Huge 35 crore weekend for Golmaal 3,Low 17 crore Weekend for Action Replayy
Golmaal 3 continued its domination on Sunday at the box office over Action Replayy. Golmaal 3 looks set to record huge collections on Sunday again. The Mumbai circuit is likely to be a humungous 15 crore nett plus for the weekend. Gujarat is on a record breaking spree with higher collections than Dabangg.
Action Replay flattered to deceive as it showed a big jump on Saturday due to the holiday but collections were down on Sunday at most multiplexes compared to Saturday. The Sunday collections are likely to come in lower than Saturday whereas the film needed another big jump to get near the 20 crore nett mark which would have been an okay weekend collection.
The collections available for Sunday are suggesting a 35 crore nett weekend for Golmaal 3 and 17 crore nett for Action Replayy.
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Golmaal 3/Action Replayy Updated Friday and Saturday Numbers. - LINK
Action Replayy vs Golmaal 3 Saturday Indore Barometer - LINK
USA/UK Update : Action Replayy vs Golmaal 3 - LINK
Action Replayy Has Huge Jump On Saturday - LINK
Friday Update: Golmaal 3 – 6.25 cr and Action Replayy 2.25 cr - LINK
Indore Barometer Friday Action Replayy vs Golmaal 3 - LINK
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ReplyDeleteA media person was keen to know if the Diwali weekend had grown significant since the past few years. I corrected her by pointing out that the festive weekend had always witnessed prime releases since decades, but with the media getting more and more aggressive and comparing films released during the Diwali weekend, the particular weekend has, all of a sudden, come under the spotlight.
ReplyDeleteThe Diwali weekend was always eyed by film-makers and Naaz traders [all distribution and exhibition offices were stationed at Naaz theatre premises at Lamington Road, Mumbai]. From Rajshri to Yash Raj, from Dharma to Ashtavinayak, film-makers choose to release their films during the festival of lights because people are in a celebratory mood and splurge on everything from movies to clothes to crackers to food. It goes without saying that the business of movies in particular shows a big jump during Diwali.
Let's look at the Diwali releases this year: The numbers of G-3 in particular have been tremendous. If one compares it with G-2, which raked in approx. Rs. 29 cr. in its 5-day opening weekend, G-3 has outclassed the second installment by a good margin. This is all the more significant because Friday was Laxmi pooja and the occupancy at cineplexes across all centres fell drastically from noon till late evening. The good thing is that G-3 is faring very well on weekdays and the Week 1 numbers will be very impressive. It's a success story, for sure.
ACTION REPLAYY sent shock waves on Friday, its opening numbers were terrible. What rubbed salt to the wound was the fact that the industry people wrote it off on Day 1 itself. The negative talk coupled with the slow start at the ticket window spelt doom for the Akshay-Ash starrer, but the film did an about-turn on Saturday and Sunday, which saved the film from a complete collapse. Yet, at the same time, the weekend numbers aren't in sync with Akshay Kumar's star status. The question is, had ACTION REPLAYY opened in a non-Diwali week, what would its fate be? Did the Diwali weekend come to the rescue of ACTION REPLAYY?
ACTION REPLAYY fell sharply on weekdays and as things stand today, it will entail losses to its investors.
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