Don Garners a Huge Opening Overseas
The much awaited and much maligned (?) Don opened to a terrific response from the overseas Bollywood movie fans. The box office did not rock – it shook and it staggered. Unlike other Shah Rukh Khan hits, it did not belong to the overseas genre, but it had enough masala to collect £288,000 on its previews and opening weekend. Jaan-e-Mann that released the same weekend could amass only £106,000, according to global box office authority, Neilson EDI. The first six days have seen Don gross nearly £536,000 (over $1,000,000), and the collections are expected to touch the $2,000,000 mark by the end of the second week. The opening weekend for Don in the US, as reported by Variety online, was a whopping $805,000, while Jaan-e-Mann, trailing behind, managed a poor collection of sorts - $210,000.