Re: Kal Ho Na Ho

"Raghu Jetley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> V wrote:
> > "yeskay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >> There is nothing exceptional about it. Indian movies are released in
> >> lesser theatres than
> >> the English ones. KHNH was released in just 52 theatres. So, the
> >> number of people seeing
> >> Indian movies in a particular theatre will be more. Hence the screen
> >> average will also be
> >> more. Almost all successful Indian movies in USA will have more
> >> screen average than their
> >> English couterparts. It's just economics.
> >>
> >
> > I am fully aware of that. But it is still an important statistic.
>
> Maybe for the distributors etc - but I am not sure it's an important
> statistic in gauging the popularity of the movie.
>
> For eg. KHNH must have been released in 3-4 theatres in the bay area.
> If they had released in just1, the per theatre average would have been
> even more impressive.
>
> > And its not just a phenomenon with the Indian movies. Indie movies also
> > look at those statistics carefully.  Among the main stream cinema,
> > Love Actually debuted at no. 6, but with per screen average, it was
> > actually number 2, just a shade behind Matrix Revolutions.
>
> IIRC, Lagaan & Monsoon Wedding made it to the Top 10 in the box office
> rank - I don't remember the per theatre average.


I do not think Lagaan made it to the top 10. it was released on the 15th of
june 2001 week and IMDB doesn't have it there. Monsoon Wedding might have
made i to the tenth spot though, Ivaguely recall something like that, though
I am not sure.