Kandu ! Show time 8:15pm at CLT Film City Status: HF Ishtapettu A paisa vasool entertainer Realistic ayita eduthekkunne.. scnd half ichiri lag feel cheythu.. Totally kollaam SRK - oru rekshem illa polichadukkiyitund..
Film kandu, from cine polis. 10.40 pm show., Status: hf. Avg-abv avg film. SRK kidu perfo aane highlight. Film oru mass-class mix aane. 1sg half il kure engaging scenes unde. 2nd half kurach dull aane. 2nd halfil election and climax scenes kidu aane, bakki portions atra vannilla. Climax okke pure mass aanel polichane. Songs are good. Item songum ade kaZhinjulla portions um kidu. Kurach lag and predictable story aane -ve. Hindi-mass area il film nannai perform cheyan chance unde. Costars ellarum nannai. Heroine ok. SRK kidu performance, action okke kollam. Climax portions mixed opinion aane. B.o: hit Rating: 2.6/5
The opening is the highest ever in Gulf for a non holiday midweek release at $500,000 and Australia was huge as it beat a film like Sultan despite opening midweek. http://www.boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=2658
Raees easily led over Kaabil in the Oveseas markets as well. Kaabil had poor collections while Raees has done very well in Gulf and Australia. The opening is the highest ever in Gulf for a non holiday midweek release at $500,000 and Australia was huge as it beat a film like Sultan despite opening midweek. The collections in US / Canada are pending while UK opening for Raees was good for midweek release and it will go wider on Friday. The film is looking to do huge business in Gulf while in markets like UK and US the midweek release does not tell much as working days don't really collect much so it is the Friday - Sunday period which will tell. Kaabil is dull in Overseas and is unlikley to do much in Overseas markets. Below sre the opening day figures from the major Overseas markets for Kaabil and Raees. United Kingdom Raees - £125,000 Kaabil - £30,000 US / Canada Raees - pending Kaabil - pending Gulf Raees - $500,000 Kaabil - $150,000 Australia Raees - Au$180,000 Kaabil - Au$35,000
Raees had a strong start in United Kingdom as it grossed £126,000 on its first day which was a working day. The film beat Dangal which released a day earlier as that film grossed £121,000 and also on 152 sites. Raees opened on just 90 sites on Wednesday. In US / Canada it also took a huge start for a midweek release. The opening day on a non Friday release is only behind Sultan and Prem Ratan Dhan Payo but both were full out releases with over 250 sites while Raees will add more sites on Friday. It also managed to beat Dangal here. The film was released by Zee Studios in the big Overseas markets of US / Canada and United Kingdom. Below are the figures for releases in US / Canada for films which released midweek.The number of sites is in brackets. Raees (2017) - $375,000 apprx (175) Dangal - $328,227 (331) Dear Zindagi (2016) - $1,87,615 (145) Sultan (2016) - $502,742 (261) Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015) - 387,431 (284) Bang Bang (2014) - $170,528 (271) Chennai Express ((2013) - $196,016 (144) Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012) - $319,256 (161) Ek Tha Tiger (2012) - $209,007 (120) Agneepath (2012) - $72,632 (132) Bodyguard (2011) - $192,622 (86) 3 Idiots (2009) - $180,514 (119) Ghajini (2008) - $163,942 (83)