’s last film Phantom with Saif Ali Khan also didn’t do too well at the box office in India. Her break-up with beau Ranbir Kapoor also might have contributed to her dwindling fan-following. Fitoor really needs good collections on Sunday to beat Sanam Re and Deadpool finally.

So, based on the reviews and the opening box office collections, which film are you watching this weekend? Or if you’ve already seen Fitoor, Deadpool or Sanam Re, which one do you like better? Let us know. We shall keep you updated about the box office collections of all three films in India.

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