MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures has claimed that its recent release Jodhaa Akbar has grossed Rs 385 million worldwide in the opening weekend.
The company says that the first week box office collection in India is Rs 250 million, which puts the film amongst the top five weekend openings of all the time for a Hindi film.
However, like some of the films like Om Shanti Om, Sawariyan, Lage Raho Munnabhai, Fanaa, the Rs 400 million Jodha Akbar too have seen late releases due to disputes over revenue sharing terms with multiplexes. As a result the Hrithik Roshan-Aishwarya Rai starrer Jodhaa Akbar had its full release on Saturday.
The dispute ended with UTV reaching an an agreement to take a revenue share of 41 per cent for the second week‘s collections from the multiplex owners.
UTV had originally demanded a 42.5 per cent share from the second week collections while multiplex owners were willing to part with 40 per cent.
Besides the film has still not hit the screens in Rajasthan and some parts of Gujarat.
In the overseas market, the company claims that the opening is amongst the top five weekends of all time for an Indian film and in US, it is the second highest opening weekend of all time.
The film has seen a simultaneous release in 26 countries, in 1100 screens worldwide and dubbed in three different languages – Hindi, Telugu, Tamil; and subtitled in English, Arabic and Dutch.
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