The Lunchbox was indeed a cinematic
masterpiece, however, in terms of
audience there are few takers for such
films. Nevertheless it showed ample
promise at the box office. Despite
releasing in 400 screens approx, on its
opening day, the film recorded 1.25
crores and on its 1st Saturday, the film
made approx 2.6 crores at the box office.
The film has so far snowballed its total
collections to a cumulative of 3.85 crores
at the domestic box office.
 Featuring Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur and
Nawazuddin Siddiqui in lead roles, the
film was a winner at the International
Critics’ Week at Cannes Film Festival 2013.
The film was one of forerunners for
India’s choice for Oscar nomination this
year and in terms of box office moolah, it
has chances of faring well in the
metropolitan cities by garnering praises
from the multiplex audiences!

On the other hand The Lunchbox, for it’s
limited audience, saw stable collections
right through the weekdays and managed
to gain at least one crore every day. For
an offbeat film, it has managed to score
decently and brought in over 11 crore .
While 15 crore would be easily
surpassed, it has to be seen if the film
manages to stretch to the 20 crore mark.
For such kind of films, it is possible since
even if multiplexes run it for 2-3-4 shows
a day week after week despite arrival of
big competition, there are sustained
footfalls from the target audience, hence
resulting in decent moolah.