COBRA grosses 6.05 Crores from Kerala - ABOVE AVERAGE - The Final Verdict

Movie	Cobra
Language	Malayalam
Director	Lal
Production	Anto Joseph
Distribution	Play House
Cast	Mammootty, Lal, Padmapriya, Kaniha
Release Date	12 April 2012
Release Centers (A)	73
Theatrical Run	57 Days
No of shows in Kerala	5565
WORLDWIDE GROSS COLLECTION			6.95	Crores
REVENUE
Share from Kerala ( Gross 6.05 Crores )			2.71	Crores
Satellite Rights  (Surya TV)			3.25	Crores
Other States Rights			0.45	Crores
Overseas Rights (Approx.)			0.20	Crores
Audio DVD Rights			0.25	Crores
Remake Rights			-	Crores
Others			-	Crores
TOTAL REVENUE			6.86	Crores
COSTS
Production Costs			4.50	Crores
Printing and Publicity			0.70	Crores
TOTAL COSTS			5.20	Crores
PROFIT			1.66	Crores
Return On Investments			31.83	%
VERDICT			HIT
Cobra marked the return of Mega Star Mammootty to the genre which had produced most of
his recent hits - Comedy. Mammootty was in desperate need of  a genuine hit at the boxoffice
after suffering successive failures on a trot for 18 about 15 months. Though it cannot be claimed
that Cobra was an outright winner, it needs to be acknolwedged that the film managed to pull
a brilliant initial, which made it possible for the film, which had a mixed opinion to gross about
6 crores from Kerala alone. The distribtors suffered marginal losses at the overseas market.
The satellite rights fetched a good amount, and made Cobra profitable for Anto. It is now
becoming increasingly alarming that the superstar movies largely depend on the initial and the
rights to become profitable.