Box Office: 'Gangs of Wasseypur', 3 days, Rs 10 crore

Mumbai: The weekend collections of Kunal Kohli's 'Teri Meri Kahaani' and the much-hyped 'Gangs of Wasseypur' have been far from encouraging at the box office. While 'TMK' got a mixed response from the critics and the audience making its box office prospects difficult, Gangs received critical acclaim but that has failed to transfer into box office numbers.

A trade expert says, "Anurag Kashyap's Gangs opened to average collections and the first day went around Rs 3 crore while the remaining two days of the weekend (Saturday and Sunday) brought in around Rs 7 more making it around Rs 10 crore for the first week end. Made on a budget of around Rs 16 crore for one part including P and A, it is too early to predict the final fate as of now."

According to the expert, 'Teri Meri Kahaani', which was sold for around Rs 42 crore, opened at around Rs 5 crore on Friday and had a weekend of around Rs 15 crore making it a losing proposition at the box office. Apparently, now it will be an uphill task to recover its money for its distributors.

Directed by Anurag Kashyap 'Gangs of Wasseypur' is being released on June 22, 2012. Meet the entire cast of the film.
Actor Manoj Bajpayee plays the lead role in 'Gangs of Wasseypur'. His character is named Sardar Khan in the film.
Manoj Bajpayee describes his 'Gangs of Wasseypur' character as the most negative role he has played so far.
Manoj Bajpayee says, "Sardar Khan has all the negative elements. He is full of lust, involved in all bad activities, has no morals or sense of right and wrong."
Manoj Bajpayee who's associated with Bollywood from past 19 years is really looking forward to the release of 'Gangs of Wasseypur'.
Bollyoowd actress Remma Sen's character in the film is named Durga.
For the first time Remma Sen has got an opportunity to play a Bengali girl on screen.
Watch out for Durga and Sardar Khan's chemistry in 'Gangs of Wasseypur'.
After being a part of films like 'Kahaani' and 'Paan Singh Tomar', Nawazuddin Siddiqui has become a popular Bollywood actor now.
His character is named Faizal Khan in the movie. He plays a mafia in 'Gangs of Wasseypur'.
Richa Chadda who was first seen in 'Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!' as Neetu Chandra's sister is also a part of the film.
Richa Chadda plays Manoj Bajpayee's wife in 'Gangs of Wasseypur'.
She plays Najma in the film, who is a loud, abusive and short-tempered woman.
Actress Huma Qureshi makes her debut with 'Gangs of Wasseypur'. She is named Mohsina in the film.
Huma Qureshi has been paired opposite Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the film.
Popular for his films like 'Maqbool' and 'Gulal', Piyush Mishra is also a part of the film.
Piyush Mishra's (extreme left) character in the film is named Farhan. Let's see what he has in store for us now.
Filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia makes his acting debut with 'Gangs of Wasseypur'. His character Ramadhir Singh is an important part of the story.
Directed and produced by Anurag Kashyap, 'Gangs of Wasseypur' is being released on June 22 2012.
It is a five hour long film and will be released in two parts.

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$BO: \'Gangs of Wasseypur\', 3 days, Rs 10 crore$

\'Gangs of Wasseypur\' has received critical acclaim but has failed to transfer it into box office numbers.

On the other hand, last week's release 'Ferrari Ki Sawaari' collected around Rs 18 crore for the first week and collected another Rs 4 crore for the weekend, making its total to around Rs 22 crore.

'Shanghai' entered its third week and had collected around Rs 19 crore so far in its first two weeks. However the third weekend collections were extremely poor to say the least and did not even manage to collect Rs 1 crore on the weekend.

On the other hand, 'Rowdy Rathore' continues to attract the audience to the cinema halls and is heading towards the Rs 135 crore mark. Currently placed at No 4 among all-time blockbusters, the film collected around Rs 3.25 crore on the weekend.

The publicity team of 'Gangs of Wasseypur' has left no stone unturned in promoting the film, especially through the social networking sites.

The film has been screened and appreciated at prestigious film festivals across the globe, so the Indian audiences were waiting for its release. However, the response to the film is not as overwhelming as expected.

'Gangs of Wasseypur' had recovered its cost even before its release, and the collection of first three days is apt enough to make it a success, but it's not sweeping the audiences off the feet like 'Rowdy Rathore' and 'Housefull 2'.

The film still has ample time to pick up at the box office as no big film is releasing this week.