Haunted 3D Emerges Major Success

Haunted has emerged the fourth major winner of the year after Yamla Pagla Deewana, Tanu Weds Manu and No One Killed Jessica.

Mahakshay and Twinkle Bajpai in Haunted-3D

The film has help up strongly in its second weekend as it grossed over 3.50 crore nett. The ten day total is around 18 crore and two weeks will end up at around 20 crore nett. The drop from first weekend to second weekend is just 55%.

The success has come in the form of strong business in single screens. The film had a small multiplex release with 4-5 shows on average and its after a long time that a film has grossed this high with that sort of multiplex release.

The film is excellent at B centres across the country especially CP Berar and CI. A centre like Bhopal recorded nearly 30 lakhs business in week one which is similar to the first week billing of a big film like Thank You from Bhopal.

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Fast & Furious 5 Box Office Hit

Band Baaja Baaraat Has Extraordinary Week 15

Anuska Sharma And Ranveer Sing

 Band Baaja Baaraat has had an extraordinary fifteenth week in which it collected 40 lakhs nett approx.

The fifteenth week collections are the third highest in the last ten years. Only two films have had a better week fifteen and they are Gadar in 2001 and Vivah in 2006 and the former is the biggest hit of the last decade whereas the latter is probably the biggest small budget hit of the last decade. This puts Band Baaja Baaraat in great company as far as sustaining business is concerned.

Gadar collected 75 lakhs nett approx in its 15th week while Vivah collected 45 lakhs nett approx. The only other recent films to have any worthwhile collections in week 15 was Lage Raho Munnabhai which collected around 5 lakhs nett and Taare Zameen Par with around 8 lakhs (both films were tax free).

Other blockbusters like Three Idiots, Dabangg, Ghajini, Golmaal 3 Rajneeti, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Dhoom 2, Om Shanti Om and Welcome have had negligible collections in week 15 if still running at the theatres.

7 Khoon Maaf gets Mixed Reviews and Mixed Performance at Boxoffice

While Priyanka Chopra’s performance has been given a thumbs up, not all critics are happy with the flow of the film. While some say the movie loses its grip after the first hour, others feel the intense study of grief and grime is successful in touching the soul. 
Says Taran Adarsh (Bollywood Hungama), "7 Khoon Maaf works in parts. A few stories – involving Neil Nitin Mukesh, John Abraham, Irrfan Khan and Annu Kapoor – are absorbing, while at least two could’ve been better narrated – Naseeruddin Shah and Aleksandr Dyachenko. The unfortunate part is that the uninteresting ones come in the latter half and coupled with its excessive length, the impact generated by a captivating first hour gets diluted in the process. Even the culmination doesn’t sweep you off your feet." 



"This is a tough story to pull off and despite the voluminous talent on display here – from director-co-writer-composer Vishal Bhardwaj to Priyanka to co-stars like Irrfan Khan and Naseeruddin Shah – the film stumbles and fumbles." feels Anupama Chopra (NDTV). 
Nikhal Kazmi (Times of India) warns the film is not for someone who’s just looking for entertainment, rather it has many layers to it. Says she, "7 Khoon Maaf is an intensely dark film which unfolds in shadows and silhouettes. So, if you aren’t mistakenly looking for entertainment here, you are going to love this half-lit canvas of crime and punishment which lays bare the innermost recesses of a tortured soul. Vishal never once slips and lets go of his hold on this intense study of grief and grime. From the very first shot, which explodes with a grimacing Priyanka pulling the trigger on God-knows-who, the director inexorably draws you into this welter of passion and crime. All the death play takes place in semi-darkness: an almost outward pouring of an evil soul."

Performances 
"Amongst the remaining cast, Annu Kapoor leaves the maximum impact. He’s simply outstanding! John doesn’t really get much scope, Neil is effective, Irrfan is wonderfully restrained, Naseer is believable and Aleksandr is passable. Vivaan Shah, who narrates the story of Susanna, is a talent to watch out for. Though it’s his maiden film as an actor, it doesn’t seem like one. He is not your regular debutant and that’s what makes his character appear so real. Konkona Sen Sharma does well. Usha Uthup and the two male helps are good," says Taran Adarsh.

Box Office Performance 

Saat Khoon Maaf started on the lower side as most would expect. The opening was around 30-35% on average at multiplexes and 15-20% at single screens.

An interesting comparison will be No One Killed Jessica released a few weeks back which started lowly but picked up in the evening and went on to do well at the box office. That film was also heroine orientated and had a similar release though Saat Khoon Maaf does have the presence of known male stars in small roles while No One Killed Jessica had no male leads.

