FPJ’s weekly box office column speaks of the winners, losers and threateners

Avariciously, with drool trickling along the mouth, Bollywood is collecting money with both hands this week. Like the song from Welcome to the Jungle, everyone is singing— iska paisa, mera paisa. And, like Dhamaal-4, everyone’s perpetually on a money hunt.

Akshay and Ajay are having a blast 

Akshay Kumar’s adventure-comedy, Welcome to the Jungle (WTTJ) is on its last leg. However, it refuses to die. Ajay Devgn’s crackpot-comedy, Dhamaal 4 (D4), the new mass-entertainer, has eaten into WTTJ’s share. The comic-adventure has managed a domestic collection of around 127 cr in 17 days and an overseas number of approximately 33 cr in the same period; D4, has literally toppled WTTJ in the domestic market by collecting around 65 cr just in its opening weekend in India and 14 cr overseas in the same period (3 days).

Is this the right time to rejoice?