Overseas Box Office: New releases offer no respite

By IndiaFM

TA RA RUM PUM continues to be the first choice of moviegoers in U.K.

and U.S.A., although its business has slided downwards recently. The film

is steady in U.K., but not as expected in U.S.A? METRO shows no signs

of picking up in both U.K. and U.S.A. Disappointing? The new release,

RAQEEB, is a washout in U.K. It ranks amongst the lowest openers of

2007, lower than box-office duds like TRAFFIC SIGNAL [screen average:

? 750], JUST MARRIED [? 1,199], BIG BROTHER [? 763] and GOOD

BOY BAD BOY [? 724].

Weekend: May 18 - 20, 2007.

U.K. BOX-OFFICE

* TA RA RUM PUM [last weekend: No. 15, this weekend: No. 18]:

In its fourth weekend, the film has collected ? 40,691 on 46 screens, with

the per screen average working out to ? 885. Total: ? 718,075 [approx. Rs.

5.75 crores].
The breakdown:- Friday: ? 7,813; Saturday: ? 18,056; Sunday: ?

14,822.

* METRO [last weekend: No. 16, this weekend: No. 20]: In its second

weekend, the film has collected ? 32,590 on 38 screens, with the per screen

average working out to ? 858. Total: ? 121,003 [approx. Rs. 96.84 lacs].
The breakdown:- Friday: ? 8,387; Saturday: ? 14,274; Sunday: ?

9,929.

* RAQEEB has debuted at No. 29 position. In its opening weekend, the

film has collected ? 6,442 [approx. Rs. 5.15 lacs] on 9 screens, with the

per screen average working out to ? 716.
The breakdown:- Friday: ? 1,958; Saturday: ? 2,306; Sunday: ?

2,178.

* GOOD BOY BAD BOY [last weekend: No. 29, this weekend: No.

39]: In its second weekend, the film has collected ? 3,749 on 7 screens,

with the per screen average working out to ? 536. Total: ? 18,033 [approx.

Rs. 14.43 lacs].
The breakdown:- Friday: ? 1,025; Saturday: ? 1,430; Sunday: ?

1,294.

* THE NAMESAKE [English; last weekend: No. 44, this weekend: No.

46]: In its eighth weekend, the film has collected ? 2,650 on 6 screens, with

the per screen average working out to ? 442. Total: ? 485,886 [approx. Rs.

3.89 crores].
The breakdown:- Friday: ? 674; Saturday: ? 987; Sunday: ? 989.

* NAMASTEY LONDON [last weekend: No. 58, this weekend: No.

54]: In its ninth weekend, the film has collected ? 1,815 on 1 screen. Total:

? 873,827 [approx. Rs. 6.99 crores].
The breakdown:- Friday: ? 531; Saturday: ? 630; Sunday: ? 654.

* PROVOKED [English; last weekend: No. 43, this weekend: No. 70]:

In its seventh weekend, the film has collected ? 689 on 4 screens, with the

per screen average working out to ? 172. Total: ? 478,837 [approx. Rs.

3.83 crores].
The breakdown:- Friday: ? 244; Saturday: ? 306; Sunday: ? 139.

* PARATTAI ENGIRA AZHAGU SUNDARAM [Tamil; last weekend:

No. 89, this weekend: No. 96]: In its fourth weekend, the film has collected

? 140 on 2 screens, with the per screen average working out to ? 70. Total:

? 6,580 [approx. Rs. 5.27 lacs].
The breakdown:- Friday: ? --; Saturday: ? 106; Sunday: ? 34.

THIS WEEKEND IN U.K.
[Based on screen averages]

RANK FILM AVERAGE

1 NAMASTEY LONDON ? 1,815

2 TA RA RUM PUM ? 885

3 METRO ? 858

4 RAQEEB ? 716

5 GOOD BOY BAD BOY ? 536

6 THE NAMESAKE [English] ? 536

7 PROVOKED [English] ? 172

8 PARATTAI ENGIRA AZHAGU SUNDARAM [Tamil]

? 70

U.S.A. BOX-OFFICE

* THE NAMESAKE [English; last weekend: No. 18, this weekend:

No. 20]: In its eleventh weekend, the film has collected $ 333,121 on 253

screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 1,317. Total: $

12,556,868 [approx. Rs. 50.93 crores].

* TA RA RUM PUM [last weekend: No. 44, this weekend: No. 53]: In

its fourth weekend, the film has collected $ 44,841 on 32 screens, with the

per screen average working out to $ 1,401. Total: $ 835,648 [approx. Rs.

3.39 crores].

* METRO [last weekend: No. 45, this weekend: No. 56]: In its second

weekend, the film has collected $ 40,063 on 32 screens, with the per screen

average working out to $ 1,252. Total: $ 119,054 [approx. Rs. 48.31 lacs].

NEW YORK CITY BOX-OFFICE

* THE NAMESAKE [English; last weekend: No. 13, this weekend:

No. 13]: In its eleventh weekend, the film has collected $ 46,509 on 22

screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 2,114. New York

total: $ 2,205,680.

* TA RA RUM PUM [last weekend: No. 31, this weekend: No. 38]: In

its fourth weekend, the film has collected $ 4,623 on 3 screens, with the per

screen average working out to $ 1,541. New York total: $ 89,877.

* METRO [last weekend: No. 36, this weekend: No. 42]: In its second

weekend, the film has collected $ 2,996 on 2 screens, with the per screen

average working out to $ 1,498. New York total: $ 9,821.