Rock On 2 box office collection day 1: Farhan Akhtar’s film mints Rs 2.02 cr

Apparently, Chaar Sahibzaade is doing better than Farhan Akhtar-starrer Rock On 2. The film saw about 20-25% ( with 40% occupancy in Punjab) as compared to poor 15% occupancy at theatres across the country. Akshaye Rathi (exhibitor and distributor) confirmed this through his tweet when one viewer speculated about the same.

Rock On was released in around 1700 screens whereas Chaar Sahibzaade is released in around 800 screens. Rock On was expected to collect around Rs 5 crore on the first day, but it could collect Rs 2-2.5 crores somewhere on the first day.

#RockOn2 has a DISMAL start… Fri ₹ 2.02 cr. India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) November 12, 2016

I’m afraid…this is coming true. #RockOn #ChaarSahibzaade2 https://t.co/x5umxZ4R7A

— Akshaye Rathi (@akshayerathi) November 11, 2016

Beat the #DeMonitisation impact by availing the fantastic discount schemes on @bookmyshow @Paytm @Ticket_Please etc! Go watch #RockOn2 guys!

— Akshaye Rathi (@akshayerathi) November 11, 2016

There were speculations that the move by the government could affect the overall business of the film and that the film could even postpone the release. While the film released, it is too early to say anything about the overall impact.

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Producer of the film, Ritesh Sidhwani, had accepted that the makers had thought about postponing the release, “It did cross my mind to push the release date of the film but it was too late, because our overseas delivery was already done, the movie has opened today in Gulf so we would have got killed with piracy so if we would have shifted the India release piracy would have killed us.”

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Unfortunately, the music has not really caught the imagination of the public, unlike Rock On. One could call it the rock on 2 effect given the fact that Karan Johar’s musical still continues to reign supreme on charts. Rock On 2’s final fate will now depend on the word of mouth that the film will generate.