Nature hits ´Mujhse Shaadi Karogi´ , ´Julie´ succeeds , ´Gayab´ looses
By: Abid
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This Friday :-
This Friday will see the release of Abbas-Mustan directed ´Taarzan-Wonder Car´ , a movie basically aimed at children and may find limited success because of them , specially in quality theatres , though the trade is not much excited about this one despite the presence of the box-office consistent Ajay Devgan , who has been roped in for an important role .
Opening of ´Mujhse Shaadi Karogi´ :-
The much hyped ´Mujhse Shaadi Karogi´ opened to a very good opening in Bombay , while the opening was outstanding outside of Bombay and Maharashtra especially U.P. , Rajasthan , C.I. , Bihar , East Punjab and South , the cricket match saw some fall on Sunday specially in Mysore circuit and Bombay city .
The floods in Maharashtra , Gujarat , Punjab , parts of Central India and the theatres strike in Calcutta on Sunday and the subsequent bandh in West Bengal have all hit the collections of the movie . But a big movie should be powerful enough to overcome all this . It now means that the trade will now have to look for another movie to break ´Main Hoon Na´ first week record and that movie in all probabilities will be Yash Chopra´s untitled Diwali release.
Verdict : - ´Mujhse Shaadi Karogi´ is bound to succeed in most parts of India and will be a safe bet for most of its distributors but the distributors in West Bengal and Mysore circuit will not find it so easy .
The movie has also done very well in the overseas(weekend) getting about 200,000 $ in USA and about £183,000 , getting the best print-average there .
Julie :-
The first week of ´Julie´ has been extraordinary and the low budget fare has turned out to be a goldmine for all its distributors .
First week collections :-
Bombay - 67,86,003 from 23 cinemas
Thane district - 5,62,424 from 2 cinemas ( 9 on F.H.)
Ahmedabad - 14,62,424 from 10 cinemas (2 unrecd.)
Pune - 16,93,492
Delhi - 57,97,461 from 13 prints (3 on F.H.) -- 70 percent
Noida - 9,27,291
Ghaziabad - 4,49,667 from 2 cinemas
Kaushambi - 5,70,936
Lucknow - 9,91,781 from 2 cinemas
Agra - 3,45,000
Allahabad - 2,79,306
Aligarh - 4,69,935
Gurgaon - 9,05,100 from 3 cinemas
Nagpur - 4,07,386 from 3 cinemas
Indore - 4,01,291 from 3 cinemas
Jaipur - 3,22,374
Hyderabad(gross) - 22,35,314 from 10 cinemas
Madras - 5,80,544 from 3 cinemas
First week collections : 2,86,37,995 from 104 cinemas (reported)
First week total (calculated) All India : 5.05 cr - 5.10 cr (240 prints)
Verdict :- ´Julie´ is above average with a potential to be semi-hit also .
´Asambhav´ :-
Despite huge reductions in its distribution price ´Asambhav´ is a loser .
First week collections : 1,32,00,763 from 88 cinemas (reported)
First week total (calculated) All India : 2.75 cr (approximately)
Our Verdict :- Flop
´Gayab´ :-
The childish movie crashed in its second week in the multiplexes as well as single screens and the distributors stand to loose about a quarter of their investments .
Second week collections: 53,71,588 from 58 cinemas (reported)
Two weeks total (calculated) All India: 5.95 cr - 6.00 cr
Verdict : - Looser for the producer and distributors .
´Garv -Pride & Honour´ :-
Though the movie is nearly at the end of its run in the Metro´s (specially Delhi city) its very stable in the interiors and decent in towns of North and Central India and a large no of prints are still in circulation there .
Second week collections :-
Bombay - 18,49,685 from 16 cinemas
Thane district - 1,95,895 from 2 cinemas (4 on F.H.)
Ahmedabad - 2,83,133 from 6 cinemas (1 unrecd.)
Delhi - 9,72,795 from 6 cinemas ( 1 on F.H.)
Noida (14 shows) - 97,712
Ghaziabad - 65,028 from 2 cinemas
Kaushambi - 1,02,410
Lucknow - 2,62,426 from 2 cinemas
Agra - 92,861
Allahabad - 4,100
Calcutta - 1,30,275
Jaipur - 69,638
Ujjain - 28,703
Hyderabad - collections undisclosed
Madras(14 shows) - 97,573
Third week collections :-
Bombay - 8,63,783 from 8 cinemas (1 on F.H.)
Thane district - 27,371 ( 5 on F.H.)
Ahmedabad - 2,09,234 from 8 cinemas ( 2 unrecd.)
Pune - 1,51,256 from 2 cinemas (1 unrecd.)
Solapur - 83,778
Delhi - 3,06,450 from 1 cinema ( 4 on F.H.)
Noida (14 shows) - 81,220
Kaushambi (14 shows) - 46,013
Lucknow - 2,80,731 from 2 cinemas
Allahabad - 1,10,895
Dehradun - 59,924
Bareilly - 69,333
Sahranpur - 1,25,000
Muzaffarnagar (total for 3 weeks) - 3,51,000
Nagpur - 54,919
Amravati 63,765
Ujjain - 1,81,462
Calcutta - 1,75,403
Jaipur - 1,81,462
Hyderabad (gross) - 2,30,736
Madras ( 14 shows) - 40,000
Third week collections : 34,14,524 from 42 cinemas (reported)
Three weeks total (calculated) All India: 15.25 cr - 15.35 cr (calculated)
Verdict : - ´Garv´ has turned out to be an average , due to its high selling prices but there are chances of getting its total up , mainly due to its business in the interiors/smaller towns .
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