For Abhishek Bachchan, Raavan is one of the most important films of his career. Its his most ambitious project to date and after duds like Drona and Delhi 6, Abhishek quite desperately is in need of a solo-hit. For Reliance Big Pictures, after suffering huge losses with Kites, they’d be hoping that Raavan goes the Rajneeti way. Both films have one thing in common, both are adaptations of popular Indian epics. Prakash Jha for Rajneeti was inspired by Mahabharatha and Mani Ratnam’s Raavan is based on Raavan. Unlike Kites and Rajneeti (both films opened to a bumper response), Raavan is likely to completely rely on word-of-mouth. If the movie is good, the WOM should be positive and the film after a good opening should hold steady during the weekdays. If the WOM is negative, Raavan is likely to go the Kites way, just that the weekend collections should be much lesser. Here’s our box office prediction for Raavan Opening Weekend If Good – 25 crores If mixed – 22 crores If bad – 20 crores Week 1 If Good – 40 crores If mixed – 35 crores If bad – 25 to 28 crores Lifetime If good – 65 to 75 crores If mixed – 50 to 55  crores If bad –  35 to 38 crores