{"id":692,"date":"2004-11-16T00:25:23","date_gmt":"2004-11-16T05:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=692"},"modified":"2005-04-13T13:13:13","modified_gmt":"2005-04-13T18:13:13","slug":"veerzaara_storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2004\/11\/16\/veerzaara_storm\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Veer-Zaara&#8221; Storms U.S. With Impressive Opening Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www1.yashrajfilms.com\/veerzaaramicro\/index.asp\" target=\"new\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/archives\/veerzaara300x250.jpg\" alt=\"veerzaara300x250.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>&ldquo;Veer-Zaara&rdquo; made\na strong debut last weekend, opening on more North American screens than\nany previous Bollywood release and finishing 15th among all films at\nthe domestic box office. <\/p>\n\n<p>Starring the ever-popular Shahrukh Khan and Preity Zinta, &ldquo;Veer-Zaara&rdquo; took\nin an estimated $903,010 during the four-day period beginning on Nov. 11. Its\nper-screen average of $10,261 was among the highest of the weekend, bested by\nonly two other films in the top 25.<\/p>\n\n<p>Shiraz Jivani of Naz8 Cinemas told the San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News that\nhe expects the three-hour film to break box office records for Bollywood releases\nin the U.S.<\/p>\n\n<p>&ldquo;We have it, and we&rsquo;re going to be playing it around the clock, 24 hours\na day,&rdquo; Jivani told the newspaper. His chain of Calif.-based theaters expects\nto collect $1.2 million over the film&#8217;s six-week run. The final tally will\nreceive a bump from ticket prices that were increased just for the film. <\/p>\n\n<p>No word yet on how pirated copies of &ldquo;Veer-Zaara&rdquo; fared at unscrupulous\nvideo rental shops, as such businesses are only required to report their earnings\nto <a href=\"http:\/\/www.townhall.com\/acimgs\/ann_al.jpg\" target=\"new\">hell&rsquo;s despotic overlords<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Box Office Mojo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/movies\/?id=veerzaara.htm\" target=\"new\">Gross Tracking\nfor &ldquo;Veer-Zaara&rdquo;<\/a>\n<br>\nSan Jose Mercury News: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/mld\/mercurynews\/living\/10172493.htm\" target=\"new\">High Hopes for Bollywood Musical<\/a> (Registration\nRequired) <br>\nThe Chief Report: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wolfpackproductions.com\/veerzaara.html\" target=\"new\">Review\nof &ldquo;Veer-Zaara&rdquo;<\/a>\n<br>\nNaz8 Cinemas: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naz8.com\/\" target=\"new\">Official Site<\/a>\n<br>\n&ldquo;Veer-Zaara&rdquo;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.yashrajfilms.com\/veerzaaramicro\/index.asp\" target=\"new\">Official\nSite<\/a><\/p>\n\n<!--more-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;Veer-Zaara&rdquo; made a strong debut last weekend, opening on more North American screens than any previous Bollywood release and finishing 15th among all films at the domestic box office. Starring the ever-popular Shahrukh Khan and Preity Zinta, &ldquo;Veer-Zaara&rdquo; took in &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2004\/11\/16\/veerzaara_storm\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}