Q. Who do you think who will be most successful in this decade?
A. It’ll be tough to beat Salman Khan this decade. He already has 8 blockbusters. So unless Aamir Khan starts doing more films or SRK turns things around and delivers 4-5 consecutive blockbusters, Salman has already done enough to top this decade.
Q. Do you still think Tubelight will collect 146 crore as per your prediction?
A. No, it’ll fall well short. Even a 130 crore total is looking difficult, the film has crashed.
Q. In your last Q&A session you said that Dhoom 3 & Prem Ratan Dhan Paayo are the top two most expensive movies of Bollywood made till date and Padmavati is going to break all records of Bollywood in terms of budget. But in your site I saw the budget of Dhoom 3 and PRDP was 115 cr. And Mohenjo-Daro and BAJIRAO MASTANI budget was 138 cr and 130 cr respectively. Pls can you clear my doubt.And tell me the top 5 most expensive movies of Bollywood.And whats the budget of Padmavati and SRK dwarf film. Pls I am asking it for the third time(list of expensive movies) Pls I hope you will not disappoint me.
A. Sometimes, we also mention the acquisition cost of films i.e the price for which the theatrical rights were sold for. Purely in terms of the amount of money spent on production, Padmavati is going to be the most expensive Hindi film of all time. It’s budget will cross 170 crore. SRK-Aanand L Rai film will be expensive too, the shooting schedule is one of the longest for SRK and he’ll be expanding his VFX team too. It’s an ambitious film, which can go on to be a major grosser for SRK. The other big budget film will be ‘Thugs of Hindostan’.
Q. What is your Prediction now for Tubelight ? The movie is almost crashed since Friday is just 2 crore ?
A. 125 crore lifetime.
Q. Which is biggest flop between FAN & TUBELIGHT ?
A. Theatrically, Tubelight is the bigger failure as distributors lost more money on the film. The losses are humongous for the distributors, but producers of Tubelight made a lot of money. A better comparison would be Dilwale vs Tubelight. Both films were profitable for the producers, distributors lost. But SRK covered some of the distributors losses on Dilwale, which was a very nice gesture.
Q. Is there any chance of Akshay Kumar overtaking Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan in terms of box office opening after the disaster of Tubelight and average collections of SRK movies?
A. Salman Khan is way ahead at the moment. Both in terms of opening and average lifetime collections of his last 3 films. He can only be compared to Aamir Khan. Shah Rukh is ahead of Akshay in terms of opening and even a ‘Jolly LLB 2’ with a solo release, fell well below the collections of Raees. And barring the last two films (FAN and Raees), SRK films used to easily outgross Akshay’s highest grosser. So both in terms of opening and lifetime, there’s a significant gap between the Khans and the rest – both in India and Overseas.
Q. How Much Jagga Jasoos Need to collect for the Clean hit Status? And how’s response from trade as well as audiences after 2nd theatrical trailer….
A. It has to collect more than 100 crore. The costs have increased due to re-shoots and delay in releasing the film. The 2nd trailer has received a mixed response. The concern for ‘Jagga Jasoos’ is, the film looks interesting from the promos, Ranbir holds attention. But holding attention over a 2 minute promo is easy, but making this kind of film engrossing for more than 2 hours is going to be the challenge. We think it’s either going to be a runaway acclaimed hit or fall flat. There’s unlikely to be anything in between for a film like this.
Q. Do you think Jab Harry Met Sejal can beat Tubelight’s 64cr weekend (as was without festival) in normal 3 days if the word-of-mouth is partly negative?
A. It would need excellent word-of-mouth for a 65-crore weekend. From what we’ve seen so far from the promos of Jab Harry Met Sejal, it’s unlikely to come anywhere close to 20 crore on the first day. We’ll have to wait for the trailer and hope it’s better. Even a film like Tubelight has made one thing very clear, star power alone means nothing if it isn’t backed with box office favouring content. The star in both Fan and Raees were the same, but on a partial holiday FAN did 19 crore (actual value after deducting holiday advantage is around 15-16 crore), but Raees with excellent promos did 20 crore on a non-holiday inspite of clash with another big film.
