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Surprisingly no update on nt love story opening & arakshan 1st week.
one thng i hav noticed tat boi has nt yet gvn teritorial breakdwn of weekend or monday fig,even they havnt gvn total fig aftr 4 r 5 days,they gvn 1st weekend arnd 18.5cr
then mon 6 cr
tue 2.5, they havnt gvn total colectn aftr 4\5days bt they were updating twice a day for znmd & once a day for singham..
Q and A: What will be box office for Amitabh’s Buddah?
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Q: What is Badrinath?
A: There’s Badrinath, famous site of Uttarkhand and it is also title of Telugu film which is currently the number one ranked film in India
Q: What is the verdict on the Akshay Kumar recent films?
A: Tees Maar Khan – Flop, Patiala House – Flop, Thank You – Flop
Q: So what will be the box office fate of Amitabh’s Buddah Hoga Tera Baap?
A: After news of recent Rajnikanth successes down south, this type of film had/has great potential for Bachchan. Had this movie released 10 years ago after original KBC instead of a movie like Mohabbatein, it would have taken probably a toplevel opening (ie in today’s parlance a Rs. 90-100 crore week). Because it harkens to an era when Amitabh actually used to be a legitimate #1 crowd pulling superstar at the box office on a regular basis. Today there are more questions. Over the last decade, Amitabh, unlike Rajnikanth, accepted just about anything with movies like K3G, KANK not to mention countless special appearance and character roles which went against continuity of his ‘Vijay’ era symbolism, which was the basis for his stardom. Now they’re going back to it, but an entire generation has been skipped who simply isn’t aware of Bachchan’s peak days (barring a whiff in Bunty/Babli briefly in 2005). Most of the ticket buying audience (18-35) crowd never ever even saw Agneepath or the Hum queues in theaters let alone Deewar or Natwarlal, which is what you want if you want a hit film out of this. In terms of prerelease content for this film, after the original promo of BHTB which was well received, the new song promos with Raveena Tandon as well as ‘beep’ promos are once again spiraling the film down and coming across as awkwardly forced and haphazardly put together, more like the late 90s flop Bachchan films instead. Section of public which may have been intrigued initially doesn’t know what they’re going to get here, Nishabd or Bunty&Babli, Lal Badshah or Aakhree Raasta . That said, at 10 crores the budget is miniscule and it will take a bigger opening than Amitabh Bachchan’s last few films in India.
Q: How big a hit were Gadar and Lagaan? What was their impact on the industry?
A: Gadar was a bigger hit than Lagaan but it was a blockbuster primarily in Punjab and Delhi city and successful enough elsewhere. If you ask south indian cinema hall owners Gadar wouldn’t make the top 10. Infact its suggested predecessor Hum Aapke Hai Kaun’s collection in even Bombay were not broken till 2006 (5 years after Gadar, 12 years after HAHK) till the multiplex-rates driven Lage Raho Munnabhai was released. Gadar did well in areas and theaters where a lot of media acclaimed hits of that era (Lagaan, Taal, Dil Chahta Hai, K3G etc) were either mediocre or outright flops so that was its main separating characteristic as box office story.
BOI ki hawa gul hai … Koi update nahi .. A source is saying 34 Crore first week and second weekend should be around 12-15 Crore. This movie should not collect less than 55 Crore.
yeah someone quoted a 37 crore figure here. I think it would have done 42 crores or more without the bans. Taran suggested it would have been 35 crores just for the first 4 days. Basically the numbers in that scenario wouldn’t have been too far off from Rajneeti’s, at least in the initial going.
This is wrong update by a fake site .. they don’t have collections at all … and look at logic .. since chatur singh and other new movies not open well, Aarakshan don’t have chance … Lmaoooooooo .. look at language, logic and grammar .. all rubbish ..
Pietersen & bell fcuked india,
eng 440\2
eng scored 51 run in 1st sesion with 2 rpo
2nd session 170 runs arnd 4.75 rpo
3rd sesion (gng on) scoring with more than 6 rpo
May be thz is fake site bt usualy their figs r accurate with 5% here & dere wait til 2mrw doodh ka doodh paani ka paani hogayega.
i m sure boi wil hav 1st week arnd 31 cr or may be less
komal arnd 31.5 cr
taran arnd 32.5 cr
it depends on you whom to follow.
@naren,actually reports from all over are not encouraging and movie has collected around 31cr as almost all trade sites have mentioned that.So looking at the above figures alongwith a negative wom,anyone can predict the fate of the movie.Hope this movie picks up in second week and proves everyone wrong.
Aarakshan is bad movie…prakash jha must take the entire blame here.Acting of Big B and monaj is really good…alas if director forget first half and make a complete different second half,,,result will be dismal.
As taran is not excited now about the movie…high chance movie will end of 50 cr range.Highly disappointing from prakash jha…after rajneethi extraordinary success following up with half baked script “Aarakshan”.
B.O. update: New releases open to poor houses
- By Taran Adarsh, August 20, 2011 – 08:26 IST
The three new releases, NOT A LOVE STORY, SAHI DHANDHE GALAT BANDE and CHATUR SINGH TWO STARS, opened to poor houses across the country. Much was expected from NOT A LOVE STORY, since the film had been in the news for the right and wrong reasons, but the terrific pre-release reports and the controversies attached to the film did not translate into box-office numbers. The opening response ranged from ordinary to below average. However, this one stands the best chance amongst the three films.
SAHI DHANDHE GALAT BANDE had a poor start everywhere. The film was expected to generate a better start in North India, but the response was tepid. CHATUR SINGH TWO STARS had a slightly better start at some single screens, but the overall response was disappointing.
I’m your average Satyamshotite. I revel in my intelligence, my vast knowledge of cinema and my ability to play with words.
I love Abhishek because he acted in Guru, had a big solo hit in Guru, gave Mani Ratnam his first Hindi hit with Guru, acted really well in Guru and brought a vast range of emotions in Guru.
I dislike SRK because he is a dishonest performer.
I was mighty and overwhelmingly pleased to see Amitabh giving a tribute to himself in Bbudha Hoga tera Baap.
I am exceedingly happy when Rajnikant’s name flashes after a sequential letters of R-A-J-N-I-K-A-N-T appear outlandishly before his film starts.
But for some strange reason, I find it outrageous, silly, and laughable when a ‘Get ready for the return of the King’ tagline appears for a second in a one-minute promo of Don 2.
I was mighty pleased with Abhishek and Mani Ratnam for giving us Raavan. So what if the director sleepwalked in its narration? So what if it had glaring pot-holes of, for instance, Govinda getting to Ash effortlessly while a whole police-force of the hero dude couldn’t; or perhaps of Vikramm (along with his team of highly professional police officers) had to rely on following Ash in the climactic portion to get to Beera? At least the film had excellent cinematography and was shot on Indian soil. The mortals should be aware that these are the only two ingredients to make a film masterpiece?
But I found KANK pathetic to say the least because of the hurricane Katrina plot. Extremely bad.. Bad, bad film! Yuck to be honest.
For me, IBOS is the best and most reliable Box-office site because it provides positive updates on all Bachchan films, even though they might have otherwise not performed well. Any site which calls a Bachchan film as flop is not trustworthy.
katrina was there in MNIK not KANK which was just a modern day version of silsila just like kal ho na ho the modern version of anand and ya tribute to mr bachchan is present everywhere when every tom dick and harry is remaking his own movie. song and what else
further you got the reading of ravan wrong as well and for it the comparison is dil se …
mani put the state(srk as All india radio correspondent) vs non state actor( suicide zihadi who was there to indermine indian unity) similarly in ravan it was adivasi tribal ( core thinkinggroup of maoists) taking on state again(police etc)
but ya inversion of ramayana shouldn’t have been there ( but in dravidian history its ravan who is mostly revered)
remakes have been made for long and they temselves amont to tribute … look around who brought that tribute thing at first place … bachchan was not paying tribute to himself as he was not producer and director
and when you question other’s iq and what not its better you should not harp on sensibilities
Saif Ali Khan may be replaced by Abhishek Bachchan in Raj Kumar Gupta’s dark comedy “Ghanchakkar”, because AB Junior has a better sense of humour.
Saif’s name has been doing the rounds for the lead in “No One Killed Jessica” director Raj Kumar Gupta’s next. But now, Abhi’s name’s cropped up. The film is supposedly a revival of dark comedy. Says a source, “Since this is a dark comedy, they need someone who doesn’t need to pretend to be humourous when he isn’t. Abhishek is famous for his dry humour.”
