The keenly awaited VEER hasn't found flavour in the three major international markets - U.K., U.S.A. and Australia. Given the massive screen
count and the scale of the movie, the film should have had at least £ 2,75,000 to £ 3,00,000 opening weekend in U.K. Similarly, the film
should have opened anywhere between $ 7,50,000 to $ 1 million in its opening weekend the U.S. Australia is also dull. A comparative study of
major Hindi films in U.K. and U.S.A. is listed below. The combined total from these three markets at the end of its opening weekend stands at
[approx.] less than Rs. 3 crores.
Weekend: January 22 - 24, 2009.
U.K. BOX-OFFICE
- VEER has debuted at No. 15 position. In its opening weekend, the film has collected £ 1,48,423 [approx. Rs. 1.11 crores] on 46 screens,
with the per screen average working out to £ 3,227.
BIGGIES IN U.K.
| FILM / Director | OPENING WEEKEND [£] | SCREENS | AVERAGE |
| Jodhaa Akbar / Ashutosh Gowariker | 3,63,726 [incl. Thursday previews] | 46 | 7,907 |
| Race / Abbas-Mustan | 4,57,303 [4 dy.; till Monday] | 46 | 9,941 |
| Singh Is Kinng / Anees Bazmee | 4,93,281 [incl. Thursday previews] | 50 | 9,866 |
| Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi / Aditya Chopra | 4,03,842 | 60 | 6,731 |
| Ghajini / A.R. Murugadoss | 3,18,538 | 49 | 6,501 |
| Chandni Chowk To China / Nikhil Advani | 2,74,524 | 61 | 4,500 |
| Billu / Priyadarshan | 2,79,448 [4 dy.; till Monday] | 53 | 5,273 |
| Delhi 6 / Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | 1,16,370 | 39 | 2,984 |
| 8 x 10 Tasveer / Nagesh Kukunoor | 41,820 | 32 | 1,307 |
| New York / Kabir Khan | 1,57,524 | 34 | 4,633 |
| Kambakkht Ishq / Sabbir Khan | 2,99,533 [incl. Thursday previews] | 56 | 5,349 |
| Short Kut / Neeraj Vora | 80,488 | 34 | 2,367 |
| Luck / Soham Shah | 85,916 | 35 | 2,455 |
| Love Aaj Kal /Imtiaz Ali | 4,05,673 | 52 | 7,801 |
| Kaminey / Vishal Bhardwaj | 1,11,954 | 28 | 3,998 |
| Wanted / Prabhu Dheva | 69,399 | 45 | 1,542 |
| Dil Bole Hadippa / Yash Raj | 1,38,189 | 34 | 4,064 |
| What's Your Raashee? / Ashutosh Gowariker | 58,577 | 41 | 1,429 |
| Wake Up Sid / Dharma Productions | 1,01,858 | 44 | 2,315 |
| Do Knot Disturb / David Dhawan | 73,207 | 33 | 2,218 |
| Blue / Anthony D'Souza | 2,15,962 [incl. Thursday previews] | 51 | 4,235 |
| All The Best / Rohit Shetty | 36,333 | 31 | 1,172 |
| Main Aurr Mrs. Khanna / Prem Soni | 89,299 | 42 | 2,126 |
| Aladin / Sujoy Ghosh | 66,289 [incl. Thursday previews] | 33 | 2,009 |
| London Dreams / Vipul Shah | 1,42,722 [incl. Thursday previews] | 48 | 2,973 |
| Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani / Rajkumar Santoshi | 1,77,886 | 38 | 4,681 |
| Kurbaan / Rensil D'Silva | 1,64,468 [incl. Thursday previews] | 44 | 3,738 |
| De Dana Dan / Priyadarshan | 3,08,029 [incl. Thursday previews] | 48 | 6,417 |
| Paa / R. Balki | 66,588 | 35 | 1,903 |
| Rocket Singh - Salesman Of The Year / Shimit Amin | 67,389 | 35 | 1,925 |
| 3 Idiots / Rajkumar Hirani | 4,27,722 [5-day weekend; but theatres were shut during Christmas] | 53 | 8,070 |
| Veer / Anil Sharma | 1,48,423 | 46 | 3,227 |
- 3 IDIOTS [last weekend: No. 17, this weekend: No. 17]: In its fifth weekend, the film has collected £ 80,204 on 35 screens, with the per
screen average working out to £ 2,292. Total: £ 16,88,487 [approx. Rs. 12.58 crores].
- CHANCE PE DANCE [last weekend: No. 20, this weekend: No. 32]: In its second weekend, the film has collected £ 14,726 on 18 screens, with
the per screen average working out to £ 818. Total: £ 1,18,300 [approx. Rs. 88.14 lacs].
