Salman is a blockbuster , Katrina only succeeds

This week's new release, the Ashok Nanda directed RIVAAZ got some appreciation from its target audience, but unfortunately the same could not be translated into collections.Last week's Katrina Kaif, Imran Khan and Ali Zafar starrer, MERE BROTHER KI DULHAN, saw a pronounced fall (Tuesday onwards) after a good weekend of about 25.60 crores. But as we had informed earlier, the film is already an above average success for its producer and worldwide distributor, Yash Raj Films, netting 37 crores plus from India during its opening week.

Meanwhile after a gigantic first week, the collections of Salman Khan's Eid-Ganesh Chaturthi bonanza, BODYGUARD, crashed badly in the second week. But that makes no difference to the blockbuster status of BODYGUARD, the total of which stands at 132.50 crores in two weeks from India, in addition to the superb overseas gross.

Needless to add that the postponement of the three Kapoor starrer, MAUSAM, stands to benefit both MERE BROTHER KI DULHAN and BODYGUARD.

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DULHAN Katrina takes over to BODYGUARD Salman!!!

Yash Raj Films' foamy space-com, MERE BROTHER KI DULHAN, started a good algus.Metrood was expected to exceed 80-90 percent, and in some cases about 100 percent (Ahmedabad). The film goes well with the Delhi-UP and East, although Punjab.Kogude was slightly lower, around 70-75 percent of the mass-oriented centers that CP carrier and CI. 

25 crore Katrina Kaif, Imran Khan and Zafar Ali sedge is expected to sail into the profit zone is based only on the first weekend of business in India and abroad. 

Meanwhile, Salman Khan's Ganesh Chaturthi, Eid, blockbuster, bodyguard, expected to fall Tuesday. After an astonishing 100 crore in the first seven days, films were added 11.10 crore during the remaining three days a week. But it is not surprising, since the film had already been reached for most of your potential viewers in five days extended weekend itself, thanks to the high emissions and a large number of exhibitions. 

And that's how the box-office action in the days to come, with the first weekend (normal or extended), determines the fate of most movies, sounds the death Kneller for the theory of aggregate trends and attrition, especially with so much as a large budget, top star-cast film. 

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