Seat-edger start for `My Name is Khan' in Mumbai
Varada Bhat
Mumbai, Feb. 12The opening day screening of My Name is Khan could be music to the ears of Fox Star Studios, which bought it for Rs 100 crore.
After a shaky start which only saw half of Mumbai's multiplexes screen the film, the latter part of Friday saw tickets virtually flying off the counters. The weekend could, therefore, see packed halls for the movie which has been in the eye of a political storm. Tickets are retailing at a 15 per cent premium.
Over 300 prints were released in Maharashtra, of which Mumbai got 65. The two centres are critical to any new Bollywood release's fortunes as they jointly contribute to over 25 per cent of box office collections.
Sources at Fox Star say it was tough to ascertain the opening day's collections as the film opened simultaneously in Egypt, West Asia, Germany, Poland, Australia, the UK and the US. Nearly 70 per cent of its collections are expected to come from overseas markets.
Indications from analysts are that the movie has grossed nearly Rs 2 crore in Australia, New Zealand and the UK and inching close to the Rs 8-crore mark in the domestic market.
For the record, Bollywood's largest grosser to date, 3 Idiots raked in Rs 20 crore on Day One and it remains to be seen if MNIK will do better.
"Despite the Mumbai release being affected on the first day, MNIK should have a record-breaking Friday in terms of box-office numbers," said Mr Taran Adarsh, a film trade analyst.
The film opened to big crowds in the country with almost every multiplex reporting 100 per cent collections. "The film has opened to a solid start," said Mr Vijay Singh, CEO, Fox Star Studios.
It hit the screens amidst unprecedented security at movie halls.
On an average, 70-100 policemen were deployed across each property to keep in check potential violence from Shiv Sena protestors.
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B.O. update: 'M.N.I.K.' opens to a deafening response!
Humungous -- that's the right word to describe the initial response to MY NAME IS KHAN. The film had a deafening start at practically every centre, with practically every multiplex generating 100% collections, while single screens in mass-dominated centres opened to a 70% - 80% response, which is very, very good.
At a major theatre in Delhi, the audiences heralded the arrival of the film with band-bajaa and by bursting crackers. Outside a theatre in Patna, a moviegoer distributed roses to cinegoers who had come to watch the film.
The reviews from critics who matter are already out [every reviewer has praised the film to the skies] and the audience feedback is overwhelming. In fact, at several places, there has been a mad scramble to book the tickets and the film is expected to set theatre, city and district records at most centres.
In Mumbai, the multiplexes had decided to open shows at one property each. Hence, the multiplexes didn't perform the morning shows, but commenced screening from 12 noon onwards. The screenings began at Fun Republic [Andheri], Inox [Nariman Point], PVR [Goregaon], Fame [Malad], Big [Wadala] and Cinemax [Kandivali]. The multiplexes have now started screening the film at other properties.
Despite the Mumbai release getting affected, the film should have a solid, record-breaking Friday, in terms of box-office numbers.
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Western markets, especially those with a fair sprinkling of South Asian diaspora like in the US and the UK, have become a major source of revenue for Indian films in recent years. MNIK producers will be hoping to offset any losses in Mumbai against the commercial success of the new release in North America.
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B.O. update: 'M.N.I.K.' opens to a deafening response!
Humungous -- that's the right word to describe the initial response to MY NAME IS KHAN. The film had a deafening start at practically every centre, with practically every multiplex generating 100% collections, while single screens in mass-dominated centres opened to a 70% - 80% response, which is very, very good.
At a major theatre in Delhi, the audiences heralded the arrival of the film with band-bajaa and by bursting crackers. Outside a theatre in Patna, a moviegoer distributed roses to cinegoers who had come to watch the film.
The reviews from critics who matter are already out [every reviewer has praised the film to the skies] and the audience feedback is overwhelming. In fact, at several places, there has been a mad scramble to book the tickets and the film is expected to set theatre, city and district records at most centres.
In Mumbai, the multiplexes had decided to open shows at one property each. Hence, the multiplexes didn't perform the morning shows, but commenced screening from 12 noon onwards. The screenings began at Fun Republic [Andheri], Inox [Nariman Point], PVR [Goregaon], Fame [Malad], Big [Wadala] and Cinemax [Kandivali]. The multiplexes have now started screening the film at other properties.
Despite the Mumbai release getting affected, the film should have a solid, record-breaking Friday, in terms of box-office numbers.
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My Name Is Khan has a big opening in the US
Mumbai: A blast from the Arctic has been dumping heavy snow on New York but on Thursday Shah Rukh Khan was given a gift from the weather gods: a calm winter night for a screening of My Name Is Khan.
The ImaginAsian theatre in New York filled up quickly — even the US media which ignores Bollywood releases has been stirred over how the Shiv Sena has been bullying theatre owners in Mumbai into scotching Khan’s film.
The ImaginAsian theatre in New York filled up quickly — even the US media which ignores Bollywood releases has been stirred over how the Shiv Sena has been bullying theatre owners in Mumbai into scotching Khan’s film.
The Shiv Sena’s skullduggery has made headlines in most US broadsheets including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. “I think the Shiv Sena is creating bad karma by being so mean-spirited,” said Linda Langly, who pays up to $12 a ticket to watch premieres of Bollywood movies with her Indian boyfriend.
Western markets, especially those with a fair sprinkling of South Asian diaspora like in the US and the UK, have become a major source of revenue for Indian films in recent years. MNIK producers will be hoping to offset any losses in Mumbai against the commercial success of the new release in North America.
Fox Star Studios is content with its distribution deal for filmmaker Karan Johar’s new release. Its plans of releasing as many as 500 prints of the film in more than 65 countries worldwide are unprecedented for a Bollywood project. In the US and Canada it opens in 121 theatres on Friday which is on the lavish end of what Bollywood films open on.
The Khan-Kajol film is likely to draw South Asians into theatres in droves over the Valentine’s Day long weekend from 13-15 February. Monday is a President’s Day holiday in the US so MNIK is likely to earn strong box-office receipts.
“Shah Rukh has an absolutely inbuilt audience with Non Resident Indians (NRIs). He has a very strong connect with them. I thought he was one of the best things about MNIK so I have no doubt that they will love the film. They will certainly check it out,” said Anupama Chopra, author of King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema.
