It’s been a disastrous couple of weeks for the industry, as the trade has put the blame on the demonetisation of currency notes as the reason for poor business. However, the question is whether the audience was ever interested in watching films like ‘Rock On 2’ and ‘Tum Bin 2’. Even ‘Force 2’ hasn’t really opened upto expectations, much like John Abraham’s last release ‘Rocky Handsome’.
On the other hand, the Hollywood release ‘Doctor Strange’ has sustained well and even the Diwali releases (ADHM and Shivaay) have higher footfalls as compared to last week’s ‘Rock On 2’. Even the Punjabi release ‘Chaar Sahibzaade 2’ has done fairly well in its first week.
‘Force 2’ has failed to the make it to the Top 25 opening this year. It finds a place below films like Azhar and Raaz Reboot, both of which took average stars, needing good trends over the weekend to recover costs.
Sultan remains the biggest opener of the year by a country mile, reaffirming Salman Khan’s box office dominance. MS Dhoni: The Untold Story is the only other film to cross the 20 crore mark on Day 1. Dangal is likely to join the list to take the number to 3.
Only five Hindi films fall in the ‘excellent’ or above category of openings – Sultan, MS Dhoni biopic and Baaghi are the solo releases. Two others films that opened very well inspite of competition from big films were ‘Rustom’ and ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’.
In 2015, four films had crossed the 20 crore mark on Day 1. Two of which belonged to Salman Khan (Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Bajrangi Bhaijaan), one to Shah Rukh Khan (Diwale) and the other was Akshay Kumar on a national holiday (Singh Is Bling).
| Movie | Day 1 | Response |
|---|---|---|
| Sultan | 36.54 | Bumper |
| Dangal | 29.78 | Excellent |
| MS Dhoni | 21.30 | Excellent |
| FAN | 19.2 | Good |
| Housefull 3 | 15.21 | Good |
| Rustom | 14.11 | Excellent |
| Ae Dil Hai Mushkil | 13.30 | Excellent |
| Airlift | 12.35 | Good |
| Baaghi | 11.94 | Excellent |
| Dishoom | 11.05 | Good |
| Befikre | 10.36 | Good |
| Shivaay | 10.24 | Average |
| The Jungle Book | 10.09 | Excellent |
| Udta Punjab | 10.05 | Good |
| Mohenjo Daro | 8.87 | Poor |
| Dear Zindagi | 8.75 | Good |
| Captain America Civil War | 8.53 | Excellent |
| Batman vs Superman | 8.32 | Excellent |
| Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3 | 8.15 | Average |
| Ki and Ka | 7.30 | Good |
| Ghayal Once Again | 7.20 | Average |
| Rocky Handsome | 7.16 | Average |
| A Flying Jatt | 7.10 | Poor |
| Kapoor And Sons | 6.85 | Good |
| Baar Baar Dekho | 6.81 | Poor |
| Raaz Reboot | 6.30 | Average |
| Azhar | 6.30 | Average |
| Force 2 | 6.05 | Average |
| Wazir | 5.61 | Average |
| Mastizaade | 5.59 | Average |
| Jai Gangaajal | 5.50 | Average |
| Akira | 5.15 | Average |
| Sanam Re | 5.04 | Good |
| Neerja | 4.70 | Good |
| X Men Apocalypse | 4.51 | Average |
| Pink | 4.32 | Average |
| Kahaani 2 | 4.25 | Average |
| Sarbjit | 3.69 | Poor |
| Fitoor | 3.61 | Disastrous |
| TE3N | 2.61 | Poor |
| Freaky Ali | 2.55 | Average |
| 1920 London | 2.50 | Poor |
| Happy Bhaag Jayegi | 2.32 | Poor |
| Saala Khadoos | 2.19 | Poor |
| Mirzya | 2.10 | Disastrous |
| Rock On 2 | 2.02 | Disastrous |
| Teraa Surroor | 1.79 | Poor |
| Banjo | 1.72 | Poor |
| Sanam Teri Kasam | 1.25 | Poor |
| Love Games | 1.03 | Poor |
| Tum Bin 2 | 0.85 | Poor |
| Waiting | 0.27 | Poor |
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Bhaijaan has copyrights on BUMPER Opening…
@indicine why did u specially mentioned Singh is Bling as National Holiday release. BB, Prem Ratan n Dilwale were either holiday release or festival release. As stated earlier don’t try to impress the FAN,s of SK or SRK.
R.I.P …..so called king SRK
I dont think so he will have any more day of 25cr+
Fungal can’t even cross 10 crores on opening day, no chance of breaking Sultan’s bumper record !!!
#True Salman Fans
Dangal looks very promising. It will surely open 25 cr + 1st day and lifetime collection will be around 300 cr. If gets universal appriciation than dangal can be aamir khan’s another highest grosser movie of all time.
So far Neerja and Pink are my favorite movies this year
in 2017 akshay will give four consecutive 100 crore grosser!!!!!! indicine u told that Salman had done 3 movies in 12 months but all three were solo festive release!!!!!
on other hand akshay have done 6 movies in 12 months
1 Thing is for sure SALMAN KHAN is Bollywood God
Its Not Salman Khan’s dominance He has just been Lucky this time because of yrf srk didn’t take on him otherwise both raees and sultan would have finished in 150cr level …yes it was a good decision by excel by the coming on 26th Jan and that too clash with another biggie is the worst thing happened to raees…But Yes There Was no Other dates left diwali was already booked by two biggie and when it comes to Christmas nobody I repeat nobody can take on aamir in Christmas weekend be it srk or salman…
*but coming on
Yes this year was disastrous at the BO.
