<i>Vivah</i> below average in U.K., dull in Australia!

By: Taran Adarsh, IndiaFM

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Umrao Jaan continues to be the first choice of moviegoers in U.K. The film is holding very well here, despite three new releases -- Vivah, Apna Sapna Money Money and Rabb Ne Banaiyan Jodiean [Punjabi]. On the other hand, Vivah makes a below average debut in U.K. Ideally, this Sooraj R. Barjatya film should've opened with £ 125,000 weekend [on 30 + screens], but the £ 70,130 figure proves that the film hasn't caught the fancy of the audience here. Apna Sapna Money Money is ordinary on very few prints, although the screen average is better than Ritesh Deshmukh's solo starrer Out of Control [£ 1,310] and even Kyaa Kool Hai Hum [£ 1,027].

In Australia, Vivah is amongst the lowest openers of 2006 [above Khosla Ka Ghosla and Mannat - Punjabi] in terms of screen average.

Weekend: November 10 - 12, 2006.

U.K. BOX-OFFICE

• Umrao Jaan [last weekend: No. 12, this weekend: No. 15]: In its second weekend, the film has collected £ 86,723 on 36 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 2,409. Total: £ 296,784 [approx. Rs. 2.54 crores].


• Vivah has debuted at No. 17 position. In its opening weekend, the film has collected £ 70,130 [approx. Rs. 59.92 lacs] on 31 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 2,262.


• Don [last weekend: No. 14, this weekend: No. 18]: In its fourth weekend, the film has collected £ 63,849 on 52 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 1,228. Total: £ 1,376,151 [approx. Rs. 11.76 crores].


• Jaan-E-Mann [last weekend: No. 24, this weekend: No. 31]: In its fourth weekend, the film has collected £ 19,203 on 17 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 1,130. Total: £ 473,574 [approx. Rs. 4.05 crores].


• Rabb Ne Banaiyan Jodiean [Punjabi] has debuted at No. 32 position. In its opening weekend, the film has collected £ 14,417 [approx. Rs. 12.32 lacs] on 8 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 1,802.


• Apna Sapna Money Money has debuted at No. 37 position. In its opening weekend, the film has collected £ 8,245 [approx. Rs. 7.05 lacs] on 6 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 1,374.


• Vallavan [Tamil; last weekend: No. 43, this weekend: No. 56]: In its third weekend, the film has collected £ 1,075 on 1 screen. Total: £ 27,983 [approx. Rs. 23.92 lacs].

THIS WEEKEND IN U.K.

[Based on screen averages]

U.S.A. BOX-OFFICE

• Don [last weekend: No. 28, this weekend: No. 36]: In its fourth weekend, the film has collected $ 131,704 on 81 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 1,626. Total: $ 2,138,803 [approx. Rs. 9.60 crores].

NEW YORK CITY BOX-OFFICE

• Umrao Jaan [last weekend: No. 21, this weekend: No. 25]: In its second weekend, the film has collected $ 19,335 on 6 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 3,223. New York total: $ 69,723.


• Don [last weekend: No. 24, this weekend: No. 28]: In its fourth weekend, the film has collected $ 15,896 on 5 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 3,179. New York total: $ 210,146.


• Jaan-E-Mann [last weekend: No. 37, this weekend: No. 49]: In its fourth weekend, the film has collected $ 1,726 on 1 screen. New York total: $ 66,845.

AUSTRALIA BOX-OFFICE

[4-day weekend: November 9 - 12, 2006]

• In its opening weekend, Vivah has collected Australia $ 8,468 [approx. Rs. 2.90 lacs] on 5 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 1,694.