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Q. Which films look the best bet for the last three months of the year?
A. Three Idiots and De Dhana Dhan top the list followed by Kurbaan an Rocket Singh – Salesman Of The Year.
L Sharma
Q. Which film is looking to be strongest at Diwali at the moment?
A. Blue should take the best start but it should be interesting from Monday onwards. All three films have two weeks to prove themselves as their is no major release on the 23rd. If any of the films can sustain over two weeks they can do very good business.
Waseem Ahmed
Q. How well has Wake Up Sid done compared to Chak De India and Taare Zameen Par which were similar films in terms of release and target audience?
A. The opening weekend business is better than Taare Zameen Par and just below Chak De India but those films had very long and fruitful runs at multiplexes and Wake Up Sid has a long way to go if it is to match up to Chak De India or Taare Zameen Par.
H Kamble
Q. Does it not make a difference to a film when you have a 45 year Aamir Khan playing a college student in Three Idiots and 45 year olds like Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan playing rockstars when these roles require younger actors?
A. It’s possible that it looks odd as most people know that these stars are much older than the characters they play but if the film works then its all becomes irrelevant.
Prem Gupta
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Yakuza 5 October 2009
02:03:33 am
“The opening weekend business is better than Taare Zameen Par and just below Chak De India ”
Did CDI took more than 100% opening to reach at 20 crore mark? this is what we call trap on their own net, WUS with 80 – 90 % opening heading for 15 – 16 crore week, so how can CDI with 50% opening collects 20 crore, I agree it gain momentum on weekend, but still 12 crore over weekend was just over-reported,
Now either CDI was released on atleast 30% more prints than reported(which is not the case), or CDI figures were over-reported for first week(which is exactly the case).
Ahh … soon i have to do boxoffice operation for CDI, Same way which i did for Black. Need to resolve the mystery.
Gorilla 5 October 2009
03:20:06 am
Good point on CDI Yakuza. You have been very good in BO reporting so far.
Som 5 October 2009
03:50:47 am
ManCityFan at SB:
CDI picked up from day 1 evening shows and did around 11 in weekend . it had a holiday on wednesday due to independence day and did best business on that day thus giving it 20 crores total . with WUPS its interesting . i bet its first day will be better than CDI but saturday and sunday will be better for CDI . CDI never showed a drop in weekend but WUPS showed a drop on sunday and is having normal industry drop today ( which CDI didnt have ) . WUPS weekend is a bit less for me as i was expecting 14-15 after first day.
Som 5 October 2009
04:04:50 am
If I could remember CDI’s weekend was 9.5cr. The weekdays were very strong with a superlative Wednesday(Independence Day)which made a big difference.
Som 5 October 2009
04:10:39 am
Here is the LINK to CDI’s weekend reporting.
Yakuza 5 October 2009
04:23:23 am
Ahh .. thats fair enough .. if this is case with CDI than weekdays would have been held quite very rock steady to reach at more than double … 20 crore. But i am more curious now to study its box-office behavior.
Thanks much SOM !!
Yakuza 5 October 2009
04:27:06 am
CDI case is not closed yet !! will continue discussions ..:) .. until reach on agreement … as i still doubt on 20 Crore first week.
Doga 5 October 2009
05:52:46 am
Yakuza,BOI has 22+ cr first week for CDI.
Incase you are doubting 20 cr itself, lol.
Giddh 5 October 2009
06:42:14 am
Blue will take a thunderous opening! 30Cr opening for first week. And end up at 45Cr. Another blockbuster for Akshay.
Doga 5 October 2009
08:23:29 am
CDI is a blockbuster hit anyways, so doesnt make a difference.
Lets see how WUPS holds up.
LoL, Giddh.
RAJ 6 October 2009
10:53:04 pm
Yakuja,
You have doubts about SRK’s CDI..But you term sarkaraj as success…
Initially i thought you are neutral..But it seems you are also biased like other BO experts(Read jokers)….
Before dissecting anything i urge you come clean on your model…Atleast Ach and rudresh have a model..Whats your model??
And yes please dont make subjective guesses…
Yakuza 6 October 2009
11:33:12 pm
Raj, first i never doubt on CDI Success ? can you quote any of my statement where i said this?
It was only this misleading statement “The opening weekend business is better than Taare Zameen Par and just below Chak De India” which make doubt itself, because opening weekend of 10 crore was better than TZP and CDI both(I hope you agree now, as CDI was 9.5 Crore as par your given links), It was just that i was not convinced with this statement only, which arouse argument. And i hope Now you would also agree that BOI reply was doesn’t telly their own numbers … Right ?
About Sarkar raj, I never say it is Hit, and for success I always quote I am not sure how far it is, because I don’t have any financials.