Let’s recall the Day 1 predictions that Team Indicine made an year ago for 2016:
Sultan
Prediction- 33 cr
Opening- 36 cr
Raees
Prediction- 32 cr
Not released
Dangal
Prediction- 27 cr
Yet to release
Mohenjodaro
Prediction- 25 cr
Opening- 8 cr
Housefull 3
Prediction- 24 cr
Opening- 15 cr
Shivaay
Prediction- 22 cr
Opening- 8 cr
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Prediction- 17-18 cr(on solo)
Opening- 13 cr
Dishoom
Prediction- 15 cr+
Opening- 11 cr
Great Grand Masti
Prediction- 15 cr+
Opening- 3 cr
Raaz Reboot
Prediction- 11 cr
Opening- 5 cr
Sultan Is The Only Movie Which Collected 30 cr on each 5 day which itself highest than ms dhoni indicine you should also write this
@ bhai, abe idiot where u read Fan screen count was 4300 ?its total screen count was around 3600 .yes it didn’t cross 20 crore because word of mouth become negative on opening day itself.it opened very well but could not maintain its pace throughout the day.BTW, what about Dilwale which collects 21 crore on opening day with clash on working Friday ?
Opening of films next year:
Commando 2- 6 cr
Kaabil- 15 cr (clash on R-Day)
Raees- 23 cr (clash on R-Day)
Jolly LLB 2- 14 cr (clash)
Raabta- 8 cr (clash)
Baadshao- 11 cr
Badrinath Ki Dulhania- 13 cr
Jagga Jasoos- 12 cr
Bahubali 2- 22 cr
Half Girlfriend- 15 cr
Toilet- 13 cr
Tubelight- 25 cr (on non-holiday)
Munna Michael- 11 cr
Reloaded- 12 cr
Crack- 17 cr
Judwaa 2- 14 cr
Golmaal 4- 24 cr (clash on Diwali)
Robot 2- 22 cr (clash on Diwali)
Tiger Zinda Hai- 27 cr (on non-holiday)
i watch trailar and i garenti DANGAL MOVIE OPENING 30 Crr+.
Singh is Bling national holiday release
But prdp was released on karva chauth
BB was released on naag panchami
And dilwale was pre Diwali release …!!!
Yes @indicine we agree
@sunny
They will continue doing so …!!!
For this site Mohanjodaro didn’t open well becoz it had a poor trailer , pathetic songs
(Before movie release chartbuster on nipuncine) , low buzz etc etc etc …
Hrithik has nothing to do with it…!!!
But why HF3 didn’t open well ???
Trailer received unanimous appreciation , songs were chartbusters , movie received critical acclaim etc …!!!
Befikre will break all box office records…it will be the first movie to cross 400 crores…no one will watch crap Dangal, Aamir is nothing without Raju papa and big brands.
sometimes I wonder where was this lallu before 2010…….
before 2010
srk>Akki>>Aamir>Hrithik>Saif>>>>>lalu
where Akki was giving smash hit from 2006 to 2008 without any flop, movies were breaking domestic and overseas record at the same time lallu was giving 2 crore mega opening with blockbuster mega flops…..
No offence to Akshay Kumar or his fans.
Those who complaining to Indicine about quoting Akshay’s SIB as National holiday release should first answer how many times Akki has given 20+cr opening on non holiday ? Even if Akki comes on Eid or Diwali he will cross not more than 27-28 crs whereas Salman already achieved 38 crs. Please refer Kick, BB as well both were released on non holiday and check their opening collections.
Mark my words “TEPK” will be a blockbuster collecting over ?150 cr.
#DESI ROCCO
MY PREDICTION FOR UPCOMING AKKI MOVIES are
1.JOLLYLLB2 – 120cr
2.TEPK – 100cr plus
3.CRACK – 150 cr
4.ROBOT 2.0 – 170 cr plus(Hindi version)
2016 & 2017 belongs to my God
?AKSHAY KUMAR?
#DESI ROCCO
opening of film 2017
Commando2 -7 crore
Kaabil-18 crore (with clash)
Raees-19 crore (with clash)
Jolly llb 2- 13 crore (with clash)
Raabta 7 crore (with clash)
Badshao 13 crore
Badrinath ki dulahaniya 11 crore
Jagga jassos -17 crore
Bahubali 2- 23 crore
Half girlfriend-15 crore
Toilet -14 crore
Tubelight-32 crore
Munna Michael -10 crore
Crack-18 crore
Judwa2-15 crore
Golmaal4- 24 crore (with clash)
Robot2-20 crore (with clash)
Tiger zinda hai – 46 crore
Copy krlo yahi prediction sahi hoga dekh Lena I guaranteed
@wicked sunny,
U forgot to add the LBO of Main? Aur ?Mrs Shera ?8cr?.Oh sorry ?now his fans will start ronagana of fake EID records.
Don’t ?Cry friends.
Currently only eid luck is with u.
Hamare bhi din ayenge
Tab tak
Do what ever u want to do man but don’t angry?me
#DESI ROCCO
@Wicked Sunny
Look at this list
Andaaz apna apna vs Suhaag in 1994 Diwali
Kyonki vs Garam Masala in 2005 Diwali
Blue vs MAMK in 2008 Diwali
90s ho ya 2000s, akki ne har baar bajaya hai
@Wicked bunny & @Pardesi moco :
Grapes are sour. If u still want to talk about past let me remind you when Salman gave decade’s Highest grosser in 1994 your makkhi movies were disasters and in one single year he did 13 movies needless to say most of them were disasters and flops. Fans of an actor with most flops & disasters should not even talk about Megastar with maximum BB, HGOTY !!!!!!!!
#DESI BABOON cry baboon cry…no one is going to save your burning a$$.
Robot 2.0 will win