BOX-OFFICE - AJAY-FILME » Sunday (2008)

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Re: B.O. update: 'Sunday' starts slow, but picks up
By Taran Adarsh, January 26, 2008 - 08:22 IST

The solo release of the week, SUNDAY, had a 30% start in the morning/noon shows, but the collections picked up from mid-day onwards. By evening, the occupancy was 60% - 70% at various screens. The business should show a big jump on Saturday, since it's a National holiday [Republic Day]. Sunday too should show an upward trend since the film is carrying encouraging reports.

Quelle: http://www.indiafm.com/trade/boxoffice_update/index.html ----> mit Video

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January 21, 2008

Director Rohit Shetty's Sunday generated a poor opening at multiplexes, netting 30 percent to 35 percent only. Single screen theatres saw a worse fate at less than 20 percent.

Note: Films are ranked according to their release dates. The thumbs ups and downs reflect rediff's views.

Sunday

Cast: Ajay Devgan, Arshad Warsi, Irrfan Khan, Ayesha Takia.
Director: Rohit Shetty.

Good performances, superb camerawork.
Disappointing climax and muddled comic-thriller.

Number of weeks: New.
BO Verdict: Below average.

Quelle: http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2008/jan/28box.htm

Box-Office Top5

- By Taran Adarsh, January 29, 2008 - 09:30 IST

Plusses:
Well-made and well-packaged entertainer

Minusses:
Second half and also climax could've been stronger

Verdict:
Slow start, but picked up on Saturday and Sunday. But collections fell at places on Monday

Quelle: http://www.indiafm.com/trade/top5/index.html

- By Taran Adarsh, January 30, 2008 - 08:58 IST

Ajay Devgan can heave a sigh of relief! His new movie, SUNDAY, has fared much better than his last few releases [RAMGOPAL VARMA KI AAG, CASH and HALLA BOL] in U.K. In fact, SUNDAY has done in 3 days what HALLA BOL has done over two weekends [10 days]… The Punjabi film, YAARIYAN, has fared well in its opening weekend in U.K.

Weekend: January 25 - 27, 2008.

U.K. BOX-OFFICE

* SUNDAY has debuted at No. 16 position. In its opening weekend, the film has collected £ 77,476 [approx. Rs. 60.49 lacs] on 32 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 2,421.

The breakdown:- Friday: £ 19,793; Saturday: £ 30,377; Sunday: £ 27,306.

Quelle: http://www.indiafm.com/trade/overseas_boxoffice/index.html

UK Box Office: Another flop for Ajay

The Ajay Devgan multi-starrer comedy Sunday has flopped at the UK Box Office.

Distributors Eros International were hoping that the flavor of comedy would continue to bring people to the cinemas, but this was not the case for this particular film. The film was being shown at a good 33 screens but still managed only an average of $4,881 per screen. Total collection for the film stand at $161,059. The film entered the UK Box Office charts at number 16.

The other new Bollywood release of the week, Bhumika Chawla starrer Yaariyan, fared slightly better. The film was only shown on a meager 11 screens but still managed to bag $55,347. It opened in the charts at number 22.

Aamir Khan’s much talked about flick Taare Zameen Par is still making money, even in its sixth week of release. The total collections of this drama now stand at $663,362 and it stands in the charts at number 29, a drop of only 2 places from last week.

Halla Bol is dropping down the charts, as in its third week it only managed a weak $7,242. Two Tamil films make up the rest of the Bollywood/India chart.

RS UK BOX OFFICE CHART

1. Sunday
2. Yaariyan
3. Taare Zameen Par
4. Bheema
5. Halla Bol
6. Kaalai

Quelle: http://www.radiosargam.com/films/archive...p-for-ajay.html

January 31, 2008 - 09:05 IST

Out of the frying pan, it's straight into the fire. That's the state of the industry currently. The dry run at the box-office continues non-stop, the latest 'casualty' being SUNDAY. Why are people shying away from theatres? Is it due to the cold wave? Or is it because they aren't excited about films? Whatever the reasons, the business has suddenly turned ice-cold. Post WELCOME and TAARE ZAMEEN PAR, the graph continues to slide downwards.

What wrong with SUNDAY? It's a well-made, entertaining joyride. But the 30% - 40% opening was simply unexpected. A very prominent distributor/exhibitor feels [and rightly so!] that the movie-going segment that favors movieplexes today is the youth and Ajay Devgan's popularity has declined over the years in this segment. Partly because Ajay has been seen in similar kind of movies/roles [serious].

