Release and box office performance Slumdog Millionaire

1 release , box office performance

1.1 australia
1.2 north america
1.3 europe
1.4 india
1.5 asia-pacific

release , box office performance

in august 2007, warner independent pictures acquired north american rights , pathé international rights distribute slumdog millionaire theatrically. however, in may 2008, warner independent pictures shut down, of projects being transferred warner bros., parent studio. warner bros. doubted commercial prospects of slumdog millionaire , suggested go straight dvd without theatrical release. in august 2008, studio began searching buyers various productions, relieve overload of end-of-the-year films. halfway through month, warner bros. entered pact fox searchlight pictures share distribution of film, fox searchlight buying 50% of warner bros. s interest in movie , handling distribution.

following success @ 81st academy awards, film topped worldwide box office (barring north america), grossing $16 million 34 markets in week following academy awards. worldwide, film has grossed on $377 million, becoming fox searchlight pictures s highest-grossing film ever (surpassing juno).

australia

the australian 2008 release of slumdog millionaire produced icon film distribution.

north america

stars dev patel , freida pinto @ 2008 toronto international film festival

slumdog millionaire first shown @ telluride film festival on 30 august 2008, positively received audiences, generating strong buzz . film screened @ toronto international film festival on 7 september 2008, first acknowledged popular success of festival, winning people s choice award. slumdog millionaire debuted limited north american release on 12 november 2008, followed nationwide release in united states on 23 january 2009.

after debuting on wednesday, film grossed $360,018 in 10 theatres in first weekend, strong average of $36,002 per theatre. in second weekend, expanded 32 theatres , made $947,795, or average of $29,619 per theatre, representing drop of 18%. in 10 original theatres released in, viewership went 16%, , attributed strong word-of-mouth. film expanded wide release on 25 december 2008 @ 614 theatres , earned $5,647,007 on extended christmas weekend. following success @ 81st academy awards, film s takings increased 43%, film since titanic. in weekend of 27 february 1 march, film reached widest release @ 2,943 theatres. film has grossed on $140 million @ north american box office.

the film released on dvd , blu-ray in united states on 31 march 2009. film opened @ no. 2 in dvd sales chart, making $14.16m off 842,000 dvd units. of 12 november 2009, estimated 1,964,962 dvd units have been sold, translating $31.32m in revenue. figure not include blu-ray sales/dvd rentals. had been announced 20th century fox home entertainment starting new marketing program 2 versions of each release: stripped-down minimal version rental market, , traditional full version bonus features, such commentary , making of material retail market. release production mixed up; full versions shipped in rental cases, , retail versions missing extras despite being listed on outside of box. public apologies issued fox , amazon.

europe

the film released in united kingdom on 9 january 2009, , opened @ no. 2 @ uk box office. film reached no. 1 in second weekend , set uk box office record, film s takings increased 47%. biggest ever increase uk saturation release, breaking record held billy elliot s 13%. record-breaking ticket surge in second weekend came after slumdog millionaire won 4 golden globes , received eleven bafta nominations. film grossed £6.1 million in first eleven days of release in uk. takings increased 7% following weekend, bringing film s gross £10.24 million first seventeen days in uk, , £14.2 million in third week.

as of 20 february 2009, film s uk box office gross £22,973,110, making eighth biggest hit @ uk cinemas of past 12 months. in week ending 1 march 2009, following success @ 81st academy awards won 8 oscars, film returned no. 1 @ uk box office, grossing £26 million of 2 march 2009. of 17 may 2009, total uk gross on £31.6 million. film released on dvd , blu-ray on 1 june 2009.

the film s success @ academy awards led seeing large increases in takings elsewhere in europe following week. biggest single country increase in italy, 556% previous week. takings in france , spain increased 61% , 73% respectively. during same week, film debuted in other european countries successful openings: in croatia grossed $170,419 10 screens, making biggest opening there in last 4 months; , in poland opened in second place gross of $715,677. film released in sweden on 6 march 2009 , in germany on 19 march 2009.

india

a. r. rahman @ residence in chennai after receiving 2 academy awards work in slumdog millionaire

in india, premiere of slumdog millionaire took place in mumbai on 22 january 2009 , attended major personalities of indian film industry, more hundred attending event. dubbed hindi version, slumdog crorepati (स्लमडॉग करोड़पति), released in india in addition original version of film. titled slumdog millionaire: kaun banega crorepati, name shortened legal reasons. loveleen tandan, supervised dubbing, stated, actors original english including anil kapoor, irrfan khan , ankur vikal dubbed film. got boy chembur, pratik motwani dub male lead dev patel. didn t want exaggerated dubbing. wanted young unspoilt voice. film dubbed in tamil naanum kodeeswaran, silambarasan dubbing patel, while s. p. balasubrahmanyam , radha ravi dubbed kapoor , khan respectively.

fox searchlight released 351 prints of film across india full release there on 23 january 2009. earned ₹23,545,665 (equivalent ₹41 million or us$650,000 in 2016) in first week @ indian box office, or $2.2 million according fox searchlight. though not successful major bollywood releases in india during first week, highest weekend gross fox film , third highest western release in country, trailing spider-man 3 , casino royale. in second week, film s gross rose ₹30,470,752 (equivalent ₹54 million or us$840,000 in 2016) @ indian box office.

a few analysts have offered opinions film s performance @ indian box office. trade analyst komal nahta commented, there problem title itself. slumdog not familiar word majority indians. in addition, trade analyst amod mehr has stated exception of anil kapoor, film lacks recognisable stars , film... not ideally suited indian sentiment. cinema owner commented hear slum boys speaking perfect english doesn t seem right when speaking in hindi, film seems more believable. dubbed hindi version, slumdog crorepati, did better @ box office, , additional copies of version released. following film s success @ 81st academy awards, film s takings in india increased 470% following week, bringing total $6.3 million week. of 15 march 2009, slumdog crorepati had grossed ₹158,613,802 (equivalent ₹280 million or us$4.4 million in 2016) @ indian box office.

asia-pacific

the film s success @ academy awards led seeing large increases in takings in asia-pacific region. in australia, takings increased 53%, bringing film second place there. in hong kong, film debuted taking $1 million in opening weekend, making second biggest opening of year there. film released in japan on 18 april 2009, south korea on 19 march 2009, china on 26 march 2009, vietnam on 10 april 2009, , 11 april 2009 in philippines.

in particular, film major success in east asia. in people s republic of china, film grossed $2.2 million in opening weekend (27–29 march). in japan, film grossed $12 million, film has grossed in asian country.