Bombay Velvet bombed in its opening weekend. Despite opening in 239 theaters " the first 2015 release to cross the 200-theater mark in North America " it only earned $297,437. Its disappointing per-screen average of $1,245 is well below this year's median opening weekend average of $1,565.
For a third consecutive weekend, Akshay Kumar's Gabbar is Back proved vastly more popular in Canada that the US. $13,215 of its third-weekend earnings came from just six Canadian theaters ($2,203 average), with 17 US theaters contributing $9,977 ($587 average) to a weekend total of $23,192. Its total earnings of $556,032 are the fourth highest for the year so far.
Sources: Box Office Mojo and Rentrak, via Bollywood Hungama
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