Ajay needs to experiment with romance and comedy -- something that Akshay realized a few years ago and changed lanes quickly. Often labeled a 'stunt hero' not too long back, Akshay is now considered a romantic hero who works big time in comedies. That, in turn, has resulted in his ratings soaring upwards, nationally and internationally. This is what I also conveyed to Rohit Shetty, director of SUNDAY, who also happens to be a close friend of Ajay's.

SUNDAY picked up on Friday evening, shot upwards on Saturday [26th January was a National holiday], was on the plus side on Sunday, but Monday onwards, has registered a steep fall. Frankly, SUNDAY deserved a better fate and a better run. The only hope is that the coming days aren't really crowded with biggies. There's JODHAA AKBAR on 15th February. Till then, SUNDAY can catch up if the audience gets into the mood of visiting theatres.

Will things improve? Let's wait-n-watch!

Quelle: http://indiafm.com/trade/business_talk/index.html

January 31, 2008 3:42:19 PM IST
Abid, Bollywood Trade News Network

Auszug:

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Last Friday's Rohit Shetty directed Ajay Devgan, Arshad Warsi, Irrfan Khan and Ayesha Takia starrer, SUNDAY, disappointed with its opening. The film which was expected to give the Hindi film industry its first success of the year, got off to a dull start in Bombay and its opening was weak almost everywhere. Though there was some pick-up noticed in Bombay as the weekend progressed ( to an extent in Delhi city also), it was not very significant or pronounced. However, SUNDAY managed to gross a reasonable $161,059 from the UK during the opening weekend, which is more than what Devgan's last film HALLA BOL earned till date.
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Quelle: http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/08...week-010805.asp

Joginder Tuteja, IndiaGlitz [Saturday, February 02, 2008]

First weekend performance of latest release

Box office 2008 is certainly throwing up surprises. After a disappointing run of HALLA BOL, even SUNDAY opened to a below par response. While a 70%-80% seemed to be very much on the cards, close to 50% opening came as a bit of surprise. Not that all is lost though for SUNDAY (Rohit Shetty's films are known for opening around average mark and becoming money spinners as days progress - as witnessed in ZAMEEN and GOLMAAL) but a speedy revival is an absolute must.

What didn't work for the film? It's lukewarm climax. For any thriller to work, it's culmination is of utmost importance, howsoever solid the 2 hour built up may have been. In case of SUNDAY, it carried on quite well up to the last reel but the climax turned out to be an anticlimax. Still, if one looks at the film in entirety, it's narrative is far more original and novel than one has witnessed in many a comic thrillers. Arshad Warsi's comedy is the strength of the film along with Irrfan Khan's antics and some jaw dropping stunts. Music works extremely well for the film and one expects all these factors to work together and help the film sail through past the safety mark.

Quelle: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/36296.html

February 6, 2008 1:28:26 PM IST
Abid, Bollywood Trade News Network

Auszug:

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Rohit Shetty's SUNDAY seems to have reaped the benefits of the Republic day during its first weekend. The collections are quite decent in Bombay and Delhi city, as we had predicted in our last column. The Ajay Devgan, Arshad Warsi, Irrfan Khan and Ayesha Takia starrer may just about pull through to safety, but only in Bombay circuit. Checking out the numbers, SUNDAY collected 2.45 crores from Bombay, 55.25 lakhs from Ahmedabad, 1.45 lakhs from Himmatnagar, 6.70 lakhs from Rajkot, 3.15 lakhs from Jamnagar, 2.65 lakhs from Bhavnagar, 2.25 lakhs from Gandhidham, 1.30 lakhs from Adipur, 1.95
lakhs from Solapur, 6.20 lakhs from Nasik, 1.30 crore from Delhi, 16.10 lakhs from Noida, 9.20 lakhs from Ghaziabad, 20.15 lakhs from Lucknow, 2.20 lakhs from Agra, 1.60 lakhs from Bareilly, 2.80 lakhs from Aligarh, 12.70 lakhs from Gurgaon, 4.60 lakhs from Faridabad, 1.65 lakhs from Panipat, 16.10 lakhs from Nagpur, 1.35 lakhs from Jabalpur, 2.15 lakhs from Amravati, 1.85 lakh from Akola, 3 lakhs from Raipur, 1.20 lakhs from Wardha, 1.70 lakhs from Chandrapur, 13.50 lakhs from Indore, 1.15 lakhs from Sehore, 24 lakhs from Jaipur, 1.60 lakhs from Bikaner, 1.30 lakhs from Guwahati and 34 lakhs from Hyderabad. In its first week SUNDAY has netted a below average 13 crores from India. However, SUNDAY has performed better in the UK (given the cast) with $303,143.
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Quelle: http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/08...week-020803.asp

