Jurassic World Does Better Than Metro…In Dino

Anurag
Basu’s

Metro…
In
Dino
saw
an
underwhelming
weekend,
as
it
collected
a
merely
Rs
18
crore*
(Rs
180
million)
at
the
box
office.

It’s
disheartening
because
the
film
had
decent
reviews
as
well
as
a
positive
word-of-mouth
but
still
could
not
go
the
distance.

The
film
opened
at
Rs
4.05
crore
(Rs
40.5
million).
Had
this
been
a
controlled-budgeted
film
starring
relatively
unknown
stars,
the
number
would
have
been
considered
fair.
But
this
is
an
urban
multiplex
film,
with
the
potential
to
work
in
‘metro’
cities.

Unfortunately,
the
film
was
hardly
promoted,
due
to
which
awareness
amongst
the
target
audiences
was
low.

Previous
releases
like

Sitaare
Zameen
Par,
F1
–
The
Movie
and

Maa
are
also
giving
audiences
a
lot
to
choose
from.

Jurassic
World
Rebirth
was
the
best
performing
film
of
the
weekend.

It
took
a
good
opening
of
over
Rs
8
crore
(Rs
80
million),
with
a
weekend
collection
of
around
Rs
35
crore
(Rs
350
million).

The
franchise
factor
had
a
huge
pull
amongst
the
audiences
due
to
which
even
with
average
reviews,
the
film
collected
far
more
than

Metro…
In
Dino
and
also
impacted
the
collections
of

F1:
The
Movie.
Still,
the
Brad
Pitt-starrer
is
doing
well,
having
crossed
Rs
50
crore
(Rs
500
million).
It
would
have
scored
even
more
had

Jurassic
World
Rebirth
arrived
a
week
later.

*Estimates.
Note:
All
collections
as
per
various
box
office
sources.

Photographs
curated
by
Satish
Bodas/Rediff