Box-office: OK Jaanu bags an average Rs4 crore; xXx paid previews fetch Rs1.75 crore

It's not often that Indian actors compete in different languages. While Deepika Padukone had her Hollywood debut in xXx: Return of Xander Cage,  Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor were up with their romantic drama OK Jaanu. The latter could only muster around Rs3.75-4 crore nett collection on its opening day, as reported by BoxOfficeIndia.com

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The Karan Johar-produced OK Jaanu had released across 1,500 screens (approximate). It is the remake of the Mani Ratnam’s Tamil flick Ok Kanmani (2015). The film’s budget is said to be around Rs28 crore. The producers will hope for better returns over the weekend.

Meanwhile, Padukone’s xXx: Return of Xander Cage bagged Rs1.75 crore (source: BoxOfficeIndia.com) through the paid previews. Also, the first shows began from 6 pm onward. The weekend will be the true test for the Hollywood release.

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What works in the Hollywood flick's favour is that the franchise’s earlier film xXx: State of the Union (2005) had bagged around US $2 million from India. Producers are likely to be hopeful of Padukone's presence to boost the India collections.

Meanwhile, Aamir Khan’s Dangal saw a drop in its collection with the Friday figure standing at Rs1.9 crore (approximate). The Khan-starrer made Rs44 crore in three weeks, breaking the record by PK (2014) which had bagged Rs41.61 crore. Dangal’s total domestic figure so far stands at Rs349.54 crore.

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