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Acid Factory

White Feather Films’ Acid Factory endured a horrible first week performance. The opening days were very lowin occupanices, with expectations of a slightly better performance blown away by poor audience and critical response. The thriller directed by Suparn Verma and produced by Sanjay Gupta stars Fardeen Khan and Irfan Khan but only managed to collect 2.8-3.0Cr in the duration of the first week. With heavy Diwali competition, the second week is expected to be a wash-out.

Past Releases

Wake Up Sid

UTV Motion Pictures and Dharma Productions’ Wake Up Sid had a rock steady second week at the box office.

Week 1 Wake Up Sid [WUS] vs Week 2 Wake Up Sid [WUS]
44% Mumbai means WUS fell by 61% in Mumbai in Week 2

Mumbai 44%
Ahmedabad 34%
Baroda -187%
Surat -136%
Bharuch 37%
Gandhinagar 99%
Palanpur 54%
Anand 51%
Raipur -63%
Valsad 43%
Bardoli 76%
Navsari 13%
Rajkot 43%
Jamnagar 42%
Gandhidham 50%
Bhavnagar 52%
Pune 41%
Nasik 25%
Sholapur 53%
Kolhapur 47%
Goa -16%
Delhi 37%
Ghaziabad 57%
Agra 40%
Kanpur 35%
Lucknow 35%
Meerut 51%
Moradabad 22%
Faridabad 70%
Gurgaon 97%
Chandigarh 97%
Gorakhpur 24%
Varanasi 54%
Dehradun 34%
Saharanpur 52%
Allahabad 91%
Pathankot 59%
Hubli 98%
Indore 55%
Gwalior 48%
Bhopal 24%
Nagpur 41%
Raipur 44%
Amravati 59%
Chandrapur 57%
Jalgaon 26%
Ajmer 80%
Kolkatta 30%
Darjeeling 48%
Gangtok 49%
Jaipur 24%
Ajmer -4%
Kota -25%
Jodhpur -93%
Patna -32%
Tinsukhia 55%
Hyderabad 28%
Latur 28%
Aurangabad 38%
Secunderabad 53%
Bangalore 48%
Mangalore 54%
Mysore 65%
Ernakulam 27%
Chennai 48%
Coimbatore -593%

Trending
Week 2 drop = 43%
Wake Up Sid is super strong in major cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune. Most other centres are holding well too.

WUS Week 1 total for the above centres = 11.37Cr (ignoring 11 centres)
WUS Week 2 total for the above centres = 6.53Cr (ignoring 11 centres)

This means that WUS’s Week 2 total is 57% of WUS’s Week 1 total (6.53/11.37 = 57%)

Using WUS’s Week 1 Total of 15.5-16.0Cr, WUS’s Week 2 Total = 57% * (15.5-16.0) = 8.9-9.2Cr

Wake Up Sid 2 Week Total = 15.5-16.0Cr(Week 1) + 8.9-9.2Cr(Week 2) = 24.4 – 25.2Cr

Verdict – Above Average

With a decent to good first week followed up by a rock steady week, Wake Up Sid is definitely a plus film and if the film can head towards the 30Cr in the next couple of weeks it will be a semi-hit. The film is mainly a multiplex centric success as expected and will be hit severely this week by the Diwali releases – but the second week trend suggests the film could arrive back in the fourth week to hold steady.

After Bachna Ae Haseeno, Ranbir Kapoor has followed up with another plus film but the extent of the success remains to be seen in the coming weeks.

Do Knot Disturb

Unlike Wake Up Sid, Do Knot Disturb did not manage good second week collections. Falling by well over 70%, the comedy collected only 3.7-4.0Cr to take two week collections to 16.7-18.0Cr. The film starring Ritesh Deshmukh, Susmita Sen and Lara Dutta is a flop.

Wanted

Wanted fought back in the fourth week with steady collections. An industry average fall of around 50% gives the action entertainer another 2.8-3.0Cr taking the four week total to an excellent 55.8-58.9Cr. The film starring Salman Khan and Ayesha Takia is thus far the year’s biggest hit.

January 2009
Chandi Chowk to China : 24.5 – 26.2Cr (Disaster)
Raaz – The Mystery Continues : 22.5 – 23.8Cr (Below Average)
Slumdog Millionaire : 4.8 – 5.5Cr (Flop)
Luck By Chance : 16.3 – 17.9Cr (Flop)
Victory : 1.2 – 1.5Cr (Disaster)

February 2009
Dev D : 16.0 – 17.2Cr (Hit)
Billu : 22.7 – 24.1Cr (Flop)
Delhi 6 : 32.7 – 35.0Cr (Flop)
Kisse Pyaar Karoon : 0.4 – 0.5Cr (Flop)
Siddharth – The Prisoner : 0.1 – 0.2Cr (Flop)

March 2009
Dhoondte Reh Jaoge : 7.5 – 8.1Cr (Flop)
13B : 7.4 – 8.2Cr (Flop)
Gulaal : 3.5 – 4.1Cr (Flop)
Jai Veeru : 1.5 – 2.0Cr (Flop)
Little Zizou : 1.1 – 1.2Cr (Average)
Aloo Chat : 4.0 – 4.7Cr (Flop)
Aa Dekhen Zara : 3.9 – 4.3Cr (Flop)
Ek – The Power of One : 4.3 – 4.7Cr (Flop)

April 2009
8×10 Tasveer : 11.5 – 12.5Cr (Flop)

May 2009
99 : 11.9 – 12.5Cr (Above Average)
Detective Naani : 0.6 – 0.7Cr (Flop)

June 2009
Maruti Mera Dosst : 0.2 – 0.3Cr (Flop)
Team – The Force : 1.5 – 1.7Cr (Flop)
Kal Kissne Dekha : 5.6 – 6.0Cr (Disaster)
Paying Guests : 6.9 – 7.5Cr (Flop)
New York : 42.5 – 44.4Cr (Hit)

July 2009
Kambakkht Ishq : 43.8 – 45.9Cr (Below Average)
Short Kut : 7.0 – 7.6Cr (Flop)
Sankat City : 0.4 – 0.5Cr (Flop)
Jashnn : 1.8 – 2.0Cr (Flop)
Luck : 21.5 – 22.8Cr (Flop)
Love Aaj Kal : 63.6 – 66.0Cr (Hit)

August 2009
Agyaat : 5.1 – 5.4Cr (Flop)
Teree Sang : 1.7 – 1.9Cr (Flop)
Life Partner : 21.6 – 23.8Cr (Above Average)
Kaminey : 42.9 – 44.7Cr (Above Average)
Shadow : 0.4 – 0.5Cr (Flop)
Sikander : 0.4 – 0.5Cr (Flop)
Daddy Cool : 3.6 – 3.9Cr (Flop)
Kissan : 1.2 – 1.4Cr (Flop)

September 2009
Fox : 1.5 – 1.7Cr (Flop)
Aagey Se Right : 2.9 – 3.1Cr (Flop)
Three : 0.7 – 0.8Cr (Flop)
Vada Raha : 0.2 – 0.3Cr (Flop)
Baabarr : 0.4 – 0.5Cr (Flop)
Wanted : 55.8 – 58.9Cr (Hit)
Dil Bole Hadippa! : 20.0 – 22.5Cr (Flop)
What’s Your Raashee? : 13.2 – 15.3Cr (Flop)

October 2009
Wake Up Sid : 24.4 – 25.2Cr (Above Average)
Do Knot Disturb : 16.7 – 18.0Cr (Flop)
Acid Factory : 2.8 – 3.0Cr (Disastrous Opening Week)