The Imtiaz Ali directorial has collected around Rs 15 crore in India, leaving Darr@The Mall far behind despite both films reportedly hitting around same number of screens i.e. approximately 800 in the country February 21. "Darr@The Mall has earned around Rs 3.5 crore in four days. Highway has collected between Rs 15 crore and Rs 15.5 crore," Rajesh Thadani of Multimedia Combines told IANS.
Puneet Sahay of Spice Cinemas says Highway, co-produced by Imtiaz and Sajid Nadiadwala, picked up well on weekend. "The occupancy on the opening day was only 42 percent. It picked up on Saturday with 78 percent occupancy. Highway did better on Sunday with 83 percent occupancy. The audience appreciated Alia's acting and also the picturisation," said Sahay and added: "On Monday, the occupancy dropped to 35 percent."
"Darr@The Mall is not doing well. It was around 20 percent in first three days and on Monday only 15 percent," he said.
It's not just the audiences, who were stunned by Alia's screen presence, megastar Amitabh Bachchan also praised the 20-year-old in his tweet.
"HtohP(Hasee Toh Phasee) and Highway... two films back to back and did not want to come away from them. Parineeti and Alia ... gems," Amitabh tweeted on February 23.
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