The fifth month of 2013 will close with perhaps the biggest grosser of the year thus far, the Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone starrer, YEH JAWAANI HAI DEEWANI.
Given the excitement amongst the campus crowd, it came as no surprise to see good advance booking at some prominent multiplexes, and so the Ayan Mukerji directed YEH JAWAANI HAI DEEWAANI is expected to open to a great response especially at these properties.
It was a disappointing week at the box-office with both the new releases of last Friday, Preity Zinta's debut home venture, ISHKQ IN PARIS and the Jyotin Goel directed HUM HAI RAAHI CAR KE failing to make an impression at the ticket window, barring a handful of screens.
The third release of the week, Rajiv S. Ruia's Veena Malik starrer ZINDAGI 50-50 faring even worse.
Moving on, YRF's Arjun Kapoor starrer, AURANGZEB, could not improve upon its dull weekend and despite stability at low end (during weekdays) just managed to collect 2.50 crore from Bombay, 80 lakhs from Ahmedabad, 15.75 lakhs from Surat, 14.15 lakhs from Baroda (collections from 7 cinemas unreceived), 8 lakhs from Rajkot
45 lakhs from Pune, 10 lakhs from Nasik, 6 lakhs from Goa, 3.50 lakhs from Belgaum, 2 crore from Delhi city, 30 lakhs from Noida, 20 lakhs from Ghaziabad, 20 lakhs from Kanpur, 18.65 lakhs from Lucknow, 9.50 lakhs from Agra, 7.65 lakhs from Allahabad, 45 lakhs from Gurgaon, 5.75 lakhs from Faridabad, 6 lakhs from Chandigarh, 6 lakhs from Jalandhar, 2.50 lakhs from Amritsar, 4.65 lakhs from Ludhiana, 2 lakhs from Bhatinda, 2.50 lakhs from Ambala, 45 lakhs from Calcutta, 3.50 lakhs from Dhanbad, 2 lakhs from Ranchi, 7 lakhs from Bhubaneshwar, 4 lakhs from Guwahati, 20.50 lakhs from Nagpur
16 lakhs from Raipur, 22.65 lakhs from Indore (collections from 2 cinemas unreceived), 6.65 lakhs from Gwalior (collections from 5 cinemas unreceived), 5.75 lakhs from Bhopal (collections from 4 cinemas unreceived), 50 lakhs from Jaipur (collections from 3 cinemas unreceived), 5 lakhs from Ajmer, 9.15 lakhs from Kota, 8.50 lakhs from Udaipur, 45 lakhs from Hyderabad, 5.50 lakhs from Aurangabad, 35 lakhs from Bangalore
2.75 lakhs from Vijayawada, 3.50 lakhs from Visakhapatnam, 2 lakhs from Madras and 4 lakhs from Kochi. Netting 18.75 crore during the opening week from India, AURANGZEB, will have to rely on non-theatrical rights for recovery. The film has also disappointed in the overseas grossing? 47,000 from the UK and $150,000 from the US till the second weekend (24-26 May).
The other release of the week, I DON'T LUV U, saw a very poor response and barely managed 50-60 lakhs during the opening week.
Meanwhile, the Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK directed Saif Ali Khan starrer, GO GOA GONE, maintained well at some cinemas but saw a big drop at others. During the week GO GOA GONE collected 1 crore from Bombay, 15 lakhs from Ahmedabad, 4 lakhs from Surat, 3 lakhs from Baroda (collections from 3 cinemas unreceived), 1 lakh from Rajkot, 20 lakhs from Pune, 2 lakhs from Nasik, 2 lakhs from Goa, 1 lakh from Belgaum, 65 lakhs from Delhi city, 8.50 lakhs from Noida, 5 lakhs from Ghaziabad, 1.75 lakhs from Kanpur, 3.25 lakhs from Lucknow
1 lakh from Allahabad, 15 lakhs from Gurgaon, 1.25 lakhs from Faridabad, 2.65 lakhs from Chandigarh, 1.15 lakhs from Ludhiana, 7.50 lakhs from Calcutta, 5.15 lakhs from Nagpur, 3 lakhs from Raipur, 7.75 lakhs from Indore, 1.50 lakhs from Gwalior (collections from 5 cinemas unreceived), 7.50 lakhs from Jaipur (collections from 3 cinemas unreceived), 1 lakh from Ajmer, 1.75 lakhs from Kota, 2 lakhs from Udaipur, 15 lakhs from Hyderabad, 20 lakhs from Bangalore and 1.15 lakhs from Madras.
Adding another 5 crores, GO GOA GONE has netted 25 crores in two weeks from India and is an average plus fare. The film has shown some improvement (in the particular US) in the overseas grossing? 90,000 from the UK and $300,000 from the US till the extended third weekend (24-27 May).
Checking out Sanjay Gupta's SHOOTOUT AT WADALA, the numbers continued to plummet as the film collected 50 lakhs from Bombay, 12.15 lakhs from Ahmedabad, 7 lakhs from Surat, 3.65 lakhs from Baroda (collections from 2 cinemas unreceived), 6.15 lakhs from Rajkot, 25 lakhs from Pune
3.50 lakhs from Nasik, 1.25 lakhs from Belgaum, 10 lakhs from Delhi city, 3 lakhs from Noida, 2 lakhs from Ghaziabad, 1.15 lakhs from Kanpur, 2 lakhs from Lucknow, 1.15 lakhs from Gurgaon, 10 lakhs from Calcutta, 2.65 lakhs from Nagpur, 2 lakhs from Raipur, 3 lakhs from Indore, 5 lakhs from Jaipur (collections from 3 cinemas unreceived), 5 lakhs from Hyderabad and 6 lakhs from Bangalore. Adding another 2.75 crore SHOOTOUT AT WADALA has netted 55.75 crores in three weeks from India and is an above-average fare. The film is decent in the overseas grossing? 163,000 from the UK and $366,000 from the US.
Concluding with the only blockbuster of 2013, T-Series and Vishesh Films', AASHIQUI 2, the film continued its dream run collecting 60 lakhs from Bombay (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 40 lakhs from Ahmedabad, 10 lakhs from Surat, 8.55 lakhs from Baroda (collections from 5 cinemas unreceived), 5.15 lakhs from Rajkot, 15 lakhs from Pune, 4.75 lakhs from Nasik, 1.15 lakhs from Goa, 2 lakhs from Belgaum, 80 lakhs from Delhi city, 6.25 lakhs from Noida, 8.50 lakhs from Ghaziabad, 10.25 lakhs from Kanpur, 10 lakhs from Lucknow, 7 lakhs from Agra, 4.55 lakhs from Allahabad, 6 lakhs from Gurgaon, 2.65 lakhs from Faridabad, 2 lakhs from Chandigarh
3.50 lakhs from Jalandhar, 1lakh from Amritsar, 2.50 lakhs from Ludhiana, 1 lakh from Bhatinda, 25 lakhs from Calcutta, 1 lakh from Ranchi, 3 lakhs from Bhubaneshwar, 15 lakhs from Nagpur, 8.25 lakhs from Raipur, 12 lakhs from Indore, 3.50 lakhs from Bhopal (collections from 2 cinemas unreceived)
20 lakhs from Jaipur (collections from 3 cinemas unreceived), 3.25 lakhs from Ajmer, 4.50 lakhs from Kota, 4.15 lakhs from Udaipur, 26 lakhs from Hyderabad, 5 lakhs from Aurangabad, 20 lakhs from Bangalore and 1.15 lakhs from Visakhapatnam.
With another 7 crores, AASHIQUI 2 has netted 71.50 core in four weeks from India and is a blockbuster hit.
