Monday, February 15, 2010

"My Name Is Khan" has earned about Rs 250 mn in opening day


Shahrukh Khan stared "My name is Khan" has been released on last Friday. It is a movie based on the bad experience of a muslim in America after the 9/11. The movie is directed by Karan Johar. Co-artist of Shahrukh is Kajol.
After releasing, the movie is doing extremely well in box office. on opening day it han earned about Rs 250 mn.
In a statement the CEO of Fox Star Studios India, the Indian distributors of the film, Vijay Singh said, ‘We are delighted with the performance and audience reactions across demographics. More so, because this is only phase one of the film release.’
‘In addition to the release across 45 countries, MNIK will be rolled out in a phased manner across 25 non-traditional markets from April onwards.’

In New Zealand, the opening day collection was about $9,727 while in the Middle-East, the movie is already 50 percent higher than any other previous film in Bollywood with the earning estimated at $300,000.

There’s also a huge demand for additional prints in the existing chains across the Middle East and the print count is expected to increase to around 60 by next week.

According to Fox, the film also will be released in Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Oman and Lebanon in the coming week.

In terms of paid previews, the movie earned about $193,000 from 89 sites in Britain, which is said to be the highest for a single-day preview there. In Australia Thursday, paid previews collected around $34,000 and it ranked number 11.

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