Box Office: Hangover 2 paid previews get great response
According to Warner Bros India, the paid previews of the movie have been flying off the ticket windows for the Thursday evening shows. The movie will be released across India in English with as many as 160 - 170 prints on Friday.
Speaking exclusively to Businessofcinema.com, Warner Bros India deputy managing director - theatrical Denzil Dias said, "The initial reports that have come in of the paid previews is phenomenal. The response across India has been great specially in cities like Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Delhi and Bangalore. We are expecting the weekend gross box office of The Hangover 2 to match the entire gross collections of Hangover in India."
As per initial reports with Businessofcinema.com, occupancy across Indian cities for The Hangover 2's paid previews is as follows:
Mumbai
PVR Juhu - one show sold out in advance; opening one more night show
PVR Phoenix - 65% sold out and is expected to go full by evening
Inox Nariman Point - 70% sold out
Hyderabad
Prasad - 100% sold out
Chennai
Inox - 100% sold out
Satyam - 100% sold out
Kolkatta
65% sold out; expected to touch 85%. The movie has opened across more screens in the city.
Delhi
Saket & Vasant Kunj - 60% sold out; expected to touch 90% by show time. There are as many as 3 - 4 shows of paid previews being held.
Pune
E Square Cinema - 100%
Inox - 70% sold out; expected to go full by evening
Bangalore
77% sold out so far
Single screen Urvashi, 560 seats sold out out of occupancy of 1100 seats
Dias adds, "Usually, the trend of advance booking is rarely seen for English movies. However, there is a lot of anticipation for The Hangover 2 and we've seen tickets being sold out in no time for the paid previews. The weekend is also looking very promising. We're told that people are booking tickets in groups of 5 - 10 to watch the movie instead of twos, which is a great trend."
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It has happened once again. Hollywood films have performed better than Bollywood films on yet another opening Friday. May 27, 2011, saw the Hollywood films, The Hangover Part II andKung Fu Panda 2, take a much better opening than Bollywood releases of the week. Of course, the only notable Bollywood release of the week was the relatively small star cast Kucch Luv Jaisaa, which opened to poor houses.
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On the other hand, Warner Bros. Pictures' 'The Hangover Part II', which released worldwide on May 27th, opened well in theatres across India. The film had also attracted a good number of footfalls for its paid previews that were held on Thursday night. While Thursday's opening was reported to be almost 100 percent in select theatres in the metropolitan cities like Bangalore, Pune and Hyderabad, occupancy was also reported to be good elsewhere. Point to be noted is that there were hardly any press ads of the The Hangover sequel through the week as the CBFC issued a censor certificate to the film only on Wednesday (May 25) evening. Morning and noon shows of the film, even in smaller towns like Indore, Bhopal and Jaipur, were impressive. Clearly, people seemed to be having a hangover of 'The Hangover'.
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