SKYFALL TAKES SKY-HIGH OPENING WEEKEND OF 27.5 CRORE
SKYFALL TAKES SKY-HIGH OPENING WEEKEND OF 27.5 CRORE ~ Second Highest Opening Weekend for a Hollywood Film in India ~ Mumbai, 8th November 2012… Eon Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced that the hugely anticipated 23rd Bond film SKYFALL posted a huge gross of INR 27.5 cr (USD 5.1m) approximately in its four-day opening weekend which makes it the second biggest opening weekend ever for a Hollywood film in India and the highest for a non-3D film. Sony Pictures India released the film on Thursday, 1st November with 907 prints (the largest 2D Hollywood release ever) in four languages – English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu - and in 2D and IMAX formats. Skyfall’s weekend had the best opening for a Bond film in India so far, exceeding other big box office performers Quantum of Solace (2008) and Casino Royale (2006). Quantum of Solace and Casino Royale posted lifetime GBOs of INR 44.4 cr and INR 40.3 cr respectively. It also poste...