Nw some of d ab fanatics wil cal these sites r fake/underreporting ab movies blah blah, almost all trade hav arnd 30- 32 cr 1st week.
arakshan is a flop accept it.
the figs cme late just bcz no has accurate figs except boi whch is having technical problem. all sites just copy d figs with 5% here&der
superstar sam,
there are lots of site saying Aarakshan did 20cr,30cr,40cr50cr and so on ,some even saying its dissapointing and some are saying its very good..you seems to google aroung what ever negatives are there for Aarakshan you are tending to bring to this blog..
we know what the film is doing and and doing well or not we continue and move on to next film…your moto is bring negative reports as much as possible and provoke any bachan fans..we love films and if it is good then so be it…GROW UP
There are always fights between Bachchan fans and non fans whenever a Bachchan movie releases.One party i.e Bachchan fans claim that movie is doing well and trade sites are downplaying nos and other party agrees with trade sites.Can anyone tell here which party is right?
How can all box office trade site became bachchan haters suddenly???
Sorry to say this many of bachchan movie have failed in boxoffice in last 5 year…that a hard fact…let accept the fact…
bachchan have acted quite well in all movie…but box office depend other factors also…
bachchan senior has got huge success in his hay days which hardly any khan,kumar and roshon can match.
Then why should a bachchan fan will have problem now when his movie fails…let other also taste success…
True fans must accept success and failure together…But with bachchan even with failed movie had some “great piece of acting” which all movie lovers should appreciate.
So UP, where it was banned is now opened to 65 centers and the response even though delayed due to the ban has been extraordinary. The shows are being patronized by 90 to 100 % audiences. It has already done a business of 58.3 cr and counting now with the fresh UP collections and with a sale of 22 cr for the satellite it is a most successful film.
ya agree arakshan has more than 50 cr 1st week bt that is gross colection frm whch they pay taxes, theatre rent etc.
30 cr is net colectin whch decides the movie fate…
i knw daily breakdwn fig bt u wont believes it. so wats d use of posting..
Its 59 Crore gross first week .. Nett will be 60% of gross .. i.e. 35.4 Crore .. and Second week opened with bumper response at UP .. of course from noon shows of Saturday only .. Friday was 2.75 Crore as per Vikas mohan. And with UP addon .. this 4 day weekend will be nothing less than 15 Crore. This will make 51 Crore in 11 days.
UP, where it was banned is now opened to 65 centers and the response even though delayed due to the ban has been extraordinary. The shows are being patronized by 90 to 100 % audiences. It has already done a business of 58.3 cr and counting now with the fresh UP collections and with a sale of 22 cr for the satellite it is a most successful film. http://bigb.bigadda.com/
so 22 cr is the genuine satelelite right price and i saw some parading 17 cr and exaggerated budget as numbers
its better to reson anything than resort to namecalling and we discuss numbers of every star
calling other as biased, fanatics will not make any so called other person as reasonable as namecalling is the the last thing you resort to when you nothing to say and btw there are no official boxoffice sites are india … they are couple who online post their numbers but there a big disclaimer attached to them which clearly states they never claim accuracy and reliability for their numbers otherwise they can be easily sued …most of these are estimations
producers don’t give their it status based on these numbers
It has already done a business of 58.3 cr and counting now with the fresh UP collections and with a sale of 22 cr for the satellite it is a most successful film.
I am really amazed that Big B writing arakshan as most successful film…even the most die hard Big fans will not think arakshan as most successful film..
By Big B logic we should add satellite right,music and co..to box office collection…if that is way forward no movie can be called a “flop”.
Anyway, all movie star have equal right to depend there the movie bad or good one.
Big B has acted brilliantly in the movie…for his sake hopefully, movie can became a decent success.But fact is its his going downward very fast.
With most successful he means its very much successful ..
Of course success in any business is measured by profit it earns, If Aarakshan is minting money for everyone associated, it is obviously successful .. and this can be verified by only person who is associated with movie … not you, me or any one else.
The real flop movies are accepted gracefully by producers as flop .. we have witnessed it many times that producers felt no shame to accept failures, but only if its real .. otherwise whenever there is any mislead by trade, they oppose ..
for eg Vishal Bhardwaj gracefully accept failure of Saat Khoon Maaf .. which actually didn’t work ..
But santoshi, who never spoke about BO .. was upset of trade for calling Khekee average .. He clearly said that Movie is HIT for all investors .. trade is misleading.
taran and komal have accepted their mistake many time but not in media but in their respective trade magzines and sometime they haven’t…
ya khakee was a blunder which they re and in recent times trade was not even bullish on rdb, bunty and bubli(very reluctantly they accepted it as sucess)
aadni,supersam,ajay,
no matter what you bring here reports of Aarakshan being flop…bring day to day collection of the film status,,you bachan haters are presumming and hoping that the figures you are giving are trus …figure man figures…
Aarakshan is so well that somehow jealousy is creeping in…
btw kbc 5 opened to thunderous grand opening..which i beleive you have not watched…I am glad that Amitabh is doing the show and bringing back the glory as someone left it in a total disaster..not mentioning any names …
Amitabh rocks in KBC 5
What made you think it was I who brought box-office reports of Aarakshan.. I rather think it’s doing very well for its genre and is already a success.
however, how did Aarakshan n KBC 5 come into picture? why does every other person here have a tendency to move off-topic and come up with something random from the film industry..?
August 21, 2011, 1:00 pm
‘Conan’ Proves Weaker Than He Looks
By BROOKS BARNES
It was a weekend of carnage at the box office, but not in the way that “Conan the Barbarian” had hoped. That gory remake, financed by Nu Image for about $90 million and distributed by Lionsgate, took in an anemic $10 million in North American theaters. A variety of factors probably contributed, including a lack of interest by women in the subject matter, terrible reviews and a release date when consumers were distracted with vacations or back-to-school preparations. Two other new films also flopped. A $30 million remake of “Fright Night” (DreamWorks Studios) sold $8.3 million in tickets, while the $15 million drama “One Day” (Focus Features) took in $5 million.
“The Help” (DreamWorks) was No. 1, as strong word of mouth powered that period drama to an impressive $20.5 million in ticket sales for a two-week total of $71.8 million, according to Hollywood.com, which compiles box-office statistics. “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” (20th Century Fox) was second, taking in about $16 million for a three-week total of $134 million. “Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World” (the Weinstein Company) was third with a humdrum $12 million in ticket sales. “Conan,” starring Jason Momoa (from “Game of Thrones” on HBO), was fourth and “Fright Night” fifth. “One Day” placed ninth.
Listen guys let’s not debate Aarakshan or SRK or anything else endlessly. If there’s a useful debate to be had it can be ‘interminable’ by all means but over the past number of days I have noticed too many jeering responses and worse. And the ‘debate’ seems to be very ‘basic’ to put it politely. Similarly I see a number of one-liner responses put up in the same contexts.
The reason I get into all of this is that the blog gets clogged (bad pun.. I know!) if the last 20-30 comments are predominantly about more or less silly stuff. If anyone wants to be pro or anti-Aarakshan, pro or anti-SRK that’s absolutely fine but let’s make the responses more ‘substantial’. If one is going to be silly reduce the volume of such responses! Which doesn’t mean there cannot be humorous exchanges and the like, we have these all the time, but where there’s friction and taunting there’s no pointing in dragging it on endlessly.
Satyam
if ur pointing on me then listen i wil bash arakashan as i can….
i m talking abt fact & i dnt want any response…. btw ur against boi just bcoz u thnk boi is anti bachan. wat can boi do when bachans movies r under performing..
Singham is stil strng in colectd arnd 2.1 cr in its 5th weekend.
I think I made myself very clear. It’s not about the ‘subject’. It’s about the nature of the ‘debate’. And I wasn’t referring to anyone specifically or let’s say I had more than one person in mind. But in any case what I said wasn’t a ‘request’.
7.5 crore weekend is not bad all things considered. The penile suckers BOI were saying on Tue, it is unlikely to do much further!
Am not sure what the deifnition of ‘much further’! Obviously, BOI and those who conviniently support it are either morally or intellectually challenged. BTW, using three days dsappearance the BO of and for idiots have conviniently changed the first week to 29 crores from their somewhat low ( undereported) initial estimate of 31 crores.
Satyam, these BO wars unfortunately are a reality of life and unfortunately these wars are going to continue. Some morons’ sole purpose in life,unfortunately is to trumpet BOI’s agenda and numbers.Probably their own way of dealing with their frustrations in life. They are not going anywhere.
Regardless, Aarakshan’s BOi is schizoid.I was quite pessimistic on its chances and given that, 45-50 crores is not bad. However, given its price and the monstrous performance of Rajneeti, it may not be enough. Might be chalk and cheese comparing Rajneeti and Aarakshan but then nuancesare often lost upon the idiots in the general public.
Think the initial bans damaged it greatly. Taran said that without them just the first 4 days might have been 35 crores. Even if this is an optimistic prediction I think 40 crores for week 1 was certainly a done deal. Hard to recover this later.
You should have also said Tashan would have done 50 crores with a full release in multiplexes.But instead you called it a flop.
Now,you know Tashan is a hit.
Tats wat am saying, taran was over praising arakshan.. aftr looking @ figs & response he dnt want to update fig.
arakshan wil wrap under 45 cr,
40 cr (boi)….
