Endhiran/ Robot stands at either number one or number four in the world its first weekend, depending on who is talking. The producers of the film have not released official figures. About 75 percent of the film's grosses came from the Tamil and Telugu versions, according to trade observers.
On the high end, the film grossed $21 million in India [ Images ] (and an estimated $3 million outside India) as claimed by trade analyst Komal Nahta. On the low end, it made $12.4 million (with additional $3 million from overseas territories) as claimed by boxofficeindia.com
If Nahta's calculator is right, the film -- which was showing in some 2,100 screens worldwide -- was certainly the number one film of the world. It beat Resident Evil: Afterlife, which grossed $18 million on 6,000 screens worldwide, according to The-Numbers.com. It totaled to $280 million in its fifth week. The film was made for $50 million and is expected to end its run with $300 million.
The Chinese film Detective Dee: Mystery Of The Phantom Flame opened with $16.42 million on 650 screens in four markets, as per The-Numbers.com. Most of its collections came from China.
Julia Robert's Eat Pray Love, which was partly shot in India, was at third place with $15 million on 4,000 screens in 32 markets for a total of $120 million. It still has a lot of fuel going for it.
Whether the first estimate for Endhiran would prove to be right or the second one, one thing is clear: The film, which was made for about $31 million (and a reported $10 million for print and promotion), better have sturdy legs in the next three or four weeks.
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