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Tanhaji – The Unsung Warrior sets out to be a successful movie at the box office. On Sunday, it accomplished this goal and earned Rs. 26.08 crores more than what was expected. This is an incredible number for a film that only garnered Rs. 15.10 crores during its opening weekend (including Friday). From there until Sunday, Tanhaji continued to increase in popularity due to Om Raut’s outstanding directing skills; bringing the film’s current earnings to about Rs 62 crore rupees (or roughly $US 10 million). Yesterday was Lohri; making today– Monday–a partial holiday in many regions of India. Tanhaji could…
After a fairly successful week where Rs. 126.55 crores were earned, Dabangg 3 saw a considerable decline after that. Collections went just about Rs. 20 crore* in the next week and with this, the total earnings stand at Rs. 147.80 crores*. It is not surprising, then, that the financial situation has deteriorated so quickly given that these cracks were present from day one of release – which caused lower than usual box office returns for a Prabhu Dheva directed film. Indeed, without New Year festivities causing people to take some days off work during the second week leading up to…
The long-awaited Ajay Devgn – Saif Ali Khan starring film, Tanhaji – The Unsung Warrior finally opened in cinemas around the world after a week of anticipation. Positive reviews came pouring in for this warrior-focused movie directed by Om Raut but many people still question whether or not it will do well at the box office. On Day Four of its release, reports show that even though there were only 660 screens playing the film overseas, it had earned $2 million and ranked sixth on worldwide charts – so far. Australia box office 30,346 USD [Rs. 21.50 lacs] from 36…
The globally acclaimed and highly-anticipated Indian film, Dabangg 3, was finally released worldwide. Directed by Prabhu Dheva, the film has long been awaited throughout India and abroad. However, there are still many unanswered questions pertaining to its success or lack thereof – namely whether or not it’ll make enough money domestically or abroad to warrant such buzz around it. To investigate these questions further, let’s take a look at some of the revenue so far generated through ticket sales for this movie on day eighteen in overseas markets. Australia box office 470 USD [Rs. 33,811] from 4 screens New Zealand…
There are many people who are eagerly anticipating the new movie from Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor Khan – Good News. This movie was directed by Raj Mehta who has had many successes in the past. It seems that everyone is talking about it because it will be released very soon. There are many people who have seen the trailers for this movie and they can’t wait to see what all of the hype is about. Australia box office 28,388 USD [Rs. 20.39 lacs] from 36 screens New Zealand box office 11,549 USD [Rs. 8.29 lacs] from 18 screens U.K…
As soon as Kareena Kapoor Khan and Akshay Kumar appeared on screen together in the Bollywood movie Good News, they were met with rave reviews. At first it didn’t seem like much of a success; but only a few days later things changed drastically when people started coming out left and right to see their favorite stars on screen together again. And so did the business deal climb up for Raj Mehta’s newest creation- proving that everyone wants to see what he has done next! Notably, looking at the global earnings for Good News, what stands out most prominently is…
Deepika Padukone’s latest release CHHAPAAK will be releasing this Friday. It comes only two years after MEGHNA GULZAR released a blockbuster with ALIA BHATT as the lead actress in RAAZI. Once again, MEGHNA has focused her attention on portraying female characters – and DEEPIKA PADUKONE (as the lead actress) went all out to ensure that there would be a good amount of hype about it. This time though it wasn’t an ordinary entertainer-type film, so it got significantly less press than before when the trailer came out. But now because of these recent events – where DEEPIKA attended an event…
At the start of its second week in theatres, Good News remains strong after already earning Rs. 180 crores worldwide. Footfall steadily increased from Monday-Friday; reaching a total of Rs.4 crore rupees on Wednesday and Thursday combined. It was also an uncharacteristically busy workweek because there weren’t any holidays; so most people came to see it on weekday days alone! Additionally, Thursday’s earnings reached 4 crore rupees – which is incredible considering how regularly it was played! Collectively, the film now stands at about 181 crore rupees – which will surpass the lifetime collections for 2.0 (Hindi). It still has…
One of the most talked about films, Akshay Kumar – Kareena Kapoor Khan starrer Good News finally hit screens last night. Raj Mehta directed the film and it has been one of the top movies people have been waiting for this year. The movie took 700 screens and had an overall collection that day of $5 million dollars (approximately), making it a total cumulative collection of $10 million dollars so far. Australia box office 13,287 USD [Rs. 9.43 lacs] from 21 screens New Zealand box office 6,398 USD [Rs. 4.54 lacs] from 12 screens U.K box office 20,922 USD [Rs.…
Mardaani 2 starring Rani Mukerjee has done well at the box office since it opened. It scored high with both critics and audiences alike, which translated into a successful opening weekend for the film. Almost one week after its release, Mardaani 2 garnered about Rs 46 crore in revenues so far. This article takes a look at the economic aspects of Mardaani 2 to analyze whether or not it was profitable for its producers. On a production budget of Rs. 27 crore [cost of Production (CoP) Rs. 20 cr. + Print & Publicity (P&A) Rs. 7 cr.] Mardaani 2 has…