MUMBAI: The recent Box Office no-show has finally got respite in Dhoom:2, which released on 24 November. The film has mind-blowing cinematography and hi-tech action sequences. The film stars Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Abhishekh Bachchan, Bipasha Basu and Uday Chopra. However, despite a strong star cast, it is Hrithik who has his cake and eats it too. With this film, the actor has broken the jinx that he only gives hits from under his home production.

Dhoom:2 has managed to strike it rich at the box-office with its bumper openings all over.

However,the film did not open in Goa because of the on-going International Film Festival of India (IFFI) as it was feared that the film might hamper the proceedings of the festival.

In Delhi and U.P. too, the film faced some problems in releasing in some multiplexes. Sanjay Ghai, who controls most of the multiplexes in Delhi-U.P. says, “Dhoom:2 could not be released here as the producer – distributor were asking for Mumbai’s share of 60 per cent from the multiplex.”

Single screen theatre Payal Talkies in Gurgaon had acquired Dhoom:2 for a minimum guarantee of Rs 500,000. The film’s no show at some multiplexes, proved to be a goldmine for Payal Talkies.

In Punjab the film opened to packed houses. Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Simla registered houseful collections.

Excluding UFOs, DLPs and E-City digitals, Dhoom:2 was released with a record number of around 175 prints in the Bombay circuit.

The film has registered nearly 100 per cent in most of the cinemas in Bombay. Among single screen theatres, in Minerva (Grant Road), the film opened to daily three shows. The theatre has seating of 1,390 with a capacity of Rs 50,624.90 per show. It collected 100 per cent collection by recording Rs 151,874.70.

In Chitra (Dadar) which has a seating capacity of 636 seats, it opened to daily four shows. The matinee shows are on reduced rates, i.e. Rs 16,030.90 being the capacitated one show collection. Per show capacity of the regular show is Rs 23,465.65. Here too the film registered 100 per cent collections by grossing Rs 86,427.85. On the Central side of Bombay another single screen – Kalpana Talkies in Kurla, which has a seating capacity of 1,188 against the collection of Rs 21,768.40 scored a cent per cent collection by collecting Rs 87,073.60.

Jaya cinema in Borivali, which has a capacity of Rs 26,844.40 per show too collected Rs 1,07,377.60 (100 per cent). As noted, the film has similar houseful bookings throughout the weekend.

Following are the listings of Dhoom:2 at various important centres across the nation:-

BOMBAY: opened at Inox (15 shows), Metro Adlabs (16 shows), New Excelsior, Regal (1 shows), Minerva, Roxy, Apsara (9 shows), Central Plaza, Premiere Gold, Deepak, Fame Nakshatra, Starcity (3 shows), Chitra, Plaza (3 shows), Aurora (3 shows), Suburbia (3 shows), Gaiety, Globus, Chandan, Suncity (6 shows), Fame Adlabs (18 shows), Fun Republic (12 shows), Cinemax Versova (20 shows), Cinemax Andheri, Pinky, 24 Karat (8 shows), Cinemax Goregaon, Movie Time Goregaon (20 shows), Movie Star, Fame Malad (20 shows), Movie Time Malad (8 shows), Kasturba, Cinemax Kandivli (E. – 12 shows), Cinemax Kandivli (W.), Fame Kandivli (13 shows), Thakur, Jaya, Movie Gem, Imax (12 shows), Cinemax Sion (8 shows), Kalpana, Sahakar Plaza, Ankur, Shreyas, Saaz, Huma Adlabs (12 shows), R. Adlabs(12 shows), Jaiganesh, Cinemax Eternity (Thane – 13 shows), Cinemax Wonder (Thane – 12 shows), Anand (Thane), Vandana (Thane), Cinemax (Mira Road – 9 shows), Rassaz (Mira Road – 7 shows), H.M. Deluxe (Bhayander), Parvati Cine Mall (Vasai), K.T. Vision (Vasai), Fun Fiesta (Nalasopara – 8 shows), Woodland (Virar), Madhuban (Dombivali), Tilak Dombivali (2 shows), Gopi (Dombivali), Anil (Ulhasnagar), Sapna (Ulhasnagar – 3 shows), Ashok (Ulhasnagar – 2 shows), Alishan (Mumbra), Sagar (Kalyan), Joker (Kalyan), Haseen (Bhiwandi), Apsara (Bhiwandi), Fun Square (Sanpada – 8 shows) and Meghraj (Vashi – 8 shows).

