Yeah, nothing is ever going to be as pun friendly as Tubelight. Even Toilet, when it comes, will be just too obvious, no scope for invention. And this week I have to make do with alliteration. (background on box office available in my big discussion post here, as always, full figures available at bollywoodhungama here)
Does that headline work? I debated it for quite a bit. I think it does. Anyway, Munna Michael isn’t even really the big news this week, because we all kind of knew it would flop, that’s not exactly “news”. No, the news is over in the Punjabi world! And a little bit Tamil and Telugu.
I’m gonna try to be good and get back on the Box Office report wagon. Because it really doesn’t mean anything unless you do it every week so you have context. Even if there isn’t that much of a story this week.
I am so proud of that headline! SO PROUD!!!!! Everyone, stand back and admire it………..Okay, moving on, box office!
Happy day before Tubelight! I think I have picked my optimal showtime. Later show, but closer theater, so I can still be home at a reasonable hour. Same theater where I saw Bahubali opening night, Sultan for the second time, and Fan opening night. You will notice from that list that this theater only plays the biggest releases. Which allows me to make some box office predictions! Oh, and I also needed to do a post because Salman just released a video of Epic Cuteness.
Do you like the title? I’m pretty proud of it. Anyhoo, what it means is that Badrinath was very very very good in overseas figures. Very VERY good.
You know that feeling when you are at a party and everyone else is sharing a joke but you missed the beginning and aren’t sure why they are laughing or if it was actually funny? That’s how I feel about Commando 2. Suddenly it’s everywhere, and I have no idea what it is or why I should care!
Well, Rangoon is definitely the top pick for the weekend. But it was a terrible terrible weekend, so that is not saying much. The only big hit per screen was the one with inflated ticket prices (more on that later).
Global box office is out! And, gosh darn it, Running Shaadi did terribly. Oh well. At least I liked it! (as always, figures from Renttrack by way of BollywoodHungama)
Poor Aamir. I don’t know if it is even possible for him to surprise us at the box office at this point. Once you reach the limit of how many tickets are even available to sell, and they all sell-out, well then there is no where else to go! (figures are, as always, from Rentrack courtesy of BollywoodHungama)
Overseas Box Office report is out! Woo! And it proves either that Ajay has failed, or that Ranbir is the rising star, or really it’s all about Karan. I’m pretty sure it’s all about Karan.
Ouch! You read for what you don’t want to hear about your big budget heavily promoted fancy A level movie? “less money than Baaghi“. Ow ow ow ow ow!!!
This is FASCINATING! The screen numbers are all upside down! Mohenjo Daro had way way more screens, and yet Rustom still made more money! Very impressive, Akshay Kumar!
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.
Bollywoodhungama has the global figures for the weekend! Woot! Shockingly (that’s sarcasm), Kabali did great.
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.
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.
2 industry news items today! One which is important in general for, like, society. And the other, which is very important for, like, ME!
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!
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)
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.
Sunday figures are out, yay! Interestingly, it went down and then up again. Cricket? Holidays? Word of mouth? Who knows!
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.
Bollywoodhungama, because they are the best in the world, have posted a summary of the 1st quarter 2016 box office totals. And the picture is pretty clear: Major Male Stars still run the world.
Kapoor and Sons opened in Pakistan! What the heck? A movie with a gay main character is allowed to play, but Neerja isn’t? I guess it really is about patriotism, not religion. Or else Karan’s clever avoidance of actually using the word “gay” (or boyfriend or homosexual or anything else specific) paid off.
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