This week has three new films listed for release – KHAP, GANDHI TO HITLER and BUBBLE GUM. With SINGHAM still very strong at the single screens and ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA getting reasonable footfalls at the multiplexes all the three above mentioned films are not expected to make any impact whatsoever, except for maybe some good critical rating for GANDHI TO HITLER and some patronage for the topical KHAP in the Hindi heartland.
Last Friday saw the release of Rohit Shetty's Ajay Devgan starrer SINGHAM. The film had a super start at single screens and was somewhat lower at the multiplexes. But as we had predicted the film picked up more and more as the weekend progressed, improving even at the multiplexes, thanks to the hype and positive feedback. SINGHAM saw the second best weekend (post READY) of 2011, netting in excess of 30 crores! The film is a sure shot hit, given the rock steady weekdays. However, SINGHAM has been rejected in the Overseas grossing ? 55,000 from UK and $161,000 from US during the opening week (22-24 July).
After a good opening weekend Zoya Akhtar's ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA had a very steady run during the weekdays too. Though the single screens were lower it was more than compensated for by the superb multiplex run. The film collected 7 crore from Bombay (collections from 44 cinemas unrecived), 1.75 crore from Ahmedabad (collections from 5 cinemas unreceived), 25 lakhs from Surat, 55 lakhs from Baroda, 40 lakhs from Rajkot, 7.35 lakhs from Jamnagar, 7.55 lakhs from Bhavnagar, 4 lakhs from Bhuj, 5.55 lakhs from Gandhidham, 75 lakhs from Pune (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 25 lakhs from Nasik, 25 lakhs from Goa, 10 lakhs from Belgaum, 5.65 crore from Delhi city, 75 lakhs from Noida, 50 lakhs from Ghaziabad, 25 lakhs from Kanpur, 50 lakhs from Lucknow, 12 lakhs from Agra, 13 lakhs from Allahabad, 6 lakhs from Meerut, 4.75 lakhs from Aligarh, 1.20 crore from Gurgaon, 16 lakhs from Faridabad, 6 lakhs from Kurukshetra, 9 lakhs from Panipat, 28 lakhs from Chandigarh, 8 lakhs from Zirakpur, 20 lakhs from Jalandhar, 10 lakhs from Amritsar, 15 lakhs from Ludhiana, 7.35 lakhs from Bhatinda, 2 crore from Calcutta (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 2.35 lakhs from Darjeeling, 4 lakhs from Siliguri, 7.75 lakhs from Guwahati, 45 lakhs from Nagpur, 15.60 lakhs from Jabalpur, 6 lakhs from Amravati, 25 lakhs from Raipur, 65 lakhs from Indore (collections from 3 cinemas unreceived), 10.50 lakhs from Gwalior (collections from 4 cinemas unreceived), 30 lakhs from Bhopal (collections from 4 cinemas unreceived), 85 lakhs from Jaipur (collections from 3 cinemas unreceived), 8.50 lakhs from Jodhpur, 10 lakhs from Ajmer, 7 lakhs from Bikaner, 12 lakhs from Kota, 1.35 crore from Hyderabad, 15 lakhs from Aurangabad, 5 lakhs from Latur, 5.25 lakhs from Gulbarga, 1.75 crore from Bangalore, 15 lakhs from Mangalore, 3 lakhs from Vijaywada, , 8.65 lakhs from Visakhaptnam and 10 lakhs from Madras (collections from other cinemas unreceived).
Netting 45.75 crores during the opening week, the Hrithik Roshan starrer is progressing towards a clean hit status given the very steady second weekend. ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA is already a superhit in the Overseas grossing ?567,000 from UK and an amazing $ 2,004,000 from US till the second weekend (22-24 July).
