Sunny Leone’s Ek Paheli Leela hits box office

Few months back, the trailer of `Ek Paheli Leela` broke all records and gathered over 12 million views on YouTube.
Despite mixed response from the critics, Sunny Leone starrer's box-office collection on the opening day has done good business.
It has raked in over Rs 5.30 crore on the opening day itself and the figures are expected to rise over the weekend, reports Zeenews.
Interestingly, despite no big star names in `....Leela`, Sunny's movie has left Anushka Sharma's `NH10` and `Detective Bymokesh Bakshy` far behind at the Box-Office.
Sunny Leone surprised everyone with her latest release, Ek paheli Leela. The porn star-turned actress’ sexiness was the only talent of hers put to show in her previous movies, but with her convincing performance as Leela- a Rajasthani damsel- Sunny has turned the tables around, reports bollywoodlife.com.
Owing to low expectation, Ek Paheli Leela, received a slow start in the morning shows, but as reviews started to pour in, the film picked up at the box office and finished off day 1 at Rs 5.30 crores, reports zeenews.
The film maintained its game on day 2 and brought in another Rs 5.20 crores making a total of Rs 10.50 crores.
According to trade analyst Komal Nahta, EPK is expected to finish its first weekend at Rs 14-15 crores aprox, reports bollywoodlife.com.
The Bobby Khan directorial, which also stars Jay Bhanushali as the lead opposite Sunny, is a reincarnation drama of a love triangle between Sunny, Jay and Mohit Ahlawat.