Vanvaas Box Office: Anil Sharma’s Nana Patekar starrer takes a slow start

It was a slow start for Vanvaas as Rs. 73 lakhs came on first day. This isn’t entirely surprising since the film was as it is dependent entirely on word of mouth due to its theme and cast. Yes, Anil Sharma is at the director’s seat but then he is known more for his high decibel big budget action dramas whereas this one is more of an intimate family drama about parents turning old. Hence, at least from the opening perspective, the footfalls were always going to be limited.

Still, on a regular Friday, one would have expected an opening day number on the lines of Uunchai. The Amitabh Bachchan led family drama had taken an opening of Rs. 1.81 crore which shows the kind of limitation that this genre has. Hence, the best case scenario for Vanvaas too was Rs. 1.50-2 crores. However, with Pushpa 2: The Rule wave being way too strong, which is keeping other films at bay in the third week as well, it was always going to pose a huge challenge to any other smaller release. Moreover, there is Mufasa: The Lion King which has released as well and that too ironically is also the second choice at best for the patrons.

One now waits to see if this Nana Patekar and Utkarsh Sharma starter manages to grow well on the basis of word of mouth. Ideally, the numbers would need to double up today so that there is some kind of momentum that picks up. If the growth is only around 50% then it would be tough since there is going to be further competition ahead in the form of Baby John which arrives mid-Week on Wednesday, 25th December.

Note: All collections as per various box office sources