After having garnered much praise and acclaim from Bollywood, the Ranveer Singh-Sonakshi Sinha starrer, Lootera has managed to impress critics as well as fans. On the day of its release, Vikramaditya Motwane's love story, collected Rs 5.15 crore. Taran Adarsh tweeted the film's weekend collection. Lootera collected approx Rs 19 cr nett in its opening weekend.— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 8, 2013 Adapted from O'Henry's short story, The Last Leaf, Lootera appears to be fairly disappointing in comparison to Vikramaditya's first directorial venture, Udaan.

Lead stars Sonakshi and Ranveer, who play Pakhi and Varun in the 1950s romantic story, show love and longing for each other. However, according to Indian Express' critic Shubhra Gupta, it's Sonakshi that seems to have won hearts in the film. Read review: Lootera Though the film, opened to a slow start, it has picked up over the weekend. Lootera shows upward trend on Sat and Sun. Sat biz was 25% to 35% up from Fri. Sunday biz strong too. Word of mouth very good.