Though Udta Punjab is showing some decline in the weekdays, it is still maintaining decent collections that would result in a healthy first week at the Box Office. The film collected Rs. 3.40 crore more on Wednesday and with this, the collections now stand at Rs. 45.70 crore. While this means that the film won't be able to touch Rs. 50 crore at the end of first week, this is still a good number considering the kind of trouble that it had to go through pre-release. Also, till before the censor controversy broke down, such numbers would have been conveniently lapped up by the makers as the buzz wasn't super great till then.
That said all eyes are now on Sultan to bring in great numbers at the start of the second half of the year. So far in 2016, every month (barring May) has thrown in at least one clean hit/superhit. These are Airlift [January], Neerja [February], Kapoor & Sons [March], Baaghi and Ki & Ka [April] and Housefull 3 [June]. However, a blockbuster is still awaited. Fan was meant to be one such film but it flopped. Now there is good anticipation that Sultan brings in those blockbuster numbers that are pretty much needed for the industry.
So far, indications are that the Salman Khan starrer would open with the opening day collections topping the Rs. 30 crore mark. However, with still 12 more days to go for the film's release, it has to be seen how much bigger does the Ali Abbas Zafar directed film open.
The countdown begins.