Aarakshan is growing every where … Third week has more number of shows At UP and at most places multiplexes has retained shows. AT Book My Show .. Aarakshan is number one movie in third week continually .. All this is enough evident that movie is doing exceedingly well. Increase number of shows + No 1 at BMS .. enough said.
BOI have 28.5 crores and 8.5 crores in weeks 1 and 2 respectively for Aarakshan. Koimoi had 32 crores for the former. So BOI are into some serious reduction here! They claim the film will end its run at 40 crores. I suspect it’s a 10-11 crore week 2 for a 42 crore or more run so far. It will assuredly do 45 crores and possibly a bit more.
Without the initials bans it would have done significantly more. That audience cannot be made up later. But still this too would be quite far from Rajneeti. Nonetheless this is a respectable number for a film on this subject. And even within Jha’s filmography Rajneeti is really an outlier. His Gangajal or Apharan were really rather modest grossers. But yes it’s fair to suggest that with a better script (I have yet to see it but given what I’ve been led to believe) it might have done a lot more. The thing with Rajneeti was that despite its own schizoid script (suddenly becomes the Godfather beyond a point!) it was consistently engaging and entertaining. This always helps when there are otherwise script issues.
and by the way they were just recently giving the most positive spin possible to Thank You for more or less the same numbers. With the Bachchans it could be anything and they have the very same commentary. The same old baloney budget/distribution figures and what not. There is never a set of numbers that ever favors the Bachchans even if it’s Paa!
Agree that boi were underplaying even during paa. bt arakashan is diff case. there is no update of fig frm any other sources even taran says it falls flater & every sources are claiming b.avg if nt flop.
ha,ha,ha…Aarakshan goes from flop to below average,
whats next ..from below average to above average,,btw Boi are total lost on Amitabhs films…to them SHOLAY was hit .
stupid site…Aarakshan is ofcourse a hit film
vijay,
a movie should be hit or flop based on scipt /story..not whether amithab is there or not.Aarakshan was huge movie making blunder.
where director forgets first half and tried making different second half. and result is there for ever one to see.
If a move doing 45 cr net is called hit even though budget may be 40-50 cr…than many flop from past should be declared hit.
“If a move doing 45 cr net is called hit even though budget may be 40-50 cr…”
Quite not sure about the budget of Arakshan…but in a debate for NDTV india, Prakash Jha told that he has invested 60 crores…If true then at 45 crore it’s clear flop…
suman,
according to your calculation MNIK was also flop,
fox int bought for 100cr..really mad to buy at this price when other 2 khans are ruling the bollywood movies..anyway mnik nett was 80cr…that means a total flop of srk ..mnik
Raa One will have a same faith ..flop written all over…
srk is going like dev anand way ..flop flop flopty flop.
btw salman khan film bodyguard is going to create another bumper opening and the way its advance booking is going..it will “SHATTER” boxoffice glasses..I will be watching this weekend..trafford centre here i come..manchester is already buzzing “EID”….
This movie is a clear cut flop as at least 70cr net business is required from Indian market which ll fetch 35cr distributes share and rest 10 to 15 cr ll be earned from other rights like satellite,music,dvd etc.Now looking at Bo prospects of this film,it is likely to wrapup at 45cr net mark whach means distributer share of around 22cr and hence it needs to recover 28cr at least from other sources to be called an average movie but that is impossible hence it is a clear cut flop.
Then how can movies like ZMND be considered a hit when it cost 68 cr including P&P? By your calculation it would need to make 136 cr from Indian market to fetch 68 cr distributor share and rest from other rights.
It seems the calculation changes based on whatever criteria are wanted to make a hit or flop.
Now even taran adarsh is not excited about Aarakshan movie prospect,even though he given 4 rating.
BOI cant be blamed for biased reporting,,,as no trade can call Aarakshan a average now,,,,forget hit verdict.
After 95 crore rajneeti comming to 45 crore Aarakshan is a lesson to prakash jha that audience want good movie,,,,not some ordinary story with great acting,,,,
No BOI can still be blamed.. because however well or not the film does they perform downgrades on every Bachchan film. If a film is doing 45 crores this might not be great but I don’t want it at 40 for this reason! Even if the film did 20 crores which would be a flop I wouldn’t want it at 15. Because I am interested in the facts! Similarly if the same film does 100 crores I don’t want it at 92 even though the latter number would still be great. This whole attitude that people have about a few crores not mattering either way is complete bunk. Similarly motivations are important. The same numbers quoted by different sources come laden with different agendas. People are always rather happy to somehow give BOI the benefit of the doubt when actually it takes someone who is either genuinely blind or deliberately trying to be blind to not see their agenda with the Bachchans. The very same numbers with other stars get far better commentary. Hits with other stars are exaggerated into Sholay-like events, flops with others stars are often ignored more or less. I could go on.
@Tyler….znmgd has collected around 90cr from India,so fetched d s of 45cr,it has collected around 40cr from overseas,so fetched 20cr d s and 20cr have come from satellite,dvd,music rights thus making total earnings to 85cr.The movie is still running and is a clear hit by all means.So nobody is using nos to show some movies hits or flops.
Satyam….No site in India gives the accurate BO numbers like boxofficemojo but BOI is the only site which is near to accuracy as far as nos are concerned.If you remember during MNIK release all other trade sites showed first week nos as 47.50 cr around but BOI showed that at 45cr.This is just one example here and there are many more examples like this.Their methodology is a bit different as compared to others,so on such basis we can not blame them being biased to any star.
Can you please explain why MNIK declared as HIT by BOI .Dont include overseas collctions.Overseas collections and India theatrical run collections are seperate.Not only MNIK other SRK’ s big budget films like Devdas,KANK and DON also declared hits.
Devdas budget in 2002 itself around 50 crores ,but movie collected around 30 crores nett in india
Both KANK and DON are 50 crore budget movies and In India both movies collections around 45-48 crores nett.
MNIK,KANK,DON,and Devdas boxoffice wise did avarge business in India and But BOI declared them hits and How can you say this site is accurate site ?
Saw Aarakshan over the weekend and should say was quite a satisfactory watch.May be the expectations were dumbed down but I did not feel any lack of drama,let down in the story at all. Saif did surprise as he looked quite believable. Not brilliant but quite effective. Bajpayee was OK but has a poor role. One can say that Bachchan can do this role in his sleep but actually, he was BRILLIANT. If it was any other actor portraying the cahracter with the ease and fire that AB did, it would probably their life’s best performance and a shoe-in for a FF award.With AB, there is a sense that this is par for the course. But,Jha IMO has extracted one of his better performances. Most importantly, he has managed to make AM feel engaged and enthused and as a result, I felt there was something extra in his performance beyond the usual great stuff. The criticism that the film does not take a stand on reservation is baffling and lame. It is quite obvious that AB takes a stand supporting reservation tho with well – reserbvations.He is not a card-carrying pro-reservation activist but a sensible,considerate and an intelligent person thinking that it is just and needed.
Chatur Singh… , Not A Love Story: No Success Story
August 29th, 2011 by Koimoi.com Team
Chatur Singh Two Star fared miserably in its first week which also turned out to be its last week in many cinemas. About 60-70% of the investment in the Sanjay Dutt starrer would not be recovered. Not A Love Story was not a success story anywhere. It recorded dull collections in the 1st week. Thankfully, it didn’t cost too much to make. Sahi Dhandhe Galat Bande proved to be a debacle. It was discontinued in the middle of the first week itself from many cinemas.
Chhote Dabang – Spy Kids (dubbed) and its original English version, Spy Kids: All The Time In The World, met with an average response. Seems, the audience didn’t have much time for the two films.
Aarakshan dropped badly at most of the centres in its 2nd week. Will entail losses. Phhir breathed its last at most of the places in the second week. Singham fetched shares in its fifth week too. It touched the Rs.100 crore mark this week. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara also yielded shares in the sixth week in the big cities.
Bodyguard will have a noon start at multiplexes and single screens on Wednesday. On Thursday the release of the film will get bigger as early shows at multiplexes come into play. Then on Friday the release is full blown as the film gets the single screens which have a changeover on Friday. By Friday the film be showing on a record 2400 screens in around 1800 theatres across the country.
Even though on Wednesday the release will not be to full capacity for the film it will still be a huge release with many multiplexes having 18-20 shows and then going to 22-24 shows by Friday.
The advance opened last week at places and it results were phenomenal with theatres like Delite and Liberty in Delhi selling thousands of tickets within hours of advance opening.
Seems “orgasmic” times are here for salman (&kareena ) fans.
Enjoy folks (while it lasts)….
Btw happy for salman.
He said somewhere that “i have started enjoying the pain!!” (due to trigeminal neuralgia!!!)
Like the spirit & the attitude…..
Yes,Bodyguard BO thread is neccessary.
