Box Office Report:'Tanu Weds Manu' stable in average position

Box Office Report:'Tanu Weds Manu' stable in average position: Last Friday’s release Tanu Weds Manu is holding steady at the box office, even as director Vishal Bhardwaj’s much hyped 7 Khoon Maaf is breathing its last.

The ongoing Cricket World Cup has certainly taken the footfalls away from theatres, but despite that director Anand L Rai’s matrimonial comedy Tanu Weds Manu, starring Kangana Ranaut and Madhavan, has managed a fairly decent weekend at the box office.

As per trade figures, it did a business of Rs. 3.2 crore on Friday. The collections picked up and reached Rs. 4.15 crore on Saturday, but fell down on Sunday to Rs. 3.7 crore, possibly because of the India-England nail-biter in Bangalore.

The film’s first weekend figure stands at approx Rs. 11 crore nett.

On the other hand, 7 Khoon Maaf is gasping its last breath. The film’s collections fell by 80 percent after the first week collection of Rs. 15 crore nett.

Box Office Report: 'Tanu Weds Manu' gives possitive respose

Box Office Report: 'Tanu Weds Manu' gives positive response: This Friday’s release Tanu Weds Manu has taken a decent start at the box office while the last week’s release 7 Khoon Maaf is going down.

Tanu Weds Manu, starring Kangana Ranaut as a rebellious small-town girl dead against arranged marriage and Madhavan as a possible suitor hand-picked by her parents, has opened to a fairly good 40 percent response at ticket windows. Though the response was more heartening in north India than elsewhere, the film is expected to perform well over the weekend and the coming weeks because it doesn’t any stiff competition at box office.

Vishal Bhardwaj’s much hyped 7 Khoon Maaf has turned out to be a colossal disappointment. It rounded off its first week with a collection of Rs. 15 crore nett.

Likewise, Patiala House completed its two-week run at box office with a total business of Rs. 30.50 crore so far. It’s being labelled a flop.

The coming month would see no big releases from Bollywood due to the ongoing cricket world cup and also because of the examinations in schools and colleges. It’s that time of the year when the box office goes into doldrums.

Box Office Report: '7 Khoon Maaf' open with mix response

Box Office Report: '7 Khoon Maaf' open with mix response: 7 Khoon Maaf opened to mixed response from the audience; critics were also divided in their opinion. It has affected the first weekend business of the film. The murder thriller directed by Vishal Bhardwaj and starring the stunning Priyanka Chopra was expected to be a riveting watch, but the movie has got few takers.

7 Khoon Maaf did an approx business of Rs 10.25-10.50 crore during the weekend. Check out the figures: on Friday the movie could manage a mere Rs 3.30 crore. It picked up to Rs 3.35 crore on Saturday and Rs 3.75 crore approximately on Sunday. Seeing the collections, the trade pundits have raised doubts over the movie’s performance in the coming days. The film might collect Rs 15 crore from its first week.

Coming to Patiala House, the movie collected Rs 24.50 crore approx in its first week. Yeh Saali Zindagi had a decent second week of around Rs 3.25 crore approx, taking its two-week total to Rs 10.75 crore. The movie’s performance can be rated below average.

This Friday, it’s the romantic comedy Tanu Weds Manu, starring Kangana Ranaut and Madhavan, for you.

Box Office Report: ‘Patiala House’s bad response still on the way!

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Box Office Report: ‘Patiala House’s bad response still on the way!: After a slow start on Friday, Nikhil Advani’s new movie Patiala House couldn’t pick up on the weekend. As per reports, the movie collected Rs 2.75 crore approx on Monday. The film has witnessed a drop of 40-45% in its collection since Friday, and it’s been just four days.

If the movie continues to remain steady at BO, it can manage to get close to Rs 25 crore mark in its first week. But this is not a good figure for any Akshay Kumar film because most of his movies get much more than Rs 25 crore approx in their first weekend.

It’s certain that the movie is not going to be a big hit but because of its not-so-high budget, the producers can heave a sigh of relief. They are also benefitted by Akshay’s profit sharing deal and also with the rebate given by the UK government for films shot in the country.

The collections of Yeh Saali Zindagi in its second weekend were average. The film has managed to hold on at theatres in spite of the release of Patiala House. The movie is likely to do a share of around Rs 5.75 crore in its lifetime run.

This Friday, Priyanka Chopra is ready to jolt the BO with her 7 Khoon Maaf.

Box Office Report: 'Patiala House' opens with poor response

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Box Office Report: 'Patiala House' opens with poor response: Akshay Kumar’s latest film Patiala House has opened to an unexpectedly poor response at the box office.

