According to the trade data website, Sacnilk, whereas ‘Barbie’ was expected to make around Rs 18.58 crore (gross collection, before deduction of taxes) by the end of Sunday, after a rather tepid Rs 5-crore opening on Friday and only slight increases thereafter.
Its rival in the ‘Barbenheimer’ sweepstakes, meanwhile, is most likely to end its first weekend with a collection of Rs 49.25 crore (gross), maintaining a steady flow of around Rs 17 crore on each of the first three days.
This is the polar opposite of the early (Thursday-Friday) box-office returns from North America, where ‘Barbie’ is the clear leader.
According to Deadline, ‘Barbie’ is poised for an estimated $300 million-plus worldwide by Sunday (eyeing $150 million-plus each, from North America and a combined 69 overseas markets). ‘Oppenheimer’ is pegged for a $165.9 million worldwide bow through Sunday, including $88.9 million internationally, Deadline adds.
Back in India, the Tom Cruise blockbuster, ‘Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning – Part One’, continues to be the market leader, having made a gross collection of Rs 98.35 crore up till this past Friday, July 21, inexorably edging ahead of the two recent Hindi releases: ‘Zara Hatke Zara Bachke’ and ‘Satyaprem Ki Katha’.
–IANS
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