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karti

@karti

Voyager

Posted: 12 years ago

#351

Watched the movie over weekend

It was superb simply brilliant

Akki steal the show and I just loved him

Everyone else played their role so well

Not even a single weak link, story, characters, performances, locales, twists and turns everything was so perfect.

Although the love track of akki-Kajal was not much needed I am glad that they didn't waste any time on that it was there just to slow the pace a bit so that audience can think about the real plot. I kinda like that approach.

All the shows in my city were housefull on weekend so this must cross 100cr

Everyone coming out was praising the movie and recommending to others

Edited by karti - 12 years ago

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karti

@karti

Voyager

Posted: 12 years ago

#352

Just forget about what the budget is, who charged how much and all that.

Those who haven't seen it just go and watch, its worth the money you spend and this is all what matters

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you2

@you2

Sparkler

+ 6

Posted: 12 years ago

#353

Special 26 First Weekend Business

Monday 11th February 2013 10.30 IST

Boxofficeindia.Com Trade Network

Special 26 had a decent weekend of 23 crore nett approx and showed excellent growth over the weekend with business on Sunday going to around 9.50 crore nett but still the weekend is just about decent due to the low starting point.

The trend over the weekend means its almost certain the film will hold well on Monday but the film has a lot of work to do over the next couple of weeks if it is to come out a major winner. The film has done best in North and Mysore with business in West Bengal and Bihar being lower comparatively.

The producers will recover the 50 crore investment as the film has fetched around 35 crore from sale of the territory rights across India but that low starting point has meant that distributors outside a couple of circuits will struggle.

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Mistyy

@Mistyy

Inactive

Posted: 12 years ago

#354

watched it , FINALLY

Sooo good. Finally a movie worth spending $11 for.

Akshay truly reinvented himself but for me Anupam steals the show, Wat an actor..just fabulous👍🏼

Niraj Pandey did it again. All these "BIG" directors should take training from this guy in how to tell the story. He knows how To DIRECT. Such am amazing talent, couldnt find one flaw in the whole movie...That's how it's done, take a bow Mr.Pandey👏👏

Jimmy, Manoj and all the supporting cast were also to the T.

on the whole, must watch. After watching JTJH, ETT, Dabaang in theaters...finally a movie which had content.

Ratings from me 5/5😊

Edited by dazzelll - 12 years ago

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bsker

@bsker

Voyager

Posted: 12 years ago

#355

Originally posted by: WhipCreamPantie
Is this movie inspired by Catch Me If You Can? If it is, shame on Neeraj and Akshay! 👎🏼

Its in no way inspired by Catch me if you can. Totally different story line. Its actually based on a real life incident on which some people posing as CBI agents robbed TBZ and the plot has been developed on that idea.

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solembaum

@solembaum

Voyager

+ 2

Posted: 12 years ago

#356

A very good movie... watched it over the weekend... Hats off to Neeraj Pandey... The love story was not required... but it was still ok... Everyone did a good job ... Not an Akshay fan... but he did really well in the movie... anupam kher and manoj bajpayee prove once again their versatility and brilliance... jimmy shergill was also first class... great job Neeraj Pandey :-)

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662107

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Posted: 12 years ago

#357

Watched last night!!!!

Fantastic movie 👏 great performances by Akki,Manoj,Anu ji . after a long time maybe after Kahaani this film is the one i was happy to have spent time and money on it 👍🏼

But what worries me is that Akki may get dishearten from the low collections, that he may go back and do his usually Trashy Masala again😡 i dont get it how it is possible that a garbage like Khiladi 768 can make more money than Special 26 😲

BTW the cinema hall was just 20% occupied😡 which will make the overseas collection a total washout 😭 anyway i salute u Akki for having the guts to make a Movie like this one.great job.

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@DB_reloaded

Trailblazer

+ 5

Posted: 12 years ago

#358

Special 26 First Weekend Box Office Collection

Special 26 has shown decent jump over the weekend. Jump is big on Saturday from Friday and again big on Sunday from Saturday. Special 26 has collected around 26.5 crore nett in its opening weekend at the box office. It has collected around 10.5 crore nett on Sunday.

S26 showed a jump of around 15-20% on Sunday from Saturday. Jump is good considering Saturday business was also big. Occupancy of S26 on Sunday was around 65%. Occupancy of the film over the weekend was around 55%. Special 26 has collected decently in the opening weekend. But collections could have been better also. Anyways it has more or less collected decently and now weekdays are crucial for the film success. Reports are positive and hopefully film will be steady in the coming weekdays also starting Monday itself.

Collection Breakup -

Friday - 7 cr nett.

Saturday - 9 cr nett.
Sunday - 10.5 cr nett.

Total - 26.5 cr nett

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@DB_reloaded

Trailblazer

+ 5

Posted: 12 years ago

#359

Originally posted by: khiladi560
the budget of the mvie is 38 cr. akshay slashed his fee in half.

Special 26 First Weekend Business

Monday 11th February 2013 10.30 IST

Boxofficeindia.Com Trade Network

The producers will recover the 50 crore investment as the film has fetched around 35 crore from sale of the territory rights across India but that low starting point has meant that distributors outside a couple of circuits will struggle.

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@DB_reloaded

Trailblazer

+ 5

Posted: 12 years ago

#360

Collections

Special 26 Leads Weekend At Around 25 Cr; Thumbs Up For ABCD Too

by Box Office India (February 11, 2013)

Last Friday, the box office counters were graced by not one but two movies, Remo D'Souza's ABCD – AnyBody Can Dance and Neeraj Pandey's Special 26. Both releases captivated the audience, and, after a promising first day, both films swept up impressive collections at the weekend.

Special 26 took the lead and earned approximately Rs 25 crore NBOC. The film surpassed ABCD, which wrapped its three-day weekend at over Rs 15 crore. With a slight drop in collections today, distributors believe both releases will clock great numbers at the end of their first week.

In Mumbai, Rajesh Thadani of Multimedia Combines says, "Both films enjoyed a decent weekend. ABCDearned Rs 17 crore all-India and Special 26 Rs 24 crore. In Mumbai, ABCD and Special 26 collected Rs 7 crore and Rs 9-10 crore respectively. Akshay Kumar has started this year on a wonderful note, after a superlative 2012."

In Delhi-UP, Brijesh Tandon of H K Tandon and Company adds, "ABCD earned Rs 2.25 crore in Delhi UP, whereas Special 26 reeled in Rs 5.4 crore during the three-day weekend. Both films are doing well and will enjoy an easy run in the week ahead."

In East Punjab, Surendra Saluja of Lakhsya Movies adds, "Special 26 and ABCD have both done well.Special 26 took the lead and collected Rs 1.75 crore while ABCD earned Rs 1 crore at the weekend."

In Rajasthan, Gaurav Gaur of O'Real Imagination avers, "ABCD collected Rs 61 lakh and Special 26collected double that and wrapped its weekend at Rs 1.28 crore. Both films have generated encouraging word-of-mouth publicity but its Special 26 is marching ahead in leaps and bounds."

In CP, Sarang Chandak of Shri Rang Films concludes, "Special 26 and ABCD were allotted an equal number of screens in CP Berar and both releases totted up equal numbers here – Special 26 Rs 1.07 crore and ABCD Rs 1.08 crore. Jahan ek taraf Akshay Kumar hai, toh dusri taraf dance 3D hai. The audience is equally divided this week."