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Race has recorded phenomenal collections over the weekend. The figures are similar to last years Om Shanti Om which was released on Diwali.
Race collected a massive 22 crore nett in India over its first three days. The gross amounts to nearly 35 crore. The film has done extraordinary well in all circuits. The film may well end the week with collections in the region of 35-40 crore nett.
The three day territorial breakdown is as follows
Race (First Weekend-Three Days)
Mumbai-9.50 crore
Delhi/UP-4.55 crore
East Punjab-1.45 crore
West Bengal-1.15 crore
Bihar-0.40 lakhs
CP Berar-75 lakhs
CI-50 lakhs
Rajasthan-90 lakhs
Nizam-1.12 crore
Mysore-1.20 crore
Tamil Nadu/Kerala-0.40 lakhs
Assam-7 lakhs
Orissa-7 lakhs
Total-22.06 crore
March 24, 2008
Race Smashes Box Office Records
March 23, 2008
Jodhaa Akbar Week Five Collections
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Jodhaa Akbar has an extremely rock steady week five. The week five total was 5.03 crore nett which includes the hindi and tamil/telugu dubbed versions. The hindi version recorded an excellent 4.33 crore excluding Bihar and with Bihar added the total will be 4.43 crore approx. Jodhaa Akbar has been extraordinary in week five with many centres seeing improvements in collections and others showing just negligable drops. The smaller circuits (Bihar, CPCI) are now super strong. The film fell just 13% in week five compared to week four. Below is a complete breakdown of all the collections excluding Bihar.
One Cinema Unless stated
Jodhaa Akbar-Week Five
Mumbai/Thane-81,18,668 from 64 cinemas
Ahmedabad-23,68,749 from 14 cinemas
Baroda-10,15,129 from 4 cinemas
Surat-9,94,658 from 5 cinemas
Anand-1,66,289 from 3 cinemas
Bharuch-1,54,665 from 2 cinemas
Vapi-38,606
Himmatnagar-99,933
Patan-52,819
Mehsana-63,647
Navsari-64,999
Valsad-24,491
Rajkot-4,12,581 from 2 cinemas
Jamnagar-1,53,725
Bhavnagar-1,09,052
Gandhidham-72,294
Adipur-15,343
Bhuj-25,742
Madhapar-15,850
Junagadh-13,772
Mithapur-3,488
Gariyadhar-2,044
Pune-20,13,068 from 9 cinemas
Solapur-30,392
Kolhapur-2,79,482 from 2 cinemas
Nasik-3,14,375 from 5 cinemas
Ahmednagar-35,574
Mohal-19,840
Tembhurni-5,813
Karmala-17,140
Vados-13,882
Kodoli-20,304
Goa-1,52,084 from 2 cinemas
Mumbai Territory-1,68,88,440 from 134 cinemas
Delhi-51,22,325 from 32 cinemas
Noida-7,85,124 from 3 cinemas
Ghaziabad-6,28,276 from 9 cinemas
Lucknow-9,14,592 from 6 cinemas
Kanpur-5,45,160 from 4 cinemas
Agra-3,03,976 from 4 cinemas
Allahabad-1,30,371 from 2 cinemas
Meerut-2,48,022 from 3 cinemas
Varanasi-2,98,785 from 3 cinemas
Bareilly-85,148
Moradabad-1,36,066 from 2 cinemas
Aligarh-55,825
Gorakhpur-1,60,508
Dehradun-1,05,665
Saharanpur-51,006
Muzaffarnagar-22,557
Jhansi-52,973
Roorkee-17,291
Etah-21,568
Mirzapur-59,808
Delhi/UP Territory-97,98,190 from 78 cinemas
Jalandhar-3,25,620 from 2 cinemas
Ludhiana-3,81,087 from 2 cinemas
Chandigarh-6,24,225 from 2 cinemas
Amritsar-1,24,770
Gurgaon-8,63,415 from 5 cinemas
Faridabad-4,15,610 from 6 cinemas
Patiala-32,360
Pathankot-34,850
Hoshiarpur-33,938
Panchkula-56,528
Panipat-1,38,569 from 2 cinemas
Hissar-87,375
Ambala-1,45,432 from 2 cinemas
Jammu-1,06,078
Abohar-50,000
Kurekshetra-62,500
Sonepat-22,221
Kotkapura-50,000
Udampur-30,000
Sangrur-18,750
Jalalabad-21,250
Ropar-21,250
Kartarpur-22,500
Garshankar-12,500
East Punjab Territory-37,28,310 from 39 cinemas
Kolkata-28,33,550 from 20 cinemas
Darjeeling-44,684
Islampur-8,855
Garia-37,915
Chittaranjan-14,301
Kalimpong-13,196
West Bengal-29,52,501 from 25 cinemas
Bihar-Pending
Nagpur-5.06,580 from 3 cinemas
Amravati-1,06,403
Raipur-2,51,688 from 2 cinemas
Jabalpur-52,920
Akola-53,126
Bhilai-50,542
Sagar-29,111
Durg-35,043
Bilaspur-51,960
Betul-24,817
Washim-38,607
Warud-19,640
Savda-19,923
CP Berar Territory-13,55,523 from 16 cinemas
Indore-8,22,964 from 5 cinemas
Bhopal-2,91,800 from 2 cinemas
Gwalior-1,74,934 from 2 cinemas
Ujjain-39,104
Ratlam-43,194
Rewa-27,303
Satna-24,229
Vidisha-19,338
Biora-7,109
Guna-17,136
Bhind-7,257
Shivpuri-18,650
Astha-17,122
Dhammod-15,331
Barwani-770
Manawar-14,995
Barwaha-18,929
CI Territory-15,60,144 from 23 cinemas
Rajasthan-Not Released
Hyderabad-18,91,026 from 5 cinemas
Aurangabad-4,23,663 from 3 cinemas
Latur-1,47,460
Secunderabad-1,41,705
Gulbarga-40,005
Vizag-2,02,450
Musheerabad-1,19,241
Nizam Territory-29,65,550 from 13 cinemas
Bangalore-17,99,829 from 6 cinemas
Mysore-64,949
Mysore Territory-18,64,788 from 7 cinemas
Chennai-10,81,690 from 6 cinemas
Assam-5,01,766 from 7 cinemas
Guwahati-2,36,350
Orissa-3,69,063 from 5 cinemas
Other Territories-21,88,869 from 19 cinemas
GRAND TOTAL-4,33,02,315 from 354 cinemas (Bihar Pending-approx 10 lakhs)
JayShah’s Saturday Box Office Column – JA has another steady week, B&W steady at lower end…
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Note all numbers are from IndiaFm
Reporting Methodology
1) New films most of the time where possible will be benchmarked against other films ‘in the same range’. The gross used for the older films will be either one’s I have computed or a BOI gross or a gross from Joginder’s column
2) Films currently playing – I will always do some trending analysis. This is always against the ‘week before’
3) To compute subsequent week grosses I will always benchmark against ‘the first week’. Before it was always the preceding week, but Week 1 is always the best base because it gives maximum centres to use
4) Going forward I will show ONE example in FULL and show the results of the remaining scenarios
New Releases
There were no notable new releases in the past week.