But, it is off to a phenomenal start and definitely will shatter first weekend records. It is a testimony to Salman’s undoubted BO prowess. Given the expected start, it will most likely overtake Dabangg but falls are going to be steep in percentages from Week one to two but given very high initial numbers, absolute numbers still will not be shabby. 3I is a pie dream and it will be a looooong while before any film gets there.
Regardless, this is an evidence if any was needed of Salman’s clout. Hats off to Salman. May it long continue. At this point, in BO prowess, he is the unchallenged numero uno.
August 19, 2011 at 8:24 AM
Sanjeev Kumar:
UP ban was lifted from Aarakshan
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/184793/supreme-court-lifts-uttar-pradesh.html
August 19, 2011 at 8:25 AM
I expect a good second weekend here and this should only help.
August 19, 2011 at 10:31 AM
They should have imposed hefty fine on State.
August 19, 2011 at 8:34 AM
Hope its second weekend is good.Though the movie is bit boring in its second half but should do well in its second week due to no competition.
August 19, 2011 at 10:26 AM
Surprisingly no update on nt love story opening & arakshan 1st week.
one thng i hav noticed tat boi has nt yet gvn teritorial breakdwn of weekend or monday fig,even they havnt gvn total fig aftr 4 r 5 days,they gvn 1st weekend arnd 18.5cr
then mon 6 cr
tue 2.5, they havnt gvn total colectn aftr 4\5days bt they were updating twice a day for znmd & once a day for singham..
August 19, 2011 at 10:31 AM
Satyam bro, plz made diffrent thread for dookudu thanx
August 19, 2011 at 12:00 PM
there’s a trailer thread on this already, just updated it with a new trailer.
August 19, 2011 at 10:42 AM
The Instinct of Aamir khan http://www.manujoseph.com/The%20Instinct%20of%20Aamir%20Khan.html
August 19, 2011 at 11:59 AM
this has been posted here before.
August 19, 2011 at 10:48 AM
Q and A: What will be box office for Amitabh’s Buddah?
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Q: What is Badrinath?
A: There’s Badrinath, famous site of Uttarkhand and it is also title of Telugu film which is currently the number one ranked film in India
Q: What is the verdict on the Akshay Kumar recent films?
A: Tees Maar Khan – Flop, Patiala House – Flop, Thank You – Flop
Q: So what will be the box office fate of Amitabh’s Buddah Hoga Tera Baap?
A: After news of recent Rajnikanth successes down south, this type of film had/has great potential for Bachchan. Had this movie released 10 years ago after original KBC instead of a movie like Mohabbatein, it would have taken probably a toplevel opening (ie in today’s parlance a Rs. 90-100 crore week). Because it harkens to an era when Amitabh actually used to be a legitimate #1 crowd pulling superstar at the box office on a regular basis. Today there are more questions. Over the last decade, Amitabh, unlike Rajnikanth, accepted just about anything with movies like K3G, KANK not to mention countless special appearance and character roles which went against continuity of his ‘Vijay’ era symbolism, which was the basis for his stardom. Now they’re going back to it, but an entire generation has been skipped who simply isn’t aware of Bachchan’s peak days (barring a whiff in Bunty/Babli briefly in 2005). Most of the ticket buying audience (18-35) crowd never ever even saw Agneepath or the Hum queues in theaters let alone Deewar or Natwarlal, which is what you want if you want a hit film out of this. In terms of prerelease content for this film, after the original promo of BHTB which was well received, the new song promos with Raveena Tandon as well as ‘beep’ promos are once again spiraling the film down and coming across as awkwardly forced and haphazardly put together, more like the late 90s flop Bachchan films instead. Section of public which may have been intrigued initially doesn’t know what they’re going to get here, Nishabd or Bunty&Babli, Lal Badshah or Aakhree Raasta . That said, at 10 crores the budget is miniscule and it will take a bigger opening than Amitabh Bachchan’s last few films in India.
Q: How big a hit were Gadar and Lagaan? What was their impact on the industry?
A: Gadar was a bigger hit than Lagaan but it was a blockbuster primarily in Punjab and Delhi city and successful enough elsewhere. If you ask south indian cinema hall owners Gadar wouldn’t make the top 10. Infact its suggested predecessor Hum Aapke Hai Kaun’s collection in even Bombay were not broken till 2006 (5 years after Gadar, 12 years after HAHK) till the multiplex-rates driven Lage Raho Munnabhai was released. Gadar did well in areas and theaters where a lot of media acclaimed hits of that era (Lagaan, Taal, Dil Chahta Hai, K3G etc) were either mediocre or outright flops so that was its main separating characteristic as box office story.
http://www.ibosnetwork.com/newsmanager/templates/template1.aspx?a=22269&z=11
August 19, 2011 at 11:19 AM
This is 2 months old QA .. whats point posting it now ?
August 19, 2011 at 11:22 AM
yes,whats the point now..
bhtb is history..
August 19, 2011 at 11:24 AM
BOI ki hawa gul hai … Koi update nahi .. A source is saying 34 Crore first week and second weekend should be around 12-15 Crore. This movie should not collect less than 55 Crore.
August 19, 2011 at 11:58 AM
yeah someone quoted a 37 crore figure here. I think it would have done 42 crores or more without the bans. Taran suggested it would have been 35 crores just for the first 4 days. Basically the numbers in that scenario wouldn’t have been too far off from Rajneeti’s, at least in the initial going.
August 19, 2011 at 1:12 PM
BOI site has some technical problem since yesterday.Whenever i tried to visit that error got displayed.
August 19, 2011 at 1:27 PM
Arakshan has below the mark 1st week
http://boxofficereport.net/aarakshan-first-week-net-collections-updated/
August 19, 2011 at 2:24 PM
This is wrong update by a fake site .. they don’t have collections at all … and look at logic .. since chatur singh and other new movies not open well, Aarakshan don’t have chance … Lmaoooooooo .. look at language, logic and grammar .. all rubbish ..
August 19, 2011 at 1:29 PM
Singham all set to touch 100 cr
http://boxofficereport.net/singham-4-weeks-net-collections-crosses-93-cr/
August 19, 2011 at 4:27 PM
don’t put fake updates from fake sites. Singham can cross 100 crore .. but the link u have given is laugh worthy ..
August 19, 2011 at 1:47 PM
Pietersen & bell fcuked india,
eng 440\2
eng scored 51 run in 1st sesion with 2 rpo
2nd session 170 runs arnd 4.75 rpo
3rd sesion (gng on) scoring with more than 6 rpo
August 19, 2011 at 1:54 PM
Kp out,
sorry 3rd session scoring with more than 7.5 rpo
arnd 156 runs in 20 over
August 19, 2011 at 2:47 PM
May be thz is fake site bt usualy their figs r accurate with 5% here & dere wait til 2mrw doodh ka doodh paani ka paani hogayega.
i m sure boi wil hav 1st week arnd 31 cr or may be less
komal arnd 31.5 cr
taran arnd 32.5 cr
it depends on you whom to follow.
August 19, 2011 at 2:53 PM
2nd weekend will be better as jha’s movie has always had big market in u.p …………
August 19, 2011 at 3:03 PM
35-37 cr if true clearly means the weekend was underrepoted btw its a fair acheivment considering all sort of ban and negetive controversy
August 19, 2011 at 11:35 PM
Again taran at his best? What does he mean by drop in certain places were evident.Again why has he not given
figures for week 1.
This is called false and misreporting…
as per business cinema aarakhshan has collected 35 approx and this includes the ban….again taran at his best…
so this again gives pre mature ejaculations club one more chance to downgrade this movie
August 19, 2011 at 11:39 PM
now they say it has flopped and singham as a good chance..cant get this idea why r they after big b’s movies…dick heads
http://boxofficereport.net/singham-4-weeks-net-collections-crosses-93-cr/
August 20, 2011 at 12:04 AM
@naren,actually reports from all over are not encouraging and movie has collected around 31cr as almost all trade sites have mentioned that.So looking at the above figures alongwith a negative wom,anyone can predict the fate of the movie.Hope this movie picks up in second week and proves everyone wrong.
August 20, 2011 at 1:04 AM
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/trade/top5/index.html
arakshan crashd badly on weekdays,
singham close to 100 cr mark
August 20, 2011 at 1:38 AM
How can 9 Crore in last three days is crash ??
August 20, 2011 at 1:39 AM
Its 35 Crore in week 1 by trade magazine. Very good number indeed.
August 20, 2011 at 6:35 AM
wel ,well,Aarakshan makes 59.5 cr in one week.
where are these film basher who declared flopped
http://www.realbollywood.com/2011/08/aarakshan-boxoffice.html
August 20, 2011 at 6:47 AM
no wonder prakash jha looks relaxed,even Amitabh looks relaxed..they always knew the film will be a sucess…
August 20, 2011 at 2:32 AM
@Jeevan,If it is really 35cr then these are decent nos but still movie needs to sustain well in its second week to go into a safe zone.
