'Agent Vinod' to fold up under 50 crores

  • IndiaGlitz, [Monday,April 02 2012]

As feared last week, 'Agent Vinod' was always in a wait and watch mode even when it came to covering its costs. An expensive film, it wasn't helped by mixed word of mouth. This means that even though 30 crores did come in it's opening weekend, all eyes were on weekdays to do the trick as far as doing even decent business was concerned. However to the disappointment of all involved, that wasn't the case to be as the film crashed in a big way during the weekdays.

With hardly 8 crores more coming in the days to follow, the film's first week struggled to reach the 40 crores mark. The writing was clear on the wall that despite zero competition, there weren't many interested in watching the drama unfold on screen. The film fizzled as the days passed by and the picture isn't any better in the second week either. As mentioned in this column last week, the first major milestone for the film was to near the 50 crores mark so that it could be a coverage affair at the least. However as things stand today, that won't really be the case and the film would fold up much below that number.

'Agent Vinod' has turned out to be yet another instance of a film that has been let down more by negative criticism and lack of enthusiasm amongst the 'junta' to check it out than the actual product itself. Ideally the film's opening itself should have been much bigger considering the fact that it had been released on a huge print count. When that didn't happen, negative criticism from media further hit its cause even though word of mouth from the fast diminishing audience that saw the movie wasn't really bad. Unfortunately though the damage was done which means the film would go down as a flop in box office archives.

Agent Vinod - Public Review


Listen To Agent Vinod Songs On Raaga!

More News

'Anandabhadram-2 'in the offering

The big fans of the special effects movie ‘Ananthabhadran’ has got a reason to enjoy. The movie will shortly find a sequel in the title ‘Bhadrasanam’...

Tapsee can't be stereotyped

You cannot expect Tapsee Pannu to do similar kind of roles. Not for her, following the beaten path. She likes to travel the road less travelled. "I do not want to bore the audience with same roles. That's why I look for variety. Thank God, I am getting distinct roles", the Delhi doll quips.

Mahesh's stardom: SVSC shifts location

Thanks to Mahesh Babu, Dil Raju is having to shell out more money. We are not talking about Prince's astronomical remuneration, which every producer in the industry would be more than willing to pay him. Having got two superstars on the roll call, Raju must have been expecting to control costs as much as he could. That was not to be.

Sajid Khan works extra hard on 'Housefull 2' climax

While trade is optimistic that 'Housefull 2' would join the 100 crore club on it's release and in the process also give Akshay Kumar his entry into the elite group, director Sajid Khan has ensured that whatever little rough edges that were seen in 'Housefull' have been done away with...

Star directors of the future? Wait and watch!

Tollywood, it may be said, is awaiting the arrival of star directors. This summer is special because at least four directors are promising to strike gold and prove a point with their multi-crore films. All that they have to their credit is a hit, and thanks to the hunger for freshness among top heroes, they bagged gargantuan projects.