De Dana Dead at Box Office, Crashes 85%
Folks, what did we tell y’all?
We said De Dana Dan is ‘Beyond Pathetic Garbage.’
Yes, we did.
And now the U.S. box office numbers for Bollywood Trash King Akshay Kumar’s latest piece of shit support us.
The five-day Thanksgiving weekend numbers for De Dana Dud oops Dan are out and they are pathetic.
As in P A T H E T I C.
The five-day gross for De Dana Dan is less than the three-day gross for Love Aaj Kal, Kambhakkht Ishq, Race, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Jodhaa Akbar et al.
But who’s surprised?
After all, Akshay Kumar has not earned the epithet Trash King of Bollywood from us for nothing. Right, na?
Plus a whole gaggle of critics has basically labelled De Dana Dan as trash.
By the way, the five-day U.S. weekend numbers for De Dana Dan is just a wee bit higher than the three-day weekend numbers for Kaminey.
Now see for yourself in the below table De Dana Dan’s mediocre performance at the U.S. box office:
The U.K. opening weekend box office numbers for De Dana Dan aren’t impressive either.
In the U.K., De Dana Dan has come in worse than the Abhishek Bachchan-John Abraham junk Dostana. Now, Akki or Sucki or Monki or wateva Crappi you are referred to by your fawning acolytes, isn’t that humiliation enough for you to want to slit your wrists.
Your movies are faring worse than Abhishek Bachchan’s. Can there be anything worse for you in this world?
Folks, please see the below table for how that pathetic shit De Dana Dan has fared in U.K. compared to a few other prominent Bollywood movies:
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While the 5 day numbers look bad, you have to consider that its during Thanksgiving weekend where lot of people travel, have parties and generally don’t visit movies.
Does it take away that the movie was junk? No.
You have to wait for the second week to see if its drop is greater than bakwas Kurbaan.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write: While the 5 day numbers look bad, you have to consider that its during Thanksgiving weekend where lot of people travel, have parties and generally don’t visit movies.
Unlike the Gora Americans, the penny-pinching, scrimping-and-shaving, nickel-and diming, desi scrooges are not that big travelers (unless you count the annual or biennial ritual to Incredible India).
Plus, it’s the recession.
Plus, it’s Akshay Kumar.
Bottom line, we think it must be all the bad word of mouth for this trashy movie that buggered up the box office gross.
2. Also, if by your argument holidays mean traveling, parties et al, then how do ya explain Aamir Khan’s stolen shit Ghajini doing $1.39 million during the 5-day Christmas weekend last year?
For you even Ghajini is junk….so if a movie does business a little less than that you will still say that it has failed. The movie has done good business for its budget and will make profit.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write: even Ghajini is junk….so if a movie does business a little less than that you will still say that it has failed
Little less?
Ha ha ha. Bet you got ZERO in math.
De Dana garbage has done about 47% less than Ghajini over the 5-day weekend.
Schmuck, 47% is not a little less. It’s a LOT less.
Time for you to change the batteries in your
braincalculator.2. You write: For you even Ghajini is junk….
Sweetie, Ghajini is stolen shit.
Get that!
Here, see the similarities between Ghajini and the Hollywood movie Memento as described in our reviews of the Tamil Ghajini and Hindi Ghajini.
3. You write: The movie has done good business for its budget and will make profit.
Will make a profit?
Hey Nostradamus, when did the makers of that De Dana garbage come and share details of their budget with you.
The comparison between Ghajini and De Dana Dan is skewed.
Ghajini had one of the better marketing campaigns for an Indian movie. It has BO gold with the name of Aamir Khan. Plus ARR was getting plaudits all around for his work in Slumdog and his soundtrack was pretty good. (The plagiarism is another issue, we will have to eliminate most Indian movies if we start discussing that). All in all it was well promoted. Compare that to De Dhana Dhan’s awful promotions. Slam dunk Ghajini.
Secondly the average gross per theater is pretty good, upwards of 10K. Not bad considering it was released in 69 theaters. Now as with Ghajini, what is missing here are the number of shows. That would give a better breakdown of the BO reception.
As far as profitability of Indian movies go, God only knows, most of these movies are funded by the underworld and/or black money.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write: Ghajini had one of the better marketing campaigns for an Indian movie.
Even if Akshay Kumar had unzipped his wife Twinkle’s jeans in public (instead of the other way around as happened recently at a fashion show) as part of the marketing for De Dana Dan, we doubt this would have helped the box office returns because this movie is plain shit. Of course, we’d have loved such a marketing campaign. 😉
2. You write: Ghajini….has BO gold with the name of Aamir Khan
Akshay Kumar’s brand/name recognition is no less than that of Aamir Khan.
