Ram Gopal Varma’s Friday release Rann has received the middle finger from Bollywood fans at the U.S. box office while Ishqiya, which debuted on far fewer screens here, has fared well.
What probably crushed Rann (Amitabh Bachchan, Sudeep, Mohnish Behl, Rajat Kapoor, Ritesh Deshmukh) at the box office was the poor reviews it received at the hands of Indian movie critics while Ishqiya (Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi, Vidya Balan) won mostly favorable reviews.
The below table provides a comparative perspective of how Rann and Ishqiya have fared at the U.S. box office vis-a-vis other prominent Bollywood films:
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I watched rann on friday in Regal cinemas 18 at 9:20 pm. There were hardly anyone in the theatre. So, RGV rises from grave to see his Rann become a dud at BO!!
SearchIndia.com Responds:
We watched Rann in Regal on Saturday evening…there were about 15-18 people.
Per theatre average for Rann is just about 50% of Ishqiya. Pitiful.
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he’s the only silver lining in the otherwise dark cloudings of indian movies
SearchIndia.com Responds:
We’ll likely surrender our cheapo desi instincts and buy the Slumdog Millionaire DVD.
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Now there’s gonna be a debate, who’s worst among the two by the times he completes his term
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write: Now there’s gonna be a debate, who’s worst among the two by the times he completes his term
You mean first term, right?
The way things are going, we don’t see Obama winning a second term.
i wanna come to east coast n watch these movies 🙁
did u watch stoneman murders? though not a great movie, its watchable. i guess kay kay menon is one of the better actors in bollywood. His Black Friday is a must watch. take my word… watch that movie, if you don’t like it i’ll send you $15 through paypal 😉
SearchIndia.com Responds:
We watched Black Friday (pre-SI blog review) a few years back in NYC.
Haven’t seen Stoneman Murders.
I don’t see the IShqiya and Rann box office numbers you have up here on boxofficemojo.com
SearchIndia.com Responds:
So?
Bet you can’t see a lot of other things as well!
In the table source, we also mentioned New York Times.
Make up your mind. Either boxofficemojo or new York times.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
We use both. The numbers are the same.