Category - Box Office

Shah Rukh Khan is one of the biggest stars in the industry today, but it’s been a struggle for the superstar to...

Banjo struggled on its opening day at the box office, with all-India net box office collections of just 1.72 crore. The film was best in Mumbai, with nearly half the collections coming from the circuit. North, South and East were pretty much washouts for the film.

Raaz Reboot held pretty well over the weekdays – but the opening day, trend over the weekend and the drop on...

Amitabh Bachchan’s PINK has collected nearly 36 crore in its first week at the box office, which is a fantastic...

Piku, Pink and Neerja are three of the best trending multiplex films in recent times. While Deepika Padukone’s...

Amitabh Bachchan’s PINK is certain to be a clean box office ‘hit’ as the film is sustaining very well...

The phase right after the super-success of ‘Raaz 3’ in September 2012 was expected to be the best for Emraan Hashmi. The actor was trying to make a conscious change to work on films that aren’t just driven by music and erotica, but those that ride on content and bigger banners. Unfortunately, the last 4 years have been disastrous for the actor. 2013’s Ek Thi Daayan is the only film that got close to recovering costs, all other films haven’t come close and no film has even crossed the 40 crore mark.

Amitabh Bachchan’s PINK has passed the Monday test with flying colours as the film held on strongly on its first...

PINK has shown the best weekend trend for films released in 2016. The film is ahead of other ’word-of-mouth’ films like Neerja and Happy Bhaag Jayegi. The weekend trend list will always be favourable to films that do not feature a ‘bankable’ star in the lead and those that release a normal non-holiday Friday. For example, films like Sultan and FAN released on partial holidays and also featured superstars in the lead, because of which they opened very well and hence the Day 1 to Weekend trend doesn’t fall in the extraordinary category.

PINK has just completed a excellent weekend at the box office. It has also found a place in the Top 15 first weekend...

Raaz Reboot performed poorly on its second day, with business showing a drop of 13% from Friday. The 2-day business is...

PINK had a slow start on Friday morning, but occupancy at metro cities picked up quite significantly as the day progressed – which is always a positive sign that the reports are good and the film is finding appreciation. The upward trend continued on Saturday morning and noon as occupancy at almost every centre that we tracked was higher than Friday. Night shows are expected to be huge as such films tend to peak on Saturday late-evening / night.

Raaz Reboot has collected Rs 6.31 crore on its opening day at the box office, as per official figures released by T-Series. The collections are poor for the franchise, as it’s for the first time that the series is showing a downward trend on its opening day. The 3rd (previous) film in the Raaz series had collected Rs 10.15 crore and even the 2nd film opened well in 2009 with collections of Rs 4.1 crore net on Day 1.

Baar Baar Dekho is one of the biggest disappoints of 2016, as the film has collected less than 30 crore in its first week at the box office. The film has seen a massive reduction in the number of shows this week and business should be down to very low levels today (2nd Friday). Sidharth’s second film of the year (after the success of Kapoor & Sons) has failed, while Katrina Kaif has delivered her second big failure this year after Fitoor.

‘Raaz Reboot’ and ‘PINK’ are the big releases this week and both films are difficult to predict. While the promos of Emraan Hashmi’s Raaz Reboot have failed to generate any kind of interest, PINK could surprise as the day progresses because the film is expected to carry good word-of-mouth.

Akshay Kumar has booked the release dates of his upcoming films and most of his films will release during the next best...

Has Hrithik Roshan just announced Krrish 4? In a tweet that hinted that the makers are planning the fourth instalment...

Baar Baar Dekho has been rejected by the audience, as the film has completely crashed on Sunday. The lowest day of the...

Baar Baar Dekho has collected Rs 7.65 crore on its second day at the box office, to take its 2-day total to 14.46 crore...

We are in the 9th month of the year, which is about the right time to look back at the year so far and analyse some films that opened well and films that disappointed. Films that were above expectations on Day 1: Sultan (36.54 crore): At the moment, Salman Khan shouldn’t be compared to anyone else. His star power and choice of films is in a different league altogether. Not just the opening day, but almost all the first 5 days of Sultan was about two times more than the second best opening of the year. That says it all, doesn’t it? FAN (19.2 crore): Shah Rukh Khan’s FAN opened well at the box office. The film released on a partial holiday for Ram Navami, but was affected by the phenomenal run of ‘The Jungle Book’. Still, considering the fact that the film didn’t have too many commercial factors in its favour, the opening was good. Rustom (14.11 crore): Akshay Kumar’s Rustom, which was expected to hold appeal only towards the multiplex audience, managed to comprehensively beat the bigger film of the week, Hrithik Roshan’s Mohenjo Daro. It was the first ‘excellent’ opening for Akshay since Rowdy Rathore in 2012. Baaghi (11.94 crore): The timing of release worked big-time in favour of Baaghi, as the out-and-out action masala film opened very well at smaller centres. The presence of Shraddha Kapoor, who has a strong fan-following after films like ‘Aashiqui 2’ and ‘Ek Villain’, added tremendous value to the film. The credit for the opening went to Tiger Shroff, but that came crashing down when ‘A Flying Jatt’ opened poorly all over. Dishoom (11.05 crore): At the beginning of the year, Dishoom was expected to take a big opening, but that changed after the release of the trailer (which received a mixed response). However, Varun Dhawan’s presence ensured a good opening for the film. Udta Punjab (10.05 crore): To what extent the censor board controversy helped the film is debatable, but Udta Punjab took a very good opening at the box office. It also had a strong star cast (Alia, Shahid, Kareena – with the added star power of Diljeet Dosanjh in Punjab) which helped the film cross the 10 crore mark on Day 1. Ki and Ka (7.3 crore): Ki and Ka was expected to be a word-of-mouth film, but the opening day collections did come as a surprise as the Arjun – Kareena starrer collected 7.3 crore. The film was about 17% higher than our FBO prediction of 6.3 crore Films that disappointed on Day 1: Great Grand Masti (2.5 crore): The lifetime collections of Great Grand Masti (3rd film in the franchise) was about the same as the first day collections of 2013’s Grand Masti – which pretty much sums up how disastrous the opening of the film was. Piracy put the final nail in the coffin of the ‘sex comedy’ genre. Mohenjo Daro (8.87 crore): The Hrithik Roshan starrer was declared a disaster on the day of its release itself. When a film that has costs in excess of 125 crore, opens in single-digits, only positive word-of-mouth can save the film. Unfortunately, the audience had a better choice in theatres and they opted for ‘Rustom’. The Ashutosh Gowarikar directed film is the biggest disappointment of the year so far. Fitoor (3.61 crore): The lead stars went all out to promote the film, but the unexciting promos resulted in a disastrous opening. Baar Baar Dekho (6.81 crore): The music album was huge, Kala Chashma was a chartbuster overnight, the promotional campaign was aggressive.. but the audience weren’t too excited. The opening could have been even lower without good music. A Flying Jatt (7.10 crore): Tiger Shroff was touted as the next big mass hero after the success of films like Heropanti and Baaghi, but ‘A Flying Jatt’ – which released on a partial holiday – opened poorly.

Baar Baar Dekho has performed poorly on its opening day at the box office, as the film has collected Rs 6.81 crore on...

In 2012, Akshay Kumar delivered the biggest grosser of his career when Rowdy Rathore not only opened well at the box...