Past Releases
Black & White
Black & White stabalised at the lower end but due to very insignificant week one haul, the second week fall doesn’t count for much in the end. It fell approximately 50% across India to record collections in the region of 1.5-1.6Cr taking its total to 4.5-4.8Cr. The film is a flop.
Jodha Akbar
Jodha Akbar continues its rock steady run for another week. For the fourth week in a row it has shown extremely solid trending. Almost certainly it will get its first most significant fall this coming week due to the competition provided by Race.
JA Week 5 vs JA Week 4
38% Mumbai means JA fell by 38% in Mumbai in Week 5
Mumbai 38%
Ahmedabad -3%
Baroda 74%
Bharuch 75%
Himmatnagar -46%
Jamnagar 17%
Pune 91%
Nasik 92%
Delhi 52%
Ghaziabad 62%
Kaushambi 67%
Noida 74%
Aligarh 7%
Bareilly -10%
Lucknow 95%
Meerut 82%
Faridabad 93%
Indore 84%
Ujjain -9%
Nagpur 57%
Raipur 15%
Kolkatta 73%
Bangalore 93%
Chennai 89%
Trending
Week 2 drop = 40%
Week 3 drop = 39%
Week 4 drop = 34%
Week 5 drop = 35%
First note that I have ignored any centre that has fallen by more than 65% because it is likely to be under-reported. Key examples are Bangalore, Kolkatta and Noida and many more.
Mumbai is incomplete but even at 38% fall it is showing strength. Ahmedabad showed an increase in collections & Delhi’s fall is actually not 52%, it more likely to be around 20% since week four was a dodgy number. Overall I have calculated that the all-India fall is probably around 35%.
The JA Week 1 total for the above centres = 9.67Cr (ignoring any centre that has fallen by more than 65%)
The JA Week 5 total for the above centres = 1.56Cr (ignoring any centre that has fallen by more than 65%)
This means that JA’s Week 5 total is 16% of JA’s Week 1 total (1.56/9.67 = 16%)
Using my own JA Week 1 Total of 22.5-23.5Cr, the JA Week 5 Total = 16% * (22.5-23.5) = 3.6-3.8Cr
Jodha Akbar 5 Week Total = 22.5-23.5Cr(Week 1) + 13.4-14.1Cr(Week 2) + 8.2-8.5Cr(Week 3) + 5.5-5.8Cr(Week 4) + 3.6-3.8Cr(Week 5) = 53.5 – 56.0Cr
Verdict – Hit
Jodha Akbar is a clear hit for sure. The trending has been rock steady for four consecutive weeks. It will almost certainly see a big drop in the coming week, but may have a chance to pick up again depending on how Race is received from the audience. By me Jodha Akbar probably still has an outside chance of reaching 60Cr at the higher end. If it passes 58Cr comfortably, then it will earn a superhit grade. The film despite a steady opening is now on a super run since the first week. It’s remained steadier than many of the biggies from last couple of years.
Summary of the week
Jodha Akbar continues to be the number one choice for the fifth consecutive week. Black & White had a steady week amounting to very little. All eyes are on Race, the year’s second big release so far.
March 21, 2008
Race Opens To An Excellent Response
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Race has opened to an excellent response in its early shows today all over India. Race has had a huge release in terms of theatres and shows with over 800 cinemas playing the film.
Many multiplexes are giving the film 16-18-20 shows a day. The great start will ensure bumper business over the first weekend and even a decent follow through will mean huge shares in the first week.
Race is a sure shot and will emerge a universal hit at worst.
