This is fantastic news. This has been confirmed by boxofficemojo which was given an even better picture.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=guru07.htm TOTAL LIFETIME GROSSES (as of Jan. 15, 2007: $843,200) --------------------------------- Domestic: $843,200 29.1% + Foreign: $2,055,937 70.9% ---------------------------------- = Worldwide: $2,899,137 ---------------------------------- (Domestic here means US, and Foreign means all non-US.) $2,899,137 works out to something little less than 13 crores INR, which for a non-commercial film like Guru in just 4 days is nothing short of earth-shattering !!! -Vinod --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Guru engages global fans > Film Exceeds Expectations, International Revenues May Touch $4 M > Nandini Raghavendra MUMBAI > > The Economic Times > > > NUMBERS have a way of weaving their own magic. They are not slaves to severe critics or > trade pundits. So while the speculators keep the gossip mills churning as to whether the > Abhishek-Aishwarya engagement was timed to coincide with Guru's release, the weekend collection > figures have given a thumping verdict to the movie. > Guru's weekend collections in the overseas market have crossed expectations. Think KANK, > Karan Johar, Dhoom 2 and Hrithik and expectations are high. But with Guru, a decidedly niche > film, its overseas distributors, Bobby Bedi's Kaleidoscope Entertainment decided to be > conservative and released 210 prints (versus 300 of KANK) across 22 countries. > Four days into the film's release and the US and Canada markets have asked for another five > prints, the weekend collections for the US with its 65 prints has grossed over $750,000. > The UK has not lagged behind with 172,000 pounds while Dubai with its 23 prints has > collected $250,000. "We are not a Yashraj and this is a niche film and only Abhishek's film and > he does not have a great overseas market either. Considering all this, it has exceeded > expectations. It may not have matched a Dhoom2 ($1.3 million, UK 450,000 pounds weekend) or a > KANK ($900,000 and UK 750,000 pounds) but consider another niche film like Yuva whose total > collections in the UK were 200,000 pounds! Also it has done much better than Jaan-e-maan and > Bhagam Bagh," says Film Finances CEO Puja Bedi, who handles the marketing and sales for > Kaleidoscope. > Now, comes the home run. The multiplexes are smiling and laughing all the way to the bank. > Shringar's managing director Shravan Shroff who runs the Fame chain says he had to put in extra > shows. "The numbers are good as are the occupancies which are 85% across our 36 screens across > three states. I personally think its a great film and the engagement will give it a great > fillip. Almost all the other chains, like PVR and Adlabs echo Shroff. While PVR's general > manager corporate finance and investor relations Nitin Sood says that though Friday was a slow > starter, the film picked up very well over the weekend to touch an average occupancy of 70% > plus. > In fact, their five-month old Mulund property in Mumbai touched its highest number on > Sunday. "We did 8,000 footfalls in Mulund, which is excellent business and," says Sood. CEO > Adlabs Tushar Dhingra is willing to go as far as go on record to say that Aby's Baby has given > a blockbuster which is among the top 3-4 weekend collections of his financial year. > This, adds Dhingra is across his 53 screens across five states. While the multiplexes are > busy counting their moolah, the single screens are not really recording any queue for tickets > and while Mumbai and the North circuits have fared well, trade analysts say that the UP circuit > has suffered. > "Going by the current scenario, I believe that the movie will be able to touch $4 million > combined from the box office and home video revenues in the international market in the next > 3-4 months," says Mr Bedi. And that's not all. The overseas distributor plans to increase > prints of the movie which currently stand at 200. > Also one of the largest theatre chains in US, Landmark theatres, has shown interest in > screening the movie. > "The movie has been able to draw a variety audiences. Like the Silicon Valley's Gujju > population which is traditionally a DVD market for Bollywood films. Also in Canada, it has been > received very well with the non-NRI population," he says. In Canada, Kaleidoscope has roped in > a Canadian distribution partner Roger Nair Productions, which is perhaps the first of its kind > partnership. Internet is also being used avidly to attract the NRI population though in hotels, > Indian channels and portals. >
