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All eyes set on Wanted and DBH

It's the lull before the storm. The weekend gone by witnessed a decline in business, with BAABARR, the sole new release in U.K., faring very poorly. Everyone's hoping that WANTED and DIL BOLE HADIPPA would bail out the industry.

Weekend: September 11 - 13, 2009.

U.K. BOX-OFFICE
* Apni Boli Apna Des [last weekend: No. 33, this weekend: No. 39]: In its third weekend, the film has collected £ 7,124 on 8 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 891. Total: £ 71,307 [approx. Rs. 57.63 lacs].

* Life Partner [last weekend: No. 36, this weekend: No. 43]: In its fifth weekend, the film has collected £ 4,587 on 7 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 655. Total: £ 2,74,488 [approx. Rs. 2.22 crores].

* Baabarr has debuted at No. 53 position. In its opening weekend, the film has collected £ 1,439 [approx. Rs. 1.16 lacs] on 5 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 288.

* Kaminey [last weekend: No. 38, this weekend: No. 56]: In its fifth weekend, the film has collected £ 1,243 on 5 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 249. Total: £ 2,69,816 [approx. Rs. 2.18 crores].

* Kanthaswamy [Tamil film; last weekend: No. 39, this weekend: No. 59]: In its fourth weekend, the film has collected £ 1,175 on 1 screen. Total: £ 1,69,843 [approx. Rs. 1.37 crores].

* Love Aaj Kal [last weekend: No. 41, this weekend: No. 60]: In its seventh weekend, the film has collected £ 1,124 on 1 screen. Total: £ 10,47,891 [approx. Rs. 8.47 crores].

* Kisaan [last weekend: No. 43, this weekend: No. 63]: In its third weekend, the film has collected £ 955 on 3 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 318. Total: £ 20,158 [approx. Rs. 16.29 lacs].

* Daddy Cool [last weekend: No. 59, this weekend: No. 100]: In its third weekend, the film has collected £ 111 on 1 screen. Total: £ 10,126 [approx. Rs. 8.18 lacs].

 

Baabarr Review

Gangster movies - this genre has been done to death. Films like Parinda [Vidhu Vinod Chopra] and Sarya [Ramgopal Varma] stand tall on this list. But, of late, the genre has taken a backseat since people aren't too keen on watching bloodshed and the same old saga of an innocent taking to the world of crime.Baabarr belongs to the same genre, yet is an exception. It shows how people, even kids, live by the gun and die by the.....
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