By Ashok

'Hum Tum' opened to a good response in metros but the response was poor elsewhere. 'Police Force' opened to a poor response but it is better than 'Hum Tum' at small centers. 'Yuva' is a big disappointment at the box office with big losses for some of its distributors. A small Punjabi film, named 'Asa Nu Maan Watna Da' is making waves at the box office with a 2nd week net gross of 1 crore from 15 prints from Punjab and a North America/UK gross of 1.25 crore from 16 prints.

Here's a list of top ten for the week ending May 3oth, 2004.

1. Yuva
Number of Weeks: 1
Total Gross: 7.35 crore
Box-Office Verdict: Poor to Average first week
Bollyvista.com Review



2. Main Hoon Na
Number of Weeks: 4
Total Gross: 30.00 crore
Box-Office Verdict: Semi-Hit
Bollyvista.com Review



3. Lakeer
Number of Weeks: 2
Total Gross: 5.25 crore
Box-Office Verdict: Disaster
Bollyvista.com Review



4. Run
Number of Weeks: 2
Total Gross: 4.45 crore
Box-Office Verdict: Flop
Bollyvista.com Review



5. Uuf Kya Jaadoo Mohabbat Hai
Number of Weeks: 1
Total Gross: 50 lakhs
Box-Office Verdict: Poor first week
Bollyvista.com Review



6. Murder
Number of Weeks: 8
Total Gross: 12.40 crore
Box-Office Verdict: Hit (Superhit at places)
Bollyvista.com Review



7. Masti
Number of Weeks: 7
Total Gross: 20.20 crore
Box-Office Verdict: Above Average
Bollyvista.com Review



8. Charas
Number of Weeks: 3
Total Gross: 1.55 crore
Box-Office Verdict: Flop
Bollyvista.com Review



9. Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
Number of Weeks: 23
Total Gross: 23.35 crore
Box-Office Verdict: Hit
Bollyvista.com Review



10. Kal Ho Naa Ho
Number of Weeks: 26
Total Gross: 33.30 crore
Box-Office Verdict: Semi-Hit
Bollyvista.com Review




Note: Box-Office Verdict is based on the all India distributor returns against the price paid by the distributors.


Archives

Box Office Flash
Dateline: Saturday, May 29, 2004

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Bollywood's summer season is beginning to heat up with major releases lined up over
the next two months.

Last week's release, Mani Ratnam's Yuva is part of a multilingual project on the
scale of 20+ crores, the Hindi version of which cost around 12 crores to complete,
and which sold for 2.5 crore per territory, thereby putting the producer in table profit.

The Tamil version, labelled Aayitha Ezhuthu, starring Surya and Madhavan has
recieved bumper collections. The Hindi Yuva too has scored good opening week
numbers, with metros highlighting. 2nd week bookings however are not as positive.
In sofar as distributors of the film are concerned, the hindi version looks
to be earning proposition for some distributors while not so for others.

This week's release, Saif Ali Khan - Rani Mukherji starrer Hum Tum, made on a paltry
budget of 6-7 crores could cross bulk of its budget from just a handful of centers,
going by the bookings the film has received going into its opening weekend in Bombay,
Delhi, and Pune. Certain theaters are booked for the week.

Earlier last month Shahrukh Khan had a delayed project release in Ye Lamhe Judai
Ke. This month, it's Akshay Kumar's turn with the release of Police Force on Friday.
Opening for Police Force has been so-so but expectations will kick up a notch
with next week's release of Aan, which also stars Akhshay Kumar in the lead role.

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