Luck seems to have run out on Akshay Kumar, for after the failure of his Tees Maar Khan, his new release Patiala House too wasn’t able to attract many footfalls in theatres on its opening day, Friday.


The film opened to 30 to 40 percent response in multiplexes, and a dismal 10 to 20 percent occupancy at single screen theatres. This is shockingly low for a superstar whose films used to open to packed houses just two years back. The reviews by critics are mixed and so is the audience reaction to the Nikhil Advani-directed film.

Meanwhile, last week’s release Yeh Saali Zindagi rounded off its first week with a collection of Rs. 7.5 crore net. On the other hand, Madhur Bhandarkar’s Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji continued to slide down and did a business of Rs. 6 crore during its second week. The film’s collection so far is in the proximity of Rs. 27 crore.

The coming Friday would see the release of Vishal Bhardwaj’s much awaited film 7 Khoon Maaf.

Box Office Report: ‘Yeh Saali Zindagi’ vs ‘Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji’

Box Office Report: ‘Yeh Saali Zindagi’ vs ‘Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji’: Last Friday saw as many as five releases, but except Yeh Saali Zindagi no other movie could start off well at the box office. Hum Dono (Rangeen), Tum Hi Toh Ho, United Six and Utt Pataang -- all had very low collections over the weekend.

Sudhir Mishra’s dark romantic tale Yeh Saali Zindagi collected around Rs 1.10-1.20 crore approx on its first day. The movie picked up on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, it collected Rs 1.60 crore and did a business of Rs 1.75 crore aprox on Sunday. The movie is expected to collect Rs 6.50 crore approx in its first week.

Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji continues its run at the box office. Though the movie had mixed response it fared well in its first week with the collection of Rs 21 crore. But the collections are down by around 70% which is not good for the film.

Coming to Aamir Khan’s production Dhobi Ghat, the movie did the business of Rs 1.25 crore approx in its second week. The two-week total now is of around Rs 13.75 crore. The movie is not a hit.

Get ready for Akshay Kumar’s film Patiala House which is releasing coming Friday.

Box Office Report: 'Yeh Saali Zindagi' open with average start

Box Office Report: 'Yeh Saali Zindagi' open with average start: Most of the four releases this Friday -- Yeh Saali Zindagi, Utt Pataang, United Six and Hum Dono (Rangeen) -- face rejection at the box office.

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Of the four, the most promising (relatively) is director Sudhir Mishra’s rom-com crime caper Yeh Saali Zindagi, starring Irrfan Khan, Chitrangada Singh, Aditi Rao Hydari and Arunoday Singh. The film has got very positive reviews from critics and grossed around Rs. 1.20 crore on its opening day, which is below average.

Given the positive word of mouth, the collection might pick up on Saturday evening and Sunday.

On the other hand, Utt Pataang saw a very low response of about 10 percent (or even less) and grossed just a paltry sum of Rs. 10 lakh on its opening day.

The other two films - United Six and Hum Dono - fear a total washout at theatres.

Last week’s release Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji has rounded off its first week collection at a figure of Rs. 21 crore.

Box Office Report: ‘Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji’ VS ‘Dhobi Ghat’

Box Office Report: ‘Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji’ VS ‘Dhobi Ghat’: After a dull start on Friday, Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji picked up on Saturday and Sunday, but movie couldn’t do much dhamaal at the box office. This Madhur Bhandarkar film had an average first weekend of around Rs 14.50 crore approx.

Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji collected Rs 3.95 crore approx on Friday, Rs 4.85 crore approx on Saturday and Rs 5.75 crore approx on Sunday. Though it’s decent till now, as per trade reports, a big jump and good second weekend is possible for the film because there are no major releases this week except Yeh Saali Zindagi.

Coming to Dhobi Ghat, the movie collected Rs 13 crore in its first week but saw a major drop on eighth day. The movie may have to struggle to touch the Rs 15 crore mark. This Aamir Khan production though not successful in India is well received at the overseas market. The film collected around $950,000 (Rs 4.25 crore) from all the overseas market that includes United Kingdom, North America, UAE and Australia.

Another film that is doing extremely well overseas is Yamla Pagla Deewana. The collection of the movie has nearly touched $2.5 million (Rs 11.25 crore) from all markets. The movie is reportedly doing superb business in Canada which can be compared to the hits like Singh is Kinng, 3 Idiots and Mel Karade Rabba (Punjabi).

Box Office Report: 'Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji' up after down start

Box Office Report: 'Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji' up after down start: Madhur Bhandarkar’s foray into a different stream has been met with mixed response from the critics and viewers alike. Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji took a dull start at box office on Friday but picked up slightly in the evening.