August 20, 2011 at 7:45 AM
Aarakshan is bad movie…prakash jha must take the entire blame here.Acting of Big B and monaj is really good…alas if director forget first half and make a complete different second half,,,result will be dismal.
As taran is not excited now about the movie…high chance movie will end of 50 cr range.Highly disappointing from prakash jha…after rajneethi extraordinary success following up with half baked script “Aarakshan”.
August 20, 2011 at 8:28 AM
that what happen to sarkarraj..first half was very good but second half very dissapointing..looked like the film was made in a hurry…
August 20, 2011 at 8:26 AM
B.O. update: New releases open to poor houses
- By Taran Adarsh, August 20, 2011 – 08:26 IST
The three new releases, NOT A LOVE STORY, SAHI DHANDHE GALAT BANDE and CHATUR SINGH TWO STARS, opened to poor houses across the country. Much was expected from NOT A LOVE STORY, since the film had been in the news for the right and wrong reasons, but the terrific pre-release reports and the controversies attached to the film did not translate into box-office numbers. The opening response ranged from ordinary to below average. However, this one stands the best chance amongst the three films.
SAHI DHANDHE GALAT BANDE had a poor start everywhere. The film was expected to generate a better start in North India, but the response was tepid. CHATUR SINGH TWO STARS had a slightly better start at some single screens, but the overall response was disappointing.
August 20, 2011 at 8:51 AM
Boxofficeindia doesn’t seem to be accessible over the last 24 hrs or more. Is everyone having this problem?
August 20, 2011 at 12:41 PM
they changed the url, here is the new one
http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in
August 20, 2011 at 12:55 PM
Thats a different website and has been oprating for a while. It numbers usually are very close to BOI.
August 20, 2011 at 10:04 AM
No offense
—————————————
I’m your average Satyamshotite. I revel in my intelligence, my vast knowledge of cinema and my ability to play with words.
I love Abhishek because he acted in Guru, had a big solo hit in Guru, gave Mani Ratnam his first Hindi hit with Guru, acted really well in Guru and brought a vast range of emotions in Guru.
I dislike SRK because he is a dishonest performer.
I was mighty and overwhelmingly pleased to see Amitabh giving a tribute to himself in Bbudha Hoga tera Baap.
I am exceedingly happy when Rajnikant’s name flashes after a sequential letters of R-A-J-N-I-K-A-N-T appear outlandishly before his film starts.
But for some strange reason, I find it outrageous, silly, and laughable when a ‘Get ready for the return of the King’ tagline appears for a second in a one-minute promo of Don 2.
I was mighty pleased with Abhishek and Mani Ratnam for giving us Raavan. So what if the director sleepwalked in its narration? So what if it had glaring pot-holes of, for instance, Govinda getting to Ash effortlessly while a whole police-force of the hero dude couldn’t; or perhaps of Vikramm (along with his team of highly professional police officers) had to rely on following Ash in the climactic portion to get to Beera? At least the film had excellent cinematography and was shot on Indian soil. The mortals should be aware that these are the only two ingredients to make a film masterpiece?
But I found KANK pathetic to say the least because of the hurricane Katrina plot. Extremely bad.. Bad, bad film! Yuck to be honest.
For me, IBOS is the best and most reliable Box-office site because it provides positive updates on all Bachchan films, even though they might have otherwise not performed well. Any site which calls a Bachchan film as flop is not trustworthy.
August 20, 2011 at 12:05 PM
No offence, you are anything but Aadami . .
August 20, 2011 at 12:10 PM
because MARD ko kabhi dard nahi hota .. and it seems you are in severe pain because of satyamshot …
August 20, 2011 at 1:50 PM
>MARD ko kabhi dard nahi hota .
Very obsolete idea.
August 20, 2011 at 12:56 PM
Well, it would seem that salvation is very near for you.
August 20, 2011 at 2:15 PM
lo but there are some wrong facts here
katrina was there in MNIK not KANK which was just a modern day version of silsila just like kal ho na ho the modern version of anand and ya tribute to mr bachchan is present everywhere when every tom dick and harry is remaking his own movie. song and what else
August 20, 2011 at 2:21 PM
further you got the reading of ravan wrong as well and for it the comparison is dil se …
mani put the state(srk as All india radio correspondent) vs non state actor( suicide zihadi who was there to indermine indian unity) similarly in ravan it was adivasi tribal ( core thinkinggroup of maoists) taking on state again(police etc)
but ya inversion of ramayana shouldn’t have been there ( but in dravidian history its ravan who is mostly revered)
August 21, 2011 at 4:15 PM
acha to yeh comparison hai.. ?
I just remembered Sholay and DDLJ were way too similar too.. Raj goes after Simran to Punjab just like Jai/Veeru go after Gabbar in Sholay
August 21, 2011 at 4:13 PM
FYI I wrote KANK by mistake and I meant MNIK.. You could’ve realized this if your sensibility was in place.
yeah, RGV ki aag for example.. starring the big man himself..
anyways the trend of remakes has been for long.. why do you think only bachchan’s films are being remade..
August 21, 2011 at 10:41 PM
jya it is ust like ddlj is similar to godfather trilogy…huh
both sholay and ddlj where inspired i( i won’t say copy) of sure thing and magnificient seven respectively …
anti state thing was evident from a song called door nahin hai dilli in ravan …..
August 21, 2011 at 10:54 PM
remakes have been made for long and they temselves amont to tribute … look around who brought that tribute thing at first place … bachchan was not paying tribute to himself as he was not producer and director
and when you question other’s iq and what not its better you should not harp on sensibilities
Cheers
TC
August 20, 2011 at 10:17 AM
Yes everyone has
August 20, 2011 at 12:18 PM
Abhishek Bachchan to replace Saif Ali Khan
Garima SharmaGarima Sharma, TNN | Aug 20, 2011
Saif Ali Khan may be replaced by Abhishek Bachchan in Raj Kumar Gupta’s dark comedy “Ghanchakkar”, because AB Junior has a better sense of humour.
Saif’s name has been doing the rounds for the lead in “No One Killed Jessica” director Raj Kumar Gupta’s next. But now, Abhi’s name’s cropped up. The film is supposedly a revival of dark comedy. Says a source, “Since this is a dark comedy, they need someone who doesn’t need to pretend to be humourous when he isn’t. Abhishek is famous for his dry humour.”
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Abhishek-Bachchan-to-replace-Saif-Ali-Khan/articleshow/9660500.cms
August 20, 2011 at 2:34 PM
actually director has to be more innovative
they copied the title itself from a famous toi title in 2006 and so the story where some of the minute details where not correct
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-02-22/delhi/27816891_1_jessica-lal-murder-tamarind-court-bina-ramani
August 20, 2011 at 2:22 PM
Arakshan has 2nd fri arnd 1.5 cr.
frst week 30 cr
2nd weekend 7 cr
lifetime wil wrap under 45 cr.
August 20, 2011 at 2:27 PM
so even after first week trade has no number now this is what you call transparency
movie may work or not but undermining movies , unethical reporting clearly shows where indian box office stands
August 20, 2011 at 2:28 PM
arakshan has below d mark 1st weeK
http://www.addatoday.com/2011/08/aarakshan-first-week-collection-is-312.html
August 20, 2011 at 2:32 PM
http://boxofficekings.com/2011/08/20/aarakshan-has-31-crore-first-week-approx/
August 20, 2011 at 2:49 PM
who is boxoffice kings…life time wrap under 45cr…by experts supersam…always bringing negative report on Aarakshan…do not beleive this for one second
August 20, 2011 at 2:41 PM
Nw some of d ab fanatics wil cal these sites r fake/underreporting ab movies blah blah, almost all trade hav arnd 30- 32 cr 1st week.
arakshan is a flop accept it.
the figs cme late just bcz no has accurate figs except boi whch is having technical problem. all sites just copy d figs with 5% here&der
August 20, 2011 at 2:50 PM
some good sites are saying 58.5 corer..supersam…think you will say they are fake….anti-bachan nara continues
August 20, 2011 at 2:52 PM
lifetime achivement 45cr…bring day to day collection if you so confident …supersam
August 20, 2011 at 3:16 PM
superstar sam,
there are lots of site saying Aarakshan did 20cr,30cr,40cr50cr and so on ,some even saying its dissapointing and some are saying its very good..you seems to google aroung what ever negatives are there for Aarakshan you are tending to bring to this blog..
we know what the film is doing and and doing well or not we continue and move on to next film…your moto is bring negative reports as much as possible and provoke any bachan fans..we love films and if it is good then so be it…GROW UP
August 20, 2011 at 11:26 PM
No way Aarakshan can do 50 cr 1 week can you please provide some valid Boxoffice link to prove the same???
Fact is Aarakshan is bad movie, its deserve to crass..no surprise on that front.
Inspite of such amazing acting from big b , monaj and also deepika ,if script is missing no one can make a movie a hit.
