The war is over! And ‘Shootout At Wadala’ has turned
out to be a clear winner. There are no two ways about it as ‘Bombay
Talkies’ lag behind with a huge margin. With tremendous good word of
mouth is helping the film but, the fact remains, SAW has outshined BT
everywhere.
Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh informs, “‘Shootout At
Wadala’ has fared exceptionally well in certain circuits
(Mumbai-Maharashtra, C.P. Berar, Nizam), but was fairly good elsewhere.
Overall, the weekend total is impressive, in view of the fact that the
film stars known names, but not major stars to notch a fat weekend. It
has collected approx. Rs 30.7 cr nett in its opening weekend. Fri Rs.
10.10 cr, Sat Rs. 9.75 cr, Sun Rs. 10.85 cr. ‘Bombay Talkies’ started on
a slow note, but gathered steam on Saturday and Sunday. The word of
mouth is terrific and the glowing reviews contributed to an escalation
in business at multiplexes. The film has collected approx. Rs 5.05 cr
nett in its opening weekend. Fri- Rs. 1.05 cr, Sat- Rs. 1.75 cr, Sun-
Rs. 2.25 cr.”
Citing ‘A’ certificate to be the hindrance in the business flow of
SAW, trade expert Joginder Tuteja explains, “The film could have scored
more but the 'A' certificate kept the family crowds away. The fact also
remains that abundance of foul language further eliminated a segment of
audience. Nevertheless, one can well assume that the makers would have
made these calculations and hence stayed on with the eventual content
which has been picked up well by its target audience i.e. youth at the
mass centres, especially the single screens. At these centres, footfalls
are expected to be stable in weekdays as well.”
He goes on to add, “Yet again however, the predictions went well,
this time for the opening of ‘Shootout At Wadala’ which saw around 60%
opening. It was pretty much on the cards that the film would have
maximum moolah coming in from the mass centres and this is what happened
for this Sanjay Gupta directed affair that enjoyed steady footfalls
over the weekend. While Friday scored 10 crores, Saturday was just
marginally low whereas Sunday saw a jump again, hence leading to a
weekend which saw over Rs. 30 crores coming in.”
Trade analyst and film critic Komal Nahta however, brings another
side to the story and informs, “‘Shootout At Wadalas’ opening weekend
score is Rs. 24 crore. Heavy drop today.”
As per the reports of Koimoi.com, ‘Bombay Talkies’ is an
experimental anthology film that is dedicated to a very slim part of the
urban cine goers, the pace is strikingly snail paced. Made on a budget
of approx Rs. 12 crores, the film earned 1.05 crores at the domestic box
office on the opening day. Though the occupancy picked up on Saturday,
the film still managed a low collection of Rs.1.75 crores, while Sunday
saw the film earning an average amount of Rs. 2.25 crores. The film has
earned Rs. 5.05 crores at the domestic box office so far.
The film with artistic bent is appealing for the celebration of the
emotion of cinema that has been quintessential to the popular culture.
Bollywood played an omnipresent role in governing dictates of trends in
fashion and style, Bombay Talkies is an omnibus of heart wrenching films
created to the hilt of perfection. The film’s performance is expected
to improve this week as the response from those who have watched it has
been unanimously positive. Though targeted at a limited section of film
viewing audiences, it wasn’t made with the intention of raking up money
but to just commemorate the essence of movies and Bollywood in our
otherwise mundane lives.
Amidst all this, Aditya Roy Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor starrer
‘Aashiqui 2’ is working wonders at the box-office. “‘Aashiqui 2’ has
maintained fabulously well in its second weekend, despite a strong
opposition in the form of ‘Shooutout At Wadala’. It has collected
approx. Rs. 9 cr nett in its Weekend 2 (Fri- Rs. 2 cr, Sat- Rs. 3 cr,
Sun Rs. 4 cr). Total: Rs 46 cr nett. Super Hit,” concludes Taran
Adarsh.
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