New Delhi, Aug 3 - Love is immortal. Ask Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone whose recently released 'Love Aaj Kal' has sent the cash registers ringing, raking in Rs.8 crore (Rs.80 million) on its opening day. And experts say the movie has tremendous box office potenial.

'The response to the film has been amazing and we have had jam-packed houses over the weekend. While we had an occupancy of 98 percent on the first day (Friday), the weekend has been house full with 100 percent occupancy. It's an entertaining movie and worth watching once,' Amit Awasthi, manager programming and operations of Spice Cinemas, Noida told IANS.

'We are running 25 shows for the movie in a day and have already collected Rs.16,56,000 over the first weekend. In fact, we've already sold 2500 tickets even today. The movie is going strong and is expected to get more business with Rakshabandhan (Aug 5) coming and is going to stay on until 'Kaminey' releases Aug 14,' he added.

A source from PVR Cinemas echoed the same sentiment and said: 'The reaction to the movie is very good and people have really liked the movie. We are expecting more footfall coming in the way it has been over the weekend.'

Directed by Imtiaz Ali, the movie has been co-produced by Saif and his friend Dinesh Vijan along with Sunil A. Lulla under their banners Illuminati Films and Eros International respectively.