Signs beats Bollywood!

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">The first signs were noticed when <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Spiderman</span> was released in India in May. The film crushed everything which came in its way at the box-office -including <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam</span>. The signs have cropped up again with the release of the Manoj Night Shyamalan-directed <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Signs</span>.<br />Figures speak for themselves.In Delhi, the film opened to 96 per cent occupancy. While <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Chor Machaye Shor</span> had an average occupancy of 65-70 per cent in Delhi; the experimental <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Agni Varsha</span> collected below 40 per cent in its first weekend. In Chennai, studio reports have it that Signs’ collections touched 100 per cent during the weekend. The film has had an equally robust start in Mumbai too. Released with 35 prints across the country, <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Signs</span> pocketed a cool Rs 67 lakh in its first weekend.<br />‘‘In Delhi, English movies are very capable of spoiling the Bollywood party,� says Sanjay Mehta, who distributed <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Maine Dil Tujhko Diya</span> recently.<br />Starring Mel Gibson, <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Signs</span> was released on the same day that Sixth Sense hit theatres. Now, there are <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Signs</span> of history repeating itself. </div> </div>