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BOXOFFICE LATEST-2nd May 20.00 IST

Main Hoon Na has grossed just under 6 crore over the first three days according to Venus music the co-producers of the film.The film seems set to collect around 12 crore if collections sustain over the week.In Delhi and Mumbai combined it has picked up more than 1.75 crore over the first three days.Both cities will probably see new record collections.Many new theatre records have also been set at places like Pune,Ahmedabad,Lucknow,Kanpur,Chandigarh and Ludhiana.

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At this rate, it may cross first week records of K3G.

Rana

http://www.indiafm.com/scoop/04/may/030 ... eadline=-~ Main~Hoon~Na~box~office~update

Main Hoon Na North American Box Office update


SRK’s latest flick MAIN HOON NA has created an all-time record in the U.S. The opening weekend collections are estimated at $ 570,000 on 82 prints, with the average working out to approx. $ 6,920.

The average of the Top 5 films [weekend April 30 to May 2, 2004] in the U.S. is as follows:-

Movie Average
Mean Girls 8,670
Main Hoon Na 6,920
Man On Fire 5,020
13 Going On 30 2,900
Godsend 2,890

http://www.indiafm.com/scoop/04/may/040 ... ndex.shtml

'Main Hoon Na' costings - The actual cost



Everyone's wondering what the budget of MAIN HOON NA is like. Some say it's 25, a few put the figure at 30, while a few desk-job specialists have gone overboard in stating that the film has cost its producers 35 [ridiculous!].

You cannot make an SRK starrer within 10 crores in today's times. And if it's a well-padded film like MAIN HOON NA [cast, locations, huge sets, action scenes, production expenses, special effects], the cost is bound to be on the higher side.

The question is, did the film go over-budget? Yes, it did. Originally, SRK and director Farah Khan had estimated that the budget would touch 20, but as the film progressed, the expenses did escalate and the final budget at the time of release was Rs. 24.70 crores, inclusive of everything.

“The action scenes add up to the expenses under normal circumstances and our film was no exception,” Farah reveals, “I knew that the budget might cross 20 eventually. But after watching the film, if a section of the film industry feels that MAIN HOON NA must've cost 30 or 35 to make, that's a compliment for me [laughs].”

MHN DECLARED A HIT in 3 days.

Despite heavy cost to distributors, MHN declared a Hit in 3 days.

http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2004/may/04box.htm

Rediff alreasdy declared it a HIT.

Shah Rukh is king of the box office!
After the success of Murder and Masti, the letter 'M' has struck again.
Farah Khan's directorial debut Main Hoon Na starring Shah Rukh Khan, Sushmita Sen, Suniel Shetty, Amrita Rao and Zayed Khan has opened to a bumper response.

It remains to be seen if this big-budget entertainer will maintain a steady run at the box office.

Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates.
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Main Hoon Na

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Sushmita Sen, Suniel Shetty, Amrita Rao, Zayed Khan, Boman Irani
Director: Farah Khan
Racy entertainer!

Regular music, illogical plot.

Number of weeks: New
BO Verdict: Hit

Bardaasht

Cast: Bobby Deol, Lara Dutta, Riteish Deshmukh, Rahul Dev
Director: E Niwas
Good action sequences, decent performances.

Weak and unoriginal script.

Number of weeks: 1
BO Verdict: Flop

Shaadi Ka Laddoo

Cast: Sanjay Suri, Mandira Bedi, Divya Dutta, Aashish Chaudhry
Director: Raj Kaushal
Light-hearted film with witty dialogues, good music.

Wafer-thin plot.

Number of weeks: 1
BO Verdict: Flop

Krishna Cottage

Cast: Sohail Khan, Natassha, Ishaa Koppikar, Divya Pallat, Hitten Tejwani, Vrajesh Hirjee
Director: Santram Verma
Decent acting, catchy music.

A regular Bollywood horror flick.

Number of weeks: 2
BO Verdict: Flop

Masti

Cast: Ajay Devgan, Vivek Oberoi, Aftab Shivdasani, Riteish Deshmukh, Tara Sharma, Amrita Rao, Genelia D'Souza, Lara Dutta
Director: Indra Kumar
Good comedy, decent performances.

Crude and vulgar at times.

Number of weeks: 3
BO Verdict: Hit

Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Raveena Tandon
Director: Ritesh Nayyar
Has the usual ingredients of romance, drama, mystery.

Too outdated.

Number of weeks: 3
BO Verdict: Flop

Murder

Cast: Mallika Sherawat, Emraan Hashmi, Ashmit Patel
Director: Anurag Basu
Good music.

The many steamy scenes will not bring in family audiences.

Number of weeks: 4
BO Verdict: Hit

Hawas

Cast: Meghna Naidu, Tarun Arora, Shavar Ali
Director: Karan Razdan
Good performances, realistic story.

Title will not bring in family audiences.

Number of weeks: 5
BO Verdict: Average

Good for u rana!! Khakee na sahi, MHN he SAHI, HIT TOU MILI!!!

