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| London Dreams |
Verdict: Awaited |
| Weekly Earnings: UK£142,722 ; US$207,964 |
Total Earnings: UK£142,722 ; US$207,964 |
| PB Rating: 7.0 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 400 unique users): 5.18 |
| Director: Vipul Shah |
Producer: Aashin Shah |
| Music: Shankar Ehsaan Loy |
Lyrics: Prasoon Joshi |
| Starring: Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan, Asin Thottumkal, Rannvijay Singh, Brinda Parekh, Om Puri, Khalid Azmi
Adithya Roy Kapoor |
| Genre: Social |
Recommended Audience: Parental Guidance |
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Vipul Shah`s `London Dreams` had a weak opening in Bombay. Outside of Bombay the opening was good/very good at some places but average at others. Trade feels that given the high budget of 60-65 crores, `London Dreams` will entail losses to its producers. The Salman, Ajay and Asin starrer has under-performed in the Overseas.
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| Aladin |
Verdict: Awaited |
| Weekly Earnings: UK£66,289 |
Total Earnings: UK£66,289 |
| Director: Sujoy Ghosh |
Producer: Sunil A. Lulla, Sujoy Ghosh |
| Music: Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani |
Lyrics: Vishal Dadlani, Anvita Dutt Guptan |
| Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Riteish Deshmukh, Jaqueline Fernandes |
| Genre: Family |
Recommended Audience: Parental Guidance |
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Sujoy Ghosh`s Amitabh, Ritesh and Jaqueline starrer, `Aladin` saw a poor to weak opening across India. Trade feels that given its big budget of 30-35 crores, it will be a losing preposition for all concerned. `Aladin` has also been rejected in the Overseas.
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| Fruit & Nut and others |
Verdict: Flops |
| Weekly Earnings: - |
Total Earnings: - |
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All the three recent releases- `Love Ka Tadka`, `Fruit & Nut` and `Bal Ganesh 2` - were expected disasters. The worst outcome was reserved for `Love Ka Tadka` followed by `Fruit & Nut` while the animated `Bal Ganesh 2` was somewhat better netting around 0.25 crore.
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| Blue |
Verdict: Below-average |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 8.50 crore ; UK£ 13,884 |
Total Earnings: India Es. 40.50 crore ; UK £440,621 |
| PB Rating: 7.0 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 396 unique users): 5.21 |
| Director: Anthony D’Souza |
Producer: Dhilin Mehta |
| Music: A.R. Rahman |
Lyrics: Abbas Tyrewala, Mayur Puri, Rajat Arora, Sukhwinder Singh, Raqueeb Alam |
| Starring: Sanjay Dutt, Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, Zayed Khan, Rahul Dev and Katrina Kaif, Kabir Bedi |
| Genre: Action |
Recommended Audience: General |
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The Dutt, Akshay, Zayed and Lara starrer, `Blue` crashed beyond repair in the second week. The film is struggling to recover its cost. `Blue` has done reasonably well in the UK, while the US collections have not been disclosed.
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| All The Best |
Verdict: Average plus |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 13.50 crore ; UK£493 |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 36.50 crore ; UK£104,686 ; US$120,713 |
| Director: Rohit Shetty |
Producer: Ajay Devgan |
| Music: Pritam |
Lyrics: Kumaar |
| Starring: Ajay Devgan, Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan, Bipasa Basu, Mugdha Godse, Asrani |
| Genre: Comedy |
Recommended Audience: General |
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Rohit Shetty’s Dutt, Ajay, Fardeen and Bipasha starrer, `All The Best` maintained well during the second weekend but dropped hard after that. In the Overseas `All The Best` has been out rightly rejected.
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| Wake Up Sid |
Verdict: Semi-hit |
| Weekly Earnings: India Rs. 1.75 crore ; UK£320 |
Total Earnings: India Rs. 27.75 crore ; UK £ 250,757 ; US $717,977 |
| PB Rating: 8.0 out of 10 |
Public Rating (by 407 unique users): 5.2 |
| Director: Ayan Mukerji |
Producer: Hiroo Yash Johar & Karan Johar |
| Music: Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Amit Trivedi (Guest) |
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar, Amitabh Bhattacharya (Guest) |
| Starring: Ranbir Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rahul Khanna, Anupam Kher, Shikha Talsania,
Supriya Pathak, Namit Das |
| Genre: Comedy |
Recommended Audience: Parental Guidance |
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Karan Johar’s Ayan Mukerji directed `Wake Up Sid` improved over its last week`s (3rd) performance and upgtaded its status. The film has also done well in the Overseas.
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