The Wolverine First Weekend Collection At Indian Box Office
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Hugh
Jackman's
starrer
film
The
Wolverine,
which
released
July
26,
has
collected
Rs.15
crore
at
the
Indian
Box
Office
in
its
first
weekend.
The
James
Mangold-directed
Hollywood
movie
has
topped
the
business
chart
in
the
country,
beating
the
Hindi
flicks
like
Bajatey
Raho,
Nasha,
Issaq
and
Luv
U
Soniyo.
"The
Wolverine
has
garnered
an
astounding
Rs.15
crore
gross
(Rs
10.5
crore
nett)
in
its
opening
weekend
in
the
country," read
an
official
statement.
"The
opening
weekend
of
the
film
also
ranks
as
the
third
highest
of
all
time
for
the
production
house's
(distributor
Fox
Star
Studios)
Hollywood
title
after
Avatar
and
Life
of
Pi,"
the
statement
added.
Jointly
produced
by
Lauren
Shuler
Donner,
Hugh
Jackman,
Hutch
Parker
and
John
Palermo,
the
film
received
an
overwhelming
response.
Vijay
Singh,
CEO,
Fox
Star
Studios,
said:
"We
are
elated
at
the
exceptional
opening
figures.
The
success
of
The
Wolverine
has
effectively
set
the
platform
for
our
next
year's
biggie
X
Men:
Days
of
Future
Past."
Intended
to
be
the
sixth
installment
in
the
X-Men
film
franchise,
The
Wolverine
tracks
the
story
of
the
American-Australian
superhero
Wolverine,
who
in
association
with
an
old
acquaintance
in
Japan,
fights
a
new
battle.
Directed
by
double
Oscar-winning
James
Mangold,
the
movie
also
features
Tao
Okamoto,
Rila
Fukushima,
Hiroyuki
Sanada,
Will
Yun
Lee
and
Brain
Tee.