‘My Name Is Khan’ not bringing in the crowds any more
February 18th, 2010 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS ( 3 comments )
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) After a bumper opening, Shah Rukh Khan starrer “My Name Is Khan” is being cold-shouldered by the audience here. Cinema hall owners blame the “non-entertaining content” of the movie.
“There is a huge fall in ‘My Name Is Khan’ ticket sales. While it was just 30 percent Wednesday, it is only 20 percent Thursday. The film is not being appreciated because of the content,” Amit Awasthi, manager (programming and operations) of Spice Cinemas, told IANS.
“The entertainment aspect in the movie is zero. Thought is has some emotions, there is nothing much to offer,” he added.
A source in PVR cinemas echoed the news.
“Our occupancy has fallen from around 90 percent to 50 percent Monday onwards because of the content of the movie. We are guessing it will stretch to one week more,” said the source.
A love story set against the backdrop of racial discrimination post 9/11, “My Name Is Khan” grossed an estimated $18 million at the worldwide box office in its opening weekend.
Directed by Karan Johar, the movie is being marketed and distributed by Fox Star in India, in the US by its sister company Fox Searchlight, and in the rest of the world by parent group company 20th Century Fox International.
“There has been a drastic fall after Monday for ‘My Name Is Khan’. There is no entertainment aspect in it and lacks mass appeal. It has repeated the history of Saif Ali Khan starrer ‘Kurbaan’,” said Delhi-based distributor Joginder Mahajan.
“From critics’ point of view both have been good movies but the youngsters today want only entertainment which these two could not fulfil,” he added.
Yogesh Raizada, corporate head (cinemas) of Wave Cinemas, however, has a different opinion for the fall in occupancy of the movie.
“Footfalls for ‘My Name Is Khan’ have fallen but the weekend is expected to be good. The occupancy at present is about 30 percent which is decent enough considering it is a working week and that there are close to 12-14 shows per day across different properties for the movie,” said Raizada.
“The movie will sustain business and occupancy will be close to 70-80 percent over the weekend,” he predicted.
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February 18th, 2010 at 7:09 pm
this is a very good movie and with lots of “entertainments”..yea..this film has a few dancing scenes and romantics love songs but I think it has magnificent contents, superb script, beautiful acting and even the screen play is wonderful…this could cover up all of that so called by the youngsters “entertainment”…
the real meaning of entertainment is not just the colorful,heart beating dancing and musics…look deeper..even a mass murder is called entertainment…
p/s: I’m a youngster and I love the film..my mom,my sisters,my friends..bla2
February 18th, 2010 at 11:39 pm
Word of mouth spreads fast that it is a boring, slow and flop movie.
My name is khan movie verdict flop.
July 11th, 2010 at 11:37 am
my name is khan is the second biggest hit after 3idiots.my name is khan grossed 278crores in india and 74crores in the overseas total gross 352crores and 3idiots grossed 375crores .