Box Office Report 1st September 2007

Movie name	Week	Note
Dhokha	New	Dhokha had a limited release and opened to poor houses of 15%. Its low costs will be its biggest advantage.
Ram Gopal Ki Verma Ki Aag	New	The film was expected to open well due to the hype and being a remake of the legendary blockbuster film Sholay(1975). But the opening was a shocker at 20-25%. It may do better in Mumbai and South but not enough to recover costs. In the North it has bombed already. The reports are very poor.
Victoria 203	New	This remake also had a poor opening of around 15% and will struggle at the box office.
Heyy Babyy	1	Heyy Babyy has done very good business of around 25-26 crore in its first week. The film had drops at small centres from Wednesday but multiplexes and big cities have gone into the second week with good 65-70% collections. The film is hit and remains to be seen if it becomes a superhit.
Chak De India	3	Very poor first week business.
Cash	2	Falls 50% in week three but with many states going tax free the film could reach Blockbuster status in the long run.

Chak De India will emerge a hit or better in Mumbai, Delhi/UP(UP is only fair but Delhi/NCR is strong), East Punjab, CI, Nizam and Mysore. The other circuits will depend on how well they sustain collections from here on. But it’s unlikely to have a losing circuit as even Bihar may notch up 18-20 lakhs from the 7 prints sent to the circuit.On an all India basis the first week nett business should come in the region of 17-19 crore.. The approx breakdown of collections are Friday-2.35 crore, Saturday-3.40 crore and Sunday-3.75 crore giving it a 9.50 crore nett gross for the first three days.
Cash scores over the weekend
Cash has managed business of 11crore in its first three days. Despite a bashing from the media and critics the film managed to rake in the moolah over its first 3 days. The film did drop from Monday onwards but will still manage business of around 18 crore in its first week. Gandhi My Father managed just 1.50 crore business over the weekend and is struggling at the box office.
Partner collects a massive 95 crore world wide in 2 weeks
The figures after 2 weeks are as follows
India-80 crore(48.75 crore nett)
UK-5.50 crore
USA-4 crore
Rest of the World-5.50 crore
TOTAL-95 crore

Movie name	Week	Note
Buddha Mar Gaya	New	Poor opening of 15-20%. The film will struggle at the box office.
Marigold	New	Poor opening of 10-15% and has had a very small release for a Salman Khan film. Reports are poor.
Chak De India	1	The film recorded good first week collections of about 20 crore but it is in the second week that the will come into its own as 8th day was excellent at 80% with the weekend expected to be better. The film will emerge the second major hit of 2007 after Partner.
Kaafila	1	Extremely poor first week all over.
The Blue Umbrella	1	Very poor first week business.
Cash	2	Falls heavily in week 2FLOP.
Partner	4	BLOCKBUSTER.

Partner heading for a huge Hit

Partner was always expected to get a big opening but the sort of business it has done till now is way above expectations. According to the producers, the film grossed 26 crore in India in its first three days.

The film did see usual drop in collections on Monday but nothing alarming and is expected to see the weekdays out with collections ranging from 45-65%.

As of now the film is certain to be a hit unless something very dramatic happens and collections just collapse which is unlikely. The next two weeks will determine whether the film becomes a superhit or better.


If the film can show the regular 50% fall in collections with Cash releasing on Friday then it may well be on to superhit status. That is a feat achieved by no film in the hindi film market this year except the Hollywood release Spiderman 3.

The overseas collections are well above expectations as the masala fare was not expected to do that well but as of now the film is heading for 17-20 crore run from that circuit as well.

The film has emerged the biggest success ever for Eros Multimedia Pvt Ltd since they started acquiring worldwide rights. At 30 crore the film has been a bargain acquisition for Eros.

Read : Weekly box office collections report of Partner

Box office report : Partner

First Week report
Partner is extraordinary all over .The film is definitely a Super Hit and may head for Blockbuster status as it recieved a very good 8th day of 60-80% collections, with extra prints added in week two. The delay in release of cash will give Partner an obvious advantage to keep its collections high. The film has come as biggest hit of 2007 with first week nett business of around 30 crore.

Mid week Report - Partner emerging as a huge hit . Partner was always expected to get a big opening but the sort of business it has done till now is way above expectations. According to the producers, the film grossed 26 crore in India in its first three days.

The film did see usual drop in collections on Monday but nothing alarming and is expected to see the weekdays out with collections ranging from 45-65%.

As of now the film is certain to be a hit unless something very dramatic happens and collections just collapse which is unlikely. The next two weeks will determine whether the film becomes a superhit or better.


If the film can show the regular 50% fall in collections with Cash releasing on Friday then it may well be on to superhit status. That is a feat achieved by no film in the hindi film market this year except the Hollywood release Spiderman 3.

The overseas collections are well above expectations as the masala fare was not expected to do that well but as of now the film is heading for 17-20 crore run from that circuit as well.

The film has emerged the biggest success ever for Eros Multimedia Pvt Ltd since they started acquiring worldwide rights. At 30 crore the film has been a bargain acquisition for Eros.