About my model, Visit my blog and check methodology.
RAJ 6 October 2009
11:49:07 pm
“”"Raj, first i never doubt on CDI Success ? can you quote any of my statement where i said this?”"”
“”" as i still doubt on 20 Crore first week.”"”
“”"CDI figures were over-reported for first week(which is exactly the case).”"
Yakuja,
The above three statements belong to you..
Yakuza 7 October 2009
12:15:33 am
Raj, As i already explained above statement was doubt based on “The opening weekend business is better than Taare Zameen Par and just below Chak De India” Statement given by BOI, it never yield that i doubt CDI Success.
And all argument resulted in to prove that BOI statement was wrong.
Now Again about Sarkar raj, Please refer comments here
http://www.naachgaana.com/2009.....nt-page-1/
Where i strongly object on calling Sarkar raj a HIT. Still if you feel i am in favor of one and biased towards another, then GOD Help.
Yakuza 7 October 2009
12:25:13 am
And not even once these statements questioned about CDI success, argument was about CDI first week/weekend, which again based on BOI Wrong statement. If i am not clear about financial, i do have rights to argue based on commentary which is doubtful/wrong itself.
RAJ 7 October 2009
02:46:48 am
Yakuja,
In the contrary i have sufficient grounds to believe that BOI underreported the CDI weekend figures(9.5 cr) initially…Then they corrected themselves with the week one figure..CDI weekend figures should not be less than 11 cr and BOI is right when they say WUS figure just a little below CDI and above TZP..
Yakuza 7 October 2009
03:02:43 am
I would like to see that grounds ..
Because here argument was that with same number of prints, WUS Opens to 90%(According to BOI) and collects 10 Crore on weekend(90% opening on Friday, Saturday saw drop, Sunday was again on par with Friday). I agree, as my own numbers tally here.
But again, With same number of prints and similar trending(Friday was overall 60%, Saturday and Sunday was good 90%), however in reverse order, How can CDI do better than WUS ?
This was whole argument, If you read above, and now this case is closed.
But yes again i would like to see your grounds ..
RAJ 7 October 2009
03:15:10 am
Yakuja,
What are you arguing?? Weekend figures or week 1 figures??
As per BOI there seems to be no difference in WUS and CDI weekend figures( 50 lakhs is not a big difference here)..
If you are questioning the week 1 figure then you should also remember that CDI has excellent WOM and sustained pretty well in week days…It also has a holiday on wednesday where it collected its best figures…In the contrary WUS have reported to be dropped from Monday onwards…Hence it is quite logical CDI figures would be more than that of WUS figures…
Yakuza 7 October 2009
04:17:02 am
RAJ, that argument has closed now, You started it again accusing me that i am doubting CDI Success which was not the case, and imposing SarkarRaj a HIT, which again is not the case, you was accusing me to be biased, which now you should better judge yourself without any more discussions here ..
However i have seen your remark at satyam blog about TRP of Big boss 3, which you don’t want to buy, May i know why ?? You want to believe one report which is reporting lower TRP, and not wish to believe in so many other articles and news which says higher TRP. Don’t you think you yourself not willing to convince against the odd myth about Amiatbh ? you don’t want to get out of this black box ?
About me, when i commented on Low TRP articles, i never even once dismissed that report, Now there are other Positive going Ga Ga reports of Big Boss, again i am not commenting, but yes willing to accept the truth whatever it is. if flop than flop, if not than good. But this is not exactly the case with you. I hope you agree.
RAJ 7 October 2009
04:43:34 am
Yakuja,
1.Its really immature and objectionable on your part to state about what i argue in another blog…
This is ridiculous..
2.Here we are arguing about WUS and CDI and lets stick to that…
RAJ 7 October 2009
04:46:37 am
Yakuja,
I must say…You have put up a blog and giving regular figures…In that case you should be ready to face questions(Uncomfortable ones)..
Yakuza 7 October 2009
06:14:31 am
“Its really immature and objectionable on your part to state about what i argue in another blog…”
Raj, if you are talking about boundaries of discussion, then here we are discussing about biasness, not WUS and CDI, and Referring another blog is just evidence in defense[This time i am accusing you]. Even your reference of sarkar raj was pickup from another thread, which i never consider “Immature and objectionable” because that was base of your accusing towards me. However that act was definite “Ridiculous” as all was baseless without looking and analyzing the facts of discussions.
About “you should be ready to face questions(Uncomfortable ones)..”
Dude, I am always comfortable to face all queries, because i whatever i am presenting, i do have full details with me for evidence. You are always welcome for your queries, but there should be some sound base and logic behind it.