Raaz -The Mystery Continues has done fairly well at the box office , garnering around Rs 15.8 crore in the first three days making it the first hit of 2009.

The Bhatt camp is ecstatic about its success and director Mohit Suri has already planned the third installment of the film.

“I am ecstatic, it still hasn’t sunk in,” said Suri.

For Bhatt camp’s lucky mascot Emraan Hashmi, this film was also a good break from his cliched on screen image.

“I had become a caricature of myself, the same old same Casanova image. So this was a different role,” said Hashmi.

Some of the buzz generated by the film was also thanks to actors Kangana Ranaut and Adhyayan Suman, whose off screen love story made news every other day. So much so, that there was a point when the couple had apparently refused to promote the film.

“I had started feeling insecure, it’s a pure thing for us. I didn’t want to talk about my personal life,” said Kangana. “It used to effect me initially, but then I used to say let my film come out then everyone will see,” said Adhyayan.

But all’s well that ends well, and for Mohit it’s time for a third edition of Raaz. “I have the idea, but it needs to be approved,” he said

The other competitor at the Box office was Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire. With 10 Oscar nominations, the hugely hyped movie got a 75% plus opening on Friday in multiplexes of Mumbai and Bangalore and around 70% in other metro cities. On Sunday it was around 75- 80% in many of Mumbai and Bangalore multiplexes and 75% in other metros.

Its Hindi version however couldn’t garner much response. It opened to 25% collections on Friday and didn’t see much rise on the weekend