OSO : First Week Collections.New Records Set
Om Shanti Om has simply seen an incredible first week at the box office. It has set new first week highs in every circuit of India and never have we seen so many theatre and city records broken by a single film.
The first week circuit nett billings are just huge as Mumbai crosses the 16 crore mark, Delhi/UP has touches 7.50 crore and East Punjab is around 3 crore. The all first week all India business is around the 41 crore mark.
The film has gone into second week with all its theatres in play. Shockingly the biggest of films loses digital screens in second week but Om Shanti Om goes into week 2 with 440 digital/UFO screens which is the same as first week.
The second week will also see the film smashing records.
The first week circuit nett billings are just huge as Mumbai crosses the 16 crore mark, Delhi/UP has touches 7.50 crore and East Punjab is around 3 crore. The all first week all India business is around the 41 crore mark.
The film has gone into second week with all its theatres in play. Shockingly the biggest of films loses digital screens in second week but Om Shanti Om goes into week 2 with 440 digital/UFO screens which is the same as first week.
The second week will also see the film smashing records.
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OSO is the fastest money spinner ever
The diwali battle of the biggies has turned out to be a one horse race with Om Shanti Om emerging a clear winner. On Monday the collections of Saawariya had fallen to the 35-50% mark while Om Shanti Om was rock steady at 80-90% which is extraordinary for Monday in the multiplex era.
Our source at Eros says "Om Shanti Om is the fastest money spinner ever and in time will emerge the highest grossing film in Indian film history. It has taken the domestic boxoffice to another level. In India our film has done nett business of over 25 crore in 4 days and we expect it to touch the business of our 2007 blockbuster Partner within two weeks. Wherever we have sold the film it has fetched record prices and these prices will be recovered in one week flat. We expected the film to do very well but the collections till date are way above expectations especially if we take into account the competition".
The story is different for Saawariya, after three good days the collections fell apart from Monday. But due to healthy weekend there is still chance of recovery as long as the multiplexes do not drop the screens showing it heavily in its second week.
http://boxofficeindia.com/ososaawariya2.htm
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‘Om Shanti Om’ Bests ‘Saawariya’ In Box-Office Stakes?
The long wait to witness whether Shah Rukh Khan is able to retain his old charisma and magic with ‘Om Shanti Om’ in face of threats from newbie Ranbir Kapoor who makes his debut with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Saawariya’ is finally over.
Two days after both the ambitious celluloid projects hit the theatres across India on Friday, the audience has once again voted for the King Khan. The cash boxes at the theatres all over the country are ringing faster for ‘Om Shanti Om’ compared to ‘Saawariya’!Going by plain statistics, theatres screening ‘Om Shanti Om’ registered 90 percent possession, while ‘Saawariya’ succeeded an average 60 percent of audience attendance. Even the themes of the two films are diverse and the audience seems to have accepted the more tested version. While Bhansali’s ‘Saawariya’ is a magical love story involving a young couple, Farah Khan’s ‘Om Shanti Om’ revolves around the colorful and vivacious Bollywood movies of the 70s. Incidentally, both the directors have used new faces in their respective films to give the audience some element of freshness and surprise. While Shah Rukh Khan has model-turned-actress Deepika Padukone as his leading lady in ‘Om Shanti Om’, Bhansali has cast Rishi Kapoor’s son Ranbir and Anil Kapoor’s daughter Sonam in the lead roles. Such lovely young talents notwithstanding, it is Shah Rukh Khan who mesmerizes the audience with his emotions, dramatics and actions. In comparison, ‘Saawariya’ appears stale, boring and lack luster.Film pundits too have applauded King Khan for his efforts in the movie – particularly doing a shirtless scene. Though Khan turned 42 a few days ago, he is very comfortable with the young Deepika. And hence there is much talk that ‘Om Shanti Om’ may turn out to be a bigger hit than Shah Rukh Khan’s previous production ‘Chak De India’. Shah Rukh is his own competitor today as there is none other in his slot to throw formidable challenge at him. No doubt, Farah has attributed the film’s success to her hero – Shah Rukh and none else.
http://www.newslocale.org/entertainment/enews/‘om_shanti_om’_bests_‘saawariya’_in_box-office_stakes?_20071112691.html
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Cruise no match for Shah Rukh Khan
Washington, Nov 12: The pairing of Tom Cruise and Robert Redford was no competition for Indian superstar Shah Rukh Khan and director Sanjay Leela Bhansali at the Indian Box Office.
ruise and Redford's new film 'Lions for Lambs' pulled in a 10.3 million dollars over the weekend overseas but still couldn't beat the earnings of Khan's 'Om Shanti Om' or Bhansali's 'Saawariya'.'Om Shanti Om' topped the box office with an earning of roughly 17 million dollars in India, and also took in 1.5 million dollars at 114 the United States.'Sawaariya', which marked the debut of Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor, raked in 14.4 million dollars in India, 600,000 dollars in the U.S., 340,000 dollars in the U.K. and 100,000 dollars in Australia, reports Variety. Cruise's pic also didn't win over audiences in other major markets, generating just 2.2 million dollars in Spain, followed by 1.4 million dollars in the U.K, 1 million dollars in Germany and 878,000 dollars in Australia. "Lions," starring Cruise, Robert Redford and Meryl Streep, stumbled out of the gate internationally without winning in any of major markets. Fox opened the Middle East tale in 12 of the 16 top territories with Spain generating the top number with $2.2 million, followed by the U.K. with $1.4 million, Germany with $1 million and Australia with $878,000. "Lions" came in a close second in Spain, losing out to the fifth frame of local hit "The Orphanage," which has topped $20 million. Also not doing well was Universal's "The Kingdom".Things looked up for Paramount's "The Heartbreak Kid" which continued to salvage its domestic perf by showing more traction abroad, taking in 8.6 million dollars.
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/190670.php/Cruise-no-match-for-Shah-Rukh-Khan-and-Bhansali-at-Indian-Box-Office
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Shah Rukh Khan’s OM SHANTI OM was the most-watched film on Friday in the entire U.K., if one goes by the screen average of all 150 films [English and non-English] running in the nation. The film collected £ 114,318 on 52 screens on Friday, with the average working out to £ 2,198. Extra-ordinary.On the other hand, there’s a wide gap between O.S.O. and SAAWARIYA in U.K. SAAWARIYA collected £ 38,254 on 46 screens, with the screen average working out to £ 832.
http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/11/10/10402/index.html
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