The coming Friday will see a plethora of new releases-Riteish-Pulkit’s BANGISTAN, the Muzaffar Ali directed JAANISAAR as well as the Pakistani release BIN ROYE featuring Mahira Khan. Some sources are also listing names like BAANKEY KI CRAZY BARAAT and HUM SAB ULLU HAIN. Needless to add that the mentioned films will cut in to each other and one will not be surprised if the Hollywood release, Tom Cruise’s MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 5, takes the cake, given the huge popularity of the franchise.
Last week saw the release of Nishikant Kamat’s Ajay, Tabu and Shriya starrer, DRISHYAM. The film started on a sombre note on the first day but picked up very well on the second while the third day was even better. The weekend saw DRISHYAM netting a decent 25-26 crore (including 50 lakh Thursday paid previews). What augurs well for the film is that it is quite stable during the weekdays. Having said that, DRISHYAM has a total release cost of 60-65 crore, and though about 30 crore of that has been recovered via satellite right, the film has a tough task ahead, due to multiple releases in the coming week(s). DRISHYAM has disappointed in the overseas grossing £51,000 from UK and $270,000 from the US, during the opening weekend (July31-August2).
Meanwhile the critically acclaimed and award winning Richa Chadda starrer, MASAAN, garnered a lot of critical acclaim, but unfortunately failed to convert the same into box-office rewards collecting 55 lakhs from Bombay (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 10 lakhs from Ahmedabad, 3.75 lakhs from Surat, 3 lakhs from Baroda, 15 lakhs from Pune, 1.50 lakhs from Goa, 40 lakhs from Delhi city, 8.50 lakhs from Noida , 5 lakhs from Ghaziabad, 3 lakhs from Kanpur, 3.50 lakhs from Lucknow, 1.50 lakhs from Allahabad, 2 lakhs from Dehradun, 10 lakhs from Gurgaon, 2.55 lakhs from Faridabad, 3.15 lakhs from Chandigarh, 2 lakhs from Ludhiana, 15 lakhs from Calcutta, 2 lakhs from Nagpur, 3.15 lakhs from Raipur 2.50 lakhs from Indore, 2.50 lakhs from Bhopal, 5 lakhs from Jaipur (collections from 5 cinemas unreceived), 2.15 lakhs from Jodhpur, 5 lakhs from Hyderabad, 15 lakhs from Bangalore and 1.50 lakhs from Madras. Netting 2.25 crore during the opening week, MASAAN has failed commercially but not critically!
Moving on, Kabir Khan’s Salman, Kareena and Nawazuddin starrer, BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN, which managed a record breaking opening week, saw a rock steady second week as it collected 8.50 crore from Bombay (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 2.50 crore from Ahmedabad, 56.50 lakhs from Surat, 54.50 lakhs from Baroda (collections from 5 cinemas unreceived), 51.65 lakhs from Rajkot, 2.25 crore from Pune, 47 lakhs from Nasik, 36 lakhs from Goa, 12.15 lakhs from Belgaum, 8.25 crore from Delhi city, 1.25 crore from Noida, 1.50 crore from Ghaziabad, 95 lakhs from Kanpur, 1.75 crore from Lucknow, 31.75 lakhs from Agra, 37.50 lakhs from Allahabad, 56.25 lakhs from Dehradun, 1.75 crore from Gurgaon, 80 lakhs from Faridabad, 11 lakhs from Kurukshetra, 18.75 lakhs from Panipat, 53 lakhs from Chandigarh, 50 lakhs from Jalandhar, 23.15 lakhs from Amritsar, 45.50 lakhs from Ludhiana, 13.50 lakhs from Bhatinda, 8.50 lakhs from Ambala, 8.65 lakhs from Jammu, 2.20 crore from Calcutta, 9 lakhs from Darjeeling, 30.75 lakhs from Siliguri, 13 lakhs from Patna, 20 lakhs from Dhanbad, 36.15 lakhs from Ranchi, 20 lakhs from Bhubaneshwar, 1.05 crore from Nagpur, 54.55 lakhs from Jabalpur, 75 lakhs from Raipur, 1 crore from Indore, 20 lakhs from Gwalior (collections from 6 cinemas unreceived), 70 lakhs from Bhopal (collections from 5 cinemas unreceived), 2.25 crore from Jaipur (collections from 2 cinemas unreceived), 40 lakhs from Jodhpur (collections from 2 cinemas unreceived), 27.65 lakhs from Ajmer, 9.50 lakhs from Bikaner, 23.15 lakhs from Kota, 32 lakhs from Udaipur, 2.50 crore from Hyderabad, 36.15 lakhs from Aurangabad, 2.20 crore from Bangalore, 20.65 lakhs from Mangalore, 10 lakhs from Mysore, 6.50 lakhs from Vijayawada, 13.50 lakhs from Visakhapatnam, 26.15 lakhs from Madras, 2 lakhs from Coimbatore and 9.50 lakhs from Kochi. Adding another 88 crore, BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN has netted 272 crore in two weeks from India and is inching towards an all time blockbuster list. BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN continues to rock the overseas grossing nearly $23m with £2,175,000 from UK and $7,000,000 from the US till the third weekend (July31-August2).
Concluding with S.S. Rajamoli’s magnum opus, BAHUBALI, the film continues it’s dream run with very steady numbers collecting 3 crore from Bombay (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 1.50 crore from Ahmedabad, 25.75 lakhs from Surat, 25 lakhs from Baroda (collections from 5 cinemas unreceived), 34.25 lakhs from Rajkot, 1.25 crore from Pune, 20 lakhs from Nasik, 9.50 lakhs from Goa, 7.50 lakhs from Belgaum, 1.50 crore from Delhi city, 27.20 lakhs from Noida, 30.50 lakhs from Ghaziabad, 17.50 lakhs from Kanpur, 32 lakhs from Lucknow, 7.65 lakhs from Agra, 5.15 lakhs from Allahabad, 11.50 lakhs from Dehradun, 45 lakhs from Gurgaon, 17.50 lakhs from Faridabad, 2.50 lakhs from Kurukshetra, 3.50 lakhs from Panipat, 15.65 lakhs from Chandigarh, 8.50 lakhs from Jalandhar, 4 lakhs from Amritsar, 8.50 lakhs from Ludhiana, 2 lakhs from Bhatinda, 1.50 lakhs from Jammu, 45 lakhs from Calcutta, 3.75 lakhs from Siliguri, 5 lakhs from Dhanbad, 6.55 lakhs from Ranchi, 5.15 lakhs from Bhubaneshwar, 40 lakhs from Nagpur, 15 lakhs from Jabalpur, 28.50 lakhs from Raipur, 35 lakhs from Indore, 5 lakhs from Gwalior (collections from 2 cinemas unreceived), 21 lakhs from Bhopal, 50 lakhs from Jaipur , 8 lakhs from Jodhpur (collections from 2 cinemas unreceived), 5 lakhs from Ajmer, 3 lakhs from Bikaner, 4.50 lakhs from Kota, 13 lakhs from Udaipur, 15 lakhs from Hyderabad, 17 lakhs from Aurangabad, 25 lakhs from Bangalore and 8.50 lakhs from Mangalore. Adding another 23 crore BAHUBALI has netted 88 crore in three weeks from India and is a blockbuster. The film is rocking the US box-office grossing $7,450,000 (for all versions).