Prakash Jha must take entiire blame here for 2 simple reason:
1.Movie name should not be Aarakshan as its is more about education system and malpractice.
2.Forgetting first half and making complete different second half.Which create confusion for many people…what jha is trying to convey??
August 20, 2011 at 11:46 PM
There are always fights between Bachchan fans and non fans whenever a Bachchan movie releases.One party i.e Bachchan fans claim that movie is doing well and trade sites are downplaying nos and other party agrees with trade sites.Can anyone tell here which party is right?
August 21, 2011 at 12:30 AM
Fans are Biased as usual… Believe the non fans…
August 21, 2011 at 1:32 AM
Non fans are most bachchan haters .. how to believe them ?
August 21, 2011 at 2:01 AM
How can all box office trade site became bachchan haters suddenly???
Sorry to say this many of bachchan movie have failed in boxoffice in last 5 year…that a hard fact…let accept the fact…
bachchan have acted quite well in all movie…but box office depend other factors also…
bachchan senior has got huge success in his hay days which hardly any khan,kumar and roshon can match.
Then why should a bachchan fan will have problem now when his movie fails…let other also taste success…
True fans must accept success and failure together…But with bachchan even with failed movie had some “great piece of acting” which all movie lovers should appreciate.
August 21, 2011 at 2:05 AM
So UP, where it was banned is now opened to 65 centers and the response even though delayed due to the ban has been extraordinary. The shows are being patronized by 90 to 100 % audiences. It has already done a business of 58.3 cr and counting now with the fresh UP collections and with a sale of 22 cr for the satellite it is a most successful film.
http://bigb.bigadda.com/
August 21, 2011 at 2:21 AM
@Vijay
first of al am nt anti bachan,
ya agree arakshan has more than 50 cr 1st week bt that is gross colection frm whch they pay taxes, theatre rent etc.
30 cr is net colectin whch decides the movie fate…
i knw daily breakdwn fig bt u wont believes it. so wats d use of posting..
August 21, 2011 at 2:40 AM
Its 59 Crore gross first week .. Nett will be 60% of gross .. i.e. 35.4 Crore .. and Second week opened with bumper response at UP .. of course from noon shows of Saturday only .. Friday was 2.75 Crore as per Vikas mohan. And with UP addon .. this 4 day weekend will be nothing less than 15 Crore. This will make 51 Crore in 11 days.
August 21, 2011 at 2:42 AM
UP, where it was banned is now opened to 65 centers and the response even though delayed due to the ban has been extraordinary. The shows are being patronized by 90 to 100 % audiences. It has already done a business of 58.3 cr and counting now with the fresh UP collections and with a sale of 22 cr for the satellite it is a most successful film.
http://bigb.bigadda.com/
August 21, 2011 at 4:01 AM
so 22 cr is the genuine satelelite right price and i saw some parading 17 cr and exaggerated budget as numbers
its better to reson anything than resort to namecalling and we discuss numbers of every star
calling other as biased, fanatics will not make any so called other person as reasonable as namecalling is the the last thing you resort to when you nothing to say and btw there are no official boxoffice sites are india … they are couple who online post their numbers but there a big disclaimer attached to them which clearly states they never claim accuracy and reliability for their numbers otherwise they can be easily sued …most of these are estimations
producers don’t give their it status based on these numbers
August 21, 2011 at 2:49 AM
@Jeevan, 59 cr includes overseas collection too,
August 21, 2011 at 3:01 AM
Arakshan 2nd fri is arnd 1.5 cr
chatur singh 1st day arnd 90 lakhs
not a love s 50-70 lakh
sahi dhande less than 20 lakh
arakshan has crashed in almost all circuit, collectn has cme frm up & mumbai circuits (it has crashd bt stil manages to collects due to no release)
August 22, 2011 at 11:56 AM
Aarakshan has cras in all circuit..
whi said that…go to site sam says it is doing good bussiness..
your point is only one…de-grade Aarakshan.
Its like fox who bought MNIK for 100cr.
made 80cr..total loss 20cr
its distributors who loses not producers…
that means mnik was a total humiliation debacle..
August 21, 2011 at 3:22 AM
It has already done a business of 58.3 cr and counting now with the fresh UP collections and with a sale of 22 cr for the satellite it is a most successful film.
I am really amazed that Big B writing arakshan as most successful film…even the most die hard Big fans will not think arakshan as most successful film..
By Big B logic we should add satellite right,music and co..to box office collection…if that is way forward no movie can be called a “flop”.
Anyway, all movie star have equal right to depend there the movie bad or good one.
Big B has acted brilliantly in the movie…for his sake hopefully, movie can became a decent success.But fact is its his going downward very fast.
August 21, 2011 at 4:45 AM
With most successful he means its very much successful ..
Of course success in any business is measured by profit it earns, If Aarakshan is minting money for everyone associated, it is obviously successful .. and this can be verified by only person who is associated with movie … not you, me or any one else.
August 21, 2011 at 3:40 AM
58.5 cr is gross not net and its producers total i guess
August 21, 2011 at 8:51 AM
By that logic ,Kites,Raavan,Delhi-6 all should have been success had producer just said “Movie is Success”.
Then what this box office site doing..they should all shutdown as there is no need for it.
Taran and komal should quit there job and start searching some new jobs.
By that logic all movie are successful…In India no movie had ever flopped it seems.
August 21, 2011 at 10:39 AM
The real flop movies are accepted gracefully by producers as flop .. we have witnessed it many times that producers felt no shame to accept failures, but only if its real .. otherwise whenever there is any mislead by trade, they oppose ..
for eg Vishal Bhardwaj gracefully accept failure of Saat Khoon Maaf .. which actually didn’t work ..
But santoshi, who never spoke about BO .. was upset of trade for calling Khekee average .. He clearly said that Movie is HIT for all investors .. trade is misleading.
August 21, 2011 at 11:03 AM
Its distributor who loss money nt producer.
producer just make movie & sells to distributer. its dist who hav to face loses.
just take ex of kite it was made @ d budget arnd 60 & sells to reliance arnd 80(i m nt sure).its reliance who had lost money on kites nt producers.
August 21, 2011 at 10:48 PM
taran and komal have accepted their mistake many time but not in media but in their respective trade magzines and sometime they haven’t…
ya khakee was a blunder which they re and in recent times trade was not even bullish on rdb, bunty and bubli(very reluctantly they accepted it as sucess)
August 22, 2011 at 3:28 AM
“jya it is ust like ddlj is similar to godfather trilogy…huh
both sholay and ddlj where inspired i( i won’t say copy) of sure thing and magnificient seven respectively”
— Do you understand sarcasm?
— Do you know the meaning of respectively?
“bachchan was not paying tribute to himself as he was not producer and director”
— yes..director was Puri Jagannath.. But what’s the full-form of ABCL according to you? Allan Border’s Cricketing League?
August 22, 2011 at 5:42 AM
it was another ab called abhishek bachchan who was producer
allan border is busy playing golf these days
August 22, 2011 at 3:31 AM
Why was my response to jeevan’s post removed if he can get away with the ‘severe pain’ remarks?
August 22, 2011 at 5:46 AM
aadni,supersam,ajay,
no matter what you bring here reports of Aarakshan being flop…bring day to day collection of the film status,,you bachan haters are presumming and hoping that the figures you are giving are trus …figure man figures…
Aarakshan is so well that somehow jealousy is creeping in…
btw kbc 5 opened to thunderous grand opening..which i beleive you have not watched…I am glad that Amitabh is doing the show and bringing back the glory as someone left it in a total disaster..not mentioning any names …
Amitabh rocks in KBC 5
August 22, 2011 at 6:04 AM
What made you think it was I who brought box-office reports of Aarakshan.. I rather think it’s doing very well for its genre and is already a success.
however, how did Aarakshan n KBC 5 come into picture? why does every other person here have a tendency to move off-topic and come up with something random from the film industry..?
August 22, 2011 at 5:46 AM
and ya how can i understand scarcasm … i guess you have marked a patent on it…
August 22, 2011 at 7:35 AM
August 21, 2011, 1:00 pm
‘Conan’ Proves Weaker Than He Looks
By BROOKS BARNES
It was a weekend of carnage at the box office, but not in the way that “Conan the Barbarian” had hoped. That gory remake, financed by Nu Image for about $90 million and distributed by Lionsgate, took in an anemic $10 million in North American theaters. A variety of factors probably contributed, including a lack of interest by women in the subject matter, terrible reviews and a release date when consumers were distracted with vacations or back-to-school preparations. Two other new films also flopped. A $30 million remake of “Fright Night” (DreamWorks Studios) sold $8.3 million in tickets, while the $15 million drama “One Day” (Focus Features) took in $5 million.
