My favorite kind of news headlines today, the ones that combine big star names with juicy industry news!
News Round-Up: Peace Between Hrithik and Akshay, Sultan Crosses 300 Crore, and Amitabh and Aamir to Unite
6
Tag Archives: Box Office
Global Box Office: Kabali Makes the Mistake Sultan Avoided
Weekend figures are out! Dishoom did mostly okay, Sultan is in a very controlled drop, and Kabali is in an uncontrolled drop. Oh, and another Punjabi film opened well in Australia.
News Round-Up: Ajay’s Next Movie, Anil Will Work with Arjun, and Early Box Office for Dishoom/Late Box Office for Sultan
I’m really excited about these super early rumors for Ajay and Anil’s next, even though they contain basically no substantial content, so I am reporting them anyway!
Box Office: Kabali Does Great (no duh), and Sultan Avoids Saturating the Market
Bollywoodhungama has the global figures for the weekend! Woot! Shockingly (that’s sarcasm), Kabali did great.
Kabali Reports: 3rd in American Box Office, Remake, and Real Life Effect
Another Kabali post! Combination of box office, industry news, and human interest! Because this movie is so big, it is effecting all 3 of those areas!
Friday News Round-Up (Mostly Photos): Aamir’s Ears, Shahrukh and Ali, and Kabali Box Office
What happened to the scandals? The nice juicy scandals? Or even a new film announcement! Or rumor! I don’t know, it just felt like there used to be more news in these news round-ups. Oh well, at least this one has some nice pictures.
News Randomness: Salman Gives an Interview, Priyanka’s Brother is in Trouble, and Sultan Holds Steady in 2nd Week
I’m a little late to the party on the biggest item here, Salman’s celebratory press conference in which he offered all kinds of juicy quotes and Anushka addressed the ridiculous “bad feminist!” arguments against her character. Rediff has a nice summary of the best bits. But, better late than never!
Quick News Report: Sultan in Overseas, Great Grand Masti Releases, and Shiney Ahuja is a Disgusting Idiot
Is that last really news? I feel like the world at large has pretty much known that Shiney Ahuja is garbage for years now. I mean, the other stories aren’t really “news” either-people like watching Sultan, they are sick of sex comedies, blah blah blah. But this will probably be my last chance to post on news until the weekend is over (get ready for a weekend of Salman classic reviews!), so I thought I should grab it.
News Round-Up: Cute Cute Gadar kid is going to be launched, Hrithik Gives Us a Juicy Quote, and Sultan Box Office Drops Off
There still isn’t THAT much to talk about, but I think I can manage to scrape together enough stories to make a post.
Sultan Box Office Report: Record Breaking, No Duh
We have no reached the point where if a new big Khan release DOESN’T break all previous records, it is considered a flop. I say “big”, because I’m not talking about your Jai Hos, your Fans, or your Talaashes. Just the ones with the major studio backing, thousands of prints made, huge international release, and family friendly crowd-pleasing plots. Of which Sultan is certainly one, so its box office success was kind of taken as a given.
Sultan Box Office Predictions
This is entirely from the Hindustan Times which has done an amazing job laying (lying?) out the new realities of the box office for big ticket films. You should absolutely check out that full article, because it is fascinating! I just have a few things to add to it.
Random News: Tusshar Kapoor is a Father, Udta Punjab Box Office Drops Off, and Sultan Cleared by Censors
None of these things have anything to do with each other, but none of them are really worth their own post either, so I am going to combine them all to have a decent sized post.
Udta Punjab Does Well Overseas, TE3N falls
Yay, global figures are out! And, for the first time in weeks, there is an actual big name Hindi movie that I care about included.
Udta Punjab Soars at the Box Office, and Eros Expands It’s Library
2 industry news items today! One which is important in general for, like, society. And the other, which is very important for, like, ME!
Box Office Report: Udta Opens Well, TE3N Not So Much, Housefull 3 Sets Records
Of course, this is all super early reports and blah blah blah, the real answer will come on Monday, but so far Udta is looking good!
Bajrangi Bhaijaan’s in Hong Kong and Karan Johar’s in the Newspaper!
Quick news update today, not really new-news, mostly following up on developing stories. Oh, and an interesting article about Shahrukh.
News Round-Up: Death, Box Office, and Lata Mangashkar
Let’s see what’s happening in India today! There’s news about a “Hey! It’s That Guy!” actor, the latest box office figures, and one of those “controversies” that everyone needs to have an opinion on.
Global Box Office Report: I Do Not Understand the United Kingdom
Bad box office in general this week, which we all knew was going to happen. Basically nothing came out this week, or last week, everyone is preparing for Housefull 3 and staying off the screens.
Box Office Report: Sarbjit and Brahmotsavam both Fail to Find an Audience
I haven’t done one of these in a while! Because there wasn’t really anything interesting or surprising to talk about. Fan did terribly, Baaghi did well, Azhar broke even, that’s about all that happened in the past month. But this past weekend had two notable flops, so let’s talk about that!
(I didn’t see either 24 or Brahmotsavan, discussed in this post, in theaters. But if you want to read a review, moviemavengal saw both of them and her reviews are linked above)
Weekend Worldwide Box Office: Baahubali is in Germany!
Oh, I wish I was in Germany! I could eat sausages and cheese and incredibly rich cream cakes, and watch Baahubali on the big screen again! 5 times just wasn’t enough!
Fan Box Office: Good News, Bad News, and Shahrukh News
Fan‘s been out for 2 weekends now, and the box office trends are pretty steady. That trend being “down.” But while that is the bad news, there is also good news. And, separately, there is the news that relates directly to Shahrukh.
Global Numbers, Finally! How did Fan do against Theri?
Yay, Bollywoodhungama has posted the regular full global weekend numbers! In addition to all the Fan specific analysis they posted and I talked about yesterday.
Fan First Weekend Box Office in Detail
More box office data! The first meta bit of this, is that there is just SO MUCH data available. Normally there is just one graph showing the global total for each film for a weekend. But today, there are 6 different graphs just about Fan. Clearly, people are really really watching this particular release.
Fan Box Office: First Weekend Report
Sunday figures are out, yay! Interestingly, it went down and then up again. Cricket? Holidays? Word of mouth? Who knows!
Fan Box Office Reports: First Day, Looks Good!
First day figures are out! And it looks really good! Which is great, because it is a really really good movie, and I want it to make money, so more people make really really good movies.
dontcallitbollywood 