Saand Ki Aankh, Made in China witness a slow start on opening day

It was a case of contrasting fortunes at the box office on the occasion of Diwali. While one ‘big’ movie, Housefull 4, was the talk of the town for various reasons, two other ‘smaller’ films, Made in China and Saand Ki Aankh too tried to stand out amid the festive fervour. The interesting bit is that the latter two got much better reviews from the critics, and the former was panned by most of them. However, the audiences’ love for 'star power' resulted in Housefull 4 overshadowing the other releases by a humongous margin at the box office. As a result, Saand Ki Aankh and Made in China couldn’t create much of an impact at the box office, earning only around Rs 1 crore at the box office on opening day. 

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Tale of contrasts 

As per reports, Made in China earned Rs 1-1.25 crore on Friday. On the other hand, Saand Ki Aankh reportedly earned Rs 50 lakh on opening day. While Made in China received average to good reviews, Saand Ki Aankh was hailed massively by most of the reviewers. At the same time, Housefull 4 is way ahead of the two, earning Rs 19 crore on the first day.

The pre-Diwali buzz surrounding movies is usually low as audiences like to wait for Diwali to kick in, perform the rituals at home and then come out in big numbers post that. So, as far as this Diwali weekend is concerned, after Sunday, the first few days of the next week are also expected to bring in significant number of footfalls. It would then be interesting to see how these three movies would fare. Several movies have taken a turnaround after a poor start, and Saand Ki Aankh particularly can hope for a change in fortunes. 

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Housefull 4 stars Akshay Kumar, Kriti Sanon, Kriti Kharbanda, Pooja Hegde, Riteish Deshmukh and Bobby Deol, Johnny Lever, Sharad Kelkar, Rana Daggubati, Chunky Panday, among others. It has been directed by Farhad Samji. Saand Ki Aankh features Taapsee Pannu and Bhumi Pednekar in lead roles and has been helmed by Tushar Hiranandani. Made in China stars Rajkummar Rao and Mouni Roy, alongside Paresh Rawal, Boman Irani and Gajraj Rao and has been directed by Mikhil Musale. 

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