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`Kismet Konnection` opens to Rs 27 cr worldwide collection
Press Trust Of India / Mumbai July 23, 2008, 0:19 IST

Shahid Kapur and Vidya Balan starer Kismet Konnection has opened to a worldwide gross box office collection of more than Rs 27 crore in the opening week.

The film was released in more than 900 screens across the globe, including the US, UK, Australia, West Asia and Pakistan.According to UTV, the worldwide distributor of the film directed by Aziz Mirza, Kismet Konnection has grossed Rs 20.76 crore with an average per print of Rs 3.75 lakh in India.

In West Asia, the film did a total business of Rs 1.12 crore. Opening numbers in West Asia are the third highest for a Hindi film in 2008 after Race and Jodha Akbar.

In the US, the film collected Rs 91.63 lakh till Saturday night while Australia saw a weekend collection of Rs 18.46 lakh.In Australia, the film had the third highest screen average in 2008 behind The Dark Knight and Mamma Mia.

In the UK, the film had a cumulative weekend collection of Rs 95.51 lakh whereas in Pakistan the film had a bigger opening day than Race and Goal with Rs 9.6 lakh on Friday.

Siddharth Roy Kapur, CEO of UTV Motion Pictures, said that the opening collections of Kismet Konnection demonstrates the value of backing strong content with aggressive marketing and distribution.

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