Apr 18 , New York – New releases this week in USA Indian market are Eedo Rakam AdO Rakam ( Telugu), Vijay’s Theri ( Tamil ) and Sharukh Khan’ Fan ( Hindi). Also, Hollywood biggie Walt Disney Co.’s The Jungle Book has released this week.
Telugu :
Manchu Vishnu, Raj Tarun starrer Eedo Rakam AdO Rakam got average talk in Telugu states, and also earned decent web reviews ( Except Telugu360.com 2.5/5). This movie has failed at USA Box-office , collected mere $12,000 in it’s first weekend. #ERAR Fri $3K, Sat $5k @Telugu360 Sun $3K Total $12K
Nagarjuna , Kaarthi and Tamannah Starrer , official remake of french movie Intouchables, Oopiri has done extremely well at USA boxoffice so far, this weekend, in its 4th weekend, has collected another $15K and grand total has reached $1.559M. Oopiri is Nagarjuna’s career highest grosser in overseas . #Oopiri wk-4 Fri $3K Sat $7K, @Telugu360 Sun $5K Total till now $1.559M
Pawan Kalyan, Kajol starrer , Sequel of ‘Gabbar singh’ , Sardaar Gabbar Singh has opened last week with record breaking collections on premier shows with $610K . However, due to poor content, it has fizzled out very next day and till date is able to collect only $1,058,000. In 2nd weekend this movie has grossed dismal $21,500. Bought at steep prices, this movie has burnt a deep hole into the distributors’ pocket to the tunes of crores. #SardaarGabbarSingh wk-2 Fri $8K Sat $9k @Telugu360 Sun $ 4.5K Total $1,058K
Tamil :
Vijay starrer Theri ( movie name “Police” in Telugu) is doing good business in USA ,Canada markets. In it’s first weekend Theri has grossed $641K in USA, C$ 281K in Canada
#Theri USA premier $214K Thu $74K , @Telugu360 Fri $141K, Sat $156K , Sun $56K total $641K
#Theri Canada Premier 36K Thu 64K, @Telugu360 Fri 52k, Sat 75K Sun 54K Total C$ 281K
Hindi :
SharukhKhan starrer FAN has done great business for it’s genre, though not on par with King Khan’s regular commercial movies. In opening weekend, FAN has collected $1.357M in USA #FAN Fri $480k Sat $543K @telugu360 Sun $334K ; Total $1.357M
English :
The Walt Disney Co.’s The Jungle Book opened with $101 million ( from 4,208 theaters in North America. This Live-animated remake of animated classic Jungle Book is now second biggest April opener ever. Globally it has collected another $187.4M and Wordlwide gross stands at $289M. Jungle Book Fri $31.69M, @Telugu360 Sat $40.22M, Sun $29.80M, total $101.72M ; [Disney projected $103.6M weekend , but Jungle Book gross is $101.72M only in its first weekend.]
