Jagga Jasoos has enjoyed a good weekend at the Box Office as Rs. 33.17 cr have come in. For a film which has been delayed for years and didn't really have audiences waiting to catch it in theatres, this is a fair number indeed. A release like this could have gone totally unnoticed if not for the persistence that has been demonstrated by all involved with it. That is the only factor which has allowed it not just a good placement in theatres but also respectable numbers that at least give it a chance over the weekdays.
The film is in fact better than what Katrina Kaif's last release Baar Baar Dekho had done in its entire lifetime [Rs. 32 cr] and though the scale, budget and expectations from both are poles apart, the fact still remains that there has been a start nonetheless.
This can well be evidenced in the Top-10 opening weekends of 2017 where Jagga Jasoos has managed to find a place and also move a couple of slots up in the charts when compared to the Number 9 position where it had opened on Friday:
Baahubali 2 [Hindi] - Rs. 128 cr
Tubelight - Rs. 64.77 cr
Raees - Rs. 59.83 cr
Jolly LLB 2 - Rs. 50.46 cr
Badrinath Ki Dulhania - Rs. 43.05 cr
Kaabil - Rs. 38.87 cr
Jagga Jasoos - Rs. 33.17 cr
Half Girlfriend - Rs. 32.04 cr
Sachin - A Billion Dreams - 28.05 cr
Naam Shabana - 18.76 cr
This is where it would stay on though as Kaabil had hung on well right through and eventually enjoyed Rs. 79.6 cr in its first seven days (the film had released on a Wednesday). Jagga Jasoos would actually be competing with the first week numbers of Half Girlfriend that stood at Rs. 49.19 cr. That's the bare minimum number it needs to cross in order to be in contention for at least a fair lifetime.
