The King and The Commissioner Boxoffice Collections Update - Grosses 5.5 Crore in first week from Kerala

The King and the Commissioner had a magnanimous opening week, grossing about 5.50 Crores from Kerala. The film released in about 118 theaters in the state and has played 3240 shows in its first week. The distributor share from 7 days is in the range of 2.60 Crores, which along with the satellite rights price, which the film has received Mazhavil Manorama, of about 3.40 Crores, would make it a safe venture for the Producer / Distributors - Play House.

The movie has managed to do decent business in other states, as well as centers outside India. The early estimates hint at a gross collection of about  0.15 Million Dollars ( 0.75 Crores ) from International Centers and another 80 Lakhs from Centers in other states within India, making it a Total Worldwide Gross of about 7 Crores from its first week of release.

However, the film has suffered a drop in collection of about 20% per day, during the week, which is not an encouraging sign. The jump during the weekend was also minimal. The King and the Commissioner had a negative word of mouth, and has been removed from 39 Theaters in total, after 7 days. The collection from the second weekend ( considering Fri, Sat and Sun ) is about 1.4 Crores, which is about 55% drop from the first weekend. The movie is already struggling with the stiff competition from Ordinary and Masters, and the release of Mayamohini on 7th April will not help the film's cause either.

Though the budget of about 8 - 8.25 Crores shall be recovered, in order to classify the film as HIT, it needs to earn at least the industry average rate Return on Investment. The King and the Commissioner needs to gross atleast another 4 Crores to be classified as a clean HIT.Therefore the forthcoming week is extremely crucial for the film, and shall decide the Final Verdict.

VERDICT : ABOVE AVERAGE