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MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures has claimed that its recent release Jodhaa Akbar
has grossed Rs 385 million worldwide in the opening weekend.
The
company says that the first week box office
collection in India is Rs 250 million, which
puts the film amongst the top five weekend openings
of all the time for a Hindi film.
However,
like some of the films like Om Shanti Om,
Sawariyan, Lage Raho Munnabhai, Fanaa,
the Rs 400 million Jodha Akbar too have
seen late releases due to disputes over revenue
sharing terms with multiplexes. As a result
the Hrithik Roshan-Aishwarya Rai starrer Jodhaa
Akbar had its full release on Saturday.
The
dispute ended with UTV reaching an an agreement
to take a revenue share of 41 per cent for the
second week's collections from the multiplex
owners.
UTV
had originally demanded a 42.5 per cent share from the second week collections
while multiplex owners were willing to part with 40 per cent. Besides
the film has still not hit the screens in Rajasthan and some parts of Gujarat.
In
the overseas market, the company claims that the opening is amongst the top five
weekends of all time for an Indian film and in US, it is the second highest opening
weekend of all time.
The
film has seen a simultaneous release in 26 countries,
in 1100 screens worldwide and dubbed in three
different languages Hindi, Telugu, Tamil;
and subtitled in English, Arabic and Dutch.
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