“Bollywood is no longer the shabby, slightly embarrassing country cousin that NRI parents insist on bringing home. Hindi films are trendy. So is India,” Chopra whose life is half Mumbai, half Michigan soid.
According to Chopra, the meteoric rise of Shah Rukh could be read as a metaphor for a country changing at breakneck pace. “He is a Muslim superstar in a Hindu-majority country and his life reflects the fundamental paradoxes of a post-liberalisation nation attempting to thrive in a globalised world,” says Chopra.
While promoting MNIK in New York, Khan told the WSJ that he wanted his new film to be a cross between hit like Pedro Almodovar’s Life is Beautiful which was a foreign language film watched by the global masses.
“Will MNIK really connect with the US mainstream audience? I am not so sure,” said Chopra. Vibhuti Patel, contributing editor for Newsweek, gave the film high marks for grappling with a topical subject, but panned it as “far too long” for Western audiences. “I think it was a crossover between Forest Gump and Rainman. It didn’t have the song and dance. The film had autobiographical overtures for Shah Rukh,” said Patel.
http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/valentines-day-avatar-my-name-is-khan-88193/
ReplyDeleteVALENTINE’S DAY #1; AVATAR #4; MY NAME IS KHAN SURPRISES
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Bradley Cooper, Julia Roberts, Gary Marshall on the Valentine’s Day set (top); Benicio del Toro in The Wolfman (middle); Logan Lerman in Percy Jackson & the Olympians (bottom)
Valentine’s Day will have grossed an estimated $52.4 million by late Sunday, according to estimates found at Box Office Mojo. Despite mediocre reviews, the Garry Marshall-directed all-star romantic comedy soared to the top of the North American box office, easily outpacing the competition with an excellent $14,300 per screen average. Valentine’s Day stars Julia Roberts, Ashton Kutcher, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Anne Hathaway, Taylor Lautner, Kathy Bates, Patrick Dempsey, Eric Bane, Shirley MacLaine, Bradley Cooper, Topher Grace, Queen Latifah, Emma Roberts, George Lopez, Bryce Robinson, Carter Jenkins, Hector Alizondo, Jamie Foxx, and Taylor Swift.
Following in second place was Chris Columbus‘ adventure flick Percy Jackson & The Olympians, starring Logan Lerman, with $31.1 million and a solid $9,267 per screen average. Joe Johnston’s poorly received Benicio del Toro-Anthony Hopkins vehicle The Wolfman was #3 with $30.6 million and $9,506 per screen. Avatar was a distant #4, still holding strong on its ninth weekend with a remarkable $22 million — a mere 3.7 percent drop from last weekend — thanks to expected great business on both Saturday and Sunday. Final weekend figures will become available late Monday or early Tuesday.
Last week’s #1 movie, the romantic tearjerker Dear John, fell to the #5 spot. Starring Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried, this tale about two star-crossed lovers earned a solid $15.3 million. At a distant #6, Dwayne Johnson’s Tooth Fairy, co-starring Julie Andrews, grossed an estimated $5.6 million over the weekend thanks to kiddie business. (What a relief I’m no longer a kid.) Considered one of the worst movies of the year, possibly the century, Tooth Fairy has thus far amassed $41.5 million.
The John Travolta-Jonathan Rhys Meyers flop From Paris with Love was #7 with $4.7m, followed by Mel Gibson’s underwhelming revenge thriller Edge of Darkness with $4.5m, and Jeff Bridges‘ Crazy Heart with $4m (a 12 percent increase) — clearly, Scott Cooper’s drama has clearly benefited from its three Oscar nominations. At #10, the Kristen Bell-Josh Duhamel romantic comedy When in Rome took in $3.4m.
Rounding out the top thirteen were Denzel Washington’s post-apocalyptic drama The Book of Eli ($3.2m), Sandra Bullock’s indefatigable The Blind Side ($2.2m; total $244.6m), and, surprisingly, controversial Bollywood drama/musical My Name Is Khan. The Karan Johar-directed Shahrukh Khan vehicle about an autistic Muslim facing discrimination in the United States following the 2001 terrorist attacks caused a furor in India after Khan was lambasted by the nationalist Hindu party Shiv Sena.
The film’s $15,500 per screen average (at 120 theaters) was the highest among the weekend’s top 20 films.
http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/avatar-stays-top-overseas-as-59m-boosts-it-169bn/5010845.article
ReplyDeleteTwo Fox International Productions local language releases were in action. My Name Is Khan, the romance starring Indian icon Shahrukh Khan, launched in eight markets and grossed $14.2m from 1,692 screens.
It was the clear number one in India on $9.2m from 1,450 and scored the biggest Bollywood release ever in the UK on $1.5m from 91, the UAE on an exceptional $1.1m from 35, Australia on $372,327 from 37, and New Zealand on $99,871 from 12.
U.S.A. update: 'M.N.I.K.' collects a solid $ 1.86 million -By Taran Adarsh, February 15, 2010 - 09:58 IST According to early estimates, MY NAME IS KHAN collected a solid $ 1.86 million [approx. Rs. 8.63 crores] on 120 screens in its first 3 days in America. The screen average works out to approx. $ 15,500. It must be noted that it has been snowing heavily in the East Coast, yet the business has been amazing. Plus, the weekend witnessed the release of three major Hollywood films - VALENTINE'S DAY, PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS and THE WOLFMAN. Monday being a holiday in the U.S., M.N.I.K. should touch approx. $ 3 million for a 4-day weekend.
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MY NAME IS KHAN is setting new records in the international arena. The film has debuted at No. 10 position in Australia and has collected Aus. $ 4,37,687 [approx. Rs. 1.80 crores] on 37 screens, with the per screen average working out to Aus. $ 11,829. Excellent!
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I´m happy for SRK and Karan
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Monday 15th February 2010 18.00 IST
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My Name Khan fell just short of Three Idiots worldwide first weekend business. The 2.75-3 crore nett lost due to late release in Maharashtra was the difference.
My Name Khan did weekend business of 29.50 crore nett in India and 25 crore overseas to give a total of 54.50 crore. Three Idiots on the other hand grossed 37.50 crore nett in India and 18.50 crore overseas for a total of 56 crore.
