The coming Friday will witness the release of the Karan Malhotra directed Akshay, Sidharth, Jacqueline and Jackie starrer BROTHERS and Siddhivinayak Cinevision’s GOUR HARI DASTAAN – THE FREEDOM FILE. Needless to add that it’ll be BROTHERS which is sure to embark on a good if nor great start at the box-office and improve further as the days progress.
The two major releases of last week, Riteish-Pulkit’s BANGISTAN and the Muzaffar Ali directed JAANISAAR (very limited release), failed to make much of an impression. Comparatively speaking it was BANGISTAN which fared much better (as compared to JAANISAAR), but even its opening can be termed as ordinary. In fact the best performance of the week came from Hollywood via Tom Cruise’s MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION, but it could not emulate the success of the previous edition(s) of the franchise.
Moving on, Nishikant Kamat’s Ajay, Tabu and Shriya starrer, DRISHYAM, the film saw a decent week (thanks to stable weekdays) and collected 5.75 crore from Bombay (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 2 crore from Ahmedabad, 40 lakhs from Surat, 40 lakhs from Baroda (collections from 6 cinemas unreceived), 13.50 lakhs from Rajkot, 1.65 crore from Pune, 22.50 lakhs from Nasik, 21.85 lakhs from Goa, 5.60 lakhs from Belgaum, 3.25 crore from Delhi city, 60.50 lakhs from Noida, 54.50 lakhs from Ghaziabad, 53.35 lakhs from Lucknow, 11 lakhs from Agra, 7.25 lakhs from Allahabad, 6 lakhs from Aligarh, 24 lakhs from Dehradun, 85.75 lakhs from Gurgaon, 34 lakhs from Faridabad, 3 lakhs from Kurukshetra, 7.15 lakhs from Panipat, 25 lakhs from Chandigarh, 12.75 lakhs from Jalandhar, 8.50 lakhs from Amritsar, 13.25 lakhs from Ludhiana, 4 lakhs from Bhatinda, 2.55 lakhs from Ambala, 90 lakhs from Calcutta, 1.25 lakhs from Darjeeling, 7 lakhs from Siliguri, 4.75 lakhs from Patna, 7 lakhs from Dhanbad, 15.25 lakhs from Ranchi, 9 lakhs from Bhubaneshwar, 4 lakhs from Guwahati, 45 lakhs from Nagpur, 16.50 lakhs from Jabalpur, 36.50 lakhs from Raipur, 60 lakhs from Indore (collections from 2 cinemas unreceived), 9 lakhs from Gwalior (collections from 4 cinemas unreceived), 30 lakhs from Bhopal (collections from 3 cinemas unreceived), 85 lakhs from Jaipur, 15.75 lakhs from Jodhpur, 9.50 lakhs from Ajmer, 2.50 lakhs from Bikaner, 10.25 lakhs from Kota, 12.55 lakhs from Udaipur, 45 lakhs from Hyderabad, 21.50 lakhs from Aurangabad, 80 lakhs from Bangalore, 6 lakhs from Mangalore, 2 lakhs from Mysore, 6 lakhs from Visakhapatnam, 9 lakhs from Madras, 1 lakh from Coimbatore and 3 lakhs from Kochi. Netting 38.50 crore during the opening week, DRISHYAM has to show strong legs in the coming week(s) to be considered a safe project (due to the 60-65 crore all inclusive release cost) . DRISHYAM has disappointed in the overseas grossing £101,000 from UK and $560,000 from the US till the second weekend (7-9 August).
Checking out the Richa Chadda starrer, MASAAN, the film maintained quite well adding another 1.25 crore, thus netting a creditable 3.50 crore in two weeks from India and can still strive to be a below average fare, after accounting for non-theatrical rights.
