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Date - 3rd May, 2012.
Q. Why Tezz, Players and Agent Vinod Flopped? Do Action Thriller genre is fading away? Syed Hussain, Taapas, India. Salman, Pakistan.
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Date - 26th March, 2012.
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Date - 6th March, 2012.
Date - 27th Feb, 2012.
Q. Which Film is the Dark Horse of the year 2012? Raghuveer Singh.
Ans - Rowdy Rathore. This film might be the surprise package of the year 2012, and might race ahead to take the No.1 Position from most awaited movies like Talaash, Ek Tha Tiger, Dabangg 2 and Shahrukh Khan's next.
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Date - 20th Feb, 2012.
Ans - Agneepath needed atleast 125 crore nett all India figure for attaining Blockbuster status.
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Date - 8th Feb, 2012.
Q - How is the response of Aamir Khan Talaash Promo? Will it break 3 Idiots Record. Mansoor Khan, Syed Rahman, Nabiran, Riyaz, Manohar.
Ans - Response to Talaash was 60-70% positive. Around 30% section disliked or disappointed. But we (Team Addatoday) liked it immensely. Moreover Talaash promo was just a teaser and full trailer is awaited with bated breath. Any film that stars Aamir Khan has a chance of breaking all Box Office records of at the moment, Talaash no different. 3 Idiots lifetime record for now seems safe, since for breaking 3 Idiots lifetime record repeat audience is needed.
Q - How much profit did makers made from Ra.One and Don 2. Mashood, Sagar, Sanjay.
Ans - Ra.One Distributor Share is 64 crore (India) and Distributor Share is 23 crore (Overseas). Satellite Right was sold to Star for 35 crore. Music and other rights 7-10 crores (speculated). Total Recovery is 129-132 crore. Ra.one production cost is anything between 125-150 crore (various sources saying various amount, but cost range is absolutely certain between 125-150 crore range). Hence, Makers had a loss of 5-20 crore. Maximum it will Break Even (Average, just recover its cost).
Don 2 Distributor share is 57 crore (India) and Distributor Share is 29.5 crore (Overseas). Don 2 Satellite Rights sold to Zee for 37 crore. Music and other rights fetched 7 crore (speculated). Total Recovery is 130.5 crore. Don 2 production cost is around 95 crore. Makers made a profit of 35 crore. HIT.
Q - Chennai Express Status? Rabin, Nihar.
Ans - No Official Update. All in scripting stage.
Date - 3rd May, 2012.
Q. Why Tezz, Players and Agent Vinod Flopped? Do Action Thriller genre is fading away? Syed Hussain, Taapas, India. Salman, Pakistan.
Ans - No. A film gets opening on star value, but it get sustainability through content and word of mouth. Above films got negative reviews and negative word of mouth. That's the main reason they failed. Though we liked Agent Vinod and thought it should have collected more than what it got. But, Agent Vinod genre was similar to James Bond and got criticised.
Ans - Department Theatrical Trailer looking good. With starcast of Sanjay Dutt and Amitabh Bachchan and good reviews it might take a good opening. But it is too early to say right now. Wait for the day of release.
Q. Talaash Latest Release Dates? Arabinda, India.
Ans - 30th November, Confirmed by Makers.
Q. Housefull2 Box Office Status? Will it cross Agneepath Lifetime Collections? Diganta, Nepal. Yuvraj, India.
Ans - Housefull 2 is a Super HIT and making huge profits for everyone related to it. Housefull 2 Lifetime Collections should finish anything between 110-115 crore nett all India. Hence, it will not cross Lifetime Collections of Agneepath.
Q. Jannat 2 Opening Potential? Anonymous.
Ans - Jannat 2 stars Emraan Hashmi and he is having his best phase of film career. Jannat 2 is releasing on 2000 screens, thus surpassing Emraan's last biggest solo film Murder 2. But, Murder 2 buzz was more than Jannat 2 buzz right now. Hence, Jannat 2 occupancy will be less than Murder 2. But, Jannat 2 has more screen than Murder 2, so, despite lower occupancy it might get a better opening than Murder 2.
Q - Prospect of Department? Mobarak Ansari, Saudi Arabia.
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Date - 26th March, 2012.
Q. Kahaani is Super HIT or Blockbuster? Amod, Zahid Khan.
Ans - Kahaani is Super HIT. If it grosses more than 50 crore nett all India then we can safely say Blockbuster.
Q. Is Talaash has similar storyline with Kahaani? Is this is the main reason for postponement? Mayank, Naveen, Syed Hussain, Arpita, Anonymous.
