The last week was average for Bollywood in the overseas market with Provoked fairing better than Shakalaka Boom Boom at the box office. Mira Nair’ Namesake continues to do great business in US and Australia. The film is slowly inching high on the charts every week despite easter weekend this time. Ash’ presence and UK-based real life story in Provoked has helped the film’s chances in this region.
UK Box Office
• Provoked: The film got a good opening in its first week with debuting at Position No. 11 at the Box Office. The film is scoring on the presence of Aishwarya Rai in the film and that it is based in a real life story in UK. The film is currently showing at 35 screens and has collected £ 123,678 in its first weekend
• Namastey London: The film has been declared a hit at the box office with steady collections in its third week. The film has dipped from last week’s Position No. 12 to this week’s Position No. 15. The film has collected collected £ 90,622 on 35 screens. Net gross: £ 715,451 [approx. Rs. 5.98 crores].
• The Namesake: The film is doing average business in UK compared to its exceptional run at the US box office. The film dipped from last week’s Position No. 14 to 16 this week. The film collected £ 90,461 on 56 screens in its second weekend. Net gross: £ 293,744 [approx. Rs. 2.46 crores].
• Shakalaka Boom Boom: The film alongwith Provoked debuted at the UK box office this week though at a lower postion of No. 17. In its opening weekend, the film has collected £ 78,552. The film is currently showing at 40 screens across UK.
• Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.: The film is in its 7th week at the box office and has already earned £ 437 this weekend. The film has dipped from its last week’s Position No. 53 to this week’s No. 75. The film is currently showing at 2 screens with a net gross of £ 142,968 [approx. Rs. 1.20 crores].
1 Provoked (English) £ 3,534
2 Namastey London £ 2,589
3 Shakalaka Boom Boom £ 1,964
4 The Namesake £ 1,615
5 Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. £ 219
US Box Office
• The Namesake: The film continues to be rock steady at the US box office though dipping from last week’s position No. 12 to this week’s No. 13. The film has been declared a blockbuster and it has collected $ 1,715,144 in its fifth weekend. It is currently showing at 335 screens across the US. The film is at Position No. 10 at the New York box office where it has collected has collected $ 253,673 on 31 screens.
• Namastey London: The Vipul Shah film is still hanging in the top 30 char at the US box office though dipping from last week’s Position No. 25 to this week’s 29. The film has collected $ 160,246 on 65 screens in its third weekend.
Australia Box Office
• The Namesake: Mira Nair’s film made a late debut at the Australian box office though it got a good opening her as well. The film debuted at position No. 13 this easter weekend and still managed to earn well despite stiff competition from other flicks. The film has collected Australia $ 206,075 [approx. Rs. 72.38 lacs]. It is currently showing at 38 screens across the Australian continent.
Middle-east Box Office
• Namastey London: The film has managed to get a fair opening in the middle east too. The Akshay Kumar magic and the interesting east-west divide theme has been pulling in the audiences. The distributors across the middle east claim good collections for the Vipul Shah film especially at the Dubai box office.
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