Om Shanti Om is breaking records all around the globe, and Australia no exception.
The film has opened at number 9 in the Australian Box Office charts, with the highest per screen average for an Indian movie ever. The per screen average, which stands at $14,073, was nearly $10,000 more than the next best per screen performing film. The Shah Rukh Khan comedy drama made a total of $168,874, being screened on only 12 screens.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya is being shown on 5 screens more than Om Shanti Om, but it fared much less. Total collections of $94,339 with a per screen average of $5,549, the second highest of the weekend. It opened 7 places below Om Shanti Om, at number 16.
Australian Box Office Top 20
1 Death at a Funeral Icon
2 Lions for Lambs
3 The Game Plan Disney
4 30 Days of Night Icon
5 Rogue Roadshow
6 Saw IV Hoyts
7 Good Luck Chuck
8 Michael Clayton
9 Om Shanti Om
10 Grindhouse: Death Proof Roadshow
11 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
12 Hairspray
13 Eastern Promises
14 Rush Hour 3
15 Across the Universe
16 Saawariya
17 The Bourne Ultimatum
18 Waitress
19 Dialogue avec mon jardinier
20 The Kingdom