A full release from day one would have enabled My Name is Khan to cross the worldwide totals of Three Idiots. The worldwide weekend gross figures are 61 crore approx for Three Idiots and 59 crore approx for My Name Is Khan. The film's are No1 and No2 respectively followed by 49 crore approx of Ghajini.
In Comparison these are the first weekend actuals for recent SRK movies:
ReplyDeleteKANK = $1,351,786
OSO = $1,764,131
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi = $920,995
Source : Boxoffice Mojo
So, MNIK has done marginally better than OSO in collections (compared to prev SRK releases).
My Name is Khan sets UK box office record
ReplyDeleteMy Name is Khan has become Bollywood's most successful box office opener in the UK.
The movie was released in a storm of controversy after a row between its star - Shah Rukh Khan - and Shiv Sena, a hardline Hindu party in India.
But it has already grossed more than £936,000 since hitting screens and entered the UK Box Office charts at number six.
The film also took $2.3m (£1.2m) in the US over the four-day holiday weekend.
Khan had angered Shiv Sena by saying Pakistani players should be included in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket competition, which starts next month.
Shiv Sena, an organisation which regards itself as a defender of what it sees as traditional Hindu moral values, tried to disrupt the film's release and consequently it opened amid tight security in Mumbai.
Khan's wife, Gauri, who co-produced the movie, said: "People have liked the movie which we're really happy to see and it's not because of the controversy."
My Name is Khan is a rare Indian film to get the backing of Hollywood distributors, 20th Century Fox.
In the film, Khan plays a Muslim with Asperger's syndrome whose life changes after the 11 September attacks in the US.
He stars opposite Kajol, who plays a single Hindu mother who falls in love with Khan.
The film was the fourth highest new entry in the UK behind Valentine's Day, The Wolfman and Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief.
Valentine's Day went straight in at number one as it grossed £3.7m and, although it averaged £8,640 across 432 sites, My Name is Khan averaged £10,291 across 91 sites.
The previous record for a Bollywood film in its opening period in the UK was held by Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna which grossed nearly £750,000, and also starred Shah Rukh.
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sorr i mean Khitpit
ReplyDeleteMNIK is gone from indian boxoffice . its going to end at 55-60 crores max . kjo strikes again and giving a blow to Srk after KANK . all efforts of don , rabne , cdi , oso gone wasted with a poor boxoffice run of MNIK and so much time wasting .
ReplyDeletebtw i am banned from NG SB :(
Neo is banned from Khitpit and doesnt show up on NG anymore, go do some work i will say ;)
ReplyDeleteOn MNIK, you are bang on Right, though i will say 65-70 cr is possible but its a not going anywhere.
Overseas no doubt it will be big hit.
Tuesday saw huge falls again in Indore.
By the way i saw MNIK and also did my first review on it.
Thanks Neo - indeed the Indian box office situation is not very good at the moment. Unless this film does a Jodhaa Akbar and picks up every weekend, it will be an under-performer. We have to see how it does overseas - whether it has legs there or not.
ReplyDeleteI was watching HT news and saw Komal Nahata going on and on about the points not in favor of the film. While one can wonder about its entertainment quotient as it was a serious film, he said that it was of interest only to middle class Muslims. That seemed extremely biased and unreasonable given the secular nature of the country.
Similar mass bashing by trade happened at the time of CCTC and Saawariya also. I wonder if there is not another game afoot. These HW studios with deep pockets entering the BW market must have the BW big studios in a panic. They can get outbid and the game can change rapidly once any HW studio has a foothold in India. How can Big Pictures, YRF, UTV compete with FOX and Sony? If FOX makes any losses on 10 MNIK like films it will be like chicken feed for them whereas the fall of a few films nearly killed off Eros.
I hope you will comment on some of these issues.
Despite all the hungama and support of the English media, his colleagues and fans, SRK did lose goodwill after his misplaced statements wrt the Paki IPL players. No matter how much positive spin the English mainstream media in India puts on this event, for avg secular Indians who are tired of terrorism, this event really soured their opinions. The under performance of MNIK has to be taken in that context. India is not yet a leftist country that will gloss over issues such as the ones which came out flying after SRK commented. He may have spoken emotionally, and has every right to freedom of speech. But that speech also creates opinions. At the same time, Shiv Sena and their goons had no right to try to block MNIK, and they too will pay their price in the longrun.
ReplyDeleteUltimately, both sides lost out here. And both sides will now learn that the Indian junta cannot be taken for a ride, either through media manipulation or through goondagardi.
i think Anon do has a point . due to large Anti-Pakistan stand some people may have been turned off but dont consider this as Anti-Muslim its Anti-Pakistan stand .
ReplyDeletealso due to all hoopla hardly no one talked about film . so people knew mnik is releasing but had hardly had any idea what it was about ad when u dont know much about movie u r not interested in it . Also issue in MNIK is more attached to overseas people than Indians and may be that is one reason why they cannot connect to it .
Aamirs 3 idiots connected with engineers a lot and thus it did so well in US as lots of engineers from India has settled there compared to say UK or other countries .
Sanjay Dutt hasbeen largely insuccessful in his films barring a munnabhai . he was at peak of his career and was all set to be considered the no. 1 star when that incident happened and he has never gained that height again . it took him a Munnabhai to slightly improve his reputation among public .
ReplyDeleteMNIK : Doganalysis - 6.5/10
ReplyDeleteSaw MNIK. The movie can be divided into two parts,
1st part:
The movie doesnt take any kind of flying start and pretty much stays there for a good 1 hr. It tackles and jumps around so much that a boredom creeps in taking to a point of restlessness.
I do like non-linear screenplays if they are done right but here SRK’s love/infatuation with Kajol and his quest to meet the president go hand in hand so abruptly that one can lose track.
There are only few funny and enjoyable moments in the first part.
Spoiler: Also the Intermission happens without any twist or gravitas, it just happens like ” why did that happen to our son,Mandira”, they could have probably shown or given news of his Son dying and then done intermission.
2nd Part:
This is where the movie picks up big time. Things start moving faster, things start falling into place. The pace does slag here and there but it flows well, only sore point is the whole Hurricane angle. All in all though movie is salvaged big time here.
