the weekend at the rate of $15,474 per screen; further, it seized the seventh spot in the UK box office with collections totaling $1,084,316 and a per screen average of $20,852 and in Australia it has managed to secure ninth place with a total collection of $168,874 and a per screen average of $14,073.

Saawariya did have an impressive opening as well in all the above-mentioned three countries, in spite of the drubbing it received from critics. The movie grossed $ 542,192 in the US box office at the rate of $ 6,378 per screen securing the twenty-fourth spot; not bad at all for the movie touted to be a flop. It’s collections from the UK, where it secured the twelfth spot, is $336,437 with an average per screen collection of $7,009. Saawariya is placed at the sixteenth spot in the Aussie box office raking in $94,339 and $5,549 per screen.

What is even more surprising is that Tami films Azhagiya Tamil Magan and Vel have done exceptionally well at the UK box office collecting $199,693 and $43,191, respectively with an impressive per screen averages of $11,094 and $7,199 in theatres. This trend of Tamil movies doing well at the UK box office is prominent after Sivaji, which exposed Tamil cinema to the non-Tamil speaking Indian fraternity. Happy days are sure to begin here with biggies like Billa and Dasavatharam ready to hit the screens in the months to come.