March 15, 2008
ETIG multiplex tracker : Top Multiplex hits
| Cumulative Movie Statistics For The Week Ended Mar 13 | ||||||
| Movie | Net Collection (Rs lakh) | Audience | Occupancy (%) | Weeks of Release | Ratings | |
| Taare Zameen Par | 2055.63 | 2000046 | 42.59 | 12 | Average | |
| Chakde India | 1693.34 | 1822400 | 38.01 | 29 | Average | |
| Om Shanti Om | 1597.47 | 1736624 | 28.74 | 17 | Flop | |
| Welcome | 1273.97 | 1403768 | 45.75 | 12 | Average | |
| Jodhaa Akbar | 1151.16 | 1171802 | 39.88 | 4 | Average | |
| Guru | 1125.21 | 1274772 | 47.40 | 24 | Average | |
| Partner | 1124.56 | 1302288 | 11.99 | 33 | Super Flop | |
| Heyy Babyy | 1093.57 | 1208329 | 32.39 | 28 | Flop | |
| Bhool Bhulaiyaa | 1052.78 | 1178154 | 22.40 | 15 | Flop | |
| Jab We Met | 940.13 | 1058131 | 29.44 | 19 | Flop | |
| Namastey London | 920.12 | 1122638 | 37.22 | 14 | Average | |
| Don | 883.14 | 1001252 | 48.16 | 73 | Average | |
| Tararumpum | 798.94 | 903671 | 18.56 | 9 | Flop | |
| Dhoom -2 | 790.85 | 882704 | 49.80 | 16 | Average | |
| Bhagam Bhag | 749.17 | 870856 | 42.68 | 8 | Average | |
| Dhamaal | 721.39 | 802678 | 22.59 | 9 | Flop | |
| Spiderman-3 | 698.29 | 773085 | 45.34 | 24 | Average | |
| Cheeni Kum | 646.56 | 686744 | 44.04 | 10 | Average | |
| Jhoombarabar Jhoom | 554.23 | 621358 | 33.13 | 4 | Flop | |
| Shootout at Lokhandwala | 545.41 | 639512 | 48.60 | 7 | Average | |
| Salaam-E-Ishq | 512.10 | 582179 | 37.48 | 6 | Average | |
JODHAA AKBAR- Four Weeks Big Centre Figures
Jodhaa Akbar-Four Weeks Big Centre Figures | ||||
| City | Week One | Week Two | Week Three | Week Four |
| Mumbai/Thane | 5,18,90,116 (96) | 3,28,76,599 (90) | 1,92,75,482 (75) | 99,94,152 (64) |
| Ahmedabad | 1,00,23,828 (28) | 66,20,099 (23) | 51,97,326 (18) | 24,11,308 (16) |
| Baroda | 34,23,490 (5) | 21,39,671 (5) | 15,23,910 (5) | 10,03,101 (4) |
| Surat | 50,61,870 (8) | 24,72,122 (7) | 17,23,910 (6) | 11,33,897 (5) |
| Rajkot | 12,95,006 (2) | 9,89,126 (2) | 8,09,675 (2) | 4,55,807 (2) |
| Pune | 1,31,87,897 (20) | 68,43,920 (19) | 39,83,543 (12) | 22,07,715 (8) |
| Nasik | 16,45,672 (5) | 10,24,219 (5) | 7,01,760 (5) | 3,85,902 (5) |
| Goa | 17,23,940 (6) | 8,32,890 (6) | 4,32,908 (5) | 1,95,934 (2) |
| Delhi | 2,53,28,387 (39) | 1,36,00,790 (36) | 1,09,44,392 (32) | 60,21,038 (30) |
| Noida | 34,12,109 (3) | 20,91,397 (3) | 6,99,822 (3) | 9,10,447 (3) |
| Ghaziabad | 49,23,928 (13) | 25,78,493 (13) | 7,34,929 (10) | 7,45,284 (9) |
| Lucknow | 28,10,135 (6) | 17,08,143 (6) | 7,59,433 (6) | 9,34,535 (6) |
| Kanpur | 14,97,988 (5) | 10,55,785 (5) | 4,12,988 (4) | 5,47,078 (4) |
| Agra | 10,95,185 (4) | 6,74,200 (4) | 3,33,980 (4) | 3,32,555 (4) |
| Meerut | 10,22,990 (4) | 6,35,790 (5) | 2,00,676 (4) | 2,29,565 (3) |
| Varanasi | 10,64,792 (3) | 5,93,437 (3) | 2,12,289 (3) | 3,34,049 (3) |
| Jalandhar | 9,10,400 (1) | 7,99,400 (2) | 5,88,987 (2) | 3,52,440 (2) |
| Ludhiana | 17,64,745 (3) | 11,89,611 (3) | 8,44,876 (3) | 5,62,939 (4) |
| Chandigarh | 11,14,747 (2) | 12,34,664 (2) | 8,23,029 (2) | 6,80,661 (2) |
| Gurgaon | 38,81,209 (6) | 23,02,323 (6) | 17,71,909 (6) | 9,14,728 (6) |
| Faridabad | 18,79,670 (6) | 11,06,252 (6) | 7,05,485 (6) | 4,33,886 (6) |
| Kolkata | 89,45,940 (40) | 76,08,143 (40) | 51,87,654 (35) | 32,05,467 (21) |
| Nagpur | 21,88,322 (4) | 14,79,306 (4) | 9,51,541 (4) | 5,15,294 (2) |
| Raipur | 10,23,601 (3) | 8,15,825 (3) | 4,60,334 (2) | 2,71,037 (2) |
| Indore | 39,23,929 (9) | - | 19,02,349 (8) | 9,43,889 (6) |
| Bhopal | 8,48,709 (2) | - | 6,76,950 (3) | 3,14,710 (2) |
| Hyderabad | 92,11,121 (17) | 64,45,953 (16) | 34,23,928 (8) | 20,15,275 (7) |
| Aurangabad | 17,98,260 (3) | 9,84,594 (3) | 7,15,930 (3) | 4,07,241 (3) |
| Bangalore | 1,18,10,507 (15) | 71,72,468 (15) | 50,34,829 (10) | 24,85,312 (7) |
| Chennai | 35,57,523 (8) | 26,71,913 (8) | 19,45,839 (7) | 12,63,010 (7) |
*Cinemas in Brackets
JayShah’s Saturday Box Office Column – Black & White poor plus another solid week for JA
Note all numbers are from IndiaFm
Reporting Methodology
1) New films most of the time where possible will be benchmarked against other films ‘in the same range’. The gross used for the older films will be either one’s I have computed or a BOI gross or a gross from Joginder’s column
2) Films currently playing – I will always do some trending analysis. This is always against the ‘week before’
3) To compute subsequent week grosses I will always benchmark against ‘the first week’. Before it was always the preceding week, but Week 1 is always the best base because it gives maximum centres to use
4) Going forward I will show ONE example in FULL and show the results of the remaining scenarios
New Releases
Black & White
Subhash Ghai’s Black & White opened extremely slowly with most reports suggesting 15-25% occupancy. With the added plus of tax exception in Delhi, the film has grossed around 3Cr in India. In fact the numbers posted are very similar to that of Mithya not to look ago. Like Mithya, it probably suggests Black & White did fairly decently over the weekend but it would be unlikely for this to continue to much more. It will flop unless it can hold very steady in the coming week before the next big release of the year – Abbas-Mustan’s Race.
