English Vinglish picks up at the box office

English Vinglish is by far the movie i have seen in years... Amazing Sridevi i was never u fan. But now I am

The lowest review English Vinglish got was 2.5/5 from NDTV. While this figure is even higher than the highest review Madhuri's Aaja Nachle got by Rajeev Masanad 2/5!!!!!!!!
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AN bad reviews were for the movie not for Madhuri. I have commnts from every review in a file , not even 1 review spoke bad about Madhuri . The movie failed at screenplay level and the underdog succeding didnt have drama in the script to root for the character. In EV, the character was written beautifully, you feel for the character and her victory at the end.

Sridevi and MD are great performers, but finally what makes them shine is a well written script and character. This is not about who between Sridevi or MD is greater, its about who chose a better movie for her comeback . If Sridevi would have done AN, it would have failed too and if MD would have done EV, it would ahve done above average too like it is today.

So every film has to make double it's budget in order to be considered a HIT?

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You people just shoot your mouth without understanding basics. It is not about the budget, it is just on the price sold to the distrbutor.
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Read what koimoi says? Ill paste it for you.

Hit: Film which doubles the investment; Super-Hit: Film which more than doubles the investment; Average: Film which only recovers investment; Plus: Film which recovers investment & yields some profit; Flop: Film which loses 50% or more of investment; Losing: Film which does not recover the investment but loses less than 50% of it. * Still Running.

Sridevi said the she has made comeback for the script and for her fans
she is right the movie is only for her fans
we love and like sri and movie

Tue, 2012-10-09 06:01 — Anonymous

waste of time and money.
most of the positive reviews on PV are from handful of fans.
they are sitting behind the machine for hours and leaving several comments under annonymous.
NO INTEGRITY ON THE REVIEW.
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You mean the NEGATIVE reviews right???

Fans might be biased. But not critics. The lowest review English Vinglish got was 2.5/5 from NDTV. While this figure is even higher than the highest review Madhuri's Aaja Nachle got by Rajeev Masanad 2/5!!!!!!!!

Years b4 one movie was made by revthy ...the south indian actress ...mitr - myfriend....

Whtrh is was script, acting of shobhana... direction ... everything was awesome about it...

I am not making comparison ... but if u watch that movie u will realise ... what I am saying...

EV i found lot of melodrama ... the way ppl are praising ... i think Mitr deserve this praise.... its a simple ... smooth going movie ...without any overacting ... no tears .... yuck...

If Pinkvilla is genuine it will def put my post.... eargerly waiting for it .....

very very disapointed y my comment was not poste??

has sri instruted media not to put negative genuine comments... sorry review here is all fake

Do you guyseven know how film economicsworks? I am sure most of you dont

Let me explain

Gross is actual collections at ticket window
Net = Gross - Tax (this is what gets used to report collections, gross doesnt matter at all, Eros all the time is known for giving gross collections and fooling the public)

But what makes the film hit ot flop is not even NET, it is distributor share. Distributor buys movie from the producers and exhibits it in theatres. The net amount is distributed between exhibitors (theatre owners ) and the distributors as per % split. I think first week is like 55% to distributors, week 2 lesser, week 3 even lesser (not sure ofexact percentages)

I think Eros bought movie at 20crores , now I am not sure if it was worldwidedistribution of 20 crores r India. If it is India, then EV will have to make 45 crores in India to be a hit and it is at 16.7 now in 5days, fat chance it will cross even 30.If it is worldwide, it still needsto make 35-37 crores in India to be called a hit assuming 7-8 crores NET will come from overseas.

Hope I could explain the logic to all. I sawsome very arbit comments below on budget, overflow etcetc, hence thought I will educate everyone :-)

INSTEAD OF WASTING TIME AND MONEY ON THIS MOVIE, GO RENT KAHANI AND WATCH IT ONE MORE Time.

Box Office India reports, the movie had a fantastic Saturday growth giving hope of a good long term business especially over the weekdays.

Well didnt happen as movie really fell on Monday and Tuesday compared to Sunday. Monday + Tuesday = 3.6 crores compared to Snday's 6.

Now with 4 movies this Saturday Aiyaa, Bhoot Returns, Makhi, Chittagong..finding multiplex screens will be tough for EV ..also dont forget Oh My God is beating EV in its 2nd week too and Barfi stll doing well. lso movie has done well only in Mumbai and South, it has not done well anywer else..even Delhi UP

The movie is so outdated.
Why cant people like sridevi stick to tv shows?

it's worth watching.awesome storyline simple yet beautiful

Why are different different versions coming on the budget of the movie? Is it 35, is it 18, is it 21? What is the real truth?

Tamila nd Telegu version making 6 cr, 8 crore..guys stop making up stuff. It had a very limited release in Tamil and Telegu, it cannot put up those numbers. How much do people fib on here? Just coz most watch Hindi and dont talk about Tamil, Telegu, you think you can fif here? You think Eros would not have published that had it made so much in Tamil & Telegu? Guys seriously stop fibbing and distorting facts.

Different versions on overseas figures too, some saying 7.7 (Taran), Eros themselves saying 9..I mean why so much discrepancy. Anyways Eros is famous for incorrect reporting of its movies and finally after movies run, it will speak the truth.lol

English Vinglish: After a long tym hv I seen such a good film!

Sweet.. Simple.. So refreshing.. So full of life.. And such a nice message!!

And wait, thr aint no Sridevi in d movie, all u see is Shashi.. N she's a treat to watch.. Brilliant!!

Hats off to both the women, Sri jee and Gauri Shinde!!

Awesum flick.. Try not to miss dis one!! :))

The insecurity of Sri fans is laughable man to say the least.

The movie was lovely, Sri lovely in it, no doubt about that however you cannot beat your throat trying to say its made good money when it hasnt. 15 crores net in India in 4 days is nothing but passable at best, most movies make that these days. It just picked up over weekend which it had to as its opening was dismal.

Anyways lifetime 30-35 is max I can see it going to which will fnally classify it as above average