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Reposting something I shared earlier (the topic of discussion being worldwide release) - I hope this is still relevant to this thread.

Simultaneous WW release today is an unrealistic expectation..... multiple factors contributing towards that

1. Overseas rights are primarily determined by how the GCC lobby (Gulf Cooperation Council) manipulate the producers. Producers depend on the money of the GCC lobby and are hesitant to split rights of other regions and in a very mast majority of the cases, their decision on who gets to release in other countries (and when) is influenced by the GCC lobby.

2. Censorship in the Malayalam film industry often takes place within 5 days of release in Kerala. Only few movies are exception to this (where they censor movies early and release the movie on an initially set date - similar to how Bollywood and Tamil/Telugu movie industries work). This relatively late censorship means, there is little time left for the prints (Hard disk) to reach the relevant release centres overseas and for the distributors/exhibitors in the relevant overseas market to obtain the equivalent of the Censorship certificate in their region.

3. This issue with censorship is well utilised by the GCC lobby in turn not to have simultaneous release in GCC. Often the GCC lobby waits till the Kerala release (or until the last minute) before putting the price on the GCC rights of a movie (there are only minimal instances where the rights are agreed upon well prior of the Kerala release date). This lets them get a better deal from the producer

It is a catch-22 scenario for most producers, where they have to rely on the GCC to determine the rights, yet sometime get the bitter end of the bargain as far as rights is concerned. Only the influential producers (Eg Playhouse, August Cinemas, Aashirwad) get away not falling in this catch-22 cycle.

excellent points...esp that censor thing...valare shei aanu...report nokki price quote cheyyaam late aavunnath kondu...avarkk van advantage aanathu...athinte koode aanu ee koppile monopoly...ee EROS pole 4-5 teams kalathil irangiyaal theernnolum yevanmaarde ahankaaram

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USA

[I]Action hero biju 83.45 lakh[/I

Maheshinte prathikaram 47.13 lakh

Vetta 1.1 lakh]

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USA

maheshithinte prathikaram 58.22 lakh

Vettah 7.18 lakh

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UK

maheshimte prathikaram 33.04 laks

Action hero biju. 31.92 lakh

Darvinte parinamam 1.43 lakh

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USA GROSS COLLECTION

Maheshite prathilaram 63.44 lakh

Kali 17.84 lakh

Dravimte parinamam 3.97 lakh


UNITED KINGDOM GROSS COLLECTION

KALI 21.75 lakh

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USA

MAHESHIMTE PRATHIKARAM 64.25 lakh

KALI. 24.52 lakh


United kingdom

KALI 28.28 lakh

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good work @yathra
ROI update koodi add cheythal kollam athupole oro filminteyum availiable ayitulla consolidated figures 1st pageil update cheythal nalla valuable info usersinu kittum.....................

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good work @yathra
ROI update koodi add cheythal kollam athupole oro filminteyum availiable ayitulla consolidated figures 1st pageil update cheythal nalla valuable info usersinu kittum.....................

Update cheyyam bro .next month muthal free anu appo elam cheyyam

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