'Pirate' Affects Business!

By: Taran Adarsh, IndiaFM

Thursday, July 13, 2006

With the Hollywood biggie Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest taking the biggest start ever, swallowing all Hollywood films in the process, the business of Hindi films also took a beating this weekend. But the flow of biggies from this week onwards should rejuvenate the business prospects in days to come.

Weekend: July 7 - 9, 2006.

U.K. BOX-OFFICE

• Krrish [last weekend: No. 12, this weekend: No. 10]: In its third weekend, the film has collected £ 60,344 on 33 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 1,829. Total: £ 551,916 [approx. Rs. 4.69 crores].


• Chup Chup Ke [last weekend: No. 22, this weekend: No. 22]: In its fifth weekend, the film has collected £ 11,696 on 14 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 835. Total: £ 313,704 [approx. Rs. 2.66 crores].


• Phir Hera Pheri [last weekend: No. 19, this weekend: No. 23]: In its fifth weekend, the film has collected £ 11,378 on 15 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 759. Total: £ 458,769 [approx. Rs. 3.90 crores].


• Corporate has debuted at No. 24 position. In its opening weekend, the film has collected £ 10,407 [approx. Rs. 8.86 lacs] on 12 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 867.


• Fanaa [last weekend: No. 24, this weekend: No. 33]: In its seventh weekend, the film has collected £ 5,118 on 7 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 731. Total: £ 1,166,057 [approx. Rs. 9.93 crores].

THIS WEEKEND IN U.K.

[Based on screen averages]

U.S.A. BOX-OFFICE

• Water [last weekend: No. 30, this weekend: No. 30]: In its eleventh weekend, the film has collected $ 80,577 on 60 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 1,343. Total: $ 2,849,976 [approx. Rs. 13.17 crores].


• Fanaa [last weekend: No. 51, this weekend: No. 50]: In its seventh weekend, the film has collected $ 25,878 on 16 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 1,617. Total: $ 2,047,753 [approx. Rs. 9.46 crores].


• Chup Chup Ke [last weekend: No. 58, this weekend: No. 65]: In its fifth weekend, the film has collected $ 10,385 on 11 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 944. Total: $ 334,618 [approx. Rs. 1.55 crores].

THIS WEEKEND IN U.S.A.

[Based on screen averages]

NEW YORK CITY BOX-OFFICE

• Water [last weekend: No. 19, this weekend: No. 20]: In its eleventh weekend, the film has collected $ 18,699 on 5 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 3,740. New York total: $ 681,393.


• Krrish [last weekend: No. 29, this weekend: No. 43]: In its third weekend, the film has collected $ 1,946 on 2 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 973. New York total: $ 34,859.