Overseas: Supreme disasters!

The two new releases, HATTRICK and JUST MARRIED: MARRIAGE WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING, have tanked big time in the major markets.

HATTRICK has emerged a major setback in U.K. and Australia, while JUST MARRIED has proved a damp squib in U.K. It’s Fardeen Khan’s third lowest opener after PREM AGGAN and KUCH TUM KAHO KUCH HUM KAHEIN in terms of screen average.

Veteran actor Shammi Kapoor’s son Aditya Raj Kapoor makes his directorial debut with DON’T STOP DREAMING, which features Rishi Kapoor, Suniel Shetty and well-known singer Taz. The film also opened this weekend in U.K. to a shockingly low response.

Meanwhile, Mira Nair’s THE NAMESAKE, starring Tabu and Irrfan Khan, is doing phenomenally well in the U.S. After starting out on limited screens [6] in its opening weekend, Fox Searchlight increased the screens in its second weekend [41] and the film showed an approx. 188% jump. The film has already crossed $ 1 million as on this date.

Weekend: March 16 – 18, 2007.

U.K. BOX-OFFICE

• HATTRICK has debuted at No. 27 position. In its opening weekend, the film has collected £ 18,079 [approx. Rs. 15.50 lacs] on 28 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 646.
  
  The breakdown:- Friday: £ 5,102; Saturday: £ 6,243; Sunday: £ 6,734.





• NEHLLE PE DEHLLA [last weekend: No. 26, this weekend: No. 33]: In its third weekend, the film has collected £ 10,592 on 23 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 461. Total: £ 119,396 [approx. Rs. 1.02 crores].
  
  The breakdown:- Friday: £ 1,613; Saturday: £ 3,895; Sunday: £ 5,084.





• JUST MARRIED: MARRIAGE WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING has debuted at No. 36 position. In its opening weekend, the film has collected £ 9,595 [approx. Rs. 8.23 lacs] on 8 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 1,199.
  
  The breakdown:- Friday: £ 1,775; Saturday: £ 3,907; Sunday: £ 3,913.





• HONEYMOON TRAVELS PVT. LTD. [last weekend: No. 32, this weekend: No. 37]: In its fourth weekend, the film has collected £ 9,255 on 11 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 841. Total: £ 133,526 [approx. Rs. 1.14 crores].
  
  The breakdown:- Friday: £ 1,967; Saturday: £ 2,882; Sunday: £ 4,406.





• NISHABD [last weekend: No. 37, this weekend: No. 57]: In its third weekend, the film has collected £ 2,995 on 7 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 428. Total: £ 42,134 [approx. Rs. 36.12 lacs].
  
  The breakdown:- Friday: £ 554; Saturday: £ 979; Sunday: £ 1,462.





• EKLAVYA – THE ROYAL GUARD [last weekend: No. 40, this weekend: No. 58]: In its fifth weekend, the film has collected £ 2,840 on 6 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 473. Total: £ 381,792 [approx. Rs. 3.27 crores].
  
  The breakdown:- Friday: £ 541; Saturday: £ 1,283; Sunday: £ 1,016.





• DON’T STOP DREAMING has debuted at No. 64 position. In its opening weekend, the film has collected £ 1,635 [approx. Rs. 1.40 lacs] on 10 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 164.
  
  The breakdown:- Friday: £ 459; Saturday: £ 600; Sunday: £ 576.





• SALAAM-E-ISHQ [last weekend: No. 57, this weekend: No. 69]: In its eighth weekend, the film has collected £ 1,189 on 1 screen. Total: £ 810,367 [approx. Rs. 6.95 crores].
  
  The breakdown:- Friday: £ 78; Saturday: £ 413; Sunday: £ 698.





• PACHAKILI MUTHUCHARAM [Tamil; last weekend: No. 62, this weekend: No. 81]: In its fourth weekend, the film has collected £ 370 on 1 screen. Total: £ 13,898 [approx. Rs. 11.91 lacs].
  
  The breakdown:- Friday: £ --; Saturday: £ 278; Sunday: £ 92.





• BHAGAM BHAG [last weekend: No. --, this weekend: No. 93]: In its thirteenth weekend, the film has collected £ 56 on 1 screen. Total: £ 493,580 [approx. Rs. 4.23 crores].
  
  The breakdown:- Friday: £ --; Saturday: £ 5; Sunday: £ 51.

THIS WEEKEND IN U.K.

[Based on screen averages]

U.S.A. BOX-OFFICE

• THE NAMESAKE [English; last weekend: No. 26, this weekend: No. 17]: In its second weekend, the film has collected $ 715,026 on 41 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 17,440. Total: $ 1,076,544 [approx. Rs. 4.74 crores].

NEW YORK CITY BOX-OFFICE

• THE NAMESAKE [English; last weekend: No. 12, this weekend: No. 8]: In its second weekend, the film has collected $ 194,458 on 9 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 21,606. New York total: $ 392,779.





• In its opening weekend [No. 62], HATTRICK has collected $ 958 on 1 screen.

AUSTRALIA BOX-OFFICE

4-day weekend: March 15 – 18, 2007.

• In its opening weekend, HATTRICK has collected Australia $ 4,681 [approx. Rs. 1.65 lacs] on 4 screens, with the per screen average working out to $ 1,170.