Spoiler : I do like the way KJO/Writer make a series of events for Kajol to reconcider reconciling with SRK character, because as a mother if Kajol thinks SRK character is responsible for her son’s death and also keeps herself in guilt,she could have hated SRK forever, but they do keep throwing in the death of Kajol’s friend’s Husband and also a life threatening attack on SRK himself to make it believable for them to come together.
All in All movie ends on the right note and that’s very good.
In performances SRK is the movie itself and is present in pretty much every scene, he lives the character and you can see the effort but sometimes too much perfection can be irritating, overall i wont count this in the Swades/KHKN category but its surely first rate.
Kajol looks old and also doesn’t have much role. Screams couple of times so loudly that every scream after that seems like hers.
KJO does well overall and its a brave effort by him and its better than KANK.
The movie keeps captivating and losing track in two and fro motion but culminates in the right note, overall i will give it 6.5/10.
Wont be a strong recommendation but definitely a slight nod.
Will be surprised if the movie see’s great repeat audience but then with SRK you never know.
Doga - thanks for your review! Kajol looks old and should retire? That seems a very ageist statement to me. She plays a 30s plus mother of a 12 year old kid. By your logic actresses like Maryl Streep should have been buried by now. It is not all about wearing short shorts and showing skin you know! They should also know how to act.
ReplyDelete"he lives the character and you can see the effort but sometimes too much perfection can be irritating"
I did not understand - you wanted him to not give a perfect performance? Why?
Neo - I disagree on Sunjay Dutt - MunnaBhai or not, if he was involved in terror attacks then why is he successful at all? That just shows that people care for entertainment and not such politics.
ReplyDelete'My Name is Khan' breaks UAE box office record
ReplyDeleteThe epic film 'My Name is Khan' has smashed the record for the biggest opening of a Bollywood film in the UAE.
The National reported that 135,858 tickets had been sold in the four days since the movie began its commercial run in the country last Thursday.
Starring one of Bollywood’s biggest stars, Shah Rukh Khan, the film centres on depictions of Islamophobia after 9/11. Directed by Karan Johar, the movie also stars Kajol.
The film had its worldwide premiere at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi last Wednesday.
‘My Name is Khan’ has also been performing well in the US, where it raked in nearly $2.3m from 120 cinemas in four days, according to Reuters.
The New York Times called the film “an affecting fairy tale about the perils of goodness”.
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The so called BO crash Of MNIK is a just a myth..yes the its not been exceptional..But it has collected a solid 45 cr in the fisrt week and is the third biggest opener...despite of lack of entertaiment quotoent the movie is able to bring in Moolah..In the overseas its already making a killing...So whats the big fuss is about??
ReplyDeleteSRK with his performance has earned enoromous good will from tyhe movie which would help him in his next big release...
Let us see if that happens Rajeev. I would hope so. To tell you the truth MNIK was just not a film for consumption by the masses. So in that sphere it has done pretty well.
ReplyDeletei dont know about crash or not but 50% occupancy on weekdays is normal . i dont see why make hoopla about it . not all films can do 3 idiots and maintaing 75% occupancy on weekdays .
ReplyDeletealso BOI r lower by 3-3.5 crores on weekend . official FOX figure is 33.50 crores nett why boi has it at 29.50 crores nett
Had a terrific weekend. Monday onwards, has been maintaining well at big city plexes and select single screens, while single screens of mass-dominated centres aren’t encouraging. Is best in Mumbai, Delhi-U.P, Punjab, Kolkata and South India. C.P., C.I. and Rajasthan are not up to the mark. Overall, Week 1 nett figures are big:- approx. Rs. 48.45 cr. nett. The day-wise breakup is as follows:- Friday 8 cr., Saturday 11 cr., Sunday 14 cr., Monday 5 cr., Tuesday 4 cr., Wednesday 3.2 cr., Thursday 3.25 cr.
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as i said BOI r low on weekend by 3.50 crores . they had 1.5 low on saturday and 2 crores on sunday . this raises a question did BOI underreported all Srk films ?
BOI numbers are right, everyone knows Fox is playing games. Movie will end up doing around 44 cr first week.
ReplyDeleteAlso movie has done around 30% on weekdays, not 50%.(15/48).(12 cr i market max for it)
If the movie would have done 50%, it must have made around 23-24 cr on weekdays+29.5 cr = 53 cr atleast.
Only high end plex in few metroes are holding up better.
As for BOI underreporting SRK movies, its a joke only.If anything they were and are known as Pro SRK etc, which i dont believe.
Fox has bought MNIK for 98 cr(without music). KJO has spent 6 cr on prints in India,overseas Fox has done it.They can get max 25-30 cr from TV/DVD(thats high end of it). Total Cost around 105 cr. Rest 75 cr needs to come from Theatrical Share as there is no music for Fox.
ReplyDeleteIndian Nett looks to end at 70 cr(32-33 cr share).
Overseas now needs to do 90 cr or so for recovery.(for rest 42-43 cr share).
Raj Movie has done ATBB business overseas and very decent in India too(Hit level for other movies).
ReplyDeleteBut cost is 100+ cr?
Neo, BOI is going to give MNIK hit at 65 cr(based on theatrical share), even if Fox makes big losses.
ReplyDeleteBOI Verdicts on MNIK
India - Hit.
Overseas - ATBB.
All in All BO wise, MNIK is KANK 2.
ReplyDeleteonly difference is KJO made some money on KANK but Fox might get into red with MNIK.(right now its wait and watch).
If Non Traditional markets(Germany/Poland) and UAE go crazy and MNIK does 100 cr overseas, Fox might made some profit too.
Komal has weekend at 27 cr and says movie will lose everywhere.
ReplyDeleteThe figures are out. And Shah Rukh Khan’s turn as Rizwan Khan in My Name Is Khan seems to be vowing audiences worldwide. Vijay Singh, CEO of distributors Fox Star Studios, said, “My Name Is Khan has scorched screens worldwide and raked in 90.2 crore gross in three days, making it the biggest ever three-day collection worldwide (including India) in the history of Indian cinema.”
Indications from analysts are that the movie has grossed nearly 30-35 crore worldwide and 27 crore in the domestic market. Trade analyst Komal Nahata revealed that the movie has been bought for an astronomical price of Rs 85 crore by Fox Star Studios and another Rs 20 crore were spent on promotions. “Recovering Rs 105 crore will be difficult even from the overseas market, from where it is expected to do most of its business.”
