

17 at the US box office charts, also had the biggest opening ever for a non-Shah Rukh Khan film. Trade analysts say the film, which officially opened at No. In the United States too, 'Dhoom 2' had the third largest opening ever for a Bollywood film in North America, earning 979,001 US Dollars (nearly Rs 4 crore) during its opening weekend.

In terms of its per screen average, 'Dhoom 2' performed better than Hollywood films like 'Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan' and 'The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause'. The film had a per screen average of 8151 UK pounds (Nearly Rs 6 lakh), behind only 'Casino Royale', which had a per screen average of 16889 UK pounds. What was further remarkable was the fact that it notched up the second highest per screen average among the top ten starrers in UK. In the United Kingdom, 'Dhoom 2' opened at number six in top ten charts, with collections of 415701 UK pounds (nearly Rs 3 crore) from 51 cinema screens, ahead of Hollywood films like the Hugh Jackman thriller 'The Prestige', 'Step Up' and 'Saw III'. The film also had an excellent opening in the overseas markets. Then, the makers zeroed in on July 27, but since many states didn’t ease the restrictions on the opening of cinema halls, they once again pushed the date to August 19.In areas like Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Bangalore, having a system of advance booking, tickets for almost the entire opening week were booked in advance.įor example, in the capital Delhi, where the film was not released at the PVR and the Wave chain of multiplexes, all the single screen cinema halls as well as multiplexes like Satyam and Fun multiplexes reported a heavy rush in advance booking for the film. Mission: To Entertain you on the BIG SCREENĪnnouncing the arrival of #BellBottom! #BellBottomInCinemasAug19 /4z9jCdmJj3īell Bottom was originally supposed to release on the silver screens on May 28 but it got postponed due to the second wave of coronavirus.

Assuring his fans that he is returning to thrill them, Akshay wrote on Twitter, “Mission: To Entertain you on the BIG SCREEN Date: August 19, 2021, Announcing the arrival of #BellBottom! #BellBottomInCinemasAug19.” The short video clip shared along with the release date announcement also claims that the espionage thriller is ‘inspired by true events’, and shows Akshay as a RAW Agent and the entire cast of the film walking against the backdrop of an aircraft.