Opening Weekend report
The film received overwhelming response with bumper opening of 90%+ all over. The opening is excellent universally. The reports are good and it should emerge as a HIT. In weekend, the film has grossed over 15 crores.

Aah, after dry 6 months, bollywood has finally tasted success. Aap ka suroor, Apne and now Partner. This is a good sign for bollywood.

Box office report : Naqaab

Second week report
Collection dropped by 75-80%. The film couln't sustained at the box office. Its a flop.

First Week report
Below average collection in the first week. Very poor on 8th day. Reports are poor,and there is little chance to recover costs. Overall collections in first week are 12-13 crores.

Opening Weekend report
The film opened well in mumbai with 70% collections. Average opening in other cicuits with 30-40% collections. Negative reports are coming, and the film may struggle to sustain. Although it has good chance to do well in metros.

Recommended reading:

synopsis and star cast of Naqaab

Review of Naqaab

Box office report : My friend Ganesha

Second week report
Collection crashes further. No chance to recover costs. Its a flop.

First week report
Below average collections. Flop

Opening weekend report
Poor response of less than 20%. Find difficult to get audience.
Little chances of coming as, as big releases piled up in coming weeks.

Box office report : Journey Bombay to Goa

Second week report
Below average collections. May recover its cost.

First Week report
The film manages to do wellin mumbai.

Opening week report
Poor opening of 20%. Very little chance to come up. This will be a flop.

Box office report : aap ka suroor

Third week collection
Blockbuster in Bihar. Average to below average collections at other places. Overall HIT

Second week report
Aap ka surroor has come as the biggest hit of 2007. Its declared superhit in west-bengal, Rajasthan and Bihar. Overall Hit. second weeks collections are approx Rs 5.5 crore.

First week report
Aap Kaa Surroor did very well in first week. Extraordinary at places. The film started giving overflow all over after just 3 days. It did start to drop midweek but should emerge Hit/Semi Hit in most circuits. Prints have been added in week two. First week business is approx 10 crore.

Opening Weekend report
Although critics have rated it a poor movie, surprisingly, it has taken fantastic opening all over. The film will earn, and time will tell how much.

Box Office : Apne

Third week report
Above average collections at most of the places. Blockbuster in east punjab. HIT in delhi, UP and Rajasthan. Average to above average at other places. Overal SEMIHIT.

Second Week report
The film has sustained its business and doing well. The 2nd weeks business is approx 7.5 Crore.

First week report
The film did well in the North India. Record breaking in East Punjab, good in Delhi/UP and Rajasthan. But other circuits saw just fair business but it has chances in these circuits as 8th day is rock steady all over. First week business is approx 13 crore.

Opening Weekend report
The film got a very good opening in east punjab and is declared superhit. It got a good opening in Delhi, UP and Rajasthan. Good reports are coming from other parts of north india. It took just fair opening in other territories, but reports are good, and films will earn profits.

Recommended Reading

Review of Apne

synopsis and starcast of Apne

Mid year report : Dismal show by bollywood

The world's biggest film industry struggled to make a profit in the first half of 2007. Star appeal, big budgets and swanky foreign locations have all failed to bring cheer to Bollywood. Analysts blamed weak scripts for the failures.

It was almost impossible for Bollywood to repeat the success of 2006 -- its best year ever -- but the failure to deliver even one blockbuster so far in 2007 has surprised all.

While some films aimed at niche audiences made profits and a few others won only acclaim, the big-ticket Hindi-language films with top stars failed to set the cashbox jingling.

"Where are the good stories? You can't get away with only star appeal and foreign locales," said Bollywood trade analyst Komal Nahta.

"If you have a good script, chances are you will have a hit, stars or no stars."

Although Guru and Namaste London were declared hits in some circles, there is not a single superhit to make profits in all the territories this year. The films which did the fair business are:

Movie name	Cost	Collections
Cheeni kum	12 Cr	12 Cr (Running)
Life in a Metro	7-8 Cr	9-10 Cr
Bheja Fry	60 lakh	~3 Cr
Namaste London	30-32 Cr	34-35 Cr
Guru	14-15 Cr	22-23 Cr

Salam-E-Ishq and Jhoom barabar jhoom came as the 2 disastrous flops of the year. The list of loss making movies is quite big. However, this is the list of top 5 flops.

Movie name	Cost	Collections
Tara Rum Pum	31 Cr	30 Cr
Eklavya	20-21Cr	15Cr
Nishabd	7-8Cr	<5 Cr
Jhoom barabar Jhoom	30-32 Cr	Disastrous Flop(Running)
Salam-E-Ishq	30-35 Cr	25 Cr

Analyst have lots of hopes on Apne and Aap ka suroor, both released on 29-june-2007. If both of them together make a profit of 20Cr, that will improve the mid yeear results of bollywood. Both of them are declared hit in some areas, and are expected to make profits.

I will post a separate article on box office collections of these movies.

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