“The Help” (DreamWorks) was No. 1, as strong word of mouth powered that period drama to an impressive $20.5 million in ticket sales for a two-week total of $71.8 million, according to Hollywood.com, which compiles box-office statistics. “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” (20th Century Fox) was second, taking in about $16 million for a three-week total of $134 million. “Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World” (the Weinstein Company) was third with a humdrum $12 million in ticket sales. “Conan,” starring Jason Momoa (from “Game of Thrones” on HBO), was fourth and “Fright Night” fifth. “One Day” placed ninth.
August 22, 2011 at 7:36 AM
Fri – 4.5 cr Sat – 6.25 cr Sun- 7.25 cr Mon – 6.5 cr Tue- 2.25 cr
wed-1.75 cr
thur- 1.5 cr
1st week 30 cr
2nd fri 1.5 cr
sat 2.25 cqg
sun 3 cr
2nd weekend arnd 6.5 cr.
wait boi wil update within 2 days.
not a love story has arnd 3 cr weekend
August 22, 2011 at 7:49 AM
I dnt understand wats wrng with trade experts, y arent they updating figs, taran knws d fig stil he dnt want to update as he was praising alot.
August 22, 2011 at 8:09 AM
lolz, i had fig arnd 30 cr, bt boi had arnd 28.5 cr
http://boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=3334&nCat=
August 22, 2011 at 8:19 AM
Aarakshan Makes Rs. 32 Crore In First Week
BOI always have the lowest numbers for a Bachchan film!
August 22, 2011 at 8:14 AM
singham has 4th week arnd 6.5 cr. total 93 cr
http://boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=3333&nCat=
August 22, 2011 at 11:10 AM
even boi has low fig for singham, acc to reliance singham has 1st week 51 cr
aftr 4 week 96 cr.
as per boi 1st week 49 cr
aftr 4 week 93 cr.
bt i feel boi r accurate than taran/komal r any other source
August 22, 2011 at 11:45 AM
I don’t go by ‘feelings’!
August 22, 2011 at 12:14 PM
Listen guys let’s not debate Aarakshan or SRK or anything else endlessly. If there’s a useful debate to be had it can be ‘interminable’ by all means but over the past number of days I have noticed too many jeering responses and worse. And the ‘debate’ seems to be very ‘basic’ to put it politely. Similarly I see a number of one-liner responses put up in the same contexts.
The reason I get into all of this is that the blog gets clogged (bad pun.. I know!) if the last 20-30 comments are predominantly about more or less silly stuff. If anyone wants to be pro or anti-Aarakshan, pro or anti-SRK that’s absolutely fine but let’s make the responses more ‘substantial’. If one is going to be silly reduce the volume of such responses! Which doesn’t mean there cannot be humorous exchanges and the like, we have these all the time, but where there’s friction and taunting there’s no pointing in dragging it on endlessly.
August 22, 2011 at 12:17 PM
August 22, 2011 at 1:20 PM
Satyam
if ur pointing on me then listen i wil bash arakashan as i can….
i m talking abt fact & i dnt want any response…. btw ur against boi just bcoz u thnk boi is anti bachan. wat can boi do when bachans movies r under performing..
Singham is stil strng in colectd arnd 2.1 cr in its 5th weekend.
arakshan 7.5 cr 2nd weekend
August 22, 2011 at 3:34 PM
I think I made myself very clear. It’s not about the ‘subject’. It’s about the nature of the ‘debate’. And I wasn’t referring to anyone specifically or let’s say I had more than one person in mind. But in any case what I said wasn’t a ‘request’.
August 22, 2011 at 5:25 PM
7.5 crore weekend is not bad all things considered. The penile suckers BOI were saying on Tue, it is unlikely to do much further!
Am not sure what the deifnition of ‘much further’! Obviously, BOI and those who conviniently support it are either morally or intellectually challenged. BTW, using three days dsappearance the BO of and for idiots have conviniently changed the first week to 29 crores from their somewhat low ( undereported) initial estimate of 31 crores.
Satyam, these BO wars unfortunately are a reality of life and unfortunately these wars are going to continue. Some morons’ sole purpose in life,unfortunately is to trumpet BOI’s agenda and numbers.Probably their own way of dealing with their frustrations in life. They are not going anywhere.
Regardless, Aarakshan’s BOi is schizoid.I was quite pessimistic on its chances and given that, 45-50 crores is not bad. However, given its price and the monstrous performance of Rajneeti, it may not be enough. Might be chalk and cheese comparing Rajneeti and Aarakshan but then nuancesare often lost upon the idiots in the general public.
August 22, 2011 at 5:36 PM
Think the initial bans damaged it greatly. Taran said that without them just the first 4 days might have been 35 crores. Even if this is an optimistic prediction I think 40 crores for week 1 was certainly a done deal. Hard to recover this later.
August 22, 2011 at 5:27 PM
Re: But in any case what I said wasn’t a ‘request’.
Like that. Crack the whip. Tho, on econd thoughts, some BOI supporters might get excited by the mention of whipping.
August 23, 2011 at 2:19 AM
You should have also said Tashan would have done 50 crores with a full release in multiplexes.But instead you called it a flop.
Now,you know Tashan is a hit.
August 23, 2011 at 8:05 AM
Midweek: New releases bite the dust
August 23, 2011 at 8:06 AM
after the first weekend Taran has not offered any hard numbers on the film, something he does every other time!
August 23, 2011 at 8:33 AM
Tats wat am saying, taran was over praising arakshan.. aftr looking @ figs & response he dnt want to update fig.
arakshan wil wrap under 45 cr,
40 cr (boi)….
nw every except arakashan is clean flops.
August 23, 2011 at 8:41 AM
there are many other films that he’s supported where he still puts up the numbers irrespective of the box office story..
August 23, 2011 at 8:38 AM
wtf, our makers tryng to proof, releasing 3 biggie in same week,
if i want to watch any of one movie then i would prefer players as am huge fan abbas mustan…
August 25, 2011 at 11:55 PM
Aarakshan is growing every where … Third week has more number of shows At UP and at most places multiplexes has retained shows. AT Book My Show .. Aarakshan is number one movie in third week continually .. All this is enough evident that movie is doing exceedingly well. Increase number of shows + No 1 at BMS .. enough said.
August 26, 2011 at 12:54 PM
BOI have 28.5 crores and 8.5 crores in weeks 1 and 2 respectively for Aarakshan. Koimoi had 32 crores for the former. So BOI are into some serious reduction here! They claim the film will end its run at 40 crores. I suspect it’s a 10-11 crore week 2 for a 42 crore or more run so far. It will assuredly do 45 crores and possibly a bit more.
Without the initials bans it would have done significantly more. That audience cannot be made up later. But still this too would be quite far from Rajneeti. Nonetheless this is a respectable number for a film on this subject. And even within Jha’s filmography Rajneeti is really an outlier. His Gangajal or Apharan were really rather modest grossers. But yes it’s fair to suggest that with a better script (I have yet to see it but given what I’ve been led to believe) it might have done a lot more. The thing with Rajneeti was that despite its own schizoid script (suddenly becomes the Godfather beyond a point!) it was consistently engaging and entertaining. This always helps when there are otherwise script issues.
August 26, 2011 at 1:08 PM
and by the way they were just recently giving the most positive spin possible to Thank You for more or less the same numbers. With the Bachchans it could be anything and they have the very same commentary. The same old baloney budget/distribution figures and what not. There is never a set of numbers that ever favors the Bachchans even if it’s Paa!
August 27, 2011 at 11:33 AM
Agree that boi were underplaying even during paa. bt arakashan is diff case. there is no update of fig frm any other sources even taran says it falls flater & every sources are claiming b.avg if nt flop.
August 27, 2011 at 12:57 PM
ha,ha,ha…Aarakshan goes from flop to below average,
whats next ..from below average to above average,,btw Boi are total lost on Amitabhs films…to them SHOLAY was hit .
stupid site…Aarakshan is ofcourse a hit film
August 28, 2011 at 1:14 AM
I think BOI have clearly declared it,a flop.Where they have shown it below average.
August 28, 2011 at 2:49 AM
Aarakshan budget is somewhere around 45 crore…So its should have done done minimum 70 cr to be called clean hit.
But now its below avg.Hugly Disappointing for prakash jha,after rajneethi 90 crore blockbuster…better thing was expected.
August 28, 2011 at 2:55 AM
vijay,
a movie should be hit or flop based on scipt /story..not whether amithab is there or not.Aarakshan was huge movie making blunder.
where director forgets first half and tried making different second half. and result is there for ever one to see.
If a move doing 45 cr net is called hit even though budget may be 40-50 cr…than many flop from past should be declared hit.
