Yeah local films should be leading the markets. Local comedies seems to do well in other markets, simply HUGE in Italy and I don't think they are great going by online ratings.
Yes. BO is in really bad shape. For a Western rich economy having around 5k screens, 83M population and a big film opening just 1-1.5M weekend admits isn't good at all.
UK in comparison has 3.5M+ 4-days weekend (4500 screens, 64M population).
Yeah admissions is easy but need to beat in $ to make it worthwhile.
Germany at 7M will be around $95M mostly, that will need India likely 23-24M admits.
You seem to be going very low on Avatar. I think worst case should do TLK 2019 numbers.
Dr Strange is sort of confirming my suspicion that Disney underreports India numbers.
Strange opening day in India was around ₹33cr+ in around 9000 shows I tracked. There were 3k more shows, would have put total at ₹38cr+. But Disney gave just ₹33cr.
There have been past instances of similar underreporting. Now that I have raw data, can see if there is issue with 3D charges or Disney India is the one underreporting.
The highest grossing disappointment opening weekend is TLK I guess. No?
Not disagreeing with AOU having the final gross title, just OW.
Though TLK will also take final title I suppose.