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  • Madagascar 3 likely to edge out Prometheus

    Madagascar 3 likely to edge out Prometheus

    MUMBAI: Hollywood could be in for a wild ride at the domestic box office with Madagascar 3 likely to beat Prometheus for the top place in the US box office. Elsewhere, MIB 3 is set to surpass its predecessor at the worldwide box office.

    Most box office observers believe Madagascar 3 will come in ahead of 20th Century Fox‘s Prometheus, although opinion is divided as to how close the race will be.

    A wide range of opening numbers are being offered up for both Ridley Scott‘s highly anticipated sci-fi epic Prometheus and animated event pic Madagascar 3: Europe‘s Most Wanted.
    DreamWorks Animation and Paramount have been predicting a $45 million to $50 million launch for Madgascar 3, but others believe it could play in the $55 million range or higher because of the popularity of the successful franchise.

    Madgascar 2: Escape to Africa debuted to $63.1 million in early November 2008, while the first Madagascar scored $61 million over the long Memorial Day weekend in 2005.

  • Bengali film’s box office collections in Mumbai

    Bengali film’s box office collections in Mumbai

    MUMBAI: Satya Pictures‘ latest Bengali film Bhooter Bhobishyot, released along with The Avengers and Tezz, has had a decent run at the box office in the four screens across Mumbai that it was made available in.

    In a week‘s run, the film has grossed Rs 35,000 per screen, according to trade circles.

    Showing the problem of urban displacement, of old houses crumbling to the might of high rises, malls and multiplexes, the film is told through the predicament of resident ghosts.

    The film begins with Ayan Sengupta, an ad film director, aspiring to start a feature film and is in search of a good plot. He comes to a haunted mansion, the Chowdhury Palace, to shoot for his upcoming commercial ad film. There he meets Biplab who suggests him a story about ghosts who live together and face the difficulties they have to face in finding a place to live in since all the old buildings are being demolished by real estate developers.

    He relates the story of the ghosts in the old mansion and the problem the ghosts faced when a developer wanted to turn it into a shopping mall and how the ghosts solved it.

    The film, with its references to caste, communalism, consumerism, urbanisation, love and revolution, takes pot shots at various issues without becoming preachy.

    Incidentally, the film, in its seventh week run in Kolkata showing in about 22 theatres has lapped up Rs 36 million in box office revenues.

    The producers believe that its collections will soon cross Rs 50 million

  • Blood Money fails to keep cash counters ringing at the box office

    Blood Money fails to keep cash counters ringing at the box office

    MUMBAI: Blood Money proves a lot of sweat about nothing as the film finds poor patronage. In its first weekend, the film collected a meagre Rs 55 million, making it a disappointing fare.

    Bumboo, the other Friday release, also put up a poor performance at the box office.

    Saif Ali Khan’s Agent Vinod has been rejected outright by the audience as an unpalatable spy thriller. Having opened to below average response, it dropped further after the first weekend to finish with Rs 366 million.

    Kahaani remained a one horse race, maintaining steady collections at select multiplexes. The film has collected Rs 88 million in its third week, taking its total to Rs 524 million.

    Chaar Din Ki Chandni added a symbolic Rs 0.6 million in the third-week taking its total to Rs 62.6 million.

    Paan Singh Tomar collected Rs 10 million in its third week and has netted Rs 160.5 million so far.

  • Grey takes top honours at weekend box office

    Grey takes top honours at weekend box office

    MUMBAI: American action thriller, The Grey, has surpassed analyst expectations to rake in $20 million in the US and Canadian cinemas to lead the box office over the weekend.

    The Liam Neeson starring movie had earned positive appraisal from the critics and was predicted to earn $14.5 million. The movie released 27 January across 3,185 US and Canadian theatres and earned an average of $6,279 per-theatre.

    The movie was bought for $5 million by distributor Open Road Films, owned by Regal Entertainment Group, AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. and Cinemark Holdings Inc. It was launched in response to shrinking output by major studios.This was the distributor’s second release following “Killer Elite” in September.

    The film also went past last week’s top film Underworld: Awakening, which has been relegated to second position with sales worth $12.5 million. The vampire-versus-wolf series has earned $45.1 million since it opened on 20 January.

    At the third spot was Katherine Heigl-starring One for the Money, which had sales worth $11.8 million in its first weekend. While, Anthony Hemingway-directed Red Tails war film about black fighter pilots in World War Two, got $10.4 million to land in fourth place in its second weekend in theaters.

    Fifth on the box office was Sam Worthington-starring thriller film Man on a Ledge with sales of $8.3 million, according to Hollywood.com Box-Office.

  • Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol sets franchise record

    Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol sets franchise record

    MUMBAI: Tom Cruise-starring Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol has earned $571 million at the box office, thereby becoming the the most successful movie franchise in the action series and also outgrossing Mission: Impossible 2‘s $546.4 million globally in the process.

    Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol has passed $200 million in North America and, combined with its strong performance internationally of $369 million through Sunday, has achieved the new feat of being the most successful in the franchise series at the box office.

