I keep reading articles about the box office success of Om Shanti Om, how it has trounced Tom Cruise starrer Lions for Lambs at Box Office, how it has been an UK top grosser and all.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/After_OSO_Bollywood_set_to_challenge_Hollywood/articleshow/2579155 cms

It made me very pleased about Bollywood and Hindi Cinema and the knowledge that the World is too getting to enjoy the Masala Bollywood movies and their distinct flavour...till I decided to do a small independent "research"...See the results.

For the weekend starting 9 November 2007 in UK - the first week

Om Shanti Om (OSO)- £518,845 - 7th

with the highest grosser Good Luck Chuck way ahead at £1,316,325 in just its first week

see the source here -
http://www.imdb.com/boxoffice/?date=2007-11-09&region=uk

For the weekend starting 16th November 2007

Om Shanti Om (OSO)-£250,120 - 8th

and the highest grosser "American Gangster" again way way ahead at £2,564,853

http://www.imdb.com/boxoffice/?date=2007-11-16&region=uk

For the weekend starting 23rd November 2007

OSO is not in Top Ten while "Good Luck Chuck" released the same week has raked in a gross of £3,414,228.

With a total gross of £972,146 in the week starting 16th nov, OSO has a long way to go against Gangster's £2,564,853 just in UK and really has nothing to support tall claims that it was the No.1 release worldwide sans US Market!!!