Overseas Boxoffice

Major letdown!

- By Taran Adarsh, February 25, 2009 - 09:04 IST

DELHI 6 has fared way below expectations in the two major international markets. Given the tremendous hype for the film, plus the fact that UTV had gone all out to promote the movie, besides the fact that the film is the next offering from the maker of RANG DE BASANTI, one expected DELHI 6 to open to a smashing start.

Keeping in mind the fact that the film was released in as many as 90 screens in America, the film should've started with a bang. But it didn't. Sure, the film has crossed the half-a-million mark in three days, but it should've been close to a million in its opening weekend, frankly.

In U.K., DELHI 6 has met with a terrible fate. The film has had a disappointing start and looking at the numbers and also its screen average, it's evident that the film has been rejected there.

Weekend: February 20 - 22, 2009.

U.K. BOX-OFFICE



DELHI 6 has debuted at No. 15 position. In its opening weekend, the film has collected £ 1,16,370 [approx. Rs. 84.58 lacs] on 39 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 2,984.
BIG 8 IN U.K.
FILM / Director OPENING WEEKEND [£] SCREENS AVERAGE
Jodhaa Akbar / Ashutosh Gowariker 3,63,726 [incl. Thursday previews] 46 7,907
Race / Abbas-Mustan 4,57,303 [4 dy.; till Monday] 46 9,941
Singh Is Kinng / Anees Bazmee 4,93,281 [incl. Thursday previews] 50 9,866
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi / Aditya Chopra 4,03,842 60 6,731
Ghajini / A.R. Murugadoss 3,18,538 49 6,501
Chandni Chowk To China / Nikhil Advani 2,74,524 61 4,500
Billu / Priyadarshan 2,79,448 [4 dy.; till Monday] 53 5,273
Delhi 6 / Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra 1,16,370 39 2,984



BILLU [last weekend: No. 14, this weekend: No. 22]: In its second weekend, the film has collected £ 71,467 on 49 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 1,459. Total: £ 4,65,484 [approx. Rs. 3.38 crores].


JAG JEONDEYAN DE MELE [Punjabi film] has debuted at No. 27 position. In its opening weekend, the film has collected £ 37,644 [approx. Rs. 27.36 lacs] on 13 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 2,896.


THIS WEEKEND IN U.K.
[Based on screen averages]

RANK FILM AVERAGE
1 DELHI 6 £ 2,984
2 JAG JEONDEYAN DE MELE [Punjabi film] £ 2,896
3 BILLU £ 1,459


U.S.A. BOX-OFFICE


DELHI 6 has debuted at No. 23 position. In its opening weekend, the film has collected $ 6,02,850 [approx. Rs. 3.01 crores] on 90 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 6,698.
BIG 8 IN U.S.A.
FILM / Director OPENING WEEKEND [$] SCREENS AVERAGE
Jodhaa Akbar / Ashutosh Gowariker 16,02,356 100 16,023
Race / Abbas-Mustan 8,02,254 96 8,357
Singh Is Kinng / Anees Bazmee 9,01,787 77 11,712
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi / Aditya Chopra 9,11,771 83 10,985
Ghajini / A.R. Murugadoss 13,87,534 82 16,921
Chandni Chowk To China / Nikhil Advani 6,85,798 [4-day weekend] 130 5,275
Billu / Priyadarshan 5,12,124 70 7,316
Delhi 6 / Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra 6,02,850 90 6,698



BILLU [last weekend: No. 29, this weekend: No. 45]: In its second weekend, the film has collected $ 73,977 on 70 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 1,057. Total: $ 6,98,910 [approx. Rs. 3.49 crores].


LUCK BY CHANCE [last weekend: No. 60, this weekend: No. 88]: In its fourth weekend, the film has collected $ 637 on 7 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 91. Total: $ 3,55,492 [approx. Rs. 1.77 crores].