The box office was choc a bloc with three big releases this week. Aamir Khan Production’s Delhi Belly featuring Imran Khan, Vir Das and Kunal Roy Kapur and AB Corp and Viacom 18 Motion Pictures’ Bbuddah…Hoga Terra Baap featuring Amitabh Bachchan. The third release was Hollywood popular sci fi action thriller Transformers 3D, which is another film distributed by Viacom 18 in India too.
Out of the three films released this week, Delhi Belly took a better opening but the audience reports have been mixed and most of the tradewallahs believe that there will be a slump in the collection; coming in second is Transformers 3D. Bbuddah… however did not manage to do as well as it was expected. However, the reports on Bbuddah… are very encouraging and the collection is expected to grow with positive word-of-mouth publicity.
In Mumbai, Delhi Belly opened to full houses, at most of the multiplexes. Rajesh Thadani of Multimedia Combines says that, “The morning shows of Delhi Belly were housefull and the other shows also were quite good at about 60 per cent. Bbuddah… on the other hand could only manage an opening of around 20 to 25 per cent. Transformers 3D opened really well and is going great since Wednesday itself.”
He further adds, “Last week’s release Double Dhammal’s collections though dipped slightly from Monday the film has sustained itself during the week and has made money.”
In smaller centres like Orissa too, it was Delhi Belly that witnessed good response. Jeetu Khandelwal of Movie Pioneers says that, “Delhi Belly is doing very well here with almost a 100 per cent opening across 12 screens. Bbuddah… has met with an above average fate of about 60 per cent and is playing at 20 screens. Transformers 3D despite running across only 1 screen is doing well.”
Most distributors agree that Delhi Belly has done well across most multiplexes since it is a youth film; Bbuddah… on the other hand has not garnered such great reports. But it is having an upper hand at most of the singleplexes as well as B and C class centers.
In Rajasthan, Delhi Belly took a decent opening. But it’s still Salman Khan’s Ready that is stealing the show. Sunil Bansal of Yash Raj Jai Pictures mentions that, “Delhi Belly has had an opening of over 50 per cent while Bbuddah… could procure only 20-25 per cent opening which is just about okay. Transformers 3D has also not made a great impact on the viewers but it is Ready which is still doing very well here.
And it’s not just Rajasthan but Bihar too where the audience is still queuing up in scores to watch Ready. Abhay Sinha of Yahfi Films says that, “Ready is still in demand here, but this week’s Delhi Belly has had an opening of around 90 per cent. Bbuddah… is also doing very well here with an opening of around 80 per cent. Transformers 3D has had an opening of around 50 per cent.
In East Punjab, Delhi Belly has again garnered a 100 per cent opening. Surendra Saluja of Lakshya Movies mentions, “Delhi Belly is doing well at both multiplexes and single screens here. The film has adult scenes which may not go down well with the family audience and might make it difficult for the film to sustain. Bbuddah… did not open that well with only 20 to 25 per cent. Transformers 3D is doing very well.”
In CI, Delhi Belly again fared better than Bbuddah… Ashok Choudhury of Neha Movies says, “The opening of Delhi Belly was 60 per cent at the multiplexes but very bad at single screens. Bbuddah… managed an opening of merely 10 to 15 per cent, while, Transformers 3D is doing quite well.”
In Nizam, all three releases have done well at the cinemas. Ravi Machchar of Sahyog Films says, “In Hyderabad, all the three films have opened at 100 per cent. But at other centres, Bbuddah… has managed 50 per cent. The film may pick up over the weekend though.”
First Day First Show Collections of Delhi Belly
Nasrani, Jothpur 5,000 against capacity of 74,000 [First show}
Nasrani, Jodhpur 18,500 against capacity of 74,000 [Second Show]
Fun, Kota 5,205 against capacity of 31,740
Inox, Kota 6,500 against capacity of 34,700
Glitz, Ajmer 18,440 {Housefull}
Maya Mandir, Ajmer 5,960 against capacity of 29,680
Cinemagic, Bikaner 18,750 against capacity of 37,840
Ashoka, Udaipur 50,500 against capacity of 61,000
Ganesh, Sriganganagar City 16,490 against capacity of 25,390
PVR, Allhabad 18,225 {Housefull}
Payal, Allhabad 11,144 against the capacity of 19,300
Chandra Lok, Allhabad 16,169 against capacity of 24,601
IP Sigra, Varanasi 15,430 against capacity of 31,815
JHV, Varanasi 8,928 against capacity of 29,054
IP Vijaya, Varanasi 8,364 against capacity of 18,700
PDR, Varanasi 4,470 against the capacity of 15,600
Sanjay, Agra 11,000 against capacity of 24,600
SRV, Agra 12,940 against capacity of 31,400
TDI, Agra 18,600 against capacity of 34,500
Fun, Agra 14,240 against capacity of 30.600
Vijay, Gorakhpur 11,000 against capacity of 22,000
SRS, Gorakhpur 18,600 against capacity of 25,500
Natraj, Dehradun 51,000 against capacity of 35,000
New Empire, , Dehradun 12,000 against capacity of 36,000
Kalpana, Saharanpur 5,681 against capacity of 26229
Delite, Delhi 21,600 against capacity of 69,000
Sheila, Delhi 19,970 against capacity of 58,000
Samrat, Delhi 18,000 against capacity of 57,000
Wave, Lucknow 29,400 against capacity of 48,884
PVR Phoenix, Lucknow 17,260 against capacity of 32,500
PVR Sahara ,Lucknow 14,370 against capacity of 27,304
Fun, Lucknow 16,480 against capacity of 31,552
Inox, Lucknow 18,590 against capacity of 33,032
Pratibha, Lucknow 13,200 against capacity of 26,000
Inox, Kanpur 11,600 against capacity of 20,000
Cinemax, Kanpur 13,340 against capacity of 22,000
Rave Moti, Kanpur 16,300 against capacity of 25,000
Big Rave, Kanpur 26,500 against capacity of 31,000
Heer, Kanpur 17,240 against capacity of 37,572
Pummy, Kanpur 7,500 against capacity of 8,062
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