This Friday is set for an interesting clash as Aamir Khan's DELHI BELLY is all set to take on Amitabh Bachchan's BBUDDAH… HOGA TERRA BAAP. As things stand today, DELHI BELLY is likely to have good start at city multiplexes, while BBUDDAH will own the single screens and also do good business at Hindi belt multiplexes. The big advantage that the Amitabh Bachchan starrer enjoys over Imran Khan's DELHI BELLY is that BBUDDAH is only a 10.50 crore film as opposed to the 25 crore DELHI BELLY. Having said that, as far as the numbers are concerned, the first day as well as the first weekend honours will belong to DELHI BELLY.
Last Friday saw the release of Indra Kumar's DOUBLE DHAMAAL, the sequel to his 2007 success, DHAMAAL. The film embarked on a good start and improved with each passing day, during the weekend, netting a good 25.62 crores! Given the good start the film is hopefully all set to be a plus fare for many of its distributors! DOUBLE DHAMAAL has also done very well in the Overseas (given the cast) grossing ?118,000 from UK and $302,000 from US during the opening weekend (24-26 June).
Moving on, EROS International and Red Chillies Entertainment's ALWAYS KABHI KABHI proves to be a nightmare for all concerned. The film collected 35 lakhs from Bombay (collections from 33 cinemas unreceived), 15.50 lakhs from Ahmedabad (collections from 2 cinemas unreceived), 3 lakhs from Baroda (collections from 3 cinemas unreceived), 3.15 lakhs from Rajkot, 3.50 lakhs from Pune (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 2.50 lakhs from Nasik (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 1.65 lakhs from Goa, 1.15 lakhs from Belgaum, 35 lakhs from Delhi city, 5 lakhs from Noida, 2.60 lakhs from Ghaziabad, 2.75 lakhs from Kanpur, 6 lakhs from Lucknow, 1 lakh from Agra, 1.15 lakhs from Aligarh, 5.50 lakhs from Gurgaon, 1 lakh from Faridabad, 4 lakhs from Chandigarh, 1.65 lakhs from Jalandhar, 1.50 lakhs from Ludhiana, 6 lakhs from Calcutta (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 1.50 lakhs from Guwahati, 3.65 lakhs from Nagpur, 1.20 lakhs from Jabalpur, 3 lakhs from Raipur, 5 lakhs from Indore, 2 lakhs from Gwalior, 2 lakhs from Bhopal, 10 lakhs from Jaipur, 1.20 lakhs from Ajmer, 1.55 lakhs from Kota, 10 lakhs from Hyderabad, 7 lakhs from Bangalore, 1 lakh from Mangalore, 1 lakh from Vijaywada , 1 lakh from Vishakhapatnam and 1 lakh from Madras (collections from other cinemas unreceived). Netting around 3 crores during the first week, ALWAYS KABHI KABHI turns out to be a box-office failure.
Meanwhile Watchtower Pictures' BHEJA FRY 2 encashed on its brand value during the first three days but found very little appreciation after that. The film collected 1.15 crores from Bombay (collections from 37 cinemas unreceived), 30.50 lakhs from Ahmedabad (collections from 2 cinemas unreceived), 6.50 lakhs from Baroda (collections from 4 cinemas unreceived), 2 lakhs from Bharuch, 4 lakhs from Rajkot, 1.25 lakhs from Jamnagar, 12 lakhs from Pune (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 4.50 lakhs from Nasik (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 3.50 lakhs from Goa, 1.55 lakhs from Belgaum, 1.50 crores from Delhi city, 22 lakhs from Noida, 12 lakhs from Ghaziabad, 6.50 lakhs from Kanpur, 13 lakhs from Lucknow, 2 lakhs from Agra, 3 lakhs from Allahabad, 1.35 lakhs from Meerut, 40.70 lakhs from Gurgaon, 4.25 lakhs from Faridabad, 7.25 lakhs from Chandigarh, 3.50 lakhs from Jalandhar, 2.35 lakhs from Ludhiana, 1.50 lakhs from Amritsar, 25 lakhs from Calcutta (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 2 lakhs from Guwahati, 8.35 lakhs from Nagpur, 3.25 lakhs from Jabalpur, 7 lakhs from Raipur, 12 lakhs from Indore, 3 lakhs from Gwalior (collections from 2 cinemas unreceived), 1 lakh from Bikaner, 2.50 lakhs from Kota, 20 lakhs from Hyderabad, 2 lakhs from Aurangabad, 21 lakhs from Bangalore, 1.15 lakhs from Vishakhapatnam, 2.10 lakhs from Madras (collections from other cinemas unreceived) and 1 lakh from Kochi. During the opening week, BHEJA FRY 2 has netted a so-so 8.50 crores and will struggle to break even.