Ans - Talaash has around half a day of shoot left. Also Mr. Aamir Khan will be busy with his TV Show coming up. Plus, he needs enough time for marketing and publicity of his film Talaash. These are the 3 main reasons of postponement of Talaash till 30th Nov, 2012. Regarding similarity of the story with Kahaani is totally rubbish and baseless.
Q. Agent Vinod has lots of Negative Publicity after its release. Why? Abhilash, Hemanta.
Ans - Agent Vinod is an action thriller inspired from Bond series. This concept is totally new in Bollywood and is in unexplored territory. Though I would rather say that Agent Vinod has started well at the Box Office and majority of public is liking it. Saif Ali Khan is not a star in the range of Aamir, Salman, Shahrukh, Hrithik or Akshay. Hence, opening at the Box Office is very decent comparing his status.
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Date - 6th March, 2012.
Q. Which Hrithik Film has a chance of crossing 100 crore nett yet again? Kamal Ali, Ashok Yadav.
Ans - Certainly Krrish 3.
Ans - Agneepath has just managed to cross Ready in its 5th week. Agneepath actual collection after end of 5th Week is 121-122 crore nett all India provided by distributors. Anything outside this figure is debatable. We don't have anything against any Stars. We are really happy that Hrithik Roshan is now much bigger star then before the release of Agneepath. Question is those who are mentioning escalated figures of Agneepath, will either come down later on or just doing cheap publicity of themselves and marketing their sites for undue reasons.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q. Agneepath crossed Ready, but why your site is not showing the true figure?
Date - 27th Feb, 2012.
Q. Which Film has a chance of grossing 200 crore nett in India in 2012? Altaf, Rasheed Khan, Koustabh, Rajpritom.
Ans - For grossing 200 crore nett all India figure, film has to take bumper opening and have excellent repeat value for many days. Also it needs atleast 2 weeks of open space. Right now only 3 Idiots has the exclusive right of 200 crore club. In our opinion Talaash & Ek Tha Tiger has a good chance, if they provide very good content. Dabangg 2 & Shahrukh Khan starrer Yash Chopra's next has an outside chance.
Ans - For grossing 200 crore nett all India figure, film has to take bumper opening and have excellent repeat value for many days. Also it needs atleast 2 weeks of open space. Right now only 3 Idiots has the exclusive right of 200 crore club. In our opinion Talaash & Ek Tha Tiger has a good chance, if they provide very good content. Dabangg 2 & Shahrukh Khan starrer Yash Chopra's next has an outside chance.
Ans - Rowdy Rathore. This film might be the surprise package of the year 2012, and might race ahead to take the No.1 Position from most awaited movies like Talaash, Ek Tha Tiger, Dabangg 2 and Shahrukh Khan's next.
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Date - 20th Feb, 2012.
Q - Why Shahrukh Khan's Koyla Flopped at the Box Office, despite being a Good Movie. Abid Khan.
Ans - Koyla took bumper opening at the Box Office because of immense pre-release hype. Eventually it did Below Average business at the Box Office. First reason of failure was, Koyla reviews were mixed. We can't accept that it got universal appeal from audience. One another major disadvantage was being dumb of Mr. Shahrukh Khan in the film.
Q - How much needed by Agneepath for being a Blockbuster. Kamal Ali.
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Date - 8th Feb, 2012.
Q - How is the response of Aamir Khan Talaash Promo? Will it break 3 Idiots Record. Mansoor Khan, Syed Rahman, Nabiran, Riyaz, Manohar.
Ans - Response to Talaash was 60-70% positive. Around 30% section disliked or disappointed. But we (Team Addatoday) liked it immensely. Moreover Talaash promo was just a teaser and full trailer is awaited with bated breath. Any film that stars Aamir Khan has a chance of breaking all Box Office records of at the moment, Talaash no different. 3 Idiots lifetime record for now seems safe, since for breaking 3 Idiots lifetime record repeat audience is needed.
Q - How much profit did makers made from Ra.One and Don 2. Mashood, Sagar, Sanjay.
Ans - Ra.One Distributor Share is 64 crore (India) and Distributor Share is 23 crore (Overseas). Satellite Right was sold to Star for 35 crore. Music and other rights 7-10 crores (speculated). Total Recovery is 129-132 crore. Ra.one production cost is anything between 125-150 crore (various sources saying various amount, but cost range is absolutely certain between 125-150 crore range). Hence, Makers had a loss of 5-20 crore. Maximum it will Break Even (Average, just recover its cost).
