This story is from June 24, 2004

Short of target overseas

Farhan Akhtar's second outing Lakshya hasn't been able to set the box-office afire in the overseas territory.
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<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">Farhan Akhtar''s second outing </span><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">Lakshya</span><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:=""> hasn''t been able to set the box-office afire in the overseas territory.
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The film has not performed as expected, if the weekend collections are an indicator.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">In the US, the film has performed better, grossing $380,000 on 59 screens (approx Rs 1.75 crores) in its opening weekend. The per screen average is $6,440.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">In UK, the per screen average isn''t rock-solid enough. The latest Hrithik Roshan flick has collected £122,137 on 32 screens (approx Rs 1.02 crores) in its opening weekend, with the per screen average being £3,816.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">If one compares the opening weekend collections of </span><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">Lakshya</span><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:=""> with a few Hrithik Roshan starrers in UK, LAKSHYA has fared much below expectations. Going by the tremendous hype and hoopla encasing the film, </span><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">Lakshya</span><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:=""> should''ve surpassed the collections of Hrithik''s last few films.</span></div> </div>
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