- DULHA MIL GAYA [last weekend: No. 25, this weekend: No. 41]: In its third weekend, the film has collected £ 5,800 on 6 screens, with the
per screen average working out to £ 967. Total: £ 1,49,515 [approx. Rs. 1.11 crores].
- AAYIRATHIL ORUVAN [Tamil film; last weekend: No. 24, this weekend: No. 42]: In its second weekend, the film has collected £ 5,826 on 4
screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 1,457. Total: £ 44,205 [approx. Rs. 32.94 lacs].
- VETTAIKAARAN [Tamil film; last weekend: No. --, this weekend: No. 92]: In its sixth weekend, the film has collected £ 59 on 2 screens,
with the per screen average working out to £ 30. Total: £ 82,138 [approx. Rs. 61.20 lacs].
U.S.A. BOX-OFFICE
- VEER has debuted at No. 24 position. In its opening weekend, the film has collected $ 3,34,562 [approx. Rs. 1.54 crores] on 92 screens,
with the per screen average working out to $ 3,637.
BIGGIES IN U.S.A.
| FILM / Director | OPENING WEEKEND [$] | SCREENS | AVERAGE |
| Jodhaa Akbar / Ashutosh Gowariker | 16,02,356 | 100 | 16,023 |
| Race / Abbas-Mustan | 8,02,254 | 96 | 8,357 |
| Singh Is Kinng / Anees Bazmee | 9,01,787 | 77 | 11,712 |
| Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi / Aditya Chopra | 9,11,771 | 83 | 10,985 |
| Ghajini / A.R. Murugadoss | 13,87,534 | 82 | 16,921 |
| Chandni Chowk To China / Nikhil Advani | 6,85,798 [4-day weekend] | 130 | 5,275 |
| Billu / Priyadarshan | 5,12,124 | 70 | 7,316 |
| Delhi 6 / Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | 6,02,850 | 90 | 6,698 |
| New York / Kabir Khan | 4,67,694 | 60 | 7,795 |
| Kambakkht Ishq / Sabbir Khan | 7,68,542 | 100 | 7,685 |
| Luck / Soham Shah | 1,12,309 | 45 | 2,496 |
| Love Aaj Kal /Imtiaz Ali | 12,41,762 | 102 | 12,174 |
| Kaminey / Vishal Bhardwaj | 7,26,834 | 82 | 8,864 |
| Life Partner / Rumi Jaffery | 49,898 | 26 | 1,919 |
| Wanted / Prabhu Dheva | 2,17,432 | 71 | 3,062 |
| What's Your Raashee? / Ashutosh Gowariker | 1,69,005 | 78 | 2,167 |
| Wake Up Sid / Dharma Productions | 3,55,532 | 79 | 4,500 |
| Do Knot Disturb / David Dhawan | 1,24,573 | 57 | 2,185 |
| All The Best / Rohit Shetty | 96,054 | 55 | 1,746 |
| Main Aurr Mrs. Khanna / Prem Soni | 1,21,134 | 59 | 2,053 |
| London Dreams / Vipul Shah | 2,07,964 | 82 | 2,536 |
| Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani / Rajkumar Santoshi | 4,61,505 | 74 | 6,237 |
| Kurbaan / Rensil D'Silva | 4,03,678 | 83 | 4,864 |
| De Dana Dan / Priyadarshan | 7,72,377 | 69 | 11,194 |
| Paa / R. Balki | 1,99,228 | 67 | 2,974 |
| Rocket Singh - Salesman Of The Year / Shimit Amin | 1,64,649 | 70 | 2,352 |
| 3 Idiots / Rajkumar Hirani | 21,49,227 [5-day weekend] | 119 | 18,061 |
| Veer / Anil Sharma | 3,34,562 | 92 | 3,637 |
- 3 IDIOTS [last weekend: No. 25, this weekend: No. 29]: In its fifth weekend, the film has collected $ 1,48,745 on 82 screens, with the
per screen average working out to $ 1,814. Total: $ 62,96,784 [approx. Rs. 28.94 crores].
* CHANCE PE DANCE [last weekend: No. 36, this weekend: No. 50]: In its second weekend, the film has collected $ 16,618 on 32 screens, with
the per screen average working out to $ 519. Total: $ 1,64,188 [approx. Rs. 75.47 lacs].
AUSTRALIA BOX-OFFICE
- VEER has debuted at No. 20 position. In its opening weekend, the film has collected Aus. $ 63,444 [approx. Rs. 26.19 lacs] on 11 screens,
with the per screen average working out to Aus. $ 5,768.