Saat Khoon Maaf will not score in single screens and will be dependent on multiplex business in the big cities.

Akshay Kumar Starrers Opening Days 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Patiala House is one of worst openers of Akshay Kumar in recent years. Below are the first day figures for Akshay Kumar starrers over last three years.

Tashan (2008) - 3.50 crore nett

Opening Note: ABOVE AVERAGE (very limited multiplex release)

Singh Is Kinng (2008) - 7.24 crore nett

Opening Note: BUMPER

Chandni Chowk To China (2009) - 5.57 crore nett

Opening Note: ABOVE AVERAGE

Tasveer 8x10 (2009) - 1.75 crore nett

Opening Note: POOR

Kambakkht Ishq (2009) - 7.42 crore nett

Opening Note: EXCELLENT

De Dana Dan (2009) - 6.13 crore nett

Opening Note: GOOD

Housefull (2010) - 9.32 crore nett

Opening Note: EXCELLENT

Khatta Meetha (2010) - 6.88 crore

Opening Note: GOOD

Action Replayy  (2010) - 2.60 crore nett

Opening Note: POOR

Tees Maar Khan (2010) - 12.82 crore nett

Opening Note: BUMPER

Patiala House (2011) - 4.14 crore nett

Opening Note: POOR

Vijay Kaavalan Movie Beats ‘Aadukalam’ and ‘Siruthai’

Vijay in Kaavalan

It might have been a bleak scenario for Vijay’s ‘Kaavalan’ as it didn’t open on Pongal day unlike Dhanush’s ‘Aadukalam’ and Karthi’s ‘Siruthai’. The producers of ‘Aadukalam’ and ‘Siruthai’ were on cloud nine as they had a good opening and quite confident that they can spin more profits as Vijay’s ‘Kaavalan’ had some worst problems that would keep it away from release.

Unexpectedly Aascar Ravichandran jumped into the picture getting the film out of cans. Now according to the trade reports, it has been revealed that ‘Kaavalan’ has fully occupancy in many theatres while the collections have dropped down for ‘Aadukalam’ and ‘Siruthai’. Producer K.E. Gnanavel Raja isn’t happy with the results as the theatres are empty and didn’t witness a good business as his previous movies ‘Singam’ and ‘Naan Mahaan Alla’.

A Fantastic Start To 2011

2011 is one of the biggest years ever with the amount of big releases lined up and it is got off to a fantastic start with both the major releases so far this year (Yamla Pagla Deewana and No One Killed Jessica) doing very well.

There has never been a year that has yielded two successive winners in the first two weeks of January. It is normally one of the worst months of the year where even big budget extravaganzas struggle.

Both Yamla Pagla Deewana and No One Killed Jessica carried good pre-release reports and both managed to live up to the reports. In some circuits the films are huge hits, No One Killed Jessica is a super hit in Mysore while Yamla Pag Deewana will emerge an blockbuster in East Punjab and Super Hit in Delhi/UP.

Band Baaja Baaraat 5th Week Scores Over Tees Maar Khan 3rd Week

A Still From Band Baaja Baaraat

Band Baaja Baaraat is continued its strong run at the box office as in its fifth week it overtook Tees Maar Khan which was running in its third week.

Band Baaja Baaraat in its fifth week collected around 1.50 crore nett while had Tees Maar Khan had approx collections of 1.15 crore nett in its third week.

Band Baaja Baaraat has been on a strong run for five weeks now, its weekly collections are as follows.

Week One - 8.32 crore

Week Two - 6.82 crore

Week Three - 1.79 crore

Week Four - 3.01 crore

Week Five - 1.50 crore approx

Five Week Total - 21.44 crore approx

No One Killed Jessica Box Office Report – Rocks

Rani Mukerji &  Vidya Balan

No One Killed Jessica, the first release of 2011, opened quite well at major multiplexes across the country. The morning shows were in the 45% to 50% range, which is on the higher side considering heroine-oriented films, generally, don’t open too well. The business showed vast improvement in the noon shows and the evening and night shows are expected to fare much better.

In fact, the show-wise improvement has been tremendous at various places, with the theatre occupancy showing a really big jump. No One Killed Jessica enjoys excellent reports and is expected to have a robust opening weekend.

In terms of costing, UTV should make good profits on this one, since the revenue from the Satellite Rights have already recovered a substantial sum of the investment.

First Day: Tees Maar Khan v Dabangg v Three Idiots

Dabangg is undisputed champion as far as the biggest first day goes while Tees Maar Khan and Three Idiots have similar first day numbers. The territorial breakdown for all three films is as follows. Circuit record holders are in bold.