Meanwhile Kabir Khan’s Salman, Kareena and Nawazuddin starrer, BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN, crossed the 300 crore mark from India (despite the first major fall of its run) collecting 2.50 crore from Bombay (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 85 lakhs from Ahmedabad, 22 lakhs from Surat, 25.20 lakhs from Baroda (collections from 6 cinemas unreceived), 20.50 lakhs from Rajkot, 75 lakhs from Pune, 15 lakhs from Nasik, 12 lakhs from Goa, 3.60 lakhs from Belgaum, 2.75 crore from Delhi city, 45.50 lakhs from Noida, 53 lakhs from Ghaziabad, 75 lakhs from Lucknow, 11.25 lakhs from Agra, 10.25 lakhs from Allahabad, 6.25 lakhs from Aligarh, 23 lakhs from Dehradun, 65 lakhs from Gurgaon, 25.75 lakhs from Faridabad, 3 lakhs from Kurukshetra, 6 lakhs from Panipat, 20 lakhs from Chandigarh, 12 lakhs from Jalandhar, 7.25 lakhs from Amritsar, 12 lakhs from Ludhiana, 4 lakhs from Bhatinda, 3.50 lakhs from Ambala, 80 lakhs from Calcutta, 3 lakhs from Darjeeling, 11 lakhs from Siliguri, 4 lakhs from Patna, 7.75 lakhs from Dhanbad, 12 lakhs from Ranchi, 9 lakhs from Bhubaneshwar, 3.25 lakhs from Guwahati, 35 lakhs from Nagpur, 21.25 lakhs from Jabalpur, 23.50 lakhs from Raipur, 35 lakhs from Indore , 8 lakhs from Gwalior (collections from 3 cinemas unreceived), 30 lakhs from Bhopal, 70 lakhs from Jaipur (collections from 3 cinemas unreceived), 13.20 lakhs from Jodhpur 9 lakhs from Ajmer, 3.75 lakhs from Bikaner, 6.50 lakhs from Kota, 10 lakhs from Udaipur, 1.20 crore from Hyderabad, 10 lakhs from Aurangabad, 1 crore from Bangalore, 10 lakhs from Mangalore, 4.50 lakhs from Mysore, 3.50 lakhs from Vijayawada, 7.50 lakhs from Visakhapatnam, 12.50 lakhs from Madras and 6.50 lakhs from Kochi. Adding another 29 crore, BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN has netted 301 crore in three weeks from India and is an all-time blockbuster. BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN is still rocking the overseas grossing over $25m with £2,400,000 from UK and $7,655,500 from the US, till the fourth weekend (7-9 August).
Concluding with S.S. Rajamoli’s magnum opus, BAHUBALI, the film has finally hit a century (the first for a regional language dubbed venture)! During the week BAHUBALI collected 1.75 crore from Bombay (collections from other cinemas unreceived), 70 lakhs from Ahmedabad, 16.65 lakhs from Surat, 17.50 lakhs from Baroda (collections from 6 cinemas unreceived), 25 lakhs from Rajkot, 75 lakhs from Pune, 9.50 lakhs from Nasik, 4.50 lakhs from Goa, 3.50 lakhs from Belgaum, 80 lakhs from Delhi city, 15.50 lakhs from Noida, 17.50 lakhs from Ghaziabad, 20 lakhs from Lucknow, 3.85 lakhs from Agra, 4.50 lakhs from Allahabad, 1.25 lakhs from Aligarh, 8 lakhs from Dehradun, 30 lakhs from Gurgaon, 8 lakhs from Faridabad, 1 lakh from Kurukshetra, 2.25 lakhs from Panipat, 10 lakhs from Chandigarh, 3.50 lakhs from Jalandhar, 1.50 lakhs from Amritsar, 3 lakhs from Ludhiana, 30 lakhs from Calcutta, 2.15 lakhs from Siliguri, 2.65 lakhs from Dhanbad, 5.50 lakhs from Ranchi, 3.50 lakhs from Bhubaneshwar, 25 lakhs from Nagpur, 8 lakhs from Jabalpur, 21.25 lakhs from Raipur, 25 lakhs from Indore (collections from 2 cinemas unreceived), 3.50 lakhs from Gwalior (collections from 2 cinemas unreceived), 13.50 lakhs from Bhopal, 25 lakhs from Jaipur (collections from 3 cinemas unreceived), 6.75 lakhs from Jodhpur, 2.50 lakhs from Ajmer, 1.25 lakhs from Bikaner, 4 lakhs from Kota, 8.15 lakhs from Udaipur, 8 lakhs from Aurangabad, 25 lakhs from Bangalore and 4 lakhs from Mangalore. Adding another 12 crore BAHUBALI has netted 100 crore in four weeks from India and is a blockbuster. The film is rocking the US box-office grossing $7.45m (for all versions).