Meanwhile MURDER 2 crashed in the second week (though single screens were steady) collecting 1.10 crore from Bombay, 40 lakhs from Ahmedabad, 5.20 lakhs from Surat, 10 lakhs from Baroda, 11 lakhs from Rajkot, 3.50 lakhs from Jamnagar, 3.25 lakhs from Bhavnagar, 1.15 lakhs from Bhuj, 2 lakhs from Gandhidham, 10 lakhs from Pune (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 6 lakhs from Nasik, 2 lakhs from Goa, 3 lakhs from Belgaum, 70 lakhs from Delhi city, 10 lakhs from Noida, 10 lakhs from Ghaziabad, 15 lakhs from Kanpur (collections from 2 cinemas unreceived), 25 lakhs from Lucknow, 6.50 lakhs from Agra, 5 lakhs from Allahabad, 5.20 lakhs from Meerut, 11.35 lakhs from Gurgaon, 2.65 lakhs from Faridabad, 1.35 lakhs from Kurukshetra, 8 lakhs from Chandigarh, 2.15 lakhs from Zirakpur, 4 lakhs from Jalandhar, 3.25 lakhs from Amritsar, 21 lakhs from Calcutta (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 3 lakhs from Siliguri, 1 .35 lakhs from Guwahati, 15 lakhs from Nagpur, 6.20 lakhs from Jabalpur, 3.35 lakhs from Amravati, 8.65 lakhs from Raipur, 10 lakhs from Indore, 3 lakhs from Gwalior (collections from 4 cinemas unreceived), 12.55 lakhs from Bhopal, 20 lakhs from Jaipur (collections from 3 cinemas unreceived), 4 lakhs from Ajmer, 2.10 lakhs from Bikaner, 4 lakhs from Kota, 30 lakhs from Hyderabad, 3.60 lakhs from Aurangabad, 2 lakhs from Latur, 2 lakhs from Gulbarga, 15.20 lakhs from Bangalore, 2.75 lakhs from Mangalore, 1.25 lakhs from Visakhapatnam and 3.25 lakhs from Madras.
Adding another 9.50 crore, MURDER 2 has netted an excellent 45.50 crores in two weeks from India. Given the all inclusive 13 crore price, the superhit Emraan Hashmi starrer is on way to be the second blockbuster of 2011 after READY. MURDER 2 though has been totally rejected in the overseas grossing ?101,000 from UK till the third weekend (22-24 July).
Meanwhile CHILLAR PARTY managed some more numbers (especially from Bombay) as it collected 60 lakhs from Bombay, 6.15 lakhs from Ahmedabad, 1.50 lakhs from Surat, 3.55 lakhs from Baroda, 4.60 lakhs from Pune, 1.35 lakhs from Nasik, 1.25 lakhs from Goa, 10 lakhs from Delhi city, 1lakh from Lucknow, 1.10 lakhs from Gurgaon, 1.25 lakhs from Chandigarh , 3.55 lakhs from Ludhiana, 2 lakhs from Bhatinda, 2.50 lakhs from Calcutta (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 1.35 lakhs from Raipur, 1.40 lakhs from Indore and 7.50 lakhs from Hyderabad.
Adding another 1.20 crore, CHILLAR PARTY has netted 5.45 crores in two weeks. The film has shown good legs after a poor first day but unfortunately it is a commercial failure.
The collections of Aamir Khan's DELHI BELLY crashed as it collected 50 lakhs from Bombay, 8.15 lakhs from Ahmedabad, 1.70 lakhs from Surat, 3 lakhs from Baroda, 1 lakh from Rajkot, 7.35 lakhs from Pune (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 1.25 lakhs from Goa, 50 lakhs from Delhi city, 10 lakhs from Noida, 4.20 lakhs from Ghaziabad, 2.10 lakhs from Kanpur, 6.25 lakhs from Lucknow, 1.25 lakhs from Allahabad, 10.50 lakhs from Gurgaon, 1.25 lakhs from Faridabad, 6 lakhs from Chandigarh, 1 lakh from Zirakpur, 1.50 lakhs from Jalandhar, 15 lakhs from Calcutta, 4.60 lakhs from Nagpur, 1.30 lakhs from Jabalpur, 2.10 lakhs from Raipur, 3.75 lakhs from Indore, 2.15 lakhs from Bhopal, 4.55 lakhs from Jaipur (collections from 3 cinemas unreceived), 33 lakhs from Bangalore, 3 lakhs from Mangalore and 4 lakhs from Madras.
Adding another 3.50 crore, DELHI BELLY has netted 54.50 crores in three weeks from India and is a super hit. The film has also done very well in the Overseas (especially US) grossing ?466,000 from UK and $ 1,502,000 from the US till the fourth weekend (22-24 July).
Concluding with BBUDDAH…. HOGA TERRA BAAP, the film is on its way out of the cinemas collecting 10 lakhs from Bombay, 5 lakhs from Ahmedabad, 1 lakh from Baroda, 1.15 lakhs from Delhi city and 10 lakhs from Hyderabad. Adding another 45 lakhs, BBUDDAH… HOGA TERRA BAAP has netted 15.70 crores in three weeks from India. The Amitabh Bachchan starrer remains an average fare.
