IIRC Sathyam main screen retained Kaththi for nearly a month, let alone 2nd weekend.
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what fairly took me by surprise is how Careless Ayngaran are in UK market if they are the distributors/investors. even in US, I atleast know 7 family friends of mine who didn't go to watch in theatres because Hd print was available and say wat? they all liked the movie. Piracy killed the movie pretty big in US (no comments about UK), otherwise the numbers would have been close because the movie had +ve WOM.
In Florida, Sunday evening there was about 25 People which was not bad, My friend was the one who screened the movie and he has made a sizable profit. some folks claim that the movie is a disaster - Truth is for a non festive Thursday release, the collections are awesome. and some folks who claim Kaththi released in October in Winter - It is still winter here in US for most of February and is colder than October.
Freedom,
Good points, buddy.
Regarding the 4th one, here is what ATMUS, the distributors of YA, had to say about Movie cine news
Media Friends, moviecitynews website do not publish actual numbers. Those are estimates only and do not spread that as US BO numbers.
https://twitter.com/ATMUSent/status/491261615887511552
I think otherwise. This is movie from KV and dhanush is good on his own. So this combination might attract new crowds. So chances of selling more tickets is higher. The same was not the case for Kaththi since people already knew how bad poojai was. There was obviously no other choice. If YA released 1 week after I, they both would have shared screens too. I hope you understand what I mean
Freedom,
I would agree to you if there is pressure for Anegan tickets. And there is absolutely none. You can try now and get it for any screen in Chennai. I just booked mine. I do not think 'I' would have shared screens with Anegan. In fact I believe Anegan would have never released in a week's time after 'I'. And speaking about non festival opening for YA. Then ideally it should be viewed by lesser people in the opening weekend compared to a festival release and that means more people will be catching up with the film in the second weekend. So I see no reason why YA should not be preferred for bigger screens in the second weekend.