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´Gayab´ Fair Opening , ´Garv´ Excellent In Single Screens
By: Abid
 This Friday :-
This Friday will see the release of ´Asambhav´ , ´Julie´ and Spiderman 2´(dubbed) . Of the three ´Spiderman 2´ is expected to take a flying start . The film is being released with a high number of prints and in many regional languages . ´Julie´ is expected to achieve a ´Girlfriend´ like success due to obvious reasons . Rajiv Rai´s ´Asambhav´ is going to have a tough battle but due to price reduction in most territories it may find some success from distributors point of view . Opening of ´Gayab´:- Last Friday´s release ´Gayab´ had a reasonably weekend at some multiplexes (good in Mumbai) and the opening in some cities like Jaipur and Nagpur was superb but overall the opening can be termed as fair . Verdict:- The 6.5 crore movie from Ramu´s factory was sold for a very reasonable price to the distributors and it should be safe for some of them , given the good start at select cinemas . ´Garv-Pride & Honour´ :- Cinevista´s ´Garv-Pride & Honour´ took a splendid opening across India specially in the single screens and though the multiplexes expectedly were not cent per cent even there the opening was above average . The anti lobby waited for the ordinary action fare to to have a drastic fall from the second day and than from Monday but that did not happen . Yes the fall was there from Monday but it was not alarming at the single screens though it was quite pronounced in the multiplexes . Salman Khan continues to be a hot favourite of the masses and at places the collections of ´Garv-Pride & Honour´ were compareable to that of the actor´s ´Tere Naam´ last year . Pertinent to note that ´Tere Naam´ had a double advantage - it had opened on 15th August a national holiday and superhit music but ´Garv-Pride & Honour´ had only Salman´s raw box-office power and he delivered yet again . Ist week collections :- Bombay - 1,04,72,377 from 28 cinemas Thane district - 21,27,795 from 6 cinemas( 7 on F.H.) Ahmedabad - 22,37,941 from 8 cinemas (3 unrecd.) Anand - 6,08,231 Rajkot - 8,25,940 Jamnagar(matinee) - 19,540 (1 unrecd.) Bhavnagar- 5,76,702 (1 unrecd.) Pune - 32,94,696 from 7 cinemas Solapur- 3,59,209 Nasik - 2,84,766 Delhi- 84,42,647 from 17 cinemas (1 on F.H.) Noida - 6,22,783 Kaushambi - 3,66,488 Ghaziabad- 10,12,148 from 3 cinemas Kanpur - 12,53,413 from 4 cinemas Lucknow - 17,38,979 from 3 cinemas Agra - 6,55,000 Allahabad - 3,31,281 Aligarh - 6,86,087 from 2 cinemas Bulandshar - 1,94,422 Bareilly - 3,42,977 Muzaffarnagar-1,00,000 Mathura - 2,90,000 Dehradun (Uttaranchal ,15 shows) - 2,13,795 (remaining 13 shows cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances) Gurgaon - 5,87,300 from 2 cinemas Nagpur- 8,44,182 from 4 cinemas Jabalpur- 3,14,457 Amravati - 2,73,722 Akola - 2,96,738 Raipur - 3,30,912 Bhilai - 1,97,546 Durg - 1,00,861 Rajnandgaon - 82,000(about) Chandrapur - 2,72,737 Yavatmal - 1,22,350 Indore - 5,43,000 from 2 cinemas (3 on F.H.) Ratlam - 2,01,710 Ujjain - 2,45,000 from 2 cinemas Jaipur - 7,87,716 from 2 cinemas Jodhpur - 11,80,632 from 2 cinemas Bikaner - 3,50,322 Ajmer(gross)- 6,20,350 Calcutta - 20,66,031 from 7 cinemas Hyderabad(gross) - 52,61,423 from 11 cinemas Madras (56 shows) - 8,00,466 from 2 cinemas First week collections : 5,33,33,118 from 143 cinemas (reported) First week total (calculated) All India : 9.20 - 9.30 cr (360 prints) Totals from some territories/circuits(approximate) :- Bombay (territory) - 2.5 crore , Delhi - U.P - 2.30 crore Rajasthan - 65 lakhs East Punjab - 85 lakhs West Bengal - 55 lakhs Verdict :- ´Garv´ is extraordinary in Nizam ,U.P. and Bihar , excellent in C.I. , Rajasthan , West Bengal and Punjab . Though the movie took a big dip in multiplexes as the week progressed , it has yielded excellent shares from single screen cinemas despite a fall , because of the flying star . Depending on its next 2 weeks It now remains to be seen whether it will finish as an average or touch above average , as it has been sold at very high prices . ´Deewar - Lets´s Bring Our Heroes Home´ :- There were some hopes of the movie being at least an average but given its heavy price and falling collections even that looks difficult . Third week collections :- Bombay - 14,61,545 from 16 cinemas Thane district - 1,65,605 from 3 cinemas(3 on F.H.) Ahmedabad - 6,05,998 from 12 cinemas Pune - 2,88,584 from 5 cinemas Delhi - 5,64,215 from 5 cinemas (2 on F.H.) Gurgaon - 82,300 Lucknow - 2,34,446 from 2 cinemas Kanpur - 1,70,653 from 3 cinemas Jaipur - 5,20,940 Hyderabad (gross) - 4,46,165 from 2 cinemas Madras (7 shows) -44,910 Third week collection :56,50,353 from 68 cinemas (reported) Three weeks total (calculated) : All India 13.70 - 13.75 cr Verdict :- Given its very expensive distribution prices , the film has little or no chances of recovering . Lakshya :- The movie shows improvement compared to the initial predictions of many about it being only a Bombay hit . The tax-free (TF) status in Maharastra , Delhi , U.P.and West Bengal has also boosted the collections specially in A centres of U.P. , while the movie continues its good run in Bombay . Fourth week collections :- Bombay (TF) - 32,25,065 from 20 cinemas total for 4 weeks 3,25,065 Thane district(TF) - 4,16,397 from 2 cinemas ( 6 on F.H.) Ahmedabad - 2,48,350 from 6 cinemas ( 3 unrecd.) Pune (TF) - 9,63,977 from 5 cinemas Delhi(TF) - 14,87,689 from 7 cinemas Noida (TF) - 5,20,086 Kaushambi (TF) 1,92,820 Ghaziabad(TF) - 1,42,577 Kanpur(TF) - 3,59,858 from 2 cinemas Lucknow(TF)- 5,02,690 from 2 cinemas Allahabad(TF) - 1,07,360 Agra (TF) - 1,85,317 Mathura(TF) - 45,616 Calcutta (TF) - 7,12,372 from 2 cinemas Indore- 90,172 from 2 cinemas Nagpur(TF) - 58,038 Jabalpur - 22,878 Amravati(TF)- 55,188 Wardha(TF) -67,863 Hyderabad (gross) 6,42,916 from 2 cinemas Madras - 2,62,011 from 2 cinemas Fourth week collections: 1,12,87,701 from 71 cinemas Four weeks total (calculated) All India: 22.85 cr - 22.95 cr Verdict :- ´Lakshya´ has benefited a lot from tax-free (TF) status and is now an above average in Mumbai , average in Delhi-U.P. , West Bengal and maybe Nizam . The movie is all set to go past 25 crores from India . Though it may sound ironical but once again Rajshri´s are unlucky as most of their distributed territories are not tax-free and so the collections there have not shown any improvement . The overall situation still shows that its the makers who have benefitted the most as they have distributed the movie in the two best territories . | | |
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