Singh’s claim that Rs 90 crore has already been recovered, however, conflicts with Nahata’s observations. Statistics favour Singh to a certain extent too. The movie managed to make a splash in the global markets,with the highlight being about 1000 movie tickets being sold for 1000 euros (Rs 60,000) on eBay in Berlin (which were sold out in a mere five seconds) and ran to full house across theatres in the Middle-East. Nahata attributed this to the plot of the movie. “My Name Is Khan is the biggest commercial movie to address the Muslim cause and a thunderous response from the Middle-East is a given. However, the movie will lose money in the overseas market as well,” he predicted.
Singh responded by saying that not just in the Middle-East, the film had grossed more than its closest competitor, 3 Idiots across continents and recovered its distribution costs.
As for its collections in India, Singh countered by saying the collections were “huge”. However, multiplexes in Mumbai have reported occupancy figures between 80 and 95 per cent over the opening weekend. Devang Sampat, senior vice-president of Cinemax revealed that the weekend gross touched Rs 3 crore across its properties in India with 95 per cent occupancy. The euphoria subsided in small towns from Monday. Box Office India editor Vinod Mirani said that the collections had dropped considerably. “For a big movie like My Name Is Khan to make money, it cannot afford a drop in collections like this.” Nahata concurred with the statement, saying that the impact of the movie in Jaipur and Orissa have already shown signs of weakening. However, Singh justified that it was normal for collections to drop on Monday after the weekend. Expectedly, the battle to prove its supremacy at the box-office continues.
http://www.screenindia.com/news/mnik-creates-worldwide-record/581363/
MNIK probably wont get any kind of rating from Komal in the end of the year(indicating a failure ala MP or Veer).
I follow BOI for my numbers , so for me MNIK will do Very Decent business in India, ATBB in Overseas and as for Fox, they might lose.
ReplyDeleteThere will be no final verdict of MNIK from me.
It is very hard to believe any of these people and just shows how murky the Indian Box office is. Maybe it is just better to wait for the dust to settle and then find out what happened to the MNIK box office.
ReplyDeleteConflicting stories - but here SRK admits that the film is doing better overseas than in India - fair enough.
ReplyDelete"Similarly, MNIK is an expensive film but it is strange to compare the two,“ says Khan. As a producer every film he makes must recover its money believes Khan but as an actor, the comparison is not important. Every film, says Khan has its own life, space and place. Whether it is in terms of critical or commercial appraisal. MNK feels Khan has been 70-80% critically liked and similarly it is doing 80-90% of the business it should have done. But life moves on and he is already onto the next film.
What makes SRK and MNIK click in such a big way across overseas markets? Khan feels it is the nature of MNIK which makes it an overseas-friendly film, a step towards what will happen worldwide to Indian films. MNIK has opened new territories like Egypt and Jordan among many others. “We are trying to marry a film where it runs fantastic in India and really good abroad, but what has happened with MNK is that it has done fantastic overseas and really good in India. So what we need to do is get a balance somewhere,” ends Khan."
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MNIK Second Weekend Prediction = $ 909,563
ReplyDelete3 Idiots Based
3rd Weekend Based $74,567*(595438/44,294) = $1,002,393
4th Weekend Based $74,567*(326,379/27,117)= $ 897,716
5th Weekend Based $74,567*(148,745/13,589)= $ 828,580
Average = $ 909,563 , 53.2% fall.
Total after 2nd weekend = $ 3,461,846
Yes 45 cr was expected. Lets see where it goes from now.
ReplyDeleteNeo , since you are into Foxed Producer numbers, do you believe the following too,
ReplyDeleteSIK - 75 cr
Hey baby - 57 cr and so on.
I remember you arguing so hard against the above, Even Veer has done like 6 cr more if we go by producers.
Anyways, i follow BOI , as you used to once.
And if you do believe 14 cr number of Fox on Sunday, then MNIK has done 20% business on Weekdays?
ReplyDeleteIts simple MNIK didnt have a wide release like 3 Idiots , it wasnt released in C centres.
By the way BOI.co.in provides Producer numbers, and they have Veer at 44,51,40,497 , BOI only 37.19 cr(Hindi).
ReplyDeleteI follow 37.19 cr number for Veer.
Shah Rukh Khan's My Name Is Khan is the first Hindi movie to release in Egypt and will open in theatres across Jordan and Lebanon in the first week of March.
ReplyDeleteSimilarly, the Karan Johar directed movie will be the first Hindi film to be released in Syria during the same period.
According to a spokesperson of Dharma Productions, the film has broken the record for the biggest opening for a Bollywood movie in the UAE, with some 1,35,858 tickets sold in the first four days of its release.
The spokesperson said 25 prints have been added today across the Middle East after a successful run in UAE and countries like Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar.
The total print count of MNIK in the West Asian countries stands at 61 prints with another 10 prints being added for Jordan, Lebanon and Syria by the first week of March taking the print count tally to 71.
In Singapore, the film has done a business of USD 210,000 in the first week which is a record for Hindi film and the response is tremendous with great word of mouth as reported by the local distributor.
Australia and New Zealand have ended their first week collections over USD 690,000. In Hongkong the film is running to packed houses with great response.
Indore Barometer, 2nd Friday.
ReplyDeleteMy Name is Khan shows huge drops on 8th day at Indore multiplexes from first day. Below are the first Friday numbers with second Friday figures in brackets.
PVR
My Name Is Khan - 84,233 (4,37,779)
Inox Sapna
My Name Is Khan - 35,673 (2,13,678)
Big (Adlabs)
My Name Is Khan - 35,233 (2,68,842)
Velocity
My Name Is Khan - 19,587 (2,20,602)
Inox City
My Name Is Khan - 26,100 (2,13,678)
Satyam Cineplex
My Name Is Khan - 13,116 (2,05,688)
Total
My Name Is Khan - 2,13,942 (15,60,267) -86.29%
Doga which producer said 75 for sik or 57 for HB ? and fox is just not any other producer . they have to give collections to dot . u can ask Rikky if u want too .
