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Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in IndiaFollow

2001 • PG • 3h 53m • Drama, Musical, Sport • SET Pictures

Once upon a time in India

🍅 95% 92% MC 84 IMDb 8.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$285K
Limited · 34 theaters
Domestic total
$836K
All releases
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Cast & crew

Directed byAshutosh Gowariker ScreenplayKumar Dave, Sanjay Dayma, Ashutosh Gowariker Produced byAamir Khan, Mansoor Khan CinematographyAnil Mehta MusicA.R. Rahman Prod. DesignNitin Chandrakant Desai StarringAamir Khan, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley, Paul Blackthorne, Suhasini Mulay, Kulbhushan Kharbanda StudioSET Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 15-17 15 $285.4K — 34 $8,393 $285.4K
2 Jun 22-24 19 $238.1K −16.5% 34 $7,004 $594.6K
3 Jun 29-Jul 1 25 $115.5K −51.5% 28 $4,123 $730.6K
4 Jul 6-8 51 $35.8K −69.0% 28 $1,279 $835.8K
48 May 10-12 73 $10.7K — 2 $5,368 $11.7K
49 May 17-19 74 $8.2K −23.7% 3 $2,729 $26.9K
50 May 24-26 69 $8.6K +4.6% 3 $2,856 $44.6K
51 May 31-Jun 2 71 $8.4K −1.7% 5 $1,685 $56.0K
52 Jun 7-9 91 $4.5K −46.5% 3 $1,502 $66.2K
53 Jun 14-16 88 $1.5K −66.7% 1 $1,500 $70.1K
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 4 · $35.8K
$285.4K
$238.1K
$115.5K
$35.8K
W1W2W3W4
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 4 · −69.0%
−16.5%
W1→2
−51.5%
W2→3
−69.0%
W3→4
Steepest −69.0%Best hold −16.5%

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