Biggest Blockbusters Fails In Multiplex Re-Runs

The dull period at the box office meant that the biggest blockbusters of recent years found their way to multiplexes as fillers but results were disastrous. Even the biggest hit of last nine years Three Idiots had shows cancelled. The figures are below. All one screen unless stated in brackets.

Inox Thane

Dabangg - 5,301
Three Idiots - 1,812
Ghajini  - 268
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi - 1,946

Inox Baroda

Dabangg - 10,560
Three Idiots - 6,320
Ghajini  - 1,280
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi - 3,680

Inox Kanpur

Dabangg - 6,360
My Name Is Khan - 840
Three Idiots - 4,800
Ghajini  - 660

Inox Lucknow

Dabangg - 3,420
My Name Is Khan - 3,540
Three Idiots - 1,680
Ghajini  - 480

Nagpur

Dabangg - 4,142 (2)
Three Idiots - 9,857 (2)
Ghajini  - 2,786 (2)
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi - 6,786 (2)

Inox Raipur

Dabangg - 2,066
Three Idiots - 1,107
Ghajini  - 295
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi - 1,255

Indore

Dabangg - 3,593 (2)
Three Idiots - 4,982
Ghajini  - 1,225
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi - 3,021 (2)

Jaipur

Dabangg - 1,200 (2)
Three Idiots - 6,900 (2)
Ghajini  - 2,920 (3)
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi - 10,768 (4)

Inox Kota

Dabangg - 2,800
Three Idiots - 2,700
Ghajini  - 1,200
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi - 4,600

The re-run business is still ruled by the action fares of the last few decades in mass centres at single screens. Below are the figures for a few films that were having repeat runs in single screens last week and are much better than what the recent blockbusters collected at Inox multiplexes.

Saraswati Kanpur
Indian (2001) - 33,000

Gulab Lucknow
Vijaypath (1994) - 25,300

Anjuman Lucknow
Salaakhen (1998) - 31,250

Sudarshan Lucknow
Ziddi (1997) - 23,100

Jagat Lucknow
Mahaveera (1988) - 24,200

Krishna Lucknow
Geraftaar (1985) - 19,000

Shyam Raipur
Murder (2004) - 39,850