ReplyDeleteas for following BOI not sure if u noticed i nearly stopped after the number changes . it feels stupid when after 2 yrs numbers change and arguement is waste of time . now everyone cannot give wrong numbers . Taran , vinod mirani , kjohar all giving out same numbers .
if one believes numbers of studio 18 for ghajini , bigcinemas for 3 idiots why not fox for mnik ?
My Name Is Khan has collected 46.08 crore nett in week one. The distributor share is 26 crore approx. Mumbai has done well considering release problems. Delhi/UP, East Punjab and Nizam are also strong but its West Bengal (especially Kolkata) and Mysore which have outperformed. The all India territorial breakdown is as follows.
ReplyDeleteMumbai - 15.19 crore
Delhi/UP - 10.87 crore
East Punjab - 4.23 crore
West Bengal - 3.24 crore
Bihar - 0.68 crore
CP Berar - 1.66 crore
CI - 1.33 crore
Rajasthan - 2.16 crore
Nizam - 2.67 crore
Mysore - 2.74 crore
Others - 1.31 crore
TOTAL - 46.08 crore
Neo, you were making fun of Veer 7 cr numbers(stating market expansion etc) and now defending 3.25 cr numbers of MNIK?
ReplyDeleteThat pretty much sums it all.
Its fine.
Veer 7 crore was first friday or was it republic day , mnik 3.25 crore is thursday weekday .
ReplyDeletealso what i stated is weekdays has been constant for MNIK . tuesday -thursday have been in same range . i was proven right about veer from second weekend onwards . let us see what MNIK does .
ReplyDeleteAlso i hope now u dont say fox is playing games as there is diff of 2 crores btw official and BOI figure . and no wants to fight for 2 crores
film has 65% drop in overseas too . looks like rejection even there .
ReplyDeleteThose are estimates, and the last estimate was revised upward by quite a bit. Let us wait for the final numbers. It is SRK's destiny that even his rejected films beat his own best and will come to close to the best by many other stars!!!
ReplyDeleteDoga and Neo fighting..LOL
ReplyDelete@Pardesi: You go girl...love that comment! Take that haters and come up with slightly more creative ways to try to put SRK down!
ReplyDeleteMNIK estimate was reduced by 100K for first week. Normally with Eros we have 500K kind of swings.
ReplyDeleteThank you Minnie!
ReplyDeleteWell said ANON (by the way, would you please pick a name, any name?). I think the reports by Fox are all in range, and when BOI itself changes numbers upon review, we can only talk of ballpark figures and nor argue over a crore here and there.
Anonymous == Khanabadosh :)
ReplyDeleteps: In Javed Saab thread also.
Thanks! I just wanted to know how many different people were ANON!
ReplyDeleteSo did you mean weekend US numbers or totals, when you were talking of reduction in numbers?
I am hardly any kind of box office analyst but the numbers quoted by BOI.com and boxoffice.co.in just do not match up.
ReplyDeleteMNIK week one territory collections
Territory name BOI.com BO.in.com Difference(- is minus)
MUMBAI 15.19 16.61 1.4
Delhi/UP 10.87 10.5 -0.3
East Punjab 4.23 4.2
West Bengal 3.24 4.19 0.95
CP Berar 1.66 1.98 0.33
CI 1.33 1.32
Rajasthan 2.16 2.49 0.33
Nizam 2.67 2.19 -0.46
Mysore 2.74 0 -2.74
Bihar 0.68 0.93 0.35
others 1.31 0 -1.31
Orissa 0 0.27 0.27
How come the territories are so different on the two sites? Where do the Mysore numbers go in the case of BO.in.com and what is others in BOI.com?
If anyone wants a more "legible" version of that table, it is now posted at the TOP of the original post.
ReplyDeletelol Khanabadosh . i guess doga is still upset that i said veer 7 crores on opening day was not good figure .
ReplyDeletei dont think MNIK weekday figures r good just saying its not as bad as some analysts r trying to say . btw if friday is 3.25 only than thats really bad . no increase from thursday to friday .
Q. In India My Name Is Khan will stay below Three Idiots but will it beat it Overseas?
ReplyDeleteA. My Name Is Khan will be released in many markets over the next few months and it could cross Three Idiots then but in the regular markets it looks like staying below or being similar to the total business of Three Idiots..
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Q. Will My Name Is Khan recover its 95-100 crore price tag for Fox?
A. The 100 crore price includes music rights which have been taken by Sony. The Fox investment is around 90-95 crore which will be recovered as theatres worldwide will give around 70 crore and the balance should be earned from other revenue sources.
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second weekend drop over 63% is big drop. Weekdays I am expecting bigger drop.
ReplyDeleteDonot think it is going to earn more than 70 crore from India
agree Rudresh . initially i thought it would pickup on weekend but thursday to friday-saturday hardly showed any rise . overall it looks like KANK revisited in terms of BO performance just as Doga had predicted . Even overseas film is hardly doing well with drops greated than 60% everywhere . Audience has again given verdict and Kjo needs to realise he needs to stick what he does best like KKHH ,K3g and stop trying to do face rejection trying to do diff thing . Also if he wants to try diff things he needs to check budget . making a 70 crore film on such subject is foolishness.
ReplyDeleteAgree with Neo. Kjo needs to wake up before it is too late. He does not seem to understand the economics of film-making and the scale required. After Kurbaan, MNIK is another movie produced by him that was made to a budget which was not appropriate.
ReplyDeleteEven though off late YRF are churning out only lame movies, but since they are being made a reasonable budget, they are still recovering their costs, at the minimum.
Illusionist , YRF themselves being distributors , music distributors , producers helps them to understand business better and thus they always end up atleast recovering things .
ReplyDeletealso its not just about kurbaan , MNIK i dont think WUPS or Dostana did much for their respective distributors either .
I have now heard it all. IMHO, as a cinema lover, I want to see better films not cost-recovery. For 2010 give me a WUS over any film made by YRF.
ReplyDeleteTarans Numbers from major markets comes at 47 crores . just dont see where from other 13 crores came . it must be 50-51 crores at end of 10 days max i think .
ReplyDeleteYes, I think BOI gives 50 cr 10 day total. Here is what I read about the foreign BO.
ReplyDeleteBOC
My Name Is Khan grosses Rs 1.50 billion worldwide in 10 days
MUMBAI: My Name is Khan has done a gross business of Rs 1.50 billion (Rs 150 crore) at the worldwide box office in ten days.
