‘Dostana’ continues to dominate overseas

‘Dostana’ seems least perturbed by the flow of new films. The film continues to dominate for the fourth week.

‘Dostana’ seems least perturbed by the flow of new films. The film continues to dominate for the fourth successive week, although the business has declined quite a bit. It’s fantastic in U.K. and good in America… Both ‘Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!’ and ‘Yuvvraaj’ are unmitigated disasters in these two markets… ‘Gumnam – The Mystry’ is pathetic in U.K.

Weekend: December 5 – 7, 2008.

U.K. BOX-OFFICE

·‘Dostana’ [last weekend: No. 12, this weekend: No. 18]: In its fourth weekend, the film has collected £ 33,493 on 30 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 1,116. Total: £ 9,09,122 [approx. Rs. 6.73 crores].

·‘Yuvvraaj’ [last weekend: No. 18, this weekend: No. 38]: In its third weekend, the film has collected £ 6,315 on 27 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 234. Total: £ 2,01,173 [approx. Rs. 1.49 crores].

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·‘Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!’ [last weekend: No. 28, this weekend: No. 50]: In its second weekend, the film has collected £ 2,705 on 7 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 386. Total: £ 20,964 [approx. Rs. 15.52 lacs].

·‘Gumnam – The Mystry’ has debuted at No. 52 position. In its opening weekend, the film has collected £ 2,144 [approx. Rs. 1.58 lacs] on 9 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 238.

·‘Golmaal Returns’ [last weekend: No. 52, this weekend: No. 91]: In its sixth weekend, the film has collected £ 174 on 4 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 44. Total: £ 3,58,206 [approx. Rs. 2.64 crores].

U.S.A. BOX-OFFICE

·‘Slumdog Millionaire’ [English film; last weekend: No. 11, this weekend: No. 12]: In its fourth weekend, the film has collected $ 14,02,176 on 78 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 17,977. Total: $ 53,39,510 [approx. Rs. 26.30 crores].

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·‘Yuvvraaj’ [last weekend: No. 26, this weekend: No. 43]: In its third weekend, the film has collected $ 34,336 on 65 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 528. Total: $ 5,65,440 [approx. Rs. 2.79 crores].

·‘Dostana’ [last weekend: No. 33, this weekend: No. 45]: In its fourth weekend, the film has collected $ 30,919 on 34 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 909. Total: $ 12,35,028 [approx. Rs. 6.08 crores].

·‘Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!’ [last weekend: No. 46, this weekend: No. 62]: In its second weekend, the film has collected $ 9,059 on 24 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 377. Total: $ 80,037 [approx. Rs. 39.43 lacs].

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