Bhoothnath is a disaster at the U.S. box office.

This crap of a movie grossed a pitiful $330,246 in its opening weekend (May 9-11, 2008) in the U.S.

Eros Entertainment was the distributor for Bhoothnath in the U.S.

It’s no surprise that Bhoothnath was a damp squib at the box office here. As SearchIndia.com wrote last week:

Some Bollywood movies hit the big screen more dead than alive.

Like the scarily mediocre Bhoothnath, for instance.

There were all of 11 people for the 6:30PM show on Friday at the Regal Cinemas in New Jersey. Yes, less than a dozen people for the 6:30PM show on opening night.

And you know what? In retrospect, all those who failed to turn up for Bhoothnath were infinitely smarter than the handful of people who did. They knew what us dumb folk didn’t - Bhoothnath is a movie to stay away from.

U.S. Box Office Reports for Some Recent Bollywood Films

                    Opening          Rank  Theaters Average
                     Gross                                    Gross
Om Shanti Om   $1,764,131      11    114    $15,474

Jodhaa Akbar   $1,300,000       19    100    $13,000

Race               $802,254         18     96     $8.356

U Me Aur Hum   $642,923         19     89     $7,223

Saawariya       $542,192          24     85     $6,378

Bhoothnath    $330,246           20      64      $5,160

Krazzy 4          $322,426         27     59     $5,464

Tashan           $301,226          24     75     $4,016