The movie starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol is directed by Karan Johar and distributed by Fox Star Studios.
The film is already the biggest Bollywood film of all time within 10 days in the UAE, South Africa, Holland, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, East & West Africa, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Mauritius.
In the Middle East, the film has not only smashed all existing Bollywood records within 10 days, but even beaten the Fox Searchlight's previous highest grosser Slumdog Millionaire in Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, UAE and Egypt.
Empire International Middle East head Mario Haddad said, "The film has incredible legs. The drop in the second week is less than 10%. We expect it to have a long run here. Due to the demand, we are opening in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria on March 10."
In the UK, the film has become the fastest film to cross GBP 2 million, managing the feat within just 11 days. The strong run in UK continues even in the second week, and is on its way to breaking the all-time record K3G in the UK within the coming week.
In the US & Canada, MNIK is the highest grossing SRK film of all time.
Box Office report: MNIK is on its way out
ReplyDeleteMy Name is Khan, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, is no doubt conquering the global market as far as raking in the moolah is concerned. Reportedly, My Name Is Khan has maintained its strong business and collected around Rs 4.5 crore from Delhi and Punjab. Now the question is whether the film will continue to pull the crowds to Mumbai theatres. IBN MOVIES finds out whether cinema halls are going house full or empty in the second week.
Second Week's Verdict
Subash, manager of Chitra theatre in Dadar informed, "Our theatre did not screen My Name is Khan because we had a contract to screen Marathi films. As far as MNIK is concerned, the controversy did generate a lot of curiosity and many people wanted to watch the film. I was told by my friends who work in other theatres that the first week was house full but the second week was average. In fact, many of my friends who went to watch the film came out disappointed saying that there is nothing special about story."
Though the critics have given many stars, they have panned the storyline. Santosh Bhatia of Premiere theatre in Parel said, "On the day of the release, we did not screen any shows because of the controversy. However, Saturday, Sunday and Monday shows were house full. The entire week, went very good. But in the second week, the shows did okay. I would say it is neither good nor bad. But, definitely it is not going house full anymore."
Karan Sethia, PR Officer, Fame Cinemas said, "The first week was very good. Most of our shows were house full. However, in the second week there is a decline. But still, it is not even going empty. We have got 70 to 80 per cent collection."
Though Shah Rukh Khan is leaving no stones unturned promoting his film all over, it certainly failed to impress the audiences in Mumbai.
Next, audiences are waiting for Farhan Akhtar and Deepika Padukone's Karthik Calling Karthik, as the music and promos look quite promising.
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"However, in the second week there is a decline. But still, it is not even going empty. We have got 70 to 80 per cent collection."
ReplyDeleteThough Shah Rukh Khan is leaving no stones unturned promoting his film all over, it certainly failed to impress the audiences in Mumbai."
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! These journalists should be stand-up comedians!
that MNIK has failed to imperss audience is true but this report is so much junk . which movie does more than 70-80% in second week ?
ReplyDeleteMNIK has dropped around 61-62% in India going by the above numbers.
ReplyDeleteNow this definitely doesnt come under “Crashed” category as many want to believe, but for a Star like SRK this is “Heavy Fall”.
(In last 5 years SRK didnt even have 50% falls if i am right,since KANK it hasnt happened)
Definitely its a bad trending for him, one agrees or not.
In USA its $827,919 in Second week which is 67.6% fall.
The second week collections of My Name Is Khan have come in higher than earlier estimates. The collections are 17.97 crore nett. Below are territory breakdowns. The two week total is 64 crore nett approx with a distributor share of 34 crore.
ReplyDeleteMumbai – 6.78 crore
Delhi/UP – 4.02 crore
East Punjab – 1.51 crore
West Bengal – 1.20 crore
Bihar – 23 lakhs
CP Berar – 56 lakhs
CI – 49 lakhs
Rajasthan – 66 lakhs
Nizam – 97 lakhs
Mysore – 1.04 crore
Others – 52 lakhs
TOTAL – 17.97 crore
Now, MNIK has done more than So called hits of Salman/Saif but the budgets were way low and SRK himself is a bigger star right now.
ReplyDeleteConsidering the fact that movie will end up around 73 cr in India, it can be termed decent success in India and taking big Overseas into account,it can be called Hit Overall.
ReplyDeleteFox still might be hovering around recovery stages.
As for trending 3 I showed that even after 80 cr opening one can have 55 cr second week!
Also since BOI number for 2nd week is bigger than Taran, i dont think anyone will be questioning it right now,but please dont add first week of Taran and Second week of BOI ;)
ReplyDeleteWhatever permutations and combinations we do, moive wont do more than 73(my number)-75 cr in India, and thats the bottom like as Doga said so.
I was expecting BOI number to go 1 cr higher as i got info from Tango/Ritik about 2nd weekend being close to 12 cr not 11 cr.
ReplyDeleteBut BOI always corrects itself as those were estimates!
As people can follow Fox/Taran numbers all they want but if someone follows Boxoffice little bit they will know the following fact,
ReplyDelete" MNIK was a smaller release than 3 I, it was confirmed by SRK himself with Interview with Taran, cinemas are only 1108 first week, they targetted only A and B centres more"
Now thus the market max of MNIK can only be 12.5 or 13 cr at max, thus the first sunday number of Taran/Fox = 14 cr was totally wrong and thus thereafter all of their numbers go down the drain.
Rest is upto discretion.
Thanks Doga, for sharing those thoughts. I think when comparing MNIK to other films the GENRE cannot be ignored. Saif and Salman films were NOT in a serious genre with no singing dancing crowd pleasing moments. Let them take a film like MNIK to 75+ (my number!) in India and we can talk. By the way, SRK did take a modest budget off beat film CDI to almost the Saif Salman levels before. And overseas throws all Saif Salman comparisons out of the window.
ReplyDeletedoga what was market capacity of 3 idiots ? did it do 100% on sunday ? what is market capacity of mnik ? if u have written document give it . otherwise dont give bullshit . why will fox do ghapla of 2 crores in first weekend and not elsewhere ?
ReplyDeleteand all numbers thereafter from BOI/Taran matches ditto to fox . even 2 weekend numbers BOI were low and matched fox numbers so one can hardly say they r going down drain . also to give ur fact u r considering two things . one 3 idiots numbers were correct to the point . second it did 100% all over and not even 95% at places .