The movie, starring a host of actors including Ajay Devgan, Emraan Hashmi, Omi Vaidya, Shazahn Padamsee, Shruti Haasan and Shraddha Das, saw a 40 percent response at most urban centres on Friday morning. The collections went up slightly in the evening and are expected to rise, or at least remain steady, throughout the weekend.

The fact that Ajay Devgan’s films have been doing well lately might give heart to the producers and distributors who are hopeful that the collections will rise considerably in the coming days.

On the other hand, Aamir Khan’s Dhobi Ghat rounded off its first week with a collection of Rs. 13 crore net. The film is more of an arthouse cinema and perhaps that’s why it fared shockingly low at box office compared with Aamir’s previous blockbusters.

Meanwhile, the Deol storm is continuing unabated through North India as their film Yamla Pagla Deewana is on the cusp of touching the Rs. 50 crore mark after its two weeks at theatres.

Box Office Report:‘Dhobi Ghat’ opens good in first weekend

Box Office Report:‘Dhobi Ghat’ opens good in first weekend: Now audiences are assured that if it’s an Aamir Khan production it’s worth watching. Though the Kiran Rao-directed Dhobi Ghat was not for the masses, the movie has got it takers and is doing unexpectedly well in the metros. This small-budget film has collected around Rs 8.75 crore over its first weekend.

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Dhobi Ghat with sterling performances from its cast and touching story-line is made at the cost of mere Rs 5 crore, but its weekend breakdown tells a winning story. The approx collections were Rs 2.85 crore approx on Friday, Rs 3.20 crore approx on Saturday and Rs 2.70 crore approx on Sunday.

Coming to Yamla Pagla Deewana, the movie is going great guns in the north. As per reports, it had a great second weekend with business of around Rs 8.50 crore approx. This takes the film’s collection to Rs 43 crore plus in ten days.

Rani Mukherjee and Vidya Balan continue to woo the audience with their No One Killed Jessica. The movie is running in its third week and had a decent second weekend of around Rs 6.25 crore approx which takes its two week business to Rs 25.75 crore. It is now declared a semi hit.

As every release is performing well at the BO, including Gul Panag’s Turning 30, January has begin the year in a good note for Bollywood.

Box Office Report: 'Dhobi Ghat' open with mixed response

Box Office Report: 'Dhobi Ghat' open with mixed response: Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao’s film Dhobi Ghat has opened to a mixed response at the box office. At some centres the film is doing very well; at others the response is lukewarm.

The film has opened particularly well at certain multiplexes in metros like Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore. The best response to the film bordered on 80 to 90 percent occupancy in theatres. At worst, the film got a 30 percent response. Moreover, the film picked up at box office in the evening compared to its collections in the morning.

Trade pundits feel that film has enough momentum to recover its paltry production cost of Rs. 8 crore (including publicity costs) in the first week itself. Also Wednesday (Republic Day) being a holiday will work to the film’s advantage.

On the other hand, the last week’s release Yamla Pagla Deewana rounded off the first week with a collection of Rs. 35 crore, which is way above those of some big budget productions we’ve seen in the recent past.

Of course, the favourable audience response has prompted the Deols to make the film’s sequel.

Box Office Report: ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana' vs 'No One Killed Jessica’

Box Office Report: 'Yamla Pagla Deewana' vs 'No One Killed Jessica', good going!: January chill hasn’t stopped the cine-goers from stepping out and enjoying the movies. The only condition is that the movie has to be good. If Yamla Pagla Deewana is doing extremely well in the northern belt, Bollywood lovers are having good time watching the past releases No One Killed Jessica and even Band Baaja Baaraat.

After making a heady start, Yamla Pagla Deewana fared phenomenally, especially on single screens. As per reports, the weekend business is above expectations with a figure of approximately Rs 22 crore. The movie is doing extremely well in North India but its business in Maharashtra and South India is not up to the mark.

On the other hand, No One Killed Jessica is doing good business at the multiplexes. The movie had a satisfactory second weekend collection of around Rs 19.50 crore. The collections on the weekdays were reported to be rock-steady. It stands a chance of crossing the Rs 30 crore mark.

Now let’s move to Band Baaja Baaraat - the movie continues its dream run at the box office. In its fifth week, it overtook Tees Maar Khan which is running in its third week. The fifth week collection of Band Baaja Baaraat is around Rs 1.50 crore while Tees Maar Khan collected approx Rs 1.15 crore in its third week.

This Friday, be ready to visit Dhobi Ghat as Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao bring to you a simple, sensitive, stirring movie.

