Box office report : Bang Bang and Haider still rule!

Just as it was predicted by trade pundits last week, two big banners, star-driven films – Bang Bang and Haider adversely affect the box office collections of the relatively small budget releases of this week – Tamanchey, Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami, Jigariyaa and Spark! Not one of the films released last week garnered decent box office collections.

Among all the films that released last Friday, the comedy satire Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami was the one film that won the appreciation of the audience, critics and industry veterans alike. The film that released last weekend impressed everyone with its unique story and good performances. While the Nikhil Dwivedi-Richa Chadda starrer Tamanchey and Jigariyaa featuring two newcomers – Harshvardhan and Cherry Mardia also failed to impress the audience and registered earnings in mere lakhs.

Distributor-exhibitor Akshaye Rathi speaks on this all saying, “It was expected to be a lull week considering the pre-election fever and Bang Bang and Haider already doing well in its second week. Last week releases are mostly an assortment of genres – a political satire, a love story, an on-the-run rom-com but all these films didn’t work. It’s certainly not a good time releasing films in states like Maharashtra and Haryana.”

Rathi, however is hopeful of next week of which he had to say, “The horror film, Mumbai 125 kms could work well for the masses as horror is quite liked by people. If you remember, Vikram Bhatt’s 1920 Evil Returns released before two major films Jab Tak Hai Jaan and Son Of Sardaar did fairly well before. So there are expectations from Mumbai 125 kms..

Written by: Dhiren J Trivedi