Indian
Films

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1.Devdas: Rs 50cr ($11.1)

2.Taj Mahal : Rs
58cr($12.8m)

3. Krish: 60 cr( $
13.3)

4.The Hero Bhagmati-The queen of ofurtunes : Rs 5 cr ($ 1.1
m)

Foreign
Countrys

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1.Titanic: $
200m( 900 cr)

2. Troy : $ 150 (Rs
675 cr)

3.Spider-Man 2: $
200 m (RS 900 cr)

4.Kill-Bill 2 : $
55m ( Rs 247)

5.Finding Nemo: $
94m (Rs 423c4r)

Titanic the movie cost more than the titanic itself.The
cost of constructing the ship in 1910-1912 was app $7.5 million, equivalent to
$120 to $ 150 million in 1997.

"Openning
"

Indian
Films

Mangal pandey's openinig week
earings were termed historic.However , comparing its figure with those of
opening week earings of some of hollywood's blockbusters could well be a history
lesson in itself.

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1.Mangal Pandey: Rs 18.5 ( $ 4.1
m)

2.Bunty Aur Babli: Rs 16cr ( 3.5
m)

3. No Entry: Rs 13.4 cr (2.97)

4.Sarkar: Rs 13.1 cr ($ 2.91m)

5.Dus: Rs 12.4 cr ($ 2.7m)

Foreign
Countrys

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1.Star Wars Episode 3 : $108 m( Rs
486 cr)

2.Wars Of The
Worlds: $ 64m ( Rs 288cr)

3.Charlie And The Chocolate
Factory: $56m (Rs252cr)

4.Batman
Begins: $ 48m (Rs 21cr)

5.Wedding
Crashers: $ 33m ( Rs 148.5cr)

"Crossing
Over"

Top Us
Films In India

Spider-man holds the record for the highest-ever gross
for a single day-it made $39.4 million (Rs 177cr) on its opening day alone.The
movie passed the $100 million mark faster than any movie-in just three
days.
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1.Titanic:
Rs 50cr ($11.1m)

2.Spiderman 2:
Rs 35cr($7.7m)

3.Godzilla: Rs 27 cr($
6m)

4.Anacondas: Rs
22cr($4.8m)

Top Indian
Filams In US

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1.Monsoon
Wedding: $13.m (Rs 62.1cr)

2.Bride And Prejudice:
$ 4.1 m(Rs 18.4cr)

3.Kabhi Khushi Kabhie
Gham:$3.1m(Rs 13.9cr)

4. Veer Zaara:
$2.8m (Rs12.6cr)

5.Devdas: $ 2.7m
(Rs12.1 cr)

Mansoon Wedding is the only indian filam to make more money abroad
than a hollywood release in india. It was shot in approximately 40
days.

"Take-Home
Pay"

Indian
Heroes

If Aamir Khan's reported Rs
7 crore salary for Mangal Pandey you , take at the top remuneration his
hollywood counterparts....and southern superstars have got in the recent
past.

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1.Aamir Khan : Rs
8cr( $1.7m)

2.Shah Rukh Khan :
Rs 7cr($ 1.5m)

3.Salman Khan: Rs
6cr($1.3m)

4.Hrithik Roshan:Rs
5cr($1.1m)

5.Amitabh Bachchan:
Rs 5cr ($1.1 m)

India
Down South

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1.Rajinikanth: Rs 12cr
($2.6m)

2.Chiranjeevi: Rs 9cr
($2m)

3.Nagarjuna: Rs
7cr($1.5m)

4.Kamal Hassan: Rs 5cr ($
1.1m)

5.Vijaykant: Rs 3cr ($
0.66m)

Not oly do the southern stars earn more than apna hindi heroes, they
are also revered as demi-gods and even have temples erected in their
names.

Hollywood
Hotshots

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1.Tom Cruise: $75m (Rs 337cr)

2.Tom Hankas: $70m(Rs
315cr)

3.Brad Ptt: $30m (Rs
135cr)

4.Will Smith: $28m (Rs
126cr)

5.Jim Carrey: $25 m(Rs
112cr)

Phirang
Sirens

When it comes to money,
hollywood actress have broken the glass ceiling and got into the $20 million
club as it is called.

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1.Julia Roberts: $20m (Rs90cr)

2.Cameron Ciaz: $20m (Rs 90cr)

3.Nicole Kidman: $15m (Rs
67.5cr)

4.Reese Witherspoon: $15m (Rs 67.5
cr)

5.Drew Barrymore: $15m (Rs 67.5 cr
)

Julia Roberts are the first Hollywood acress to hit the
$20 million mark[ for Erin Brockovich (2000)]

Indian
Hieroines

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1.Aishwarya Rai: Rs 3cr (
$0.66m)

2.Rani Mukarji: Rs 2cr
($0.44m)

3.Preity Zinta: Rs
1.5cr ($ 0.33m)

4.Kareena Kapoor: Rs
1.25cr ($ o.27m)

5.Priyanka Chopra: Rs
65 lakhs( 0.14m)

"Direct
Connection"

Producers/ directors are
the real stars when it comes to the moolah in hollywood

Top US
Producers/ Directors

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1.Geoge Lucas: $ 20m (Rs
1,305cr)

Best-Known Films:Star Wars
Series

2.Mel Gibson:$ 185m(
Rs 832cr)

Best-Known Films:Passion of the christ,

Braveheart, Mad Max

3.Steven Spielberg:$
80m (Rs 360cr)

Best-Known Films:E-T, Schindler's List,

Saving Private Ryan.

4.Jerry Bruckheimer:
$80 m (Rs 270cr)

Best-Known Films:Pirates of the carribean,

National Treasure

5.Peter Jackson:$ 47
(Rs 211cr)

Best-Known Films:The Loard of The Rings Trilogy

Nobody was ready to produce, direct or release Mel
Gibson's Passion of the Chirst because it was in Aramaic and it was too
controversial. So he did it all himself and took home a bonanza.

Top Indian
Producers/ Directors

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1.Yash Chopra: Rs 12cr ($2.6m)

2.Karan Johar: Rs 10cr ($2.2
m)

3.Sanjay Leela Bhansali: Rs
7cr($1.5m)

4.Rakesh Roshan: Rs 6cr
($1.3m)

5.David Dhawan: Rs 5cr($1.1m)

Most of Hindi cinema's
successful directors produce their own films. Unlike in Hollywood, their
earnings are not made public. Here is a theorectial trade estimate of their
fees.