Boxoffice Review - 2012 Week 01

Bollywood


1. Players - Abhishek Bachchan's dry run continues at Boxoffice, with his latest release Players being rejected by the audience at outset. Though the film has 3 open weeks in front, the exhibitors may try their luck with smaller films releasing next week - POOR OPENING

2. Don 2 - The King's return has become yet another money-spinner with over 175 Crores nett collections from all over the world. It becomes the second highest grosser of the year behind Bodyguard - HIT

3. The Dirty Picture - Vidya's show rules the roost even in its 4th week, with the collections holding up even after the release of Don 2. The 3rd most successful film of the year after the Bodyguard and Ready - BLOCKBUSTER


Kollywood


1. Mounaguru - It is the big-break for Arulnidhi. The positive word of mouth has spread like wild forest fire, the film has found its place in almost all the Top Ten list of 2011. The film has grossed about 6.5 Crores from Tamil Nadu alone - HIT

2. Rajapattai - The Vikram starrer took a fantastic opening, but the content, which made a mockery of the viewers has led to a free fall in collections. The film is slowly settling into one of the average grossers of the year, with the Pongal releases around the corner  - BELOW AVERAGE

3. Osthi - A lot was expected out of the dynamic combo and Dharani and STR. But the neither the presence of a glamorous Richa, or the fast paced numbers by Thaman could make the film work big time. Still Osthi has spinned enough money to keep the distributors happy - ABOVE AVERAGE


Mollywood


1. Oru Marubhoomi Katha - One of the most entertaining combo in the history of Malayalam cinema has come back with a breezy tale laced with tilting humour. Although its no where near the best of their works, AOPMN has become one of the most successful films of the year grossing above 8 crores in 25 days and still going strong - HIT

2. Beautiful - It is beauty-full of class. Undoubtedly a trendsetter of recent times, and it has brought out the best in every artist associated with it. The bold dialogues have found there takers amongst the youth and Beautiful ends the year with a Bangg - HIT

3. Kunjaliyan - A good example of how a decent entertaining theme can be presented in rash crap manner. It has taken a better opening than its competitor Asuravithu, but the future of the film does not look good as the word of mouth is below average. Saji Surendran - Krishna Poojappura - Jayasurya team will find it difficult to escape with a half-baked product this time around. - AVERAGE OPENING