AHMEDABAD: opened at Shiv, Relief, Apsara, Anupam, Amber, Red Carpet, Drive In (daily 2 show), Rajshri, Citygold Ashramroad (daily 8 show), Citypulse (daily 10 show), Citygold Bapunagar, Devi (daily 9 show), Fun Republic (daily 17 show, Wideangle (daily 10 show), R. World (daily 11 show), Citypulse (Gandhinagar) (daily 8 show), Wideangle (Mehsana), Krishna, Surmandir, Movie World (Palanpur), Rajmandir (Deesa), Starcity (Himmatnagar).

JAMNAGAR: opened at Mehul Cinemax Screen-1 (daily 4 shows) and Screen-2 (daily 2 shows), Amber (daily 4 shows).

SANGLI: opened at Pride-1 and 2.

DELHI: opened at Delite, Sheila, Vishal, Liberty, Chanakya, 3C’S, Sapna, Sangam, Amba, Batra, Samrat, Aakash, Janak, Satyam, Satyam (JP), Movie Times, Kala Mandir, Supreme, Movie Palace, M4U, Galaxie.

GHAZIABAD: opened at MMX, Galaxie, Silvercity, Movie World, Movie Palace, M4U, SM World.

BAREILLY: opened at Kamal

ALLAHABAD: opened at Chandarlok, Rajkaran.

MEERUT: opened at Menka.

KOLKATA: opened at Hind, Elite, Menoka, Mitra, Inox/Forum, Inox/City, 89 Cinema, Fame, 89 Cinema (Durgapur), Purabi, Vaishali, Ashoka, Nalancha, Jaya, Mrinalini, National, Kamal, Ananya, Rathindra, Gupta, Navbharat.

NAGPUR: opened at Smruti, Panchsheel, Jaishree, Inox.

JALGAON: opened at Ashok (5 shows) 14,013.

INDORE: opened at Inox, Velocity, Kastoor, Manmandir and Regal.

UJJAIN: opened at Metro 17,597;

BHOPAL: opened at Sangam, Raj and Jyoti.

RATLAM: opened at Lokendra;

JODHPUR: opened at Nasrani

BIKANER: opened at Cinemagic; (1st screen) 18,260; (2nd screen) 20,282.

HYDERABAD: opened at Ramakrishna Gliterati, Prasad, Prasad Multiplex, Skyline, Sangeet, Anand, Mahalaxmi, Venkatramana, Vishwanath, Satyam, Sensation, Sushama, Sriramana, Suresh, Shiva, Vimal, Shama, Priya, Sriranga, Hitech, Srirama, Yadgiri, Raghavendra, Pratap, Saptagiri, Nartaki, Glory, Rajdhani.

VIJAYWADA: opened at Urvasi, Jyoti Mahal, Santosh, Sitara, Venkata Krishna.

CHENNAI: Hindi opened at Satyam, Ega, Mayajaal; (Tamil-Dub.) opened at Melody, Motcham, Bharath.

Bhojpuri film Saiyaan Se Solah Singar, which is a rehash of Hindi film Judaai too has taken good initial. The film stars Ravi Kissen and Naghma in the lead.

Touted as a comeback vehicle of Bhagyashree (of Maine Pyaar Kiya fame), Janani was released by Adlabs with six prints in Bombay. It ran for a week.

Rehguzar, the film on expatriate Indians had gone through rough weather and was released by the producer – Elfit Exports through Vinod Kakkad in Bombay. He managed to release two prints at Minerva – (matinees) in Grant Road; where the film collected Rs 30,904 against the capacity of Rs 1,29,996.65 (7 shows) in its first week. The other print was screened at one screen at Movie Star (Goregaon) where it collected Rs 25,875. It entered the second week at Movie Star in Bombay.

Vinod Kakkad also released Unns – Love Forever with two prints in Bombay in its first week. Dreamland (matinees) collected Rs 33,987 against the capacity of 68,029.50 (7 shows) while in Movie Star it collected Rs 16,008. Kolkata Rs 15,978 from one cinema.