    On the foreign theatrical circuit, the movie had a total weekend gross of $25 million drawn from 7,837 locations in 63 markets.

    The pictures‘ box office take in China from some 3,000 sites is more than five times the comparable market opening figure compiled by 2006’s Mission: Impossible III, which generated total foreign box office of $263.8 million.

    Paramount vice chairman Rob Moore said, “Brad Bird, Tom Cruise, J.J. Abrams and the entire team who worked on ‘M:I4‘ created an incredibly entertaining film, one that fans worldwide embraced in record numbers.”

  • FWICE slaps non-cooperation directive on Vijay Galani

    FWICE slaps non-cooperation directive on Vijay Galani

    MUMBAI: The Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) has slapped a non-cooperation directive against Vijay Galani, the producer of the Salmam Khan-starrer Veer.

    Confirming the same FWICE President Dharmesh Tiwari said, “We have indeed issued a non co-operation directive against Vijay Galani. Hopefully, this issue is resolved at the earliest.”

    With the directive in force, Galani will not be allowed to make another film till he clears his dues of Khan. Accordingly, Galani will have to meet the Dabaang hero at an earliest possible date and arrive at some common ground for the payment of his dues.

    Last December it was reported that Khan had sent a legal notice to Galani for non-payment of dues amounting a whopping Rs 120 million. When the producer did not respond, the actor went ahead and filed a complaint with FWICE and demanded a face-to-face meeting with the errant filmmaker.

    After Veer released and didn’t do well at the box office, Galani had stopped Khan’s payment and gave a blind eye to every action of the actor.

  • Chinese film industry romps in $2 bn in 2011

    Chinese film industry romps in $2 bn in 2011

    MUMBAI: The Chinese film industry’s performance in the bygone year was good when it raked in $ 2.07 billion (13.1 billion yuan) at the box office, an increase of 28.93 per cent from that of 2010.

    Film studios in China produced 791 films in various genres taking in $1.11 billion (7.03 billion yuan) at the box office, accounting for 53.6 per cent of total ticket sales.

    Most small-budget films didn‘t even hit the silver screens. The country added 803 cinemas in 2011 at a daily average of 8.3 new
    screens.

    Domestic production of blockbusters has become more mature in the country with remarkable improvements in quality. For example there was The Flowers of War, directed by Zhang Yimou. The film has already grossed over $88.69 million (560 million yuan) in less than a month after its release.

    Notably, various blockbusters continued using the old formula: Ancient Chinese legend, big-name movie stars, Kung Fu elements and grand battle scenes. Films like It‘s Love, Mural, The Lost Bladesman and White Vengeance all passed the $23.7 million (150 million yuan) mark at the box office.

    On the negative side, some critically acclaimed films like Kuiba, The Piano in a Factory and Return Ticket did poorly at the box office. Though the films in mention had won praises and even awards, many filmgoers were not even aware of them due to poor marketing.

  • Twilight Saga still on top in 3rd week

    Twilight Saga still on top in 3rd week

    MUMBAI: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 has topped the box office for the third week.

    The latest ‘Twilight‘ film has so far reaped in $16.9 million for a third-straight No. 1 finish during one of the year‘s slowest weekends at the box office. The Summit Entertainment blockbuster raised its domestic haul to $ 247.3 million.

    Coming in the second place again was Disney‘s The Muppets with a collection of $ 11.2 million dollars thereby enhancing the film‘s domestic total to $ 56.1 million.

    With no new wide releases opening after the busy Thanksgiving weekend, ticket sales nose-dived with other holdover films managing so-so revenues. 

  • Desi Boyz collects Rs 262 mn at BO

    Desi Boyz collects Rs 262 mn at BO

    MUMBAI: Desi Boyz stayed below par at multiplexes and though marginally better at single screens, its final three day tally is disappointing. Its unfair ‘adult‘ tag may also have cost the film some of the business. With a slight improvement on Sunday over its Friday opening, the film ended its weekend netting Rs 262 million at the box office.

    Meanwhile, Rockstar – in its second week, fell far short of the expectations of the ones in a hurry to a hit as it slides drastically after its opening weekend; adding just Rs 115 million in the next days to its opening weekend collections of Rs 325 million, taking its two week tally to Rs 555 million.

    Ra.One added a symbolic Rs 3 million to its total taking it to Rs 1.07 billion.

  • Shares of Dreamworks Animation rally 12 %

    Shares of Dreamworks Animation rally 12 %

    MUMBAI: Backed by its latest venture Puss in Boots’ $33 million intake at domestic cinema halls over the last weekend, shares of DreamWorks Animation soared 12 per cent. The intake denoted a miniscule drop from the $34.1 million the film scored in its opening weekend.

    The box-office result was a welcome reverse to last Monday‘s 8 per cent climb down when the film was considered a disappointment but now that it‘s considered a bona fide hit, the shares of the company rallied by $2.08 on Monday to $19.57.

    Worldwide, the film generated $115 million at the box office till yet.