Luck by Chance, the new Indian movie by and on Bollywood, has not been lucky at the U.S. box office in its opening weekend. Luck by Chance opened at No-32 and had a pitiful total opening weekend gross of $216,918 (source: boxofficemojo). The movie opened in 61 theatres and had an average of $3,556. Here’s […]
Even as Slumdog Millionaire continues to reap awards and greater glory in its heady race to the Oscars, some folks have slammed the movie as vastly inferior to, and even a copy of, the critically acclaimed Brazilian film Cidade de Deus (a Portuguese language movie released in 2002). Not a Copy No, Slumdog Millionaire is […]
Of the 40 finalists in the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search 2009 competition, eight are desis (many seem to be South Indians). Often referred to as the Junior Nobel Prize, the Science Talent Search is America’s oldest and most prestigious science research competition for high school seniors. Seven former finalists have won the Nobel Prize. Numbering […]
Akshay Kumar’s latest nightmare Chandni Chowk to China has collapsed 80% at the U.S. box office in its second weekend. This dungheap of a movie came in at No-38 with an average gross of $965. This piece of garbage did worse than even Drona in the second week,
People often bitch and moan about how bad things are in India or that things are now deteriorating in the U.S. But few realize how much worse things are in so many other parts of the world like Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Somalia, Zimbabwe or in Western Africa. The New York Times has a P.1 story […]
Chandni Chowk Collapses – Down 80% We have compiled a chart of how Bollywood movies released in 2008 fared at the global box office (please see below table). Here are some of our conclusions: * Slumdog Millionaire’s box office collection has made our Bollywood producers look like pygmies * Salman Khan is history * Abhishek […]