Chennai Express (VI) - Reviews/BO Updates! - Page 95

As told on friday that #CE will collect over 25cr Weekend, and yeah Weekend coming in range of 26-27cr and Week will be safely over 42cr..

#chennaiexpress collected 11.40 cr on it's 2nd sunday. Total 183.10 cr+ #recordexpress @iamsrk @deepikapadukone

#chennaiexpress crossed 80cr mark in overseas.. Record breaking 2nd weekend in overseas.

#Chennaiexpress worldwide gross 328cr.. Also crossed worldwide gross collection of #ett 's 307cr and #yjhd 's 321cr..

worldwide gross: 3 idiots 385cr ,, chennai express 328cr.. Express running with full express to over take idiots..

Chennai Express is set to be 2013's third All time Blockbuster after Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and Aashiqui 2. 180 cr+ in 10 days.

after 2nd weekend #chennaiexpress collected $ 3.94 million (24 cr) in usa + can.. All set to cross #mnik 's record in next 2 days.. @iamsrk

Chennai Express has collected approx $842,000 (Rs 5 cr) in its second weekend at the U.S Box office. Total $3.96 million (Rs 23.8 crore)

Note: This article was first published way back in 2007.

Indian Box office verdicts are usually confusing. A few movies are called Blockbusters by the media even though they are just Semi-hit to Hit. A few movies which go into overflow are termed Flops.

Also many of you might have wondered on what basis a verdict is given out on a movie. How does the trade define a movie as a Hit, Flop, Superhit, Blockbuster. Hopefully this article will clear all your doubts.

Gross collections – Total collections at the box office.

Nett Gross (Raw collections) – Is the total gross minus entertainment tax which is usually around 30%. When the government decides to waive off the taxes of a certain film, it goes tax-free. In which case, no entertainment taxes will be paid by the producers / distributors.

Circuit: The area for which a distributor buys the distribution rights for a film for a period of (generally) 5 or 7 or 10 years.

Ratio: The price for which a film is sold for Bombay circuit. Prices for all other circuits are determined as a fixed percentage of the ratio. For example, Delhi-U.P. is usually 80 to 85% of the ratio. But in the case of action films, which have a bigger market in North India, Delhi-U.P. may be sold for 100% of the ratio.

Flop: If a film cant even cover its investment by the distributor, it is termed a flop.

Average: If a film manages to simply recover its cost, it is an average fare.

Commission Earner: When a film recovers the investment and, over and above that, gets in revenues of 25% more, it is termed a commission earner. Thus, if the distributor?s total investment in a film is Rs. 2 crore, and it does a business of Rs. 2.50 crore, it is termed a commission earner. 25% of Rs. 2 crore is Rs. 50 lakh which is the amount of commission which belongs to the distributor to cover his expenses of releasing the film.

Overflow: When a film crosses the commission mark, the revenues thereafter are to be shared between the producer and distributor. The producer gets a share in the overflow business, generally fifty-fifty. Such sharing makes the film an overflow film. Overflow films can be further categorised as under, depending on the quantum of overflow.

Semi-Hit: A film which does a business that is double the distributor's investment in it, is termed a semi-hit. In such a case, the producer gets handsome overflow from the distributor.

Hit: If a film more than doubles its investment in the distributor's hands, it is deemed to be a hit.

Super-Hit: If the returns on a film are much more than double the investment, it is termed a super-hit.

Blockbuster: Returns are almost triple the investment.

ALL TIME BLOCKBUSTER: When returns are more than triple the investment i.e more than 300%.

Biggest grossers in US - 3 Idiots $6.5 million, My Name Is Khan $4 million, Chennai Express $3.96 million.