It was a slow weekend for Bollywood movies at the North American box office, with audiences holding off in anticipation of Wednesday’s Independence Day releases (or maybe everyone was watching The Meg). The only new Hindi release was Vishwaroop 2, accompanied by its Tamil counterpart, Vishwaroopam 2. Most Indian movies that release in multiple languages don’t publish separate earnings figures for each language, but Viswaroop(am) 2 did. According to Bollywood Hungama, Vishwaroop 2 (Hindi) made $17,865 from 41 theaters in North America ($436 average), a figure I assume includes earnings from Thursday night previews. 143 Cinema reports Thursday-Sunday earnings for Vishwaroopam 2 (Tamil) of $353,321 from 127 theaters ($2,782 average).
Other Hindi movies still in North American theaters:
- Fanney Khan: Week 2; $24,164 from 32 theaters; $756 average; $253,831 total
- Karwaan: Week 2; $21,424 from 16 theaters; $1,339 average; $164,766 total
- Mulk: Week 2; $12,192 from 13 theaters; $938 average; $104,408 total
- Sanju: Week 7; $5,958 from eight theaters; $745 average; $7,872,912 total
- Dhadak: Week 4; $5,072 from eight theaters; $634 average; $851,588 total
- Soorma: Week 5; $488 from one theater; $378,637 total
- Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster 3: Week 3; $36 from one theater; $44,445 total
Sources: 143 Cinema, Bollywood Hungama, and Box Office Mojo