Akshay Kumar’s De Dana Dan has opened to a fantastic response at the box office, once again reaffirming the stars super-strong fan following.
What came as a pleasant surprise are those long queues outside single screens across the country, with poor quality theaters in the remotest areas of Bangalore and Mumbai bustling with people all excited to catch Akki, Paresh and Suniel once again on the big screen.
While the business during the weekends was strong all over the country, its the first working weekday business that holds the key to the film’s success at the box office. Fortunately for Akshay Kumar, unlike his other films this year, De Dana Dan held up pretty well on Monday recording close to 4 crores – aided big time by the strong business at single screens.
The reports in the media of a drop on Monday, is mainly restricted to the multiplexes, which witnessed a drop of close to 50%.
With both films (Paa – Radio) releasing this week, targeted mainly at the multiplex audience, the second week of De Dana Dan should remain strong on single screens. HIT status or more looks highly likely now.
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- Day 1 (Friday) – 6.75 crores
- Day 2 (Saturday) – 8.5 crores
- Day 3 (Sunday) – 8 crores
- Weekend – 23.5 crores
- Day 4 (Monday) – 3.25 crores
- Day 5 (Tuesday) – 2.75 crores
- Day 6 (Wednesday) – 2.25 crores
- Day 7 (Thursday) – 2.25 crores
Total Week 1 – 34 crores
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Week 2 – Not too great a start on its second Friday and with the Paa wave all over the country, De Dana Dan is no longer the first choice. Due to high costs and dip in business from Tuesday, the movie is likely to be the 3rd Average grosser for Akshay Kumar this year. 2 flops to begin the year and 3 average grossers to end it.
Week 2 is likely to be around 10 crores nett. DDD should wrap up under 50 crores.
Nauman : do post ur paa review on thursday. Looking 4ward to it.
Megha : when is ur slapstick movie on mental asylum backdrop releasing? I am sure you have signed srk for that opposite you.
Dhan, dhan, more dhan
December 2, 2009 – 08:29 IST
DE DANA DAN has proved that the junta’s verdict is final, it’s the ultimate verdict.
Ponder on this. Akshay + Suniel + Paresh + director Priyadarshan. That’s the ultimate combo for a laughathon. Naturally, the expectations were bound to be humungous. DE DANA DAN had to perform, especially for Akshay Kumar, whose last few films hadn’t lived up to the junta janardhan’s expectations.
The opening weekend has been fantastic. According to industry estimates, the film has amassed approx. Rs. 24 crores nett, which easily ranks amongst the highest this year. Monday witnessed a decline in business, especially at plexes, but it held well at single screens of most centres. Also, let’s not overlook the fact that DE DANA DAN has had a really wide release. It has opened at 1,334 screens across India, which is a huge number.
A section of the industry was predicting doomsday for the film on Saturday. Then Monday. But the slanderous talk fell flat on their face as the film continued to fetch robust figures.
DE DANA DAN has a big price tag attached to it and with the domestic and international markets yielding good returns, a big chunk of the investment should be recovered. Of course, it also depends on how well it sustains in its second weekend.
A film like DE DANA DAN should also fetch handsome returns from Satellite rights [clean comedies work big time] and also Home Video, which should make it a safe investment.
This proves movie was sold for a High cost….;)
Paa & Radio s for multiplex audience.. so single screens have still 3 weeks to perform…
Rocket singh s also for multiplex ppl.. 3 Idiots also… so Bright future for DDD…..:)
bcoz d cost s high it `ll surely be a hit… with 60cr +……(*_^)
I expect
DDD first week 35cr and
2nd week 8cr
3rd week 4cr
life time business 50cr
indicine team 65cr clean hit
Guys i got the ticket for Paa . it is 9 om thursday ast
so i will finish it about 11:45 coz running time is 150 min ( too long for this type of movie ) then i ll reach at my home about 12:30 ( coz late night no trains) 1 am review finish so i can put it 1:15 am AST and it will be 8 pm ist.
so guys be ready at 8 pm ist thursday for first review of PAA by Nauman.
at this time i culculated time properly . it wont happend again like DDD when i said i ll put review at 6 pm. it wsas misculculation of time from me.
and this review is only for beautiful lady Payal coz she waited alot for DDD ( hahaha just kidding).
sorry mistyping show will start at 9 pm ( not 9 om)
@Indicine: Will this include Overseas as well . i mean Domestic +overseas need to be 70 cr ???
good news for akki fans teusday ddd business is only 2.75 showr flop ha ha ha wednesday thursday will 1 1 cr
@Nauman
thanx for ur efforts…
Waitin for ur review…
Btw how was tuesday?
I heard its around 3 cr..
Harsh:
according to BOI DDD got 2.75 cr
20 % dip then monday but single screens are amaizing like Wanted .