February 6

2008 has been a bad year at the box-office for Bollywood.

http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/58237/film...-bollywood.html

- By Taran Adarsh, February 6, 2008 - 08:59 IST

SUNDAY has comparatively fared better than the previous Ajay Devgan starrers in U.K. The film fell by 58% in its second weekend, which means it’s steady… The Punjabi film, YAARIYAN, is faring very well, registering a 38% drop in its second weekend [rock-steady]. In fact, its screen average is better than SUNDAY for the second consecutive week.

Weekend: February 1 – 3, 2008.

U.K. BOX-OFFICE

SUNDAY [last weekend: No. 16, this weekend: No. 23]: In its second weekend, the film has collected £ 34,065 on 27 screens, with the per screen average working out to £ 1,262. Total: £ 154,300 [approx. Rs. 1.20 crores].

The breakdown:- Friday: £ 7,534; Saturday: £ 14,796; Sunday: £ 11,735.
Note:- Fell by 58% since last weekend.

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

RANK FILM AVERAGE
1 YAARIYAN [Punjabi film] £ 1,921
2 SUNDAY £ 1,262
3 WELCOME £ 630
4 TAARE ZAMEEN PAR £ 529
5 BHEMAA [Tamil film] £ 405
6 PIRIVOM SANTHIPOM [Tamil film] £ 208
7 HALLA BOL £ 79
8 KAALAI [Tamil film] £ 65

Quelle: http://www.indiafm.com/trade/overseas_boxoffice/index.html

- By Taran Adarsh, February 6, 2008 - 09:41 IST

Box-Office Top5

Plusses:
Well-made and well-packaged entertainer.

Minusses:
Second half and also climax could’ve been stronger.

Verdict:
Average to dull

(Ratings are based on the box office collections and the cost of the film)

Quelle: http://www.indiafm.com/trade/top5/index.html

Joginder Tuteja, IndiaGlitz [Thursday, February 07, 2008]

Auszug:

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Last week's movies

Slow opening and an ultimate settling down of collections for Rohit Shetty films continues with SUNDAY as well. Agreed that a 14 crores first week, especially in light of 700 cinemas release, isn't a great number by any means but it isn't disastrous as well, as made out by some sections of the media. As indicated by an escalation of collections over the first weekend itself, the film settled down by end of week but it still isn't breathing easy to be qualified as a 'safe film'. Coming to collections, the film was best in Mumbai with close to 2.5 crores coming in. Delhi too crossed the 1.25 crores mark while Ahmedabad was decent with 50 lakhs.
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Quelle: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/36392.html

February 13, 2008 5:06:39 PM IST
Abid, Bollywood Trade News Network

Auszug:

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Whatever the hopes people associated with SUNDAY had, vanished because the Rohit Shetty directed film crashed by nearly 60 percent in its second week. The film collected 90 lakhs from Bombay, 25.25 lakhs from Ahmedabad, 3.70 lakhs from Rajkot, 1.65 lakhs from Jamnagar, 1.50 lakhs (gross) from Bhavnagar, 1.05 lakhs from Solapur, 2.60 lakhs from Nasik, 50 lakhs from Delhi city, 7.10 lakhs from Noida, 3.55 lakhs from Ghaziabad, 1 lakh from Agra, 1.15 lakhs from Aligarh, 9.70 lakhs from Gurgaon, 3.80 lakhs from Faridabad, 1 lakh from Guwahati, 6.65 lakhs from Nagpur, 1.10 lakhs from Amravati, 1 lakh from Akola, 1.25 lakhs from Raipur, 4.75 lakhs from Indore, 12.75 lakhs from Jaipur and 8.50 lakhs from Hyderabad. Adding another 5.25 crores, SUNDAY has netted an ordinary 18.25 crores in two weeks from India. The Ajay Devgan, Arshad Warsi, Irrfan Khan and Ayesha Takia starrer adds to the list of failures for 2008. The only consolation is that SUNDAY has fared much better than Ajay Devgan's last release HALLA BOL in the UK, as it has so far grossed a decent $359,206.
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Quelle: http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/08...week-020801.asp