Box Office Report: good opening of 'Yamla Pagla Deewana'

Box Office Report: good opening of 'Yamla Pagla Deewana': It was a forgone conclusion that Yamla Pagla Deewana, featuring the trinity of true-blue Punjabis -- Dharmendra, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol -- would set new records at theatres in Punjab.

Little surprise then that the film opened to an exceptionally good response at theatres in the north Indian state. Even in New Delhi, which has a large Punjabi population, YPD attracted a lot of footfalls to single screen theatres.

The movie, however, saw an average opening in Mumbai, particularly at multiplexes, with just about 40 percent occupancy. Single screen theatres still had a better response. The south belt too did not lap the movie as enthusiastically as the north.

Yet, YPD is expected to have a decent first weekend and if it picks up in Mumbai, might even go on to be a hit.

On the other hand, there were few takers for Turning 30, starring Gul Panag and Purab Kohli. The film opened to an average response of 20-30 percent at multiplexes. Since the film is mostly in English, it’s aimed at multiplex audiences only.

Last week’s release No One Killed Jessica is keeping steady at theatres.

Box Office Report: No One Killed Jessica vs Tees Maar Khan

Box Office Report: No One Killed Jessica vs Tees Maar Khan: The year’s first major release hasn’t disappointed the cine-goers. No One Killed Jessica took a slow start at the box office with 30-35% occupancy on its first day, but revved up and saw a good weekend business of Rs 12.50 crore approx.

The movie, which is based on the Jessica Lal murder case and stars Rani Mukherjee and Vidya Balan, is expected to do well at the multiplexes.

As per trade reports, the movie’s Friday collection was approximately Rs 3.15 crore; on Saturday the collections jumped to Rs 4.50 crore; and on Sunday it was approx Rs 4.75 crore. So the graph is going up. Let’s see how the movie will perform in the coming days, crucial to decide its box office fate.

The other releases of the week: Impatient Vivek and Vikalp were very poor with almost zilch collections. The films will go unnoticed at the box office.

Coming to Tees Maar Khan, the movie saw a heavy drop in its second week, with around Rs 10.50 crore approx business. The film has a two-week total of Rs 59.50 crore approx which makes it a semi-hit, if not a flop. Same was the trend in the overseas market too. The movie couldn’t do well in its second weekend. The film is reportedly heading for a business of around $4 to 4.25 million (Rs 18-19 crore) from all the markets abroad.

Box Office Report: 'Tees Maar Khan' performed below expectation

Box Office Report: 'Tees Maar Khan' performed below expectation: Though Tees Maar Khan got a huge opening and collected Rs 50 crore from its first week, the collection saw a heavy drop in the second weekend. This Friday’s release Bhoot And Friends witnessed just 2-3% occupancy.

Tees Maar Khan fails to lure the masses and as a result its second weekend collection fell miserably. It collected just Rs 7.25 crore approx. As per reports, the drop from first weekend was around 80%. The film’s ten-day total collection is approximately Rs 56.50 crore.

This Farah Khan film is likely to finish its second week with around Rs 60 crore approx. The distributor share will be of Rs 35 crore approx. The movie is not a flop because of its staggering opening collection. With its second weekend collection Tees Maar Khan is the sixth biggest grosser of 2010-11, but still the movie performed below expectations. Its business is disappointing for its makers.

Toonpur Ka Superrhero and Isi Life Mein had very poor collections and are out from many theatres. Over all, a dull start for the year 2011!

Box Office Report: 'Tees Maar Khan' to get 38 crores net

Box Office Report: 'Tees Maar Khan' to get 38 crores net: In a country hooked to masala entertainers, a Farah Khan film is indeed a cinematic event, and humungous expectations were attached to her film Tees Maar Khan.

The film witnessed a good opening at box office, raking in third largest first weekend collection for any Hindi movie with the business of a little over 38 crore nett. Only two films, Dabangg and 3 Idiots boast of better first weekend collection.

Starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif, TMK opened to the first day business of Rs 13 crore on Friday. It picked up marginally on Saturday, with a collection of near about Rs. 13.25 crore. The business fell on Sunday - when it should have gone up - with the film making about Rs 12 crore.

Negative reviews and word of mouth dented the movie’s collection further on Monday.

On the other hand, Ajay Devgan and Kajol’s Toonpur Ka Superrhero took a dull start on Friday but picked up slightly on Saturday and Sunday. However, the film isn’t pulling much crowd.

Normally, Christmas weekend is big for Bollywood. Since last three years, Aamir Khan has been giving hits like Taare Zameen Par, Ghajini and 3 Idiots during Xmas weekend. TMK has fallen below expectations when compared to the mammoth business that Aamir’s films did.

