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Zoran009
PostPosted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 4:37 pm 
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Box-office Report

(The verdict is based on all-India collections and indicates the overall status from the date of release)
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AB TAK CHHAPAN
Cast: Nana Patekar, Revathi, Nakul Vaid, Yashpal Sharma
Director: Shimit Amin
Plus points: Strong performance by Nana, strong subject and execution, taut screenplay, resemblance to 'Satya' and 'Company
Weak points: Haywire second half, absence of young cast
Box-Office verdict: Average (hit in Mumbai)

KISMAT
Cast: Bobby Deol, Priyanka Chopra, Mohan Joshi, Raj Babbar, Ashish Vidyrathi and Kabir Bedi
Director: Guddu Dhanoa
Plus points: Strong action
Weak points: Mindless action at places, tacky production values, sub-standard music vieo directors
Box-Office verdict: Flop

TUM?
Cast: Manisha Koirala, Karan Nath, Rajat Kapoor, Netanya Singh
Director: Aruna Raje
Plus points: Interesting plot ('Unfaithful'), fine performances
Weak points: Monotonous, weak dialgue, doesn't keep you gripped
Box-Office verdict: Flop

I - PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN
Cast: Sohail Khan, Heena (Introducing)
Director: Puneet Sira
Plus points: Strong plot (Racial discrimination in the UK)
Weak points: Incorrect casting, unimpressive performances, poor music, weak dialogue
Box-Office verdict: Flop

RUDRAKSH
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty, Bipasha Basu, Ishaa Koppikar
Director: Mani Shankar
Plus points: None, whatsoever!
Weak points: Cheesy special effects, bizarre storyline, miserable acting and music
Box-Office verdict: Disaster

JAAGO
Cast: Raveena Tandon, Manoj Bajpai, Baby Hansika Motwane
Director: Mehul Kumar
Plus points: Absolutely none!
Weak points: Loud (brutal child rape), crude, badly acted
Box-Office verdict: Disaster

PAAP
Cast: John Abraham, Udita Goswami (Introducing)
Director: Pooja Bhatt
Plus points: Excellent music and camera work, promising debut by Udita, strong on aesthetics
Weak points: Sluggish narrative, weak male lead
Box-Office verdict: Flop

MAQBOOL
Cast: Tabu, Irrfan Khan, Pankaj Kapoor
Director: Vishal Bharadwaj
Plus points: Superlative performances by the lead cast, outstanding script, dialogues and execution
Weak points: Lacking commercial appeal, slow-paced
Box-Office verdict: Flop

WOH TERA NAAM THA
Cast: Gaurav Chanana, Arjan Bajwa, Kanchi Kaul, Shalini Pal (Introducing all)
Director: Kuku Kohli
Plus points: None
Weak points: Outmoded, poor music and direction
Box-Office verdict: Disaster

KHAKEE
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgan, Aishwarya Rai
Director: Raj Kumar Santoshi
Plus points: Technically proficient, melodious music, impressive performances by Bachchan and Kumar, tight screenplay
Weak points: Gaping lacunae in the script, predictable plot, Aishwarya Rai reduced to a second-rate moll
Box-Office verdict: Average (steady in Mumbai)


****KEEP UR SPIRITS UP RANA! till, it is DECLARED at least a HIT!!

But, imho, after a watch, it was JUST ABOVE AVERAGE affair, marginally GOOD!
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rana
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 4:49 pm 
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Arsh, Link please.

Planet Bollywood will be the first one to give Hit status to Khakee. After 4 weeks collections of Khakee, they had classified it as Above Average stating it to be Rs 2 cr away from being declared a Hit. In the 5th and 6th week, Khakee might already have made that Rs 2 cr??

Another quote that I read somewhere, last week, was:
"Khakee already would have made ther Hit status if it was not for its high price."

Rana
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Zoran009
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here u go rana:

http://www.bollyvista.com/article/s/50

*** let me repeat, my impressions r on based on my humble/ordinary and naive critical senses!!

some how, I enjoyed PUKAR and GHAYAL better than this, EVEN GHAATIK!
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Zoran009
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it stays average here too:

http://specials.rediff.com/entertai/2004/mar/02box.htm

What a comparison? if u go by BO, AB TAK CHPAN is AVERAGE too!! :baaa: ???
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Zoran009
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indiafm called it a loosing affair:

http://indiafm.com/boxoffice/top5.shtml ??? :oo: :sus:
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rana
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I find, the most honest Box Office Barometer is given @:
http://www.boxofficeindia.com/

They have declared MBBS as Hit, KHNH as Above Average, Maqbool, EHT, Aitbaar as Flops. They haven't declared status of Khakee yet as according to their criterion, it's still not known. I expect it to be at least Above Average as per their reported collections, price and Status critetrion.

