Published on Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:00 | Source : CNBC-TV18
Updated at Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 17:57
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Fox Entertainment rejoices Avatar, MNIK success
Last year, Fox Entertainment was celebrating the success of Slumdog Millionaire. This year it's toasting to the record breaking Avatar and has also broken new ground with its bollywood foray My Name is Khan (MNIK).
Q: So now movies are now going to be before Avatar and after Avatar, isn't it?
A: That's what they said about Titanic.
Q: Are you used to it?
A: I won't go that far. It's a very unique experience and a thrilling one.
Q: Have you already derived USD 2.5 billion?
A: We have derived USD 2.7 billion.
Q: Give us an idea of what it means because on one hand we are talking about MNIK which is some USD 40 million and you have USD 2.7 billion on the other hand?
A: Someone once said to me that the business transactions were quite substantial. We said the difference is that there are more zeroes. This is the difference between those two films. So this is an incredible experience that we have been involved. We have the very much the same pride with My Name is Khan because that doesn't happen every day.
To be able to take great talents like Kajol and Sharukh and expose them to the rest of the world is really a great source of pride. There was one moment when we had the biggest local movie in China and the biggest in the world with Avatar. The only place that we weren't number one that weekend was in the US.
