Shahid Kapoor-Priyanka Chopra starrer flick Kaminey, which was released this Friday worldwide, has beaten the swine flu scare and earned a handsome amount of Rs 22 crore in its first three days(weekend 14,15,16 August)at the box office.

This is all from the domestic box office and the earnings from the US, UK and other countries are yet to be taken into account. The multiplexes and theatre owners have reported the attendance to be around seventy- five percent on the weekend, which is great keeping in mind the panic among public due to on- going health emergency imposed by state governments in the country.

Sources close to producer UTV Motion Pictures and director Vishal Bhardwaj say that the overall earning of the first week of ‘Kaminey’ would come to around Rs 25 crore, which is very good for a Shahid Kapur starrer flick.
As far as collection for the weekend is concerned, Shahid Kapoor’s ‘Kaminey’ is behind only to this year super hit flick ‘Love Aaj Kal’, which had Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone in the main lead. Trade sources say that Imtiaz Ali directed flick had earned around Rs 25 crore in the first three days, with an occupancy rate of around 90 percent.

‘Kaminey’ box office collection is likely to increase further after its release in Mumbai, Pune and Thane districts, where it had not been released due to closure of multiplexes and single screen theatres. The state Government had ordered the closure of multiplexes in view of swine flu scare in the city and its neighboring areas.
Meanwhile, the ace film director Karan Johar of candy floss bollywood flicks, has gone out of his way to praise director Visahl Bhardwaj’s vision and expertise in directing ‘Kaminey.’ Karan went to the extent of eulogizing the film and said that it inspired him to turn to serious cinema from his type of mushy flicks.

It may be recalled that Vishal Bhardwaj and Karan Johar had fallen out when their respective films ‘Omkara’ and ‘Kabhie Alvida Na Kehna’ clashed at the box office some time ago. Karan viewed Vishal Bhardwaj’s act of releasing his ‘Omkara’ on the same day as a way of making sure that his film bombed at the box office.

However with ‘Kaminey’, Karan Johar and Vishal Bhardwaj have come close to each other, and now they better understand each other’s craft.