August 28, 2011 at 5:29 AM
“If a move doing 45 cr net is called hit even though budget may be 40-50 cr…”
Quite not sure about the budget of Arakshan…but in a debate for NDTV india, Prakash Jha told that he has invested 60 crores…If true then at 45 crore it’s clear flop…
August 31, 2011 at 6:29 AM
suman,
according to your calculation MNIK was also flop,
fox int bought for 100cr..really mad to buy at this price when other 2 khans are ruling the bollywood movies..anyway mnik nett was 80cr…that means a total flop of srk ..mnik
Raa One will have a same faith ..flop written all over…
srk is going like dev anand way ..flop flop flopty flop.
btw salman khan film bodyguard is going to create another bumper opening and the way its advance booking is going..it will “SHATTER” boxoffice glasses..I will be watching this weekend..trafford centre here i come..manchester is already buzzing “EID”….
eid mubaarak to all muslim brothers…happy eid.
August 28, 2011 at 6:42 AM
This movie is a clear cut flop as at least 70cr net business is required from Indian market which ll fetch 35cr distributes share and rest 10 to 15 cr ll be earned from other rights like satellite,music,dvd etc.Now looking at Bo prospects of this film,it is likely to wrapup at 45cr net mark whach means distributer share of around 22cr and hence it needs to recover 28cr at least from other sources to be called an average movie but that is impossible hence it is a clear cut flop.
August 28, 2011 at 2:09 PM
Then how can movies like ZMND be considered a hit when it cost 68 cr including P&P? By your calculation it would need to make 136 cr from Indian market to fetch 68 cr distributor share and rest from other rights.
It seems the calculation changes based on whatever criteria are wanted to make a hit or flop.
August 28, 2011 at 2:36 PM
@Tyler..If investment of ZNMD is 68 crores including P&P…what is the total investment for Arakshana ccording to u???
August 28, 2011 at 3:40 PM
Not according to me but I read it was 42 cr including P&P.
August 28, 2011 at 4:36 PM
42 crore is the budget of the movie excluding P&P…
Check Wikipedia which gives the info from another source…
Also check out this debate where Prakash Jha said that he has invested 60 crores (31 min ~ 33 min) which i guess includes budget and p&p)
http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/we-the-people/indian-cinema-hijacked-by-politics/207305
Really amused by the fact that every time a bachaan film comes his fans start reducing the investment….
August 28, 2011 at 11:50 AM
Now even taran adarsh is not excited about Aarakshan movie prospect,even though he given 4 rating.
BOI cant be blamed for biased reporting,,,as no trade can call Aarakshan a average now,,,,forget hit verdict.
After 95 crore rajneeti comming to 45 crore Aarakshan is a lesson to prakash jha that audience want good movie,,,,not some ordinary story with great acting,,,,
August 28, 2011 at 12:13 PM
No BOI can still be blamed.. because however well or not the film does they perform downgrades on every Bachchan film. If a film is doing 45 crores this might not be great but I don’t want it at 40 for this reason! Even if the film did 20 crores which would be a flop I wouldn’t want it at 15. Because I am interested in the facts! Similarly if the same film does 100 crores I don’t want it at 92 even though the latter number would still be great. This whole attitude that people have about a few crores not mattering either way is complete bunk. Similarly motivations are important. The same numbers quoted by different sources come laden with different agendas. People are always rather happy to somehow give BOI the benefit of the doubt when actually it takes someone who is either genuinely blind or deliberately trying to be blind to not see their agenda with the Bachchans. The very same numbers with other stars get far better commentary. Hits with other stars are exaggerated into Sholay-like events, flops with others stars are often ignored more or less. I could go on.
August 28, 2011 at 11:08 PM
@Tyler….znmgd has collected around 90cr from India,so fetched d s of 45cr,it has collected around 40cr from overseas,so fetched 20cr d s and 20cr have come from satellite,dvd,music rights thus making total earnings to 85cr.The movie is still running and is a clear hit by all means.So nobody is using nos to show some movies hits or flops.
August 28, 2011 at 11:29 PM
Satyam….No site in India gives the accurate BO numbers like boxofficemojo but BOI is the only site which is near to accuracy as far as nos are concerned.If you remember during MNIK release all other trade sites showed first week nos as 47.50 cr around but BOI showed that at 45cr.This is just one example here and there are many more examples like this.Their methodology is a bit different as compared to others,so on such basis we can not blame them being biased to any star.
August 29, 2011 at 12:38 AM
BOI is accurate for all but bachchans .. #TRUTH
August 30, 2011 at 5:11 PM
Can you please explain why MNIK declared as HIT by BOI .Dont include overseas collctions.Overseas collections and India theatrical run collections are seperate.Not only MNIK other SRK’ s big budget films like Devdas,KANK and DON also declared hits.
Devdas budget in 2002 itself around 50 crores ,but movie collected around 30 crores nett in india
Both KANK and DON are 50 crore budget movies and In India both movies collections around 45-48 crores nett.
MNIK,KANK,DON,and Devdas boxoffice wise did avarge business in India and But BOI declared them hits and How can you say this site is accurate site ?
August 31, 2011 at 6:20 AM
BOI are nuisance..inaccurate site..if you see them in nappies there will be a catch for that…sholay was block buster and they called it hit…crap site
August 29, 2011 at 9:58 AM
Saw Aarakshan over the weekend and should say was quite a satisfactory watch.May be the expectations were dumbed down but I did not feel any lack of drama,let down in the story at all. Saif did surprise as he looked quite believable. Not brilliant but quite effective. Bajpayee was OK but has a poor role. One can say that Bachchan can do this role in his sleep but actually, he was BRILLIANT. If it was any other actor portraying the cahracter with the ease and fire that AB did, it would probably their life’s best performance and a shoe-in for a FF award.With AB, there is a sense that this is par for the course. But,Jha IMO has extracted one of his better performances. Most importantly, he has managed to make AM feel engaged and enthused and as a result, I felt there was something extra in his performance beyond the usual great stuff. The criticism that the film does not take a stand on reservation is baffling and lame. It is quite obvious that AB takes a stand supporting reservation tho with well – reserbvations.He is not a card-carrying pro-reservation activist but a sensible,considerate and an intelligent person thinking that it is just and needed.
August 29, 2011 at 12:15 PM
thanks… have yet to check it out..
August 29, 2011 at 12:31 PM
PLease do. For me, it was a treat.
August 29, 2011 at 9:59 AM
Re: Most importantly, he has managed to make AM feel engaged
Obviously a typo- AB
August 29, 2011 at 5:36 PM
Chatur Singh… , Not A Love Story: No Success Story
August 29th, 2011 by Koimoi.com Team
Chatur Singh Two Star fared miserably in its first week which also turned out to be its last week in many cinemas. About 60-70% of the investment in the Sanjay Dutt starrer would not be recovered. Not A Love Story was not a success story anywhere. It recorded dull collections in the 1st week. Thankfully, it didn’t cost too much to make. Sahi Dhandhe Galat Bande proved to be a debacle. It was discontinued in the middle of the first week itself from many cinemas.
Chhote Dabang – Spy Kids (dubbed) and its original English version, Spy Kids: All The Time In The World, met with an average response. Seems, the audience didn’t have much time for the two films.
Aarakshan dropped badly at most of the centres in its 2nd week. Will entail losses. Phhir breathed its last at most of the places in the second week. Singham fetched shares in its fifth week too. It touched the Rs.100 crore mark this week. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara also yielded shares in the sixth week in the big cities.
August 29, 2011 at 5:37 PM
Bodyguard To Have Noon Start Advance Phenomenal
Monday 29th August 2011 11.30 IST
Boxofficeindia.Com Trade Network
Bodyguard will have a noon start at multiplexes and single screens on Wednesday. On Thursday the release of the film will get bigger as early shows at multiplexes come into play. Then on Friday the release is full blown as the film gets the single screens which have a changeover on Friday. By Friday the film be showing on a record 2400 screens in around 1800 theatres across the country.
Even though on Wednesday the release will not be to full capacity for the film it will still be a huge release with many multiplexes having 18-20 shows and then going to 22-24 shows by Friday.
The advance opened last week at places and it results were phenomenal with theatres like Delite and Liberty in Delhi selling thousands of tickets within hours of advance opening.
August 31, 2011 at 2:06 AM
Can we plz start a new thread seeing as the films namely Bodyguard have released today???
Thanks
August 31, 2011 at 9:31 AM
Seems “orgasmic” times are here for salman (&kareena ) fans.
Enjoy folks (while it lasts)….
Btw happy for salman.
He said somewhere that “i have started enjoying the pain!!” (due to trigeminal neuralgia!!!)
Like the spirit & the attitude…..
August 31, 2011 at 9:12 AM
Yes,Bodyguard BO thread is neccessary.
But, it is off to a phenomenal start and definitely will shatter first weekend records. It is a testimony to Salman’s undoubted BO prowess. Given the expected start, it will most likely overtake Dabangg but falls are going to be steep in percentages from Week one to two but given very high initial numbers, absolute numbers still will not be shabby. 3I is a pie dream and it will be a looooong while before any film gets there.
Regardless, this is an evidence if any was needed of Salman’s clout. Hats off to Salman. May it long continue. At this point, in BO prowess, he is the unchallenged numero uno.