Author: Ranveer Kumar
Ram Setu the much anticipated movie starring the famous actor Akshay Kumar finally premiered last Friday, October 27. Thanks to the celebration of Diwali – a Hindu festival commemorating victory of light over darkness – Ram-Setu was in theaters for an extended weekend domestically and internationally. Back home, it did decently well despite some stiff competition from other films, but overseas it was less than impressive. Overseas opening day earnings registered less-than-stellar numbers; disappointing some people who had waited so long for this release date which turned out to be just another Hollywood blockbuster wannabe with shoddy production values in…
The eagerly awaited film Ram Setu starring Akshay Kumar was released last week on Tuesday. Thanks to the festive holiday of Diwali, trade predictions were that this movie would receive a thunderous reception from audiences. But contrary to anticipation, it only had a tepid response in both the domestic and overseas markets. In fact, though there are decent numbers domestically for this movie, business abroad has been very low. In this box office report, we take a look at how well Ram Setu fares against other Akshay Kumar movies released overseas, and the numbers don’t seem all too promising. Shockingly,…
Akshay Kumar starrer Ram Setu did not receive a good response from the public, as it dropped significantly by 25% on the first day. With an estimated amount of Rs. 6.5 to Rs. 7 crore having been collected over four days, these stats are very low for Ram Setu considering its budget and cast size. This lacklustre performance can be attributed to poor ratings among audiences in metropolitan cities – which make up about 40% of India’s population – but also due to limited releases during Diwali holidays (a period during which 90% of Bollywood’s revenue is generated). Now that…
This coming weekend promises to be an eventful one for Indian cinema with the release of two movies (Ram Setu and Thank God) each having already garnered close to Rs.60 crores from Tuesday-Friday alone. Ideally, the amount collected so far should total at least Rs.100 crores but it does not seem likely that this will happen – only time will tell if this number will eventually rise to 100 crore rupees or fall even lower to less than 75 crore rupees by Sunday night; after all, money is always tight! Let’s talk about Ram Setu first. The film has collected…
The long-awaited extended weekend for Diwali has come to an end. And after careful observation, we’re confident about what came out of it – both Ram Setu and Thank God received a good amount of showtime and projection throughout the week with favorable reviews. The movies were never going up against any major blockbuster flicks but still managed to bring in audiences due to their fair level of entertainment value. All they had left to do was maintain this consistency through Sunday which would translate into stable earnings at day’s end. In this aspect, Ram Setu managed to garner enough…
Kannada film Kantara directed and written by Rishab Shetty released recently. The Kannada language release has enjoyed widespread popularity from both audiences and critics. While it does have shortcomings, the film continues to thrive at the box office- adding to its total earnings for every day it goes without collapsing under insurmountable pressure from competitors like Bollywood films Ram Setu or Thank God. Some claim this feat deserves praise for director and screenplay writer, Rishab Shetty; hailing him a masterful filmmaker who had come up with quite a game changer. If that wasn’t enough, according to Amir Khan’s Box Office…
Films such as Thank God and Ram Setu both saw a decrease in business this past Monday, but that was to be expected with the festival season coming to an end. With so many holidays in there, most people who wanted to see them did so already. One would assume that after today we’ll see residuals from those who were either too busy or out of town during this time period. While Ram Setu had collected 6 crore rupees on Friday, they pulled in 3 more on Monday. Conversely, Thank God only made 1 crore 50 lakhs on Monday -…
Ajay Devgn and Sidharth Malhotra’s slice-of-life comedy, Thank God is a disappointing fare at the box office in India. After collecting Rs. 14.10 crore over the first two days, Thank God has collected in the range of Rs. 4.00 to 4.50 crores on its third day, taking the total collection to Rs. 18.10 crore (USD 290 million). These are lower numbers than many had anticipated for this Diwali release where it seems like it should have done significantly better based off of how much noise was made about it before its release date came up – which was primarily because…
As Christmas fades away and people head back home for the holidays, I’m left here feeling lonely. Box office numbers say otherwise though: Ram Setu had done fairly well this past week despite being released during the holiday period, so at least I know there will be some people coming back to watch my film after they’re done visiting family this week. But then when you consider how badly Thank God had been doing in terms of attendance- even worse than before – it seems obvious what’s going on here. Let’s talk about Ram Setu first. Taking an opening of…
Outside the event films like KGF: Chapter 2 and RRR, the other south dubbed movies that have done decently well at the box office this year are PS-1, Rocketry and Karthikeya 2. Well, Kantara [Hindi] already surpassed PS-1 [Hindi]’s score of Rs. 24.50 crores a few days ago and now it has exceeded Rocketry’s score of Rs. 26.05 crores too – for only 28 days! Soon after these scores surpasses Karthikeya 2’s lifetime earnings of Rs. 31.05 crores – but there was no telling when precisely that will happen yet! This film is an underdog – while there were many…