Mumbai Circuit

Tees Maar Khan - 4.70 crore

Dabanng - 5.14 crore

Three Idiots -5.31 crore

Delhi/UP

Tees Maar Khan - 2.85 crore

Dabanng - 3.21 crore

Three Idiots - 2.36 crore

East Punjab

Tees Maar Khan - 1.20 crore

Dabanng - 1.39 crore

Three Idiots - 1.10 cror

West Bengal Tees Maar Khan - 53 lakhs Dabanng - 62 lakhs Three Idiots - 75 lakhs Bihar Tees Maar Khan - 26 lakhs Dabanng - 32 lakhs Three Idiots - 15 lakhs Assam/Orissa Tees Maar Khan - 18 lakhs Dabanng - 18 lakhs Three Idiots - 12 lakhs CP Berar Tees Maar Khan - 69 lakhs Dabanng - 89 lakhs Three Idiots - 55 lakhs CI Tees Maar Khan - 49 lakhs Dabanng - 62 lakhs Three Idiots - 47 lakhs Rajasthan Tees Maar Khan - 75 lakhs Dabanng - 80 lakhs Three Idiots - 68 lakhs Nizam/Andhra Tees Maar Khan - 68 lakhs Dabanng - 55 lakhs Three Idiots - 70 lakhs Mysore Tees Maar Khan - 58 lakhs Dabanng - 50 lakhs Three Idiots - 57 lakhs Note - My Name Is Khan holds circuit record at 65 lakhs Tamil Nadu/Kerala Tees Maar Khan - 15 lakhs Dabanng - 22 lakhs Three Idiots - 20 lakhs Note - Ghajini holds circuit record at 25 lakhs All India Tees Maar Khan - 13.06 crore Dabanng - 14.45 crore Three Idiots - 12.96 crore By- Boxofficeindia.Com Trade Network

Top Grosser 2010 UAE

There is one major 2010 release left in Tees Maar Khan and UAE has been the best overseas market in 2010 with two films in My Name is Khan and Dabangg being amongst the top five ever in UAE. Tees Maar Khan will be a hoping for a top three spot as well if the film manages acceptance. The top grossers in UAE in 2010 is as follows.

1. My Name Is Khan -$2,700,000

2. Dabangg - $2,000,000

3. Golmaal 3 - $1,350,000

4. Kites - $1,150,000

5. Housefull - $800,000

6. Raajneeti - $660,000

7. I Hate Luv Storys - $600,000

8. Guzaarish - $575,000

9. Anjaana Anjaani - $550,000

10. Raavan - $525,000

Dabangg Grosses 10.75 Crore Over Third Weekend

Dabangg grossed around 10.75 crore nett over its third weekend taking its seventeen day business to nearly 127 crore nett.

The weekday business should add another 5-6 crore nett for 132-133 crore nett total after three weeks.

The film is still performing phenomenally well all over in its third weekend as Mumbai grossed 4 crore nett while Delhi/UP business was nearly 2.75 crore nett and East Punjab around 1 crore nett. Single screens across the country are holding up extraordinarily well.

DABANGG Is 17th ALL TIME BLOCKBUSTER

Dabangg is the 17th all time blockbuster in the history of Hindi cinema. The last three years have seen an all time blockbuster every year reminding one of the 1993-2001 period when there was an all timer nearly every year. Dabangg is likely to do a distributor share of 80 crore. Below are the seventeen all time blockbusters and Salman Khan has four films in the list.

Kismet (1943)

Rattan (1944)

Mother India (1957)

Mughal - E - Azam (1960)

Jai Santoshi Maa (1975)

Sholay (1975)

Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)

Maine Pyaar Kiya (1989)

Aankhen (1993)

Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (1994)

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)

Raja Hindustani (1996)

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)

Gadar Ek Prem Katha (2001)

Ghajini (2008)

Three Idiots (2009)

DABANGG (2010)

Dabangg Has Huge Second Weekend-Box Office Report

Dabangg continued its huge box office run over its second weekend with around 24 crore nett over its second weekend.

The Friday business was 6.50 crore nett and Saturday was 7.75 crore nett while the Sunday business is likely to come in anywhere between 9.50 -10.50 crore nett.

This takes the film to a 105 crore nett plus total in just 10 days and a distributor share of 62-63 crore making it the second highest domestic earner in just ten days. In circuits like Delhi/UP, Bihar, CP Berar and Rajasthan it may well end up the highest earner ever. The lifetime share seems to be heading towards 75 crore but if it remains steady over the weekdays this week it may do more than 75 crore nett.

