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The Indian box office is still reeling from Furious 7‘s blockbuster earnings of over Rs 80 crores. Bollywood is limping far behind.
Sunny Leone’s Ek Paheli Leela has made a little less than Rs 16 crores in its opening weekend. The movie released last Friday.
Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted:
#EkPaheliLeela Fri 5.30 cr, Sat 5.20 cr, Sun 5.35 cr. Total: ? 15.85 cr. India biz.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) April 13, 2015
Dharam Sankat Mein, starring Naseeruddin Shah and Paresh Rawal, also released with Leela but has fared even more poorly:
#DharamSankatMein Fri 1.30 cr, Sat 1.75 cr, Sun 2.10 cr. Total: ? 5.15 cr. India biz.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) April 13, 2015
Meanwhile, Sushant Singh Rajput’s crime thriller Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! is in its second week in cinemas and has scraped together a few crores more than the 15 odd it made in week one:
#DetectiveByomkeshBakshy [Week 2] Fri 62 lacs, Sat 1.25 cr, Sun 1.40 cr. Total: ? 23.14 cr. India biz.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) April 13, 2015
However, there’s good news from abroad:
#DetectiveByomkeshBakshy Overseas total after Wknd 2: approx $ 1,301,000 [? 8.12 cr]. USA-Canada & UAE-GCC contribute over $ 1 million alone
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) April 13, 2015
This weekend’s biggest casualty has been Broken Horses, the Vidhu Vinod Chopra-directed Hollywood film. Box Office India describes it as an ‘epic disaster,’ placing its weekend collections at just Rs 60 lakhs.
