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But the inside story seems different! The distributors of ‘Ra.One’ claim that the superhero flick has grossed over Rs. 170 crore at the BO. But, since ‘Ra.One’ is made on a humungous budget of Rs. 150 crore, it is not a hit yet.

A prominent trade analyst, while talking to a daily said that Eros, the company distributing ‘Ra.One’, will fail to recover their investment. He further adds, “Ra.One is not at all a success; forget being a hit. Those who have bought the film are going to lose money. The figures have started going down and if this continues, it’ll be difficult to match even the Rs. 100 crore figure.”

The collections of ‘Ra.One’ witnessed a considerable drop since Monday. The film’s collection on Monday was said to be “alarmingly” low. It reportedly made Rs. 92 crore in India until Sunday which includes the Tamil and Telugu versions. The original Hindi version managed a business of Rs. 84 crore. Another trade expert maintained that it can be called a success, but not a hit.

Comparing the movie to Salman Khan’s recent superhit Bodyguard and Aamir Khan’s 2009 blockbuster 3 Idiots is inevitable. But as Bodyguard was made at one-third the price of ‘Ra.One’, and it didn’t even have a 3D version, the amount of money Bodyguard earned on first four days was jaw-dropping. But the same can’t be said about ‘Ra.One’, though it surpassed the first two-day collection of Bodyguard which was about Rs 39 crore.

Coming to 3 Idiots, the movie grossed Rs. 202 crore, while the gross earnings of ‘Ra.One’ in India is about Rs 137 crore, according to recent report