RA.One, a sci-fi movie, starring one of Bollywood's biggest actors Shah Rukh Khan, had a record two day debut after its release was timed for the mid-week holiday of Diwali.The movie made Rs625 million (Dh47 million) on October 26 and 27, Kamal Jain, chief financial officer at co-producer Eros International Media Ltd, said.
The film cost Khan's production company and Eros more than Rs850 million to make, Khan said on October 14."We are on course to make profits and so are our partners in the movie after the big turnout on the festival," Jain said. "The film's major costs were recovered before the release and the box-office numbers are giving a boost to profitability."The movie, with 3,500 visual effects, premiered in Dubai, London and Toronto last week. It is directed by Anubhav Sinha.
