Vishwaroopam strong, Kadal good and David perform poor at Box Office
News
oi-Prakash
By Ramchander
Despite
facing
troubles
over
the
release
in
Tamil
Nadu,
Kamal
Hassan
starrer
Vishwaroopam
was
released
without
any
hurdle
in
the
UK
and
US.
The
film
was
well-received
by
people
and
made
the
makers
of
the
film
breathe
a
sigh
of
relief
with
positive
response.
Vishwaroopam,
which
made
good
business
in
both
UK
and
US
in
the
first
weekend,
has
earned
Rs
63.16
lacs
(£75,140)
in
20
screens
in
the
second
weekend.
The
movie
earned
£95,676
(Rs
81.23
lacs
-
Includes
Thu
previews)
in
19
screens
and
the
per
screen
average
worked
out
to
£5,036
(Rs
4.26
lacs)
in
the
first
weekend.
However,
the
film
has
so
far
collected
Rs
1.86
crore
from
the
UK
and
Ireland
Box
Office.
In
US
Box
Office
Vishwaroopam
had
raked
in
Rs
1.08
crore
($2,03,901)
in
43
screens
in
the
second
weekend.
The
per
screen
average
stands
at
Rs
2.53
lacs
($4,742).
So
far,
the
film
has
earned
Rs
4.89
crore
in
the
US.
Whereas,
the
Telugu
version
of
the
movie
has
collected
Rs
29.48
($55,251)
in
21
screens.
So
far,
it
has
earned
Rs
89.07
lacs
in
the
US
Box
Office.
In
the
opening
weekend,
Vishwaroopam
earned
$6,34,912
(Rs
3.43
crores
-
Includes
Thu
previews)
in
44
screens.
The
per
screen
average
stood
at
$14,430
(Rs
7.77
lacs).
And
the
Telugu
version
of
the
film
raked
in
$1,02,657
(Rs
55.38
lacs)
in
28
screens.
The
per
screen
average
stood
at
$3,666
(Rs
1.97
lacs).
Continue
reading
on
the
slideshow
to
read
about
the
Box
Office
reports
of
Kadal
and
Tamil
version
of
David...
Tamil
Box
Office
In
the
opening
weekend,
Mani
Ratnam's
Kadal,
which
has
garnered
thumbs
down
from
critics
and
audience,
has
done
decent
business
at
the
UK
Box
Office.
It
has
earned
Rs
20.54
lacs
(£24,601)
in
12
screens.
The
per
screen
average
stands
at
Rs
1.72
lacs
(£2,050).
Tamil
Box
Office
Vikram
and
Jeeva
starrer
David
has
raked
in
Rs
9.48
lacs
(£11,358)
in
14
screens
in
the
first
weekend.
The
per
screen
average
working
out
to
£811
at
the
UK
Box
Office.
Tamil
Box
Office
In
the
US
Box
Office,
Mani
Ratnam's
directorial
Kadal
has
collected
Rs
38.19
lacs
($71,667)
in
39
screens.
The
per
screen
average
stands
at
$1,838.
Whereas,
the
Telugu
version
has
earned
Rs
3.14
lacs
($5,885
)
on
12
screens
with
the
per
screen
average
working
out
to
$490.
Tamil
Box
Office
On
the
other
end,
David
has
failed
to
pull
US
audience,
as
the
film
could
only
collect
$6,178
(Rs
3.29
lacs)
in
12
screens
and
the
per
screen
average
working
out
to
$515.
Tamil
Box
Office
Meanwhile,
Mani
Ratnam's
Kadal
has
got
a
good
opening
in
Tamil
Nadu
and
David
has
got
decent
response
from
audience.