Box Office: Interstellar Walks Away With The Cake

On Friday November 7, 2014 it was the turn of Rang Rasiya and Shaukeens. The movie Rang Rasiya has been awaiting a release for the last six years and has Randeep Hooda in the lead role.

The movie managed a mere 5% opening on Friday and its first weekend collections totalled 2.35 crore.

Notably, Shaukeens is a remake of the old movie with the same name and stars Akshay Kumar, Anupan Kher, Anu Kapoor, Piyush Mishra and Lisa Haydon. The movie got a 25% opening and managed to collect Rs 18.52 crore in the first weekend. On the first Monday, post release, it managed to add another Rs 2.83 crore to its tally.

However, the big release this week was the Hollywood movie Interstellar. Though it is not a franchise movie but it garnered a good buzz especially in the metros. The movie garnered earnings to the tunes of Rs 2 crores on the first Friday of its India release. The business grew further on Saturday to touch Rs 3 crore, and interestingly, even on Sunday the movie manage to pocket another Rs 4.10 crore.

Interstellar has managed to get good collections worldwide. Early numbers for this movie directed by Christopher Nolan's are reporting box office at $52.2 million. That's slightly short of expectations which had the film outpacing the opening weekend for last year's sci-fi space epic, Gravity. That film made $55.8 million upon debut.

Now, all eyes are on November 14, 2014 when Kill Dil releases. The movie stars Parineeti Chopra, Ranveer Singh, Ali Zafar and Govinda in the lead role.

Domestic Box Office numbers by Box Office Capsule