Flops galore!

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's fifth international outing THE PINK PANTHER 2 has also missed the mark. The film opened to negative reviews and the opening weekend numbers in America are disappointing… DEV D, released on limited screens in America, has failed as well… LUCK BY CHANCE remains on the lower side in U.K. and U.S.A. Flop… Both RAAZ - THE MYSTERY CONTINUES and VICTORY are flops in U.K…. CHANDNI CHOWK TO CHINA is a shocker. The film has failed to cross the $ 1 million mark in U.S. and will barely reach the half-a-million mark [£] in U.K…. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE continues to have a dream run in U.S. [$ 77 million], U.K. [£ 16.8 million] and Australia [Aus. $ 10 million]. Fabulous!

Weekend: February 6 - 8, 2009.

U.K. BOX-OFFICE

• LUCK BY CHANCE [last weekend: No. 21, this weekend: No. 34]: In its second weekend, the film has collected £ 15,747 on 25 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 630. Total: £ 1,18,537 [approx. Rs. 86.07 lacs].
• NAAN KADAVUL [Tamil film] has debuted at No. 39 position. In its opening weekend, the film has collected £ 9,686 [approx. Rs. 7.03 lacs] on 4 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 2,422.
• CHANDNI CHOWK TO CHINA [last weekend: No. 28, this weekend: No. 45]: In its fourth weekend, the film has collected £ 4,941 on 8 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 618. Total: £ 4,90,083 [approx. Rs. 3.56 crores].
• RAAZ - THE MYSTERY CONTINUES [last weekend: No. 29, this weekend: No. 49]: In its third weekend, the film has collected £ 4,217 on 7 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 602. Total: £ 84,516 [approx. Rs. 61.35 lacs].
• RAB NE BANA DI JODI [last weekend: No. 46, this weekend: No. 75]: In its ninth weekend, the film has collected £ 731 on 2 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 366. Total: £ 15,00,534 [approx. Rs. 10.90 crores].
• GHAJINI [last weekend: No. 50, this weekend: No. 79]: In its seventh weekend, the film has collected £ 598 on 1 screen. Total: £ 7,30,250 [approx. Rs. 5.30 crores].
• VICTORY [last weekend: No. 36, this weekend: No. 105]: In its second weekend, the film has collected £ 162 on 3 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 54. Total: £ 7,820 [approx. Rs. 5.68 lacs].

THIS WEEKEND IN U.K.

[Based on screen averages]

U.S.A. BOX-OFFICE

• LUCK BY CHANCE [last weekend: No. 32, this weekend: No. 44]: In its second weekend, the film has collected $ 78,787 on 49 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 1,608. Total: $ 3,26,187 [approx. Rs. 1.59 crores].
• DEV D has debuted at No. 61 position. In its opening weekend, the film has collected $ 10,950 [approx. Rs. 5.33 lacs] on 4 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 2,738.
• CHANDNI CHOWK TO CHINA [last weekend: No. 55, this weekend: No. 73]: In its fourth weekend, the film has collected $ 3,403 on 7 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 486. Total: $ 9,20,816 [approx. Rs. 4.48 crores].