Box Office Report:‘Dhobi Ghat’ opens good in first weekend: Now audiences are assured that if it’s an Aamir Khan production it’s worth watching. Though the Kiran Rao-directed Dhobi Ghat was not for the masses, the movie has got it takers and is doing unexpectedly well in the metros. This small-budget film has collected around Rs 8.75 crore over its first weekend.
Dhobi Ghat with sterling performances from its cast and touching story-line is made at the cost of mere Rs 5 crore, but its weekend breakdown tells a winning story. The approx collections were Rs 2.85 crore approx on Friday, Rs 3.20 crore approx on Saturday and Rs 2.70 crore approx on Sunday. Coming to Yamla Pagla Deewana, the movie is going great guns in the north. As per reports, it had a great second weekend with business of around Rs 8.50 crore approx. This takes the film’s collection to Rs 43 crore plus in ten days.
Rani Mukherjee and Vidya Balan continue to woo the audience with their No One Killed Jessica. The movie is running in its third week and had a decent second weekend of around Rs 6.25 crore approx which takes its two week business to Rs 25.75 crore. It is now declared a semi hit.
As every release is performing well at the BO, including Gul Panag’s Turning 30, January has begin the year in a good note for Bollywood.
Box Office Report: 'Yamla Pagla Deewana' vs 'No One Killed Jessica', good going!: January chill hasn’t stopped the cine-goers from stepping out and enjoying the movies. The only condition is that the movie has to be good. If Yamla Pagla Deewana is doing extremely well in the northern belt, Bollywood lovers are having good time watching the past releases No One Killed Jessica and even Band Baaja Baaraat. After making a heady start, Yamla Pagla Deewana fared phenomenally, especially on single screens. As per reports, the weekend business is above expectations with a figure of approximately Rs 22 crore. The movie is doing extremely well in North India but its business in Maharashtra and South India is not up to the mark.
On the other hand, No One Killed Jessica is doing good business at the multiplexes. The movie had a satisfactory second weekend collection of around Rs 19.50 crore. The collections on the weekdays were reported to be rock-steady. It stands a chance of crossing the Rs 30 crore mark.
Now let’s move to Band Baaja Baaraat - the movie continues its dream run at the box office. In its fifth week, it overtook Tees Maar Khan which is running in its third week. The fifth week collection of Band Baaja Baaraat is around Rs 1.50 crore while Tees Maar Khan collected approx Rs 1.15 crore in its third week.
This Friday, be ready to visit Dhobi Ghat as Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao bring to you a simple, sensitive, stirring movie.
Box Office Report: good opening of 'Yamla Pagla Deewana': It was a forgone conclusion that Yamla Pagla Deewana, featuring the trinity of true-blue Punjabis -- Dharmendra, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol -- would set new records at theatres in Punjab. Little surprise then that the film opened to an exceptionally good response at theatres in the north Indian state. Even in New Delhi, which has a large Punjabi population, YPD attracted a lot of footfalls to single screen theatres.
The movie, however, saw an average opening in Mumbai, particularly at multiplexes, with just about 40 percent occupancy. Single screen theatres still had a better response. The south belt too did not lap the movie as enthusiastically as the north.
Yet, YPD is expected to have a decent first weekend and if it picks up in Mumbai, might even go on to be a hit.
On the other hand, there were few takers for Turning 30, starring Gul Panag and Purab Kohli. The film opened to an average response of 20-30 percent at multiplexes. Since the film is mostly in English, it’s aimed at multiplex audiences only.
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