Yogaraj Bhat's Pancharangi rocking Box Office

Pancharangi Movie Poster

Kannada movie Pancharangi, which released on 3rd September, has now become a jackpot for Yogaraj Bhat, who is the producer and director of the movie. Actors Diganth, Nidhi Subbaiah, Ananth Nag, and Priyanka are playing the main roles in the movie.

Co-producer K Subramanya is also enjoying the success of the movie Pancharangi in its first week. The producers have earned around Rs.1.5 crores from all the theatres in Karnataka even in the first week of its run. The industry sources claim that this amount earned is besides the theater rent.

The calculations of Gandhinagar experts say that movie can go on collecting around Rs 5 crore during the second week. Pancharangi has received tremendous response in the first week and the same is expected to continue in the second week too. The good news for producer-director Bhat is that the collections have not fallen yet.

The lead actors Diganth and Nidhi Subbaiah have been applauded for their performance. The songs and dialogues in the movie have been appreciated too. People from all age groups, starting from youth to elders and family audience have been flocking the theaters.

The television  rights of Pancharangi are sure to earn the expenditures involved in making the movie. Yogaraj is always known to make interesting movies. Hope the successful journey of the movie continues!

81.50 Crore Nett Week One For Dabangg

Dabangg grossed 81.50 crore nett approx as per early estimates over its first week after its Thursday looks to be coming in around the 6 crore nett mark.

The film has smashed the first week record of Three Idiots even if we include the paid previews of that film.

The film has set new first week circuit records in Delhi/UP, East Punjab, Bihar, CP Berar, CI, Rajasthan, Assam and Orissa while in Mumbai, West Bengal, Nizam/Andhra, Mysore and Tamil Nadu/Kerala the records of Three Idiots have held up. The collections over the second weekend should also be very good.

Dabangg Weekend : The Historic All India Territorial Breakdown

Dabangg is a box office juggernaut and the complete historic weekend all India territorial breakdown is as follows. Apart from Nizam and Mysore all are circuit records by a distance.

Mumbai city - 5.23 crore

Thane - 2.34 crore

Gujarat - 4.72 crore

Saurashtra - 1.16 crore

Maharashtra/Goa - 3.64 crore

Karnataka - 35 lakhs

Mumbai Circuit - 17.44 crore

Delhi/UP - 10.98 crore

East Punjab - 4.43 crore

West Bengal - 2.35 crore

Bihar - 1.07 crore

CP Berar - 2.85 crore

CI - 1.98 crore

Rajasthan - 2.65 crore

Nizam/Andhra - 1.88 crore

Mysore - 1.75 crore

Tamil Nadu/Kerala - 88 lakhs

Assam/Orissa - 85 lakhs

ALL INDIA - 49.11 crore

49 Crore Weekend For Dabangg

Dabangg has obliterated all weekend collections to shreds by collecting around 49 crore nett as per early estimates. The final figure may come in a bit lower or a bit higher but it does not matter as the film industry has seen nothing like this before over the first weekend.

Three Idiots had a 38 crore nett three day weekend which was looked at as being earth shattering numbers but Dabangg has made those collections look small.

Dabangg has broken every record in the book be it single screen or multiplex in every centre be it A,B, C or D centre. Mass circuit like Bihar or class circuit like Mysore its the same everywhere.

CI the industry barometer for single screen business had a 1.98 crore nett weekend (Three Idiots - 1.36 crore nett) while East Punjab the barometer for multiplex business was 4.43 crore nett (Three Idiots - 3.22 crore nett).

Top All Time Domestic Grossers In Bollywood

1. Three Idiots (2009) - 270 crore

2. Ghajini (2008) - 155 crore

3. Gadar (2001) - 130 crore

4. Raajneeti (2010) - 124 crore

5. Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (1994) - 123 crore

6. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) - 117 crore

7. Dhoom 2 (2006) - 112 crore

8. Om Shanti Om (2007) - 110 crore

9. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)- 106 crore

10. Welcome (2007) - 98 crore

Top All Time Worldwide Grossers in Bollywood

1. Three Idiots (2009) - 340 crore

2. Ghajini (2008) - 190 crore

3. My Name Is Khan (2010) - 183 crore

4. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) - 158 crore

5. Dhoom 2 (2006) - 150 crore

6. Om Shanti Om (2007) - 148 crore

7. Raajneeti (2010) - 143 crore

8. Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (1994) - 135 crore

9. Gadar (2001) - 135 crore

10. Singh Is Kinng (2008) - 125 crore