Hollywood films are beating Bollywood biggies at the domestic box office…
On Friday early box office trends indicated that The Angry Birds Movie would beat Ram Gopal Varma's Veerappan[1] and Kalki Koechlin's Waiting and it has actually happened! This year we have seen the likes of Shah Rukh Khan's Fan losing the BO war to Neel Sethi's The Jungle Book and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's Sarbjit lost to the X-Men: Apocalypse. So this isn't surprising.
The Angry Birds Movie[2] dominated the theatres and that reflected in the box office figures. The occupancy was very good and the film collected Rs 9.04 crore in just 3 days. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted, "#TheAngryBirdsMovie dominated the marketplace, surpassing Hindi films… Fri 2.20 cr, Sat 3.22 cr, Sun 3.62 cr. Total: Rs 9.04 cr nett."
Ram Gopal Varma's Veerappan[3] was touted as his big comeback project and while the movie got a good response and the audience increased over the weekend, the film failed to come anywhere close to the Hollywood film that released alongside and collected Rs 5.95 crore over the weekend. Occupancies were average for this film. Trade expert, Taran Adarsh confirmed this on Twitter, "#Veerappan Fri 1.79 cr, Sat 1.96 cr, Sun 2.20 cr. Total: Rs 5.95 cr nett. India biz."
Kalki Koechlin's Waiting[4] got great reviews, but theatres saw low occupancy and the movie did not make any impact. It had a bare minimum collection and according to Taran Adarsh Waiting's total collection over the weekend was Rs 1.30 cr.
We hear that Radhika Apte's Phobia[5] like Kalki's movie got great reviews, but failed to make an impact in terms of box office collection. With Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's Sarbjit failing to perform, The Angry Birds Movie will do well throughout this week with no competition from Bollywood movies. But when Akshay Kumar and Jacqueline Fernandez's Housefull 3[6] releases next week, we will have to wait and see if the collections will dip.
Also check out BollywoodLife's review of Veerappan in the video right here:
References
- ^ Box office update: The Angry Birds Movie to outperform RGV's Veerappan, Radhika Apte's Phobia and Kalki Koechlin's Waiting! (www.bollywoodlife.com)
- ^ The Angry Birds movie review: The epic battle between the pigs and the birds shows a few sparks of brilliance! (www.bollywoodlife.com)
- ^ Veerappan movie review: Ram Gopal Varma's return is hampered by bad acting and ear-splitting background score! (www.bollywoodlife.com)
- ^ Waiting movie review: Naseeruddin Shah and Kalki Koechlin's brilliant performances are the only highlight of the film! (www.bollywoodlife.com)
- ^ Phobia movie review: Radhika Apte's terrific performance and a few genuine jump scares make the thriller watchable! (www.bollywo odlife.com)
- ^ Movie this week: Housefull 3 (www.bollywoodlife.com)
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