Past Releases
Jodha Akbar
Jodha Akbar enjoyed another very stable week.
[Please note that I have picked up on a slight issue in the model this past week, but the fortunate point is each film in the past has had the same benefit. My model assumes a film that releases in X cinema’s and will continue to run in those cinema’s through its run. In fact along its run, X falls as centres are dis-continued. So for the un-reported portion in later weeks I am always showing an incremental benefit to movies. In fact this is not a lot in the end, the centres that evaporate are usually low yielding one’s so by the end of its run, a film like JA will only see a benefit of around 0.5-1.0Cr, if it makes say 55Cr. It is 1-2% overall. The main point all movies in past have seen such a benefit but only noticed the impact with JA, since the numbers with JA have been reported very well]
JA Week 4 vs JA Week 3
44% Mumbai means JA fell by 44% in Mumbai in Week 4
Mumbai 44%
Ahmedabad 54%
Baroda -124%
Bharuch -23%
Himmatnagar 58%
Bhavnagar 59%
Jamnagar 18%
Pune -352%
Nasik 17%
Delhi -4%
Kaushambi -227%
Noida -30%
Aligarh -5%
Lucknow -2345%
Mathura 79%
Faridabad -439%
Indore -10%
Ujjain 34%
Nagpur 5%
Raipur 47%
Kolkatta -118%
Bangalore -1094%
Chennai -269%
Trending
Week 2 drop = 40%
Week 3 drop = 39%
Week 4 drop = 34%
Please ignore all centres which show a rise in collections. This is because week three was vastly under-reported in half a dozen or so centres. Otherwise Mumbai/Ahmedebad are still fairly stable. Delhi of course looks like a dodgy number this week, as does Bangalore. But looking at the numbers for all major centres from week one, week two and week four – it is very clear that JA has done splendidly well in major cities.
The JA Week 1 total for the above centres = 14.62Cr (Bangalore, Delhi and Ghaziabad)
The JA Week 4 total for the above centres = 3.62Cr (Bangalore, Delhi and Ghaziabad)
This means that JA’s Week 4 total is 25% of JA’s Week 1 total (3.62/14.62 = 25%)
Using my own JA Week 1 Total of 22.5-23.5Cr, the JA Week 4 Total = 25% * (22.5-23.5) = 5.5-5.8Cr
As I suggested above, like movies in past, this is an overestimation. However, I personally feel the lower end at 5.5Cr is a reasonable figure for JA’s 4th week.
Jodha Akbar 4 Week Total = 22.5-23.5Cr(Week 1) + 13.4-14.1Cr(Week 2) + 8.2-8.5Cr(Week 3) + 5.5-5.8Cr(Week 4) = 49.9 – 52.2Cr
Verdict – Hit
Jodha Akbar is pretty much in hit range now. In fact, though the opening was good but not extra-ordinary, it’s caught up very well in subsequent weeks. Interesting to note is, taking the higher end of my range for the opening of 23.5Cr and total so far of 52.2Cr – JA has already more than doubled its first week. Further proof is, no film barring TZP and CDI has made more than JA in the fourth week in 2007 or 2008. That absolutely suggests the film is a clear winner at the box office and as stated before if it gets to 58Cr (likely considering one more clear week) then it will get a superhit tag.
Mithya
Mithya fell around 50% to record between 0.15-0.20Lakhs. Its total is now 4.9-5.2Cr and the film is an average performer.
Taare Zameen Par
TZP fell around 50% to record between 0.20-0.25Lakhs. Its total is now 58.6-60.5Cr. It is now almost certainly ending its run.
Summary of the Week
Black & White had a poor opening week and has one last chance before Race releases to rack up some moolah. Jodha Akbar continues to impress further and is now a hit. Mithya/TZP are coming to the end of their runs.
December 2007
Welcome : 65.0 - 69.4Cr (SuperDuperHit) – 9 Week Total
Taare Zameen Par : 58.6Cr – 60.5Cr (Blockbuster)
January 2008
Halla Bol : 11.6 – 12.3Cr (Flop)
Sunday : 18.1 – 19.0Cr (Below Average)
February 2008
Mithya : 4.9 – 5.2Cr (Average)
Jodha Akbar : 49.9 – 52.2Cr (Hit range)
2007 – Significant Grosses (note 10Cr+ means 10Cr-20Cr bracket)
70Cr +
Om Shanti Om
60Cr+
Chak De! India, Welcome
50Cr+
Partner, Taare Zameen Par
40Cr+
Guru, Heyy Babby, Bhool Bhulaiyaa
30Cr+
Namastey London, Tara Rum Pum, Shootout At Lokhandwala, Jab We Met
20Cr+
Dhamaal
10Cr+
Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd, Bheja Fry, Life in a Metro, Cheeni Kum
Black & White Poor, Jodhaa Akbar Strong
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26th July At Barista opened to extremely dull houses of 5% and even lower. No chance at the box office.