Don 2 Distributor share is 57 crore (India) and Distributor Share is 29.5 crore (Overseas). Don 2 Satellite Rights sold to Zee for 37 crore. Music and other rights fetched 7 crore (speculated). Total Recovery is 130.5 crore. Don 2 production cost is around 95 crore. Makers made a profit of 35 crore. HIT.
Q - Chennai Express Status? Rabin, Nihar.
Ans - No Official Update. All in scripting stage.
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Date - 27th Jan, 2012.
Q - Why reviewers rejected players? It is a good entertaining film by any parameter. Are reviewers biased against Abhishek Bachchan? Mobarak Hussain
Ans - Players movie was nice and entertaining. Reviewers gave mixed reviews. Film success never depend on reviews. If that was the case many film which went on to become blockbuster would have bombed at the Box Office. Real problem is Players had no star value to take grand opening. Abhishek Bachchan last few films were disappointing and which is affecting his films in initials. Right now only solution seems he should choose proper scripts and try to be in multi starrers like Saif Ali Khan use to do in 90s and early 2000s. Every Friday film changes, success changes and fate changes, hope Abhishek Bachchan fate also changes soon. Moreover he has to take care of his physique and acting which is highly important, and be serious with film making. Otherwise time is running out for him.
Q - Why My Name is Khan was declared 'HIT' in India as it was made on the budget of 35-40 crore and it earned 80 crore? Sagar.
Ans - You seemed to have got wrong info buddy. My Name is Khan budget was 55 crore + PA (add another 10-15 crore), that is total of 70 crore. Always go for proper source as mentioned http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/fox-bags-rights-for-my-name-is-khan-in-rs-100-crore-deal/365138/. My Name is Khan collected around 73 crore nett (source - http://www.addatoday.com/p/business-talk.html). That means a Distributor Share of 37 crore only (source - http://www.boxofficeindia.com/arounddetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=3938&nCat=). From theatres MNIK only collected 37 crore out of total budget of 70 crore with a loss of 33 crore. But, luckily MNIK performed exceedingly well in Overseas and very good recovery from Satellite rights it is touted as HIT. Hope you got your answer.
Q - Which Shahrukh Khan movie can break Bodyguard & 3idiot records? Mansoor Khan
Ans - I guess you are talking about Lifetime Records of 3 Idiots (202.5 cr nett) & Bodyguard (149 cr nett). Shahrukh Khan film can break any opening record if it releases in a proper Holiday or Festive period. But regarding Lifetime Collections it must be the content after a stupendous opening at the Box Office. Chennai Express if released on proper time phase, has a good chance because of its wholesome entertainment package. Yash Chopra next might have an outside chance if content is damn good and it sustain well at Box Office for 40-50 days.
Q - Which Film of Ajay Devgn (TEZZ, SOS, BOL BACHCHAN) have big possibility to cross 100 cr nett? Rabin Acharya, Pokhara, Nepal.
Ans - SOS (Son of Sardar) has big chance if good content and proper release. Can't say much about the other two right now. Bol Bachchan has outside chance.
Date - 24th Jan, 2012.
Q - How much Agneepath will collect on Opening Day? Anonymous.
Ans - Opening day figure should be anywhere between 15-20 crore nett all India. Reason - Very Good advance booking, both in Multiplex & Single Screens. Mumbai Circuit Excellent advance booking. Opening day (Thursday) is Holiday (26th Jan, Republic Day). Postive vibes & Reviews till now. Huge ensemble of cast - Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay Dutt, Priyanka Chopra, Rishi Kapoor & Dharma Productions.
Q - Why we consider collections from all Versions/Languages in place of Hindi only, while considering Nett Gross, as Bollywood movies are all made in Hindi? Jawahar, Gandhinagar, India.
Ans - Nowadays many movies are dubbed in many languages to release in various domestic regional centres. We have to take all Versions/Language collection as everything is same except the Language. Only taking Hindi language will be unfair for makers and production house.
Q - Why we consider collection figures from distributors & trade analysts, not production houses? Irshad.
Ans - Very simple. Will you ever show/market your product in bad taste in front of people? Distributors are the main whose money is directly involved. Distributor are those whose bread & butter exclusively depend on Film success. Even trade analysts collects information & datas from distributors, exhibitors across all India, hence collection figures are 95%+ accurate in those cases. Whereas Makers/Production houses show false data to show its Film in good state and tries to maintain their positive vibe all around.
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