A Gentleman got drubbed during what was a historically terrible weekend at the North American box office. From August 25-27, 2017, A Gentleman earned $191,530 from 135 theaters ($1,419 average), according to Box Office Mojo. That’s a grim opening weekend average for a movie that released in more than 100 theaters. It’s also less than 15% of what Bang Bang — an earlier Fox Star Studios action comedy — earned during its opening weekend in 2014. If the studio was hoping that the genre would bring in the crowds irrespective of the film’s star power, they miscalculated. Too bad, because A Gentleman is a fun movie.
Bareilly Ki Barfi, on the other hand, held up very well in its second weekend of release, holding onto 51% of its opening weekend business, according to Rentrak figures supplied to Bollywood Hungama. A 25% holdover is the median for Hindi films in North America this year, and anything better than 40% is great. In its second weekend, Bareilly Ki Barfi earned $95,503 from 37 theaters ($2,581 average). I was a little surprised to see it lose seven theaters after such a good opening weekend. Still, its total presently stands at $352,935, which is a lot of money for a movie that only opened in 44 theaters.
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha continued its superb run as well. It took just three weeks to earn what Jolly LLB 2 earned in six weeks of release in North America. Toilet‘s total stands at $1,659,253, after third weekend earnings of $127,584 from 83 theaters ($1,537 average).
Jab Harry Met Sejal squeaked past Badrinath Ki Dulhania into third place for the year. JHMS‘s fourth weekend earnings of $6,350 from ten theaters ($635 average) brought its total to $2,003,665 — just $3,382 ahead of BKD.
Mubarakan stuck around for a fifth weekend at two theaters, earning $616 ($308 average) and bringing its total to $736,070.
Sources: Box Office Mojo and Rentrak, via Bollywood Hungama
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