Black & White has fared poorly with business of around 3 crore nett in week one. The film is Tax Free in Delhi and Maharashtra so it remains to be seen if this can help.
Jodhaa Akbar is still strong as it takes its four weeks total 53.50 crore nett. It is a Blockbuster in South and Superhit in Mumbai.
Jodha Akbar Week Four Collections
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BoxOfficeIndia.Com brings a complete centre by centre total of the fourth week collections of Jodhaa Akbar with Bihar pending (figures are not available yet). This is the first time that complete centre by centre details have been put up anywhere for the general public to see of a big budget film. We will bring more such exclusive reports when possible.
Jodhaa Akbar has collected 4,99,11,371 nett from 379 cinemas with around 25 cinemas pending in Bihar. Below are the complete figures.
One Cinema Unless stated
Jodhaa Akbar-Week Four
Mumbai/Thane-99,94,152 from 64 cinemas
Ahmedabad-24,11,308 from 16 cinemas
Baroda-10,03,101 from 4 cinemas
Surat-11,33,897 from 5 cinemas
Anand-1,74,746 from 3 cinemas
Bharuch-1,62,589 from 2 cinemas
Vapi-85,595 from 2 cinemas
Himmatnagar-73,149
Patan-39,053
Dessa-40,374
Mehsana-74,121
Navsari-69,718
Bardoli-4,342
Valsad-56,192
Kapadwanj-23,487
Rajkot-4,55,807 from 2 cinemas
Jamnagar-1,84,145
Bhavnagar-96,367
Gandhidham-92,852
Adipur-20,878
Bhuj-24,645
Madhapar-20,610
Junagadh-16,114
Jasdan-7,090
Mithapur-18,957
Gariyadhar-18,466
Div-9,653
Savarkundla-10,180
Pune-22,07,715 from 8 cinemas
Solapur-39,522
Kolhapur-3,65,520 from 2 cinemas
Nasik-3,85,902 from 5 cinemas
Ahmednagar-9,160
Goa-1,95,934 from 2 cinemas
Mumbai Territory-1,95,24,799 from 137 cinemas
Delhi-60,21,038 from 30 cinemas
Noida-9,10,447 from 3 cinemas
Ghaziabad-7,45,284 from 9 cinemas
Lucknow-9,34,535 from 6 cinemas
Kanpur-5,47,078 from 4 cinemas
Agra-3,32,555 from 4 cinemas
Allahabad-1,60,318 from 2 cinemas
Meerut-2,29,565 from 3 cinemas
Varanasi-3,34,049 from 3 cinemas
Bareilly-85,208
Moradabad-1,21,173 from 2 cinemas
Aligarh-1,41,279
Gorakhpur-1,90,205
Dehradun-93,967
Saharanpur-58,609
Muzaffarnagar-33,366
Jhansi-62,025
Bulandshaher-25,333
Barabanki-24,910
Unnao-7,300
Khurja-22,850
Baraut-4,410
Deoria-62,092
Azamgarh-40,000
Pratapgarh-40,052
Ballia-25,000
Mau-30,000
Najimbad-41,000
Roorkee-72,360
Shamli-41,000
Jaunpur-70,000 from 2 cinemas
Mubarakpur-15,000
Etah-39,660
Secundrabad-20,000
Modinagar-25,000
Khalillabad-20,000
Jalalabad-15,000
Mathura-10,000
Tumkai Road-20,000
Barhalganj-22,500
Delhi/UP Territory-1,25,51,858 from 97 cinemas
Jalandhar-3,52,440 from 2 cinemas
Ludhiana-5,62,939 from 4 cinemas
Chandigarh-6,80,661 from 2 cinemas
Amritsar-1,51,257
Gurgaon-9,14,728 from 6 cinemas
Faridabad-4,33,886 from 4 cinemas
Patiala-70,530
Bhatinda-83,500
Pathankot-34,850
Hoshiarpur-54,143
Panchkula-57,945
Panipat-1,23,720 from 2 cinemas
Hissar-97,404
Ambala-1,26,934 from 2 cinemas
Jammu-1,03,791
Shimla-46,377
East Punjab Territory-39,73,930 from 33 cinemas
Kolkata-32,05,467 from 21 cinemas
Darjeeling-56,358
Islampur-10,279
Jaigaon-8,969
Bauriya-5,217
Kholapota-10,568
West Bengal-32,96,858 from 26 cinemas
Bihar-Pending
Nagpur-5,15,294 from 2 cinemas
Amravati-1,14,896
Raipur-2,71,037 from 2 cinemas
Jabalpur-50,769
Akola-63,893
Bhilai-47,538
Sagar-25,979
Durg-33,014
Bilaspur-53,286
Khandwa-6,428
Jagdalpur-15,419
Betul-27,680
Hoshangabad-1,079
Pabdhurna-9,633
Harda-24,445
Burhanpur-10,212
CP Berar Territory-12,70,601 from 18 cinemas
Indore-9,43,889 from 6 cinemas
Bhopal-3,14,710 from 2 cinemas
Gwalior-1,79,029 from 2 cinemas
Ujjain-41,253
Ratlam-50,164
Rewa-30,731
Satna-45,511
Mansor-20,291
Vidisha-20,879
Dhar-18,926
Roopkheda-6,873
Depalpur-1,100
Pachore-10,354
Biora-26,734
Guna-25,806
Bhind-17,824
Shivpuri-28,612
Astha-42,786
Dhammod-26,660
Barwani-11,257
Manawar-17,534
CI Territory-18,80,923 from 28 cinemas
Rajasthan-Not Released
Hyderabad-20,15,275 from 7 cinemas
Aurangabad-4,07,241 from 3 cinemas
Latur-1,55,913
Secunderabad-2,40,326
Gulbarga-65,864
Vizag-2,16,866
Nizam Territory-31,01,485 from 14 cinemas
Bangalore-24,85,312 from 7 cinemas
Mysore-82,176
Mysore Territory-25,67,488 from 8 cinemas
Chennai-12,63,010 from 7 cinemas
Aneshwara-96,728
Anns-71,212
Bhubaneswar-52,374
Bargarh-14,775
Jharsuguda-7,299
Madhav-3,672
Assam-2,34,359 from 5 cinemas
Other Territories-17,43,429 from 18 cinemas
GRAND TOTAL-4,99,11,371 from 379 cinemas (Bihar Pending-approx 10 lakhs)
March 10, 2008
March 9, 2008
Jodhaa Akbar Has Fantastic Week Three
Boxofficeindia.Com Trade Network
Jodhaa Akbar has recorded fantastic collections in week 3. The film only managed to do business for a few days in week three before it was banned in UP by the state governemnt. This meant the film lost business of 50 lakhs upwards for the week. After three weeks the film has crossed the 48 crore nett mark. Intially it looked the film would be a city hit but the film has turned out to be a universal hit. Jodhaa Akbar will emerge at least a hit in every circuit of India where it had a release even likes of CP Berar and CI where it has had a troubled release from day one.