Wanted didnt work good in multiplex but it was super doper hit in single screen. and DDD is boating in same boat .
and collections are also near to wanted.
but dont worry movie got 30 cr in 5 days . it mean budget has recoverd so it cant be flop minimun verdict is avarage and maximum is Super Hit. BB is very unlikely.
i hope that
1st week 35 cr
2nd week 12-14 cr
3rd week 5 cr
rest of life 5 cr
total net gross in india 55 – 60 cr
overseas 20 cr ( coz 10 cr has done in only 3 days UK , USA , UAE , AUS ).
^ Now D3 stands at 30.5 cr..
Thats good…
But what im worried abt is thursday & 2nd weekend…
@nauman
Now D3 stands at 30.5 cr..
Thats good…
But what im worried abt is thursday & 2nd weekend…
Hey harsh, just don’t worry . Nauman, amish r the biggest trade analysts out here n predict what is rite.
Harsh :
dont worry about that. thursday will ne 2 cr
it is damn sure that 1st week is near to 35
so next weeks predictions is below
friday 3 cr
saturday 3 cr
sunday 4 cr
mon – thursday 1,1,1,1
total near to 15 cr
to total 2 weeks collections 50 cr.
rest of life add 10 cr
overseas add 20 cr
DTH , Satellite rights , music rights add 10 cr.
Hi Nauman, good that u will get to watch Paa first… but I think it will be a breach of contract to let out any reviews before Friday… read this somewhere.
Payal– am not a trade analyst yaar…. doc by profession… just for some days i was here…;) just to enjoy and make frnds….:)
DDD was my last movie of this yr… got my exams comiin so..
DDD s hit and am happy for akki….:)
Fullermate
who said to u that it is illigal or breach of contratct
so many times taran gave review before friday like , Blue , Kurbaan , A Wednesday and soo on.
and if the producer is very much worry about that then why they release movies in overseas on thursday and some time on wednesdday as well ???
when ever i ll see i will put my review. thats it
i just checked next releases in my cinema . bad luck rocket singh and 3 idiots are releasing on friday . i dont know why .
may be they will change the schedule later.
hope so.
M shocked to see ur little knowledge of box office indicine..it is the distributer share which has to be doubled for hit more than double for superhit triple for blockbuster not net gross..forget the budget of ddd..if ddd do the business of 50cr which i think it ll do at max distributer share ll be 30cr ..just hit..m considering ddd theatrical rt 15 16cr.,.@amish budget hardly matters now a days..it only theatrical rts nd distributer share.-indicine waiting for ur defence..
@nauman.why sum people cant understand a simple fact that only 50percent of net gross goes to distributer.so plz dont say that ddd had recoverd its budget in 5day?budget has nuthing to wid the verdict,,biggest of movie eg buget more than 40cr r sold for at max 20cr indian theatrical rights.,
@nauman..dun behave like a critic u r not a movie critic,.posting a user review does not make u a reviewer.do u know a reviewer must have a degree in mass communication?taran masand mayank khalid all had..
de dana dan is a hit.and i m very happy.i m waiting for action replay.my most awaiting films of next year r action replay and trees maar khan.hope both rocks.
Unknown– tees maar khan `ll not release next yr dude… action replay and houseful r d ones u can keep ur bets on…. next yr..
khatte meethe `ll also be gud but critics may not like it.. patiala house s directed by dat CC2C director so bit shaky on tat 1…;)
Wid no offence to akki fan i hve to say only action replay has sum chance,.khata metha nd patiala house ll be disaster..sorry amish.u know m not akki hater..
Amit– ha ha its not wise to give a final verdict without watchin even d promo i guess…;) but if u have a gut feelin den fine i cant argue….:)
amit r u all right ??? u said for critic u should have mass communication degree. who told u ??? where did u read this ? and how can u say about me any thing ??? do u know how old am i ? wht is my education ?wht is my back ground? where did i work before ? u dont know any thing abt me except my name and my location(which i mentioned so many times).
about khatta mitha we dont know abt movie any thing but this is murder mystery with comedy combination by priya and akki jodi.
just remember bhulbhulaiyan pschy mystery with comedy combination by priya and akki jodi.
even bhulbhuliayan indicine liked and gave 4/5.
khutta mitha is that style movie.
just one negative point of that movie is title i didnt like i dont know abt others but with this title in 80s we had a movie by farooq sheikh ( i think ).
it can works so dont worry abt that.
patiala house directed by nikhil advani. i know he didnt work good in CC2C and salam e ishq but plz dont forget kal ho na ho. cc2c floped coz it looks like a old 1970s movie. and salaam e ishq flop coz 6 stories at same time.
but if he will get good script and try to make it good then we dont need to worry abt that.
relax nauman..first of all u dint reply to my prev question on first page..2nd ya m sure there is sum degree requird for critics.i might be wrong on mass communication..3rd i had just a gut feeling ki only action replay ll work..nuthing aginst akki..i have a gut feeling for tees mar khan blockbuster..
Khatha metha me ashok kumar rakesh roshan ..sony used to show this movie every day ..
hey guys ddd has collect 29.25crore in 5 days according to boxofficeindia.com.
sorry nauman if u felt bad.i just said u r not a critic ,