This week's three new releases include Irrfan Khan's PAAN SINGH TOMAR, the Ali Zafar starrer LONDON PARIS NEW YORK and Rajeev Khandelwal's first foray into mainstream cinema, WILL YOU MARRY ME? As things stand, chances are that the front runners are likely to be PAAN SINGH TOMAR and LONDON PARIS NEW YORK, followed by WILL YOU MARRY ME?. Unfortunately none of three releases are likely to achieve anything significant at the ticket window.
Last Friday saw the releases of the Madhavan-Bipasha starrer, JODI BREAKERS and Ritesh-Genelia's TERE NAAL LOVE HO GAYA, and as was evident from the first day itself, the latter (TNLHG) dominated the former (JB). As the days progressed the gap became wider and the weekend saw TNLHG netting around 7.50 crores as opposed to JODI BREAKERS 6.25 crore.
It is now obvious that TERE NAAL LOVE HO GAYA will be the clear winner and a success while JODI BREAKERS will struggle. The opening weekend (24-26 February) picture is quite similar in the overseas, where TERE NAAL LOVE HO GAYA has grossed ?80,000 in the UK and $95,000 from the US, while JODI BREAKERS has managed ?11,000 from UK and $53,000 from the US.
The fate of the Prateik-Amy starrer, EKK DEEWANA THA, was clear from the first show itself and became obvious during the following days. During the week EDT collected 80 lakhs from Bombay (collections from 27 cinemas unreceived), 20.60 lakhs from Ahmedabad, 7.20 lakhs from Surat, 6 lakhs from Baroda (collections from 3 cinemas unreceived), 11 lakhs from Pune (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 6.50 lakhs from Nasik, 2.65 lakhs from Goa (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 2.65 lakhs from Belgaum, 50 lakhs from Delhi city, 8.75 lakhs from Noida, 7.15 lakhs from Ghaziabad, 4.60 lakhs from Kanpur, 7.55 lakhs from Lucknow, 3.50 lakhs from Agra, 2.20 lakhs from Allahabad, 8.55 lakhs from Gurgaon, 1.65 lakhs from Faridabad, 1.35 lakhs from Panipat, 3.20 lakhs from Chandigarh, 1 lakh from Jalandhar, 1 lakh from Amritsar, 15 lakhs from Calcutta, 2 lakhs from Siliguri, 1.50 lakhs from Guwahati, 10.20 lakhs from Nagpur, 2.25 lakhs from Jabalpur, 3 lakhs from Amravati, 4.15 lakhs from Raipur, 9 lakhs from Indore (collections from 2 cinemas unreceived), 2 lakhs from Gwalior (collections from 3 cinemas unreceived), 2.75 lakhs from Bhopal (collections from 2 cinemas unreceived), 8 lakhs from Jaipur, 3.25 lakhs from Kota, 10 lakhs from Hyderabad, 5 lakhs from Aurangabad (collections from 2 cinemas unreceived), 2.50 lakhs from Latur, 25 lakhs from Bangalore, 3 lakhs from Mangalore, 1 lakh from Vijayawada and 1.55 lakhs from Visakhapatnam. Netting a dismal 5.25 crores during the opening week, EKK DEEWANA THA is a trade disaster. The film has also been rejected in the overseas grossing ?38,300 from UK and $21,000 from the US till the second weekend (24-26 February).
Meanwhile Karan Johar's Imran-Kareena starrer, EK MAIN AUR EKK TU, crashed in the second week as it collected 1.20 crores from Bombay (collections from 14 cinemas unreceived), 32.65 lakhs from Ahmedabad, 5.75 lakhs from Surat, 3 lakhs from Baroda (collections from 2 cinemas unreceived), 14 lakhs from Pune (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 4 lakhs from Nasik, 4.35 lakhs from Goa (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 1.25 lakhs from Belgaum, 1 crore from Delhi city, 15.60 lakhs from Noida, 7.40 lakhs from Ghaziabad, 6 lakhs from Kanpur, 9.60 lakhs from Lucknow, 3.60 lakhs from Agra, 2.15 lakhs from Allahabad, 21.65 lakhs from Gurgaon, 2.60 lakhs from Faridabad, 1.75 lakhs from Panipat, 7.25 lakhs from Chandigarh, 3.15 lakhs from Jalandhar, 1.75 lakhs from Amritsar, 2 lakhs from Ludhiana, 1.75 lakhs from Bhatinda, 1 lakh from Ambala, 30 lakhs from Calcutta, 2.50 lakhs from Siliguri, 1.35 lakhs from Guwahati, 7.60 lakhs from Nagpur, 2.50 lakhs from Jabalpur, 2.20 lakhs from Raipur, 7.60 lakhs from Indore, 1.65 lakhs from Gwalior (collections from 2 cinemas unreceived), 4.50 lakhs from Bhopal , 15 lakhs from Jaipur, 2.50 lakhs from Kota, 15 lakhs from Hyderabad, 1 lakh from Aurangabad, 50 lakhs from Bangalore, 3.50 lakhs from Mangalore and 1.35 lakhs from Visakhapatnam. Adding another 6.80 crore, EK MAIN AUR EKK TU has netted 37.50 crores in two weeks from India and is an above average fare. Thankfully, the 37-38 crore (all inclusive) EK MAIN AUR EKK TU has done very well in the overseas (best ever for Imran!) grossing ?573,000 from UK and $1,131,000 from the US, till the third weekend (24-26 February).
Concluding yet again with the Karan Malhotra directed AGNEEPATH, the film continues to make merry (especially in Mumbai-Mahrashtra) as it collected 30 lakhs from Bombay (collections from 20 cinemas unreceived), 20 lakhs from Ahmedabad, 2.75 lakhs from Surat, 2.85 lakhs from Baroda (collections from 5 cinemas unreceived), 3.10 lakhs from Pune (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 2.35 lakhs from Nasik, 25 from Delhi city, 4.25 lakhs from Noida, 2.25 lakhs from Ghaziabad, 3 lakhs from Kanpur, 4 lakhs from Lucknow, 2 lakhs from Agra, 1.65 lakhs from Allahabad, 4.15 lakhs from Gurgaon, 2 lakhs from Chandigarh, 1.25 lakhs from Jalandhar, 5.20 lakhs from Calcutta, 5 lakhs from Nagpur, 3 lakhs from Jabalpur, 1.75 lakhs from Amravati, 2.15 lakhs from Raipur, 4.10 lakhs from Indore, 4.70 lakhs from Bhopal, 15 lakhs from Jaipur (collections from 3 cinemas unreceived), 1 lakh from Bikaner, 1.35 lakhs from Kota, 3 lakhs from Hyderabad, 2.65 lakhs from Aurangabad (collections from 2 cinemas unreceived) and 5 lakhs from Bangalore. With another 2.75 crore AGNEEPATH has netted 122.75 crore in four weeks from India and is a super hit from India. The film is an overseas blockbuster grossing ?736,000 from UK till the fifth weekend (24-26 February) and $1,986,748 from the US.