The expected verdicts range from Blockbuster (Nizam, Mysore) to Super Hit (Mumbai) to Hit (Delhi/UP, East Punjab, West Bengal, Bihar, CP Berar and CI). A small circuit like Tamil Nadu is also showing near Blockbuster business with 1.05 crore nett business so far. If the film continues its strong run and adds another 3 crore+ nett in Delhi/UP then the film will emerge a Super Hit in the domestic market.
Jodhaa Akbar-Week Three
Mumbai-4.25 crore
Delhi/UP-1.70 crore
East Punjab-0.65 lakhs
West Bengal-0.55 lakhs
Bihar-Pending
CP Berar-28 lakhs
CI-27 lakhs
Rajasthan-Not Released
Nizam-52 lakhs
Mysore-55 lakhs
Tamil Nadu-30 lakhs
Kerala-Pending
Orissa-Pending
Assam-Pending
The film has collected 9.07 crore in week three with figures not available yet from a few areas. We can expect another 30 lakhs approx to be added when all collections come in giving the film around 9.35-9.40 crore nett business in week three.
This is also the first time that the film showed very good collections on the weekdays as its third weekend added 6.20 crore and the weekdays added a further 3 crore.
February 28, 2008
Business Talk With Taran Adarsh
A neat profitFebruary 28, 2008 - 09:09 IST
At the commencement of 2008, a few people had opined that there would be a scarcity of new releases in the months to come. A clear picture vis-à-vis the flow of releases can never be ascertained at the very commencement of the year, since a producer has to keep a lot of factors in mind before he locks the release date. Also, he has to consult his distributors/financiers before he decides on a date.As things stand today, the flow of films in 2008 is heavy and an equal number of films should be added to this exhaustive list as the year progresses. I foresee, 2/3/4 significant films clashing week after week, starting April this year. Although no one wants a clash, it's difficult to avert clashes in the coming weeks looking at the mass production happening in Mumbai. I've often been asked, will things change for better in 2008? Also, which genre would rule the box-office this year? As an optimist, I look forward to every film that's slated for release. I've always maintained that box-office is most unpredictable and that's the beauty of this business. There's no rule that only biggies would attract big crowds. As for the genre, any story well told will find its audience. Let's not forget, the viewer wants to listen to a gripping story unfold on screen. Rest everything is secondary!
So what's the verdict on JODHAA AKBAR? Like always, the opinions are divided. UTV calls it a success, since the money invested and the money recovered proves that it's a profitable venture. I endorse their viewpoint completely. But the pessimists continue to indulge in malicious propaganda [do they have an agenda?] that it's not working at so-and-so small centre. But aren't we forgetting that even CHAK DE INDIA and TAARE ZAMEEN PAR weren't as strong at some smaller centres? If one were to go by this obnoxious theory, we should've called these two films flops as well. Since UTV are the producers and distributors of JODHAA AKBAR, what matters is what money they eventually recover. If the cost is Rs. 50 cr. and the recovery is in the range of Rs. 70 cr., what would you call it? A flop? If that's a flop, will someone please explain the definition of a Hit to me? As for UTV, they're laughing all the way to the bank… and also at the zilch business sense of a few negative souls.
February 25, 2008
Jodhaa Akbar Emerges First Hit Of 2008
Jodhaa Akbar Emerges First Hit Of 2008
Monday 25th February 2008 12.00 ISTBoxofficeindia.Com Trade NetworkAfter 2008 seeing failure after failure there is relief at last. Jodhaa Akbar has emerged the first hit of 2008. The film is not a universal hit but business is similar to the first hits of the last two years Rang De Basanti and Guru where both films succeeded due to strong business in certain areas.
Jodhaa Akbar has managed to do 10 crore nett business in its second weekend and this without Rajasthan and most centres of CP Berar and CI. The film is showing very good collections in Mumbai, Delhi-NCR and South.
The ten day business of Jodhaa Akbar stands at nearly 35 crore and it is expected to end its second week with business of 39 crore. The film’s business is much lower than the likes of Om Shanti Om and Welcome but considering all the problems and obstacles the film faced and is still facing, it is a great result for the team of Jodhaa Akbar.
February 19, 2008
Jodhaa Akbar excellent at big centres
http://indiafm.com/trade/top5/index.html
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[Blockbuster in some circuits]
BOI-Jodhaa Akbar Records Good Weekend
Jodhaa Akbar Records Good Weekend
Jodhaa Akbar has collected 16.50 crore nett over three days in India. The collections have been fantastic in Mumbai, Delhi and South despite a problematic release on day one.
