‘Vishwaroopam’ earns Rs.7.66 crore in the first weekend
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Amid controversies, Kamal Hassan’s multi-crore
project ‘Vishwaroopam’ hit the theatre not worldwide due to the protest on
February 1st. Made on a budget of Rs.95 crore, the movie grossed
approximately Rs.7.66 crore in its opening weekend. The Hindi version of the
movie earned Rs 1.99 crore in the opening day.
"Weekend had 50 percent occupancy on an
average. More young crowds are coming, but it is less than what we expected. So
far 6,000 people came," Punit Sahay, senior manager, programming and
operations, Spice told reporters.
"The footfalls might not increase over weekdays but we are hoping that
during next weekend more and more people will come," he added.
The multilingual film stars Rahul Bose, Shekhar
Kapur and Pooja Kumar apart from Kamal Hassan. "The movie has done very
well despite being a dubbed movie. Mixed kind of audience is coming," said
Piyush Raizada, director Delight Cinema.
‘Vishwaroopam’ was earlier slated to release on
January 25th but due to the protest from the Muslim community, the
film release deferred.
The film was banned in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and
Andra Pradesh by the Muslim community. They claimed that the film showed the
Muslim in bad light.Though the ban was lifted in Karnataka and Andra
Pradesh, Kamal Hassan settled the dispute with TN Muslims and the film will now release in Tamil Nadu on February 7th. Vishwaroopam Movie Screening - Movie Screening
