As with any other Mani movie, a section of the trade is hell-bent upon projecting Guru as a no-show. I heard that Mid-day in Mumbai is carrying daily front page write-ups against Guru. Even Taran Adarsh who was seen on TV channels caling the movie a big hit has now put it as "Avg-to-aboveAvg" in his mid-week update.
I guess we need to wait for the Friday numbers to get a clearer picture. But it has already grossed more than 5 crore INR from UK/US/Aus alone in first 4 days. The total production cost of the film is estimated at around 12 crores INR. And these numbers were for the days before the engagement news, so the sbsequent collections should be even more. More so because the film is carrying a tremendous buzz and extremely positive word of mouth. -Vinod The below overseas figures are --- In [email protected], "Shivakumar V.A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Vinod... > > Any Updates on Collection in other parts of our country??? I guess,,, Mumbai market has recovered ... > > Shivu.. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: vinodraju2k > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 9:05 AM > Subject: [arr] Guru Box office - Brilliant overseas > > > > Guru has taken a mammoth opening overseas, as per the first 4-day > collection numbers given out by various sites like Boxxofiicemojo, > NYTimes etc > > US - $843,200 from 71 screens for a per-screen average of $12,000 > UK - £157,000 from 44 screens for a per-screen average of £3,600 > Australia - $98,700 from 10 screens for a per-screen average of $9,870 > > These are staggering numbers, from just 4 days, beating most Bollywood > blockbusters like Krissh etc. > > Also, this marks the biggest overseas opening ever for any ARR film or > MR film. Its celebration time, folks! :-) > > -Vinod >