Mutiplexes and A centres in Punjab and Kolkatta were good while single screens in UP, CP Berar and CI saw average business. The weekend business is the fourth highest ever after Om Shanti Om, Welcome and Dhoom 2 and it makes it even more commendable as this is without Rajasthan where Jodhaa Akbar is still to be released due to security problems.
It was sad to see many media reports claiming a 20-40% opening for the film as there is no way that a film can open to 20-40% and then manage to collect 16.50 crore over the weekend. Monday has a seen a drop but it is not alarming and 30 crore+ business is certain if it maintains 55-60% collections like Monday over the next three days.
February 18, 2008
February 17, 2008
Jodhaa Akbar Overseas: First weekend
BOXOFFICEINDIA
BOI - Jodhaa Akbar Storms The Overseas Market
Jodhaa Akbar has stormed the International markets with bumper openings in most overseas territories. The film seems to be heading for a half million pounds weekend gross in UK with total overseas gross looking to be 10 crore plus over the weekend.
It is almost certain that Jodhaa Akbar will emerge Hrithik Roshan’s biggest solo overseas hit. The business will easily surpass the likes of Koi Mil Gaya and Krrish and if it keeps up at the initial pace then even the 2006 blockbsuster Dhoom 2 may be surpassed.
If the total overseas business was to reach 30 crore then this will ensure profits for UTV as a 18-20 crore share is a given from India even if collections were to fall badly.
IBOS: Jodha Akbar opening in overseas
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Jodha Akbar may be getting banned in large parts of India and its depictions being called politically and communally distortive by many, but the same is being used by it for advantage with the Pakistanis and with the muslim heavy overseas crowd. And atleast in the short term, the Bollywood film is expected to close in on a $1.5+ million 4-day opening extended weekend from screenings in US/Canada theaters.
In comparision, Hrithik Roshan’s big blockbusters like Kaho Na Pyaar Hai, Koi Mil Gaya and Krrish have all been relatively damp squibs at the box office in North America. So for a Jodha Akbar, the projected opening to be in the range of $1.5 million off the weekend is quite telling.
This is in contrast to the film’s opening in India which is below expectations and specially in contrast to the similarly themed 2001 fare Gadar, which too was set on a historic backdrop on communal integration, but was not supported by the overseas composition crowd proportionately. Gadar however went onto to break box office records across the country anyway.
February 16, 2008
Jodhaa Akbar Strong On Saturday
Boxofficeindia.Com Trade Network
Jodhaa Akbar had a decent start on Friday but has seen excellent business on Saturday with multiplexes recording 90%+ business and single screens around 85%. Business is best in the big cities with smaller centres lower. The first day business was 3.25 crore nett but business on Saturday will be around double that. Jodhaa Akbar has cost around 45 crore and will recover this money for its makers UTV but it is very difficult to tell if the film will be a hit or not as audience verdict seems mixed with a section of the public liking and another section being not so kind.
Weekend business is expected to be 16-17 crore nett. The advantage for the film is that there is no major release in the next few weeks which may help the collections to hold up better but it is a wait and watch situation as to how collections go from Monday onwards.
Jodhaa Akbar Opens Well -Boxoffice India
Saturday 16th February 2008 16.00 IST
Boxofficeindia.Com Trade Network
Jodhaa Akbar opened to a decent 75-80% response. The opening was expected to be better but it was effected due to the no show at multiplexes. In Delhi where it had a decent multiplex release the opening was 90%. The collections are expected to be strong on Saturday and Sunday as it will be on most multiplexes. The film will recover costs due to the weekend business but reports are mixed and it remains to be seen how well it can sustain.
Mithiya has done decent business at multiplexes with first week business of 3 crore
Superstar is a poor fare with around 2.50 crore nett business. FLOP
Rama Rama Kya Hai Dramaa is a flop.
Sunday continues with business on the lower side. BELOW AVERAGE
Taare Zameen is rock steady. BLOCKBUSTER
Weekly Collection by Taran Adarsh
http://indiafm.com/trade/domestic_boxoffice/index.html
By Taran Adarsh, February 16, 2008IST
Note: Figures are as per the reported centres)
Superstar - Week 1 Mumbai - 44,62,360 (18 FH.)
Ahmedabad - 9,69,959
Himmatnagar - 39,392
Baroda - 73,080
Bharuch - 46,243
Bhavnagar - 83,240
Jamnagar - 74,603
Gandhinagar - 21,864
Pune - 1,75,400
Goa - 1,54,438
Nasik - 60,716
Delhi - 13,36,256
Noida - 2,50,478
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Kaushambi - 56,017
Gurgaon - 1,70,023
Faridabad - 96,725
Meerut - 1,22,286
Moradabad - 28,665
Indore - 51,226
Nagpur - 1,50,589
Raipur - 1,35,285
Lucknow - 22,496
Guwahati - 82,380
Kolkatta - 6,16,170
Darjeeling - 49,364
Jaipur - 1,81,668
Kota - 1,01,815
Bangalore - 2,00,371
Chennai - 51,943
(Average per print: 79,643)
Total collections for Week 1: 1,01,18,375
Total Collections (Till Date): 1,01,18,375
Collections (INR) Avg. Per Print % change since last week
Week 1 1,01,18,375 79,643 NA
Total Gross 1,01,18,375
Mithya - Week 1 Mumbai - 76,07,722 (3 Unrecd.)