Rana
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 5:43 pm 
As per
http://www.boxofficeindia.com/

Khakee all India distributor cost was 15 cr.
Distributor share in 6 weeks is 17.5 cr, making it 'Coverage' so far.

Film is still running in theatres.

If it recovers another:
1.25 cr then it will be Above Average
5 cr then it'll be Semi Hit
8.75 cr to be declared a Hit.

My guess: 5 cr in coming weeks: SEMI-HIT.

Rana

A111-All Time Blockbuster 300%+ Return

AAA-Super Duper Hit 225%-299% Return

A11-Super Hit 175%-224% Return

AA-Super Hit/Hit 125%-174% Return

A1-Hit 75%-124% Return

A-Semi Hit(Overflow) 50%-74%

BB-Above Average(Commission) 25%-49%

B1-Average(Coverage) 10-24%

B-Mixed(Coverage to Loosing)
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Anonymous wrote:
As per
http://www.boxofficeindia.com/

Khakee all India distributor cost was 15 cr. (Add ther #s = 14.7 cr)
Distributor share in 6 weeks is 17.5 cr (add their #s = 17.9 cr), making it 'Coverage' so far.

Film is still running in theatres.

If it recovers another:
1.25 cr (.5 cr as per corrected #s) then it will be Above Average
5 cr then it'll be Semi Hit (4.2 cr as per corrected #s)
8.75 cr to be declared a Hit. (7.8 cr as per corrected #s)

My guess: 5 cr in coming weeks: SEMI-HIT.

Rana

A111-All Time Blockbuster 300%+ Return

AAA-Super Duper Hit 225%-299% Return

A11-Super Hit 175%-224% Return

AA-Super Hit/Hit 125%-174% Return

A1-Hit 75%-124% Return

A-Semi Hit(Overflow) 50%-74%

BB-Above Average(Commission) 25%-49%

B1-Average(Coverage) 10-24%

B-Mixed(Coverage to Loosing)


A few corrections as per exact #s reported at http://www.boxofficeindia.com/
instead of rounding off.
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rana wrote:

Planet Bollywood will be the first one to give Hit status to Khakee. After 4 weeks collections of Khakee, they had classified it as Above Average stating it to be Rs 2 cr away from being declared a Hit. In the 5th and 6th week, Khakee might already have made that Rs 2 cr??

Another quote that I read somewhere, last week, was:
"Khakee already would have made ther Hit status if it was not for its high price."

Rana


That was after 4 weeks. Now during weeks # 5, 6 & 7, Khakee has made those Rs 2 cr but still Planetbollywood has shied away from declaring it a Hit. It has come very close though.

http://www.planetbollywood.com/BoxOffic ... 205817.php

KHAKEE

7th week collection : 24,64,142 from 35 cinemas (reported)
Total for 7 weeks (calculated) 26.75 cr - 26.80 cr

Verdict - The movie is above average (as per trade classifications) or semi-hit as some say, hit in Mumbai territory, Delhi-UP, South and Rajasthan or aproximately 60- 65% of India, which is creditable for such a heavily priced action movie.

As per http://www.boxofficeindia.com/ figures too, I guess eventually it will reach their Semi-Hit category, while the present status is 'AVERAGE'.

Rana
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KHAKEE was AN AVERAGE film in my BOOKS!
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Finally, Planet Bollywood has declared it a 'Semi Hit'. Moved up from Above Average.
http://www.planetbollywood.com/BoxOffice/ratings.php

Khakhee Semi Hit PB: 7.5
Cumulative Rating: 7.79 out of 10
Rated by: 805 unique users PB: 8.0
Cumulative Rating: 8.80 out of 10
Rated by: 3639 unique users Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Pradha, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgan, Aishwarya Rai, Tusshar Kapoor, Atul Kulkarni, D. Santosh, Tanuja and Special Appearance by Lara Dutta Action packed drama from Rajkumar Santoshi!

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At Boxoffice India too, it is just shy of 1 week collections to make it to
BB (Above Average) from the last week's status of B1 (Average).
http://www.boxofficeindia.com/

It is still running in theatres. Let's see if it makes to the next category as Box Office Collections are added from the coming weeks.

Rana
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