Cold Wave Continues!

Not one Hindi film has created any kind of magic in Overseas of late. But all's not lost. BLACK and SHABD, the two biggies scheduled for release this Friday, should spread light in an otherwise dark, gloomy scenario.

U.K. BOX-OFFICE

• KISNA [last weekend: No. 19, this weekend: No. 19]: In its second weekend, the film has collected £ 46,020 on 28 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 1,644. The total so far has been £ 179,827 [approx. Rs. 1.47 crores].





• DES HOYAA PARDES [Punjabi] [last weekend: No. 25, this weekend: No. 26]: In its third weekend, the film has collected £ 15,365 on 6 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 2,561. The total so far has been £ 86,322 [approx. Rs. 70.96 lacs].





• BLACKMAIL has debuted at No. 31 position. In its opening weekend, the film has collected £ 11,893 [approx. Rs. 9.77 lacs] on 8 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 1,487.





• ELAAN [last weekend: No. 24, this weekend: No. 35]: In its third weekend, the film has collected £ 8,434 on 11 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 767. The total so far has been £ 120,673 [approx. Rs. 99.20 lacs].





• VAADA [last weekend: No. 32, this weekend: No. 36]: In its fourth weekend, the film has collected £ 6,228 on 11 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 566. The total so far has been £ 120,332 [approx. Rs. 98.90 lacs].





• INSAN [last weekend: No. 33, this weekend: No. 41]: In its third weekend, the film has collected £ 3,708 on 11 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 337. The total so far has been £ 54,200 [approx. Rs. 44.55 lacs].





• VEER-ZAARA [last weekend: No. 51, this weekend: No. 49]: In its twelfth weekend, the film has collected £ 1,269 on 3 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 423. The total so far has been £ 2,010,149 [approx. Rs. 16.52 crores].

AT A GLANCE - SCREEN AVERAGES - U.K.

1. DES HOYAA PARDES £ 2,561

2. KISNA £ 1,644

3. BLACKMAIL £ 1,487

4. ELAAN £ 767

5. VAADA £ 566

6. VEER-ZAARA £ 423

7. INSAN £ 337

U.S.A. BOX-OFFICE

• SWADES [last weekend: No. 71, this weekend: No. 73]: In its seventh weekend, the film has collected $ 7,162 on 8 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 895. The total so far has been $ 1,220,884 [approx. Rs. 5.32 crores].