While BIN BULAYE BARAATI did fair business in single screen cinemas its performance in multiplexes was horrific. The film collected 5 lakhs from Bombay (collections from 20 cinemas unreceived), 15.50 lakhs from Ahmedabad, 4 lakhs from Rajkot, 2 lakhs from Jamnagar, 3 lakhs from Delhi city, 1.55 lakhs from Noida, 3 lakhs from Ghaziabad, 2 lakhs from Kanpur, 1 .35 lakhs from Lucknow, 1.25 lakhs from Saharanpur, 2 lakhs from Allahabad, 1 lakh from Gurgaon, 1 lakh from Jalandhar, 1.35 lakhs from Nagpur, 1.20 lakhs from Raipur, 5.50 lakhs from Indore, 1 lakh from Ujjain, 15 lakhs from Jaipur, 1.50 lakhs from Ajmer, 1 lakh from Bikaner and 5.50 lakhs from Hyderabad. Netting about 2.50 crores during the first week, BIN BULAYE BARAATI is a failure.
Checking out BHINDI BAAZAAR INC, the film found no appreciation and collected 30 lakhs from Bombay (collections from 26 cinemas unreceived), 7 lakhs from Ahmedabad, 2 lakhs from Pune (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 1.20 lakhs from Nasik (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 10 lakhs from Delhi city, 2.35 lakhs from Noida, 1.55 lakhs from Ghaziabad, 2 lakhs from Lucknow, 1.55 lakhs from Gurgaon, 1.30 lakhs from Nagpur, 1.10 lakhs from Raipur, 2 lakhs from Hyderabad and 3 lakhs from Bangalore. Netting about 1.25 crores, BHINDI BAAZAAR INC. is trade disaster.
From the older releases, Anurag Kashyap's SHAITAN is ordinary. In its second week, the film dropped badly at many places but did well at select multiplexes. The film collected 50 lakhs from Bombay (collections from 18 cinemas unreceived), 5.25 lakhs from Ahmedabad, 3.50 lakhs from Pune (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 35 lakhs from Delhi city, 4.50 lakhs from Noida, 2.20 lakhs from Ghaziabad, 1 lakh from Kanpur, 1.65 lakhs from Lucknow, 10.35 lakhs from Gurgaon, 1.20 lakhs from Faridabad, 1.75 lakhs from Chandigarh, 5 lakhs from Calcutta (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 2.50 lakhs from Hyderabad, 10.20 lakhs from Bangalore and 1 lakh from Mangalore. Adding another 1.70 crores, SHAITAN has netted 7 crores in two weeks from India. The film will have to rely on non-theatrical rights even for recovery.
Concluding with Anees Bazmee's READY, the film is a one horse race and collected 1.50 crores from Bombay (collections from 26 cinemas unreceived), 76.25 lakhs from Ahmedabad (collections from 2 cinemas unreceived), 12 lakhs from Baroda (collections from 6 cinemas unreceived), 2.50 lakhs from Bharuch (collections from 2 cinemas unreceived), 20.50 lakhs from Rajkot, 5.30 lakhs from Jamnagar, 5.20 lakhs from Bhavnagar, 3 lakhs from Gandhidham, 11 lakhs from Pune (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 7 lakhs from Nasik (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 3.50 lakhs from Goa, 2.35 lakhs from Belgaum, 1.30 crores from Delhi city, 14.55 lakhs from Noida, 11.65 lakhs from Ghaziabad, 14 lakhs from Kanpur (collections from 2 cinemas unreceived), 27.35 lakhs from Lucknow, 3 lakhs from Agra, 6 lakhs from Allahabad, 4 lakhs from Meerut, 1.55 lakhs from Bareilly, 17 lakhs from Gurgaon, 4 lakhs from Faridabad, 10.35 lakhs from Chandigarh, 5.60 lakhs from Jalandhar, 5.20 lakhs from Ludhiana, 3.50 lakhs from Amritsar, 22.65 lakhs from Calcutta (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 2 lakhs from Guwahati, 20 lakhs from Nagpur, 9.50 lakhs from Jabalpur, 4.35 lakhs from Amravati, 3.30 lakhs from Akola, 12.20 lakhs from Raipur, 20 lakhs from Indore, 5 lakhs from Gwailor (collections from 3 cinemas unreceived), 15 lakhs from Bhopal, 45 lakhs from Jaipur (collections from 2 cinemas unreceived), 11.20 lakhs from Jodhpur, 7 lakhs from Ajmer, 3.20 lakhs from Bikaner, 5.65 lakhs from Kota, 19 lakhs from Hyderabad, 4.30 lakhs from Aurangabad (collections from 2 cinemas unreceived), 2.10 lakhs from Gulbarga, 18.50 lakhs from Bangalore, 2.25 lakhs from Mangalore and 1.15 lakhs from Madras (collections from other cinemas unreceived). Adding a further 13.25 crores, READY has netted 115.25 crores in three weeks from India. The Salman-Asin starrer is moving towards an all time blockbuster status. READY has also done good business in the Overseas grossing ? 616,500 from UK till the fourth weekend (24-26 June) and $935,000 from US (up to June 23).
