Boxoffice Operation : Gangaajal (2003)

Gangaajal was 2003 Hindi film, directed by Prakash Jha, and was the brain child of Mr. Mahendra Lalka, starring Ajay Devgan, Gracy Singh, and Mukesh Tiwari. The movie as a sidetrack also mentions the blinding incident at Bhagalpur.

Week	All India Nett Business(Crore)	% Drop
1	5.45
2	2.5	-54.13%
3	1.05	-58.00%
4	0.69	-34.29%
5	0.33	-52.17%
6	0.23	-30.30%
7	0.14	-39.13%
8	0.09	-35.71%
Rest	0.3
Total	10.78

Name	Gangaajal
Opening	60-80% on 275 Prints, Very good at interiors.
WOM	Very Good
Trending	Average+, decline steadily week after week, was stable in interiors.
ROI	50%, DS of around 7.75 Crore.
Distribution Right	@1 to 1.25 Crore for 3 Major territories, Rest range from 10 Lakhs to .75 Lakhs, Overall cost to distributors was around 5 Crore.
Recovery	7.75 Crore Domestic Distribution Share.
Relative performance	Average compare to biggest Hit of year like Koi Mil Gaya and Kal Ho Na Ho, But quite fair compare to similar budget movies like Tere Naam and Baghbaan.
Recall value	Very Good, remembered as one of best performances of Ajay Devgan and one of finest work of Prakash Jha.
BollyBusiness Note	Opening was good, But decline in business in subsequent weeks made final tally to ordinary gross. Thanks to low cost and excellent business in interiors. This enabled made money for most of distributors.
Verdict	Above average.

-- BollyBusiness

~ by Yakuza on June 19, 2011.