The latest James Bond saga Casino Royale opened with a record number of around 100 prints in Bombay circuit. In its first week the English version of the film collected Rs 1.52 crores in Bombay from 34 cinemas (73 per cent); while the dubbed version managed to collect Rs 24,21,937 from 13 cinemas (58 per cent). Thane registered 65 per cent from 7 cinemas (Rs 10,18,518), Ahmedabad Rs 25,08,843 from 14 cinemas (53 per cent); in Delhi the Hindi version fetched Rs 24,48,071 from 11 cinemas (40 per cent) while the English one got Rs 69 lakhs from 13 cinemas (75 per cent); Noida Rs 22,45,745 from 2 screens (65 per cent); Ghaziabad collected Rs 10,67,980 from 7 screens (68 per cent); Meerut Rs 1,73,800 from 3 cinemas (66 per cent); Gurgaon Rs 22,51,851 from 4 screens (69 per cent); Nagpur Rs 5,91,671 from 2 cinemas (60 per cent) and Jaipur Rs 14 lakhs from 5 cinemas (67 per cent).

Rajshri’s Vivah reaped rich dividends in its second week too. Having added 15 prints to the existing 150 in Bombay circuit in its second week, the film collected Rs 60,05,597 from 23 cinemas in Bombay (75.21 per cent). Ahmedabad collected Rs 21,84,719 from 9 cinemas (90 per cent); Delhi Rs 29,03,046 from 12 cinemas (70 per cent); Patna Rs 2,89,818 on one print (93 per cent); Jamshedpur Rs 2,94,198 on one print (66 per cent); Latur Rs 3,52,671 on 2 prints (73 per cent) and Guwahati Rs 1,34,386 on 1 print (41 per cent).

Apna Sapna Money Money in its second week in Bombay collected Rs 80,73,669 from 36 cinemas (67 per cent); Ahmedabad Rs 35,73,957 from 14 cinemas (60 per cent) and Delhi Rs 23,49,242 from 14 cinemas (56 per cent).

Deadline – Sirf 24 Ghante ran for three weeks in Bombay at three cinemas.

Umrao Jaan ran for three weeks at Metro Adlab (one show) in Bombay. In its third week in Ahmedabad, it collected Rs 113,096 from three cinemas (20 per cent); Noida Rs 66,016 from 1 print (23 per cent); Ghaziabad Rs 34,474 from 4 screens (13 per cent); Aligarh Rs 20,000 on 1 print (15 per cent); Gurgaon Rs 38,607 from 2 cinemas (16 per cent); Allahabad Rs 2,08,985 on 1 print (33 per cent) and Indore Rs 1,05,513 on 1 print (22 per cent).

In Don fifth week in Bombay it collected Rs 1,491,585 from 19 cinemas (36 per cent); Thane Rs 3,67,079 from 8 cinemas (40 per cent) and Delhi Rs 8,93,495 from 13 cinemas (41 per cent).

Jaan-E-Mann entered its sixth week in Bombay. In its fifth week in Ahmedabad it collected Rs 198,902 from 7 cinemas (91 shows); Delhi Rs 43,959 from 3 cinemas (21 shows); Bareilly Rs 15,654 from one cinema and Indore Rs 84,830 from 4 cinemas (52 shows).

Dor entered its tenth combined week at Inox and Gossip with daily oen show each in Bombay. In its ninth week in Ahmedabad it collected Rs 35,280 (7 shows). Delhi collected Rs 96,022 from one cinema (7 shows).

Lage Raho Munnabhai in its 12th week in Bombay collected Rs 602,197 from 16 cinemas. Ahmedabad collected Rs 163,393 from six cinemas (46 shows); Delhi Rs 1,34,261 from three cinemas (21 shows).

Apart from Dhoom:2’s success, Yash Raj Films’ has yet another reason to celebrate. After Fanaa, Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna has crossed 100 days in Bombay with one print in matinees. The film ran for 15 weeks at Imperial (matinee) in Bombay.

Krrish entered 23rd week in Bombay with one print (7 shows).

Fanaa entered 27th combined week at Edward.

Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge entered 580th week at Maratha Mandir (matinee) in Bombay.

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