Ahmedabad - 8,40,080
Himmatnagar - 3,848
Baroda - 1,45,225
Bharuch - 31,546
Pune - 4,39,879
Goa - 1,49,881
Nasik - 62,706
Delhi - 60,80,908
Noida - 11,03,646
Ghaziabad - 7,61,861
Kaushambi - 1,75,905
Gurgaon - 11,90,344
Faridabad - 2,24,165
Moradabad - 25,641
Indore - 75,793
Nagpur - 2,60,263
Raipur - 1,09,510
Lucknow - 30,821
Guwahati - 44,662
Kolkatta - 1,84,614
Darjeeling - 7,066
Jaipur - 1,35,754
Kota - 37,265
Bangalore - 3,89,362
(Average per print: 1,72,416)
Total collections for Week 1: 2,01,18,467
Total Collections (Till Date): 2,01,18,467
Collections (INR) Avg. Per Print % change since last week
Week 1 2,01,18,467 1,72,416 NA
Total Gross 2,01,18,467
Rama Rama Kya Hai Dramaaa - Week 2 Ahmedabad - 50,555
Himmatnagar - 31,192
Jamnagar - 21,396
Bhavnagar - 46,323
Delhi - 1,33,174
Noida - 33,931
Ghaziabad - 1,22,675
Kaushambi - 3,471
Gurgaon - 28,883
Faridabad - 28,233
Aligarh - 1,08,000
Agra - 58,500
Raipur - 21,988
Kolkatta - 30,194
Ujjain - 24,500
(Average per print: 21,063)
Total collections for Week 2: 7,43,015
Total Collections (Till Date): 79,74,044
Collections (INR) Avg. Per Print % change since last week
Week 1 72,31,029 71,454 NA
Week 2 7,43,015 21,063 -89.72
Total Gross 79,74,044
Sunday - Week 3 Mumbai - 35,04,952 (1 unrecd. Incl. Thane)
Ahmedabad - 13,40,061
Baroda - 1,61,090
Bharuch - 42,094
Jamnagar - 1,18,844
Bhavnagar - 51,010
Gandhinagar - 42,328
Pune - 2,18,983
Goa - 1,54,293
Nasik - 70,215
Delhi - 18,92,682
Noida - 4,01,014
Ghaziabad - 6,30,416
Kaushambi - 1,07,481
Gurgaon - 4,94,662
Agra - 65,000
Aligarh - 27,800
Faridabad - 2,20,397
Meerut - 1,71,852
Moradabad - 67,764
Lucknow - 12,576
Bareilly - 54,000
Nagpur - 1,38,349
Raipur - 75,912
Indore - 34,970
Kolkatta - 4,96,144
Darjeeling - 23,970
Jaipur - 1,31,916
Kota - 50,124
Bangalore - 2,44,157
(Average per print: 83,789)
Total collections for Week 3: 1,10,45,056
Total Collections (Till Date): 9,19,17,848
Collections (INR) Avg. Per Print % change since last week
Week 1 5,74,41,890 3,32,120 NA
Week 2 2,34,30,902 1,60,444 -59.21
Week 3 1,10,45,056 83,789 -52.86
Total Gross 9,19,17,848
Welcome - Week 8 Mumbai - 4,65,680 (Incl. Thane.)
Ahmedabad - 3,12,865
Gandhinagar - 6,456
Baroda - 12,445
Bhavnagar - 12,773
Bharuch - 15,580
Goa - 12,245
Nasik - 19,161
Delhi - 1,09,446
Noida - 29,002
Ghaziabad - 71,864
Kaushambi - 15,143
Moradabad - 53,630
Agra - 74,636
Bareilly - 47,797
Kota - 4,599
(Average per print: 22,179)
Total collections for Week 8: 12,63,322
Total Collections (Till Date): 54,85,76,797
Collections (INR) Avg. Per Print % change since last week
Week 1 27,36,99,428 6,36,371 NA
Week 2 16,50,61,959 4,15,434 -39.69
Week 3 6,36,10,262 2,05,320 -61.46
Week 4 2,73,92,006 1,29,551 -56.94
Week 5 1,27,09,065 81,689 -53.60
Week 6 28,31,596 50,025 -77.72
Week 7 20,09,159 28,724 -29.04
Week 8 12,63,322 22,179 -37.12
Total Gross 54,85,76,797
Taare Zameen Par - Week 8 Mumbai - 32,21,682 (3 unrecd.)
Ahmedabad - 6,24,225
Gandhinagar - 29,232
Baroda - 92,005
Bharuch - 20,718
Jamnagar - 29,588
Bhavnagar - 21,131
Pune - 1,25,668
Goa - 63,318
Nasik - 80,359
Delhi - 22,07,300
Noida - 2,15,725
Ghaziabad - 2,41,673
Kaushambi - 7,601
Gurgaon - 2,32,346
Agra - 70,371
Meerut - 29,568
Lucknow - 9,288
Faridabad - 83,866
Nagpur - 2,14,230
Raipur - 71,169
Guwahati - 46,960
Indore - 61,121
Jaipur - 1,14,644
Kota - 27,251
Kolkatta - 4,79,530
Darjeeling - 7,135
Bangalore - 2,20,214
Chennai - 85,280
(Average per print: 67,295)
Total collections for Week 8: 87,33,198
Total Collections (Till Date): 36,23,47,763
Collections (INR) Avg. Per Print % change since last week
Week 1 11,12,47,746 6,53,384 NA
Week 2 8,26,17,130 5,22,699 -25.74
Week 3 5,75,43,852 3,82,898 -30.35
Week 4 4,28,27,512 2,99,922 -25.57
Week 5 3,18,60,112 1,89,551 -25.61
Week 6 1,71,65,369 1,41,353 -46.12
Week 7 1,03,52,844 1,15,902 -39.69
Week 8 87,33,198 67,295 -15.64
Total Gross 36,23,47,763
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