Box Office Report: 13.5 cr Day 1 business of 'Tees Maar Khan' in India

Box Office Report: 13.5 cr Day 1 business of 'Tees Maar Khan' in India: Tees Maar Khan embarked on a fantabulous start in India, fetching approx. Rs. 13.5 cr nett on its opening day [Friday]. The circuit-wise breakup is as follows:-

Mumbai - 4.8 cr
Delhi-U.P. - 2.85 cr
Punjab - 1.23 cr
Eastern Cicruit - 1.15 cr
C.P. - 75 lacs
C.I. - 52 lacs
Rajasthan - 75 lacs
Nizam & Andhra – 68 lacs
Mysore - 59 lacs
Tamil Nadu & Kerala - 18 lacs

The Saturday numbers are expected to be bigger than Friday. The opening weekend is expected to cross Rs. 40 cr nett.

Box Office Report: Housefull opening of 'Tees Maar Khan'

Box Office Report: House full opening of 'Tees Maar Khan': Finally, ahead of Christmas, the theatres are seeing footfalls aplenty from cinegoers, thanks to Farah Khan’s latest film Tees Maar Khan.

As the initial box office reports trickle in, it’s clear that the movie starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif has opened to a huge response at ticket windows. The advance booking of the film at many urban centres has been exceptionally well, and the film opened to packed houses almost everywhere. At places the occupancy was 90 percent, but that’s as good as housefull.

Though the film hasn’t garnered very favourable reviews, it is likely see to a good weekend, considering that Saturday and Sunday are holidays, followed by the New Year’s Eve in the coming days.

Box Office Report: new releases going fair but ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’ good

Box Office Report: new releases going fair but ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’ good: There were altogether four releases last Friday: 332 Mumbai To India, Kaalo, Mirch and Payback, and all the movies failed to lure the audiences to cinema halls.

The movies opened to almost vacant houses with 0-5% occupancy and are likely to go without being noticed at the box office. However, Band Baaja Baaraat continues its winning streak in its second week.

Band Baaja Baaraat is steady even after its first week and that comes as a pleasant surprise. It started on a dull note, but as the rave reviews poured in, the collection of the film got better. The film managed to collect approx Rs 5.25 crore approx from its first weekend and the collections were nearly Rs 4.25 crore approx over the weekdays, making the film’s first week collection to near about Rs 9.50 crore. As the second week ticked in on Friday, the movie, instead of going down, performed better in some circuits.

Now, the ten-day total business of Band Baaja Baaraat is nearly Rs 13.50 crore approx and after two weeks the film is expected to do Rs 16.50 crore plus business. However, it will see a drop with the release of Tees Maar Khan this week.

No Problem which released alongside Band Baaja Baaraat, collected Rs 22.50 crore approx from its first week but the collection dropped from Monday. The film reportedly is having a good second week run on single screens due to lack of competition, but then too the movie will be considered a flop, given the high budget on which it is made.

Now all hopes are pinned on Tees Maar Khan which is releasing on 24th December. The year 2010 was not good for Bollywood in terms of business; let’s see what magic TMK weaves at the box office.

Box Office Report: 'No Problem' & 'Band Baaja Baaraat's interesting weekend

Box Office Report: 'No Problem' & 'Band Baaja Baaraat's interesting weekend: No Problem and Band Baaja Baaraat witnessed a downtrodden opening at the crate office but in the weekend both the films beat out preferable interest. As the assessments are handy for Band Baaja Baaraat, the film is looked for to admission well in nearing days.

Though Band Baaja Baaraat opened to a downtrodden 15 20% acknowledgement it picked up over on Saturday and Sunday. On Friday it did Rs 1 crore approx interest, on Saturday it was Rs 1. 75 crore and on Sunday it administered Rs 2. 50 crore. The weekend downright was Rs 5. 25 crore approx.

No Problem too witnessed a dull opening, the movie picked up on Saturday at multiplexes and Sunday was also better. It collected Rs 4.25 crore approx from Friday, Rs 5 crore approx from Saturday and Rs 6.25 crore approx from Sunday. The weekend total was nearly of Rs 15.50 crore approx. But as the movie’s reviews are bad it’s unlikely to do better in coming days.

Coming to past releases, Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey had only Rs 4.75 crore approx in week one and is reportedly out from most of the theatres in week two. The movie is declared a disaster. Rakht Charitra 2 also joined the KHJJS league, the movie is a big flop with just Rs 2.75 crore approx business in week one.

Phas Gaye Re Obama grossed nearly Rs 2.25 crore approx in its first week. The film was steady on its weekdays, thanks to good reviews, but has limited screen space because of recent releases.