ReplyDeleteand tell me whats diff btw prints and cinemas ?
Fox numbers and BOI numbers both r meeting at 64-65 . its clear BOI have realised their mistake and adjusted numbers later on . first week their monday number was higher than fox and second week they r higher bye a crore than foxs 17 crore total .
I got this reply for the same comment on other forum,
ReplyDelete"Kanwal bhai tats wrong how can u compare srk and sallu,wanted is one of the biggest movie in this decade becaz movie ran extremly well more number of pple has watched wanted and i m definitely sure tat veer has out done mnik in terms of number of watch"
Even i agree, all the numbers will match in the end.
ReplyDeleteAlso 73 is my estimate, if it does 80, i will go to that.
Rab ne did 55 cr Profit.
ReplyDeleteWanted did 21 cr Profit.
MNIK will probably breakeven for Fox.
2-5 cr here and there wont change the whole scenario.
As for genre, def it gives SRK a very good performance and if MNIK does become cult like Swades, BO wont matter anymore, as you used to say Pardesi.
But its fine.
Neo, cant believe you are trying to defend Fox/Taran who claimed 35 cr share within 10 days and that too out of 60 cr nett.
ReplyDeleteFirst week was 26 cr share out of 48 cr nett, then it gets 9 cr share from 12 cr nett, and that too from a Plex dominated movie!
Why are BOI numbers higher than Fox numbers later int the week and second week? I think it is because BOI realized Fox numbers were correct in week one and have now matched that with later adjustments. About shares - did BOI not say 35 crore shares from India? How do we explain their claim?
ReplyDeleteBack to Saif and Salman - it is to SRK's credit that his "perception flops" are compared to the biggest hits of the other two!
The gap lessens as the weeks pass? Now we are talking of a 1 crore difference in reporting!
ReplyDeleteMNIK WEEK 2 BOI
My Name Is Khan Collects 18 Crore In Week Two
Saturday 27th February 2010 20.00 IST
Boxofficeindia.Com Trade Network
The second week collections of My Name Is Khan have come in higher than earlier estimates. The collections are 17.97 crore nett. Below are territory breakdowns. The two week total is 64 crore nett approx with a distributor share of 34 crore.
Mumbai - 6.78 crore
Delhi/UP - 4.02 crore
East Punjab - 1.51 crore
West Bengal - 1.20 crore
Bihar - 23 lakhs
CP Berar - 56 lakhs
CI - 49 lakhs
Rajasthan - 66 lakhs
Nizam - 97 lakhs
Mysore - 1.04 crore
Others - 52 lakhs
TOTAL - 17.97 crore
MNIK TOTALS BOI.in.
My Name Is Khan (week 2)17,05,99,900 (total)65,51,88,913
Fight over here.
ReplyDeleteKomal Sahab ne to 44 crore first week bolaa hai ;)
waise 1-2 crore se kya farak padtaa hai? 20 wi sahi ke lomdi ke paas bahut hai :)
Komal Sahab also claimed that multiplexes were empty on opening Sunday - how does that explain even 44cr opening week? And now he is going around proclaiming demise of Brand Bachchan. I see an unholy alliance of Bachchan and SRK camps to counteract Komal ;-)
ReplyDeleteUS 3rd Weekend Collection - $254,221
ReplyDeleteTotal Collection - $3,634,423
Source : Boxoffice Mojo
Somebody comparing saif/salman hits with that of SRK's..??? That guy must be nuts....MNIK with any TOM dick and Harry (Read Saif,salman and others) would have done 20-25 cr at the BO at best..Period...
ReplyDeleteDoga why r u neglecting the higher totals from BOI in wk1 ? and i never talked of shares as i honestly dont know how shares r calculated . komal said 20 crores share for blue from 32 crores and i have no idea how .
ReplyDeleteAlso u know me quite well and i have always said for me nett is more imp than shares as exhibitors r imp too .
My Name Is Khan To Hit 70 Crore In Three Weeks
ReplyDeleteMy Name Is Khan will hit the 70 crore nett mark by the end of its third week as it accumulated around 4 crore nett over its third weekend and the weekdays should give another 2 crore nett. After that the film could add another 2-3 crore nett. The two week territorial distributor shares (approx figures) are as follows.
Mumbai - 10.80 crore
Delhi/UP - 8.10 crore
East Punjab - 3.10 crore
West Bengal - 2.55 crore
Bihar - 55 lakhs
CP Berar - 1.40 crore
CI - 1.05 crore
Rajasthan - 1.55 crore
Nizam/Andhra - 2.05 crore
Mysore - 2 crore
Others - 1 crore
All INDIA TOTAL - 34.15 crore
After two weeks the film has the 15th highest distributor share in the history of Hindi cinemas and is likely to enter the top ten at the end of its run.
Raj,Pardesi, no one is comparing SRK to Salman,Saif etc. SRK is Huger star by any parameter right now.
ReplyDeleteProbably the comment came out wrongly.
Thankfully with MNIK ending its run and 3 I too, hopefully Bollywood will get 1.5 years without these 2, the Ace and King needs some rest.
ReplyDeleteAkki Kinnng Kumar rule begins now till the end of the year.
My Name is Khan grosses 174.60 crore worldwide
ReplyDeleteShah Rukh Khan starrer My Name is Khan has grossed Rs 174.60 crore worldwide with India contributing Rs 102.2 crore and international markets netting an all time high of Rs 72.4 crore for a Hindi film, distributors said.
It has become the highest grossing Bollywood film in the Middle East at USD 3.3 million. With the movie opening in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria on March 10, the number is expected to go much higher, according to Vijay Singh of Fox Studios.
In the UAE, MNIK's collections are nearly on par with Dark Knight, Transformers 2, Spider Man 3 and Twilight: New Moon. At final count, the Middle East distributors expect the figures to be twice of Fox Searchlight's global 2008 phenomenon Slumdog Millionaire in this market, he said.
"In other markets too, it continues to grow and has crossed over to non-diaspora audiences. In Indonesia, for example, the film has grown from 6 to 14 screens," Singh said. Directed by Karan Johar, the movie is about the journey of an Indian family and their saga post the 9/11 attacks on the US.
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