3. Did anyone hold a gun to the producer/distributor Eros guy Sunil Lulla’s head and prevent him from better marketing this garbage.
Maybe, the Eros folks didn’t want to flush down more moolah.
4. You write: Now as with Ghajini, what is missing here are the number of shows. That would give a better breakdown of the BO reception.
Since we don’t have that data, we’ll have to rely on the total gross, which is perhaps the best proxy for the performance of a movie at the box office.
5. You write: Plus ARR was getting plaudits all around for his work in Slumdog and his soundtrack was pretty good.
Not a strong explanation.
As best as we can recollect, Slumdog Millionaire did not have momentum or wide release until late December (Ghajini released around Christmas ’08) and early January ’09 or perhaps even later.
This chart will bear out our above point. Au contraire, Ghajini likely drowned out all Slumdog noise initially.
That actually is pretty impressive numbers for a movie opened in 69 theatres. The UK box office is impressive as well. Even if the movie would have made a million, I would have expected the same arrogant topic from you 🙂
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write: That actually is pretty impressive numbers
Happy Hours started early at your bar today?
How can you even say with a serious face that De Dana Dan has posted ‘impressive numbers.’
Hell, the 5-day count for De Dana Dan is just $15,000 more than the 3-day gross for Kaminey. Chew on that embarrassment.
For a 5-day weekend, De Dana Dan’s box office numbers are pitiful.
God, if we were Trash King Akshay Kumar, we’d be lying in the bath-tub with a deep gash on our wrist and the water would have turned blood-red by now. De Dana Dead.
BTW, somebody should tell the Lulla fella at Eros that a better name for the movie would have been De Dana Dud. 😉
2. You write: Even if the movie would have made a million, I would have expected the same arrogant topic from you
Arrogant? Us?
Some folks complain we are far too modest and that we turn the other cheek far too often. 😉
You baboon…when I said if a movie does little less business than Ghajini, I didnt mean De Dana dhan…I mean any movie…..Go back to Comp 101…..
http://boxofficeindia.com/overdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=1312&nCat=overseas_report
http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/news/2009/de-dana-dan-box-office-011209.html
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write: You baboon…when I said if a movie does little less business than Ghajini, I didnt mean De Dana dhan…I mean any movie
Schmuck, everything is in context. When you are discussing De Dana Dan or Ghajini, you cannot talk of ‘any movie.’
That’s what happens when you apply too much Parachute Coconut Oil to your head. 😉
2. If you are going to play the link game with us for a trashy movie like De Dana Dan, we can do better kiddo.
Here take this:
Source: BusinessofCinema.
Bottom line, De Dana Dan is a piece of shit and if people have not seen it, they ought to consider themselves blessed.
For a three day weekend Kaminey made $726,834 in 85 theatres, NOT 82 (Please correct your report) and De Dana Dan made $577,381 in 69 theatres which as I said before, still quite impressive. I don’t see what the embarrassment is all about here.
All I see is you trying too hard to prove that De Dana Dan is a “dud” which as usual hasn’t worked so far 🙂 But don’t give up, maybe the 2nd week gross well help you out.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. No, we will go by our print-out taken at 5:26PM on 8/17/2009, which gives the theater count as 82. In any case, that’s not relevant now. Look at the total gross. Who/what prevented Eros’ Lulla fella from releasing in more theaters. Except maybe his diffidence.
2. Last we checked, a gross of $726,834 (3-day Kaminey) was significantly higher than $577,381 (3-day De Dana Dan).
3. You write: All I see is you trying too hard to prove that De Dana Dan is a “dud” which as usual hasn’t worked so far
Sweetie, get your tense right. We’ve already proved that it’s De Dana Dud not trying to prove.
When your Akki or Monki or wateva Crappi Akshay Kumar is known by these days gets a gross less than that of bachchas (kids) like Shahid Kapoor, it sure looks like De Dana Dud.
4. You write: But don’t give up, maybe the 2nd week gross well help you out.
N, we won’t. Not in our DNA. 😉
Folks, if you have missed De Dana Dan, consider yourself blessed. Don’t waste your time or money on this junk.
Even if you are not swayed by our arguments see for yourself what a gaggle of prominent critics has said on the movie – De Dana Dan is Trash, Say Movie Critics
Wait for “Paa” – Amitabh as son of Abhishek
🙂
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Appa. 🙁