MAIN HOON NA - #2 in US Box Office (per indiatimes.com & indiafm.com)

I am having trouble confirming the accuracy of the indiafm/indiatimes reports. (I suspect DEVDAS & K3G would have also enjoyed high US Box Office rankings if receipts had been reported properly.)

http://indiafm.com/scoop/04/may/0305mai ... ndex.shtml
http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/656758.cms


problem/note:
*VARIETY and HOLLYWOOD REPORTER do not list MAIN HOON NA amongst the top weekend grossers.
(In fact - MHN does not appear in Variety's Top 128 weekend grossers)


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http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout ... &dept=Film

Hollywood Reporter & Exhibitor Relations rpts listed in IMDB.com:
http://imdb.com/chart/

MHN released with only 82 prints in North America, so no way it can compete with collections even from low profile main stream films that release with over 200 prints and big ones with close to 1000 prints or may be even more.

MHN collections were ranked # 2, for the past weekend, based on "Collection per Screen" Average.

Rana

I think they're breaking out the champagne bottles a little too quickly on that. Unfortunately the "Main Hoon Na" per screen average is a bit on the low side, esp. the comparison in print count. Usually with such a small print count (82) you'd have to hit around $10,000 in order to be declared at least a "hit." Western films that open on a few screens can generate up to $30,000 per screen or higher for "super hit." It's a good figure nonetheless, just not spectacular. I'm wondering which markets were the ones that dragged the average down. In Manhattan, it was nearly sold out Friday night on 2 screens. Are they counting per venue or per print?

I DONT think, MHN figures from US are GENUINE!! I have seen more FLOCKS on NEW FILMS than MHN, on SECOND DAY of RELEASE!

Yes, there is a difference between "Per Print" and "Per screen".

Indiafm seems to have reported Per Print #s. It's only slightly off from Big Main Stream film "MEAN GIRLS", both in their first week.

Marketing the film to South Asians alone can't bring bring any bigger collections. Whenever I go to see any main stream film, I rarely find theatres even 20% full. In case of MHN matinee show, where I saw this film, there were just about 100 viewers in a theatre with a capacity of 170 only. This attendance was much better than Mean Girls running in adjoining theatre.

BTW, One theatre can have 5 showings of Mean Girls and only 3 shows of MHN due to film length. Another reason, Mean Girls could bring in 40% bigger collections, where as it fetched only 20% more (per print) than MHN.

Here are some typical Opening weekend collections from US:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/we ... =12&p=.htm

All Time Opening Weekend US Box Office by month:

JAN:
Star Wars $ 17,000
(She's All That $ 7,000)

Feb:
Passion $ 28,000

Mar
Ice Age $ 14,000

April
Anger Management $12,000
(Mean Girls $ 8,600)
(MHN $ 7,000)

May
Spiderman $ 32,000
(13 more films with over $ 15,000)

June
Hulk $ 17,000
(Many more films with over $ 12,000)

July
Austin Powers $ 22,000

Aug
Rush Hour 2 $ 22,000

Sep
Sweet Home Alabama $ 11,000

Oct
Scary Movie 3 $ 14,000

Nov
Harry Potter $ 25,000

Dec
LOTR $ 20,000

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Then, MHN in April collecting $ 7000 per print is not bad. $ 15,000 - 30,000 per print must be with multi screens with same film print and with super capacity theatres. For super capacity theatres, you need to spend a Ton on publicity as well.

Rana

Theatre, I was in, was NOT SUPER CAPACITY, but was half to 2/3rd EMPTY!

The same in my case. But, that's the norm here. I don't even want to enter a theatre that's more than 60% full anyway. Neither do I, or any one else, want to sit in the front few rows or on a seat next to someone else from another group.

Theatre where I saw this film had just 170 seats (But humongous screen; over 40 ft) of wwhich take out 50 seats in the first 3 rows and you have 120 seats. For 120 good seats, attendance of 100 is not bad, generating $ 1000 for a matinnee show.

If matinee show gets $ 1000, expect $ 2000 for the evening shows. Not bad, $ 5000 per day on the opening weekend.

That was again, Quite a CONSOLATION for me too, indeed it was a MAINSTREAM theatre with big screen/comfortable seats, with option to sit 3/3rd up the theatre in the middle of row(my choice) and ofcourse we were earlier to do that!DECENT sound!

Film starts on time/ends on time! Theatre is cleaned after a show!
No interval, but people could go to rest room, during post interval, EROS trailors, they must have missed DEV/KHGN!

No Dhaka Pael, no long lines!!

But it was NO CRAZE like DEVDAS! imho..

FILM is playing in 3 theatres simeltaneously in about 50-60 miles area!

But ofcourse, no CHAI/SAMOSA, next time, I'll tame my own, THERMOS/SAMOSAS!!

Good points, arsh and rana. Yeah that's where the confusion sometimes lies, especially with theatres that use interlocking to link multiple auditoriums to the same film print. I saw the film at a theater that ran it on two screens, but I think that they probably had 2 prints. $7000/per print, per auditorium is more comparable than the big blockbusters that interlock like mad for the $10000-plus figures. If they tried interlocking here, I dunno how long that will last before the film breaks! I remember seeing "Kal Ho Na Ho" a few weeks into its run and they were already having major problems with uneven film running through the projector.