Ghajini a Box Office Monster!
Its been a year since Aamir Khan has been promoting his film in every single platform in the universe, and boy has it paid off - Ghajini has turned out to be an early cash Godzilla at the box office.
Ghajini smashed and thrashed rivals the likes of 'Rab ne bana di Jodi' and continued to create unimaginable history at the advance booking ticket counters. The advance booking of the film is a milestone in the multiplex era, infact words cannot describe what is happening at theaters across the country. Some of the highlights are as follows.
Delite Cinema in Delhi has shows housefull until Monday night. Tickets sold worth 7 lakhs.
Sarb Multiplex in Jalandhar with a seating capacity of 375 has sold tickets 222/131/273/108 for its 4 shows on Thursday.
Fun Multiplex in Chandigarh is Housefull for Wednesday, 922 tickets sold for Thursday, 528 tickets sold for Friday and 498 tickets sold for Saturday.
PVR Multiplex in Chandigarh is Housefull for Wednesday and 504 tickets sold for Thursday.
New Excelsior in Mumbai has sold tickets worth 8 lakhs.
Eros Cinema in Mumbai has sold tickets worth 6 lakhs.
Chitra Cinema in Mumbai has sold tickets worth 5 lakhs.
The advance booking in terms of money generated is 2.5 times more than any other film.
What we see here is a milestone in the hindi film industry as far as opening goes. While the horrendous Gadar was a milestone in terms of all India business and DDLJ is a milestone in terms of its historic long run, the opening weekend of Ghajini may well be 35-40 crore net while the week could end up with 55-60 crore net if the film sustains.
Source:http://www.uaedailynews.com/entertainment/417.html
'Booked' Ghajini breaks all records
Thursday, December 25, 2008 at 1:12 am Under Showbiz News Buzz up!426 views
Even before its release, the aamir khan starrer 'Ghajini' has made history of sorts, recording the highest ever advance booking for any film in bollywood.
Turing out to be early cash Godzilla at the box office, Ghajini has zoomed ahead with a record - fifty percent advance booking, despite legal hiccups and its shre of controversies.
The advance booking, in terms of money generated, is four times more than any other film in celluloid history. 'Ghajini' has recorded an advance booking of fifty percent for the weekend across all multiplexes. It has set a new record in terms of number of paid previews on wednesday, recording 650 paid previews, which collected seven crores in a day.
With housefull weekends in many single screens, and near full theaters in multiplexes the film is expected to gross 35 crores in it's first weekend.
'Ghajini' has beaten the last record of highest advance booking, which was held by Dhoom 2 that touched a 40 percent opening.
Even with a mammoth 1100 prints released, ghajini will have to sustain its success to become a superhit. Aamir khans decision to release the film on december 25th, the same date as 'Taare Zameen Par' was released last year, might just work the year end magic he has been hoping for.
By Aushmita Ghosh
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