Q. Who will collect more Toilet Ek Prem Katha or Jab Harry Met Sejal?
A. We’d put our money on Toilet Ek Prem Katha at this point in time, as it should appeal towards a far larger section of the audience. The trailer has received a very good response and there’s plenty of positivity about the film in the trade too. Having said that, we’d have to wait to see what sort of response the two films get from the audience.
Q. What is the life time collection of Bahubali 2 in Hindi version?
A. Rs 510 crore net. All Time Blockbuster.
Q. Your prediction for JHMS is just 130 crore.now JHMS have solo release having partial holiday on Monday.so in my opinion JHMS can collect 130 crore in 1st week itself with positive or even mixed word of mouth.what you have to say about this ?
A. 130 crore isn’t a small number. Raees collected 130 crore even though it opened to 20 crore on Day 1. It’s difficult for a film like JHMS (again, from what we’ve seen so far) to collect 130 crore in the first week, because that would mean the opening has to be in the 25 crore range and weekend 80 crore. Highly unlikely for this sort of film, even with the added backup of corporate bookings etc that SRK manages to get.
Q. Do you think Hindi industry is in a crisis with newcomers not getting the hits and the superstars not getting the big grossers….and after bahubali and dangal noone else in the industry is able to get the audiences back to theaters.
A. The problem is the content. The audience is there, more than willing to pay for the right film that entertains. But even some of our major stars and directors have now started making films that only the metro city audience can relate to. And even at metro cities, the audience for most of the films that are made today, is limited.
Q. Wasn’t the trailer of Toilet-EPK released a bit early. Normally trailers are released around 40 days before the film. But isn’t 2 months too long? Audience might lose interest (like it happened with Baby). Want to know your take on this.
A. Raees Teaser was released a year and half before its theatrical release, yet it retained its freshness. So we can’t be generalising. The audience is willing to wait if they like the trailer. The campaign of ‘Toilet Ek Prem Katha’ is a little different from other films. It’s a film that they’ve made for a social cause, to increase awareness on the need for toilets and cleanliness. It’s still a word-of-mouth film. It should take a solid initial, but the goal seems to be to get as many people as possible to watch the film. Educate and entertain at the same time.
Q. Can judwaa 2 cross 20 cr nett mark in south states his previous highest is abcd 2 – 13 cr
A. In south states? If you are talking about all-India collections, Judwaa 2 has a very good chance of crossing the 15 crore mark and getting closer to 20 crore on Day 1. It’s a big film that most would want to watch.
Q. Comedy films haven’t done well in recent times, will this affect Judwaa 2, atleast as far as expectations are concermed coz it’s not a big franchise like Golmaal.
A. Well made comedy films will always have an audience. It’s just that we haven’t had those films in recent times.
Q. Gold, Crack or Mogul- which is potentially the biggest film among these three?
A. It’s too early to comment on any of those films, but from what we’ve heard, it would be Gold.
Q. Can Tubelight still beat Raees and Rowdy Rathore to become the highest grosser of the year 2017 so far and the month of June respectively?
A. No.
Q. After Tubelight flops at BO can we say that RAEES is the winner of First half of the year? Also Raees is a highest grossing hindi movie 2017.
A. Bahubali 2 aside, Raees is the biggest grosser. But the most successful film in the first half of 2017 is Badrinath Ki Dulhania.
Q. Padmavati has to be an outstanding film to get anywhere close to recovering its costs, going by the speed at which the makers are determined to complete the film, they might have to compromise on the quality somewhere or the other. Won’t that be a risk?
Q. According to you, what will be the first day box office collection of JHMS & why are you sounding very negative regarding the film just on the basis of few mini trials specially when even the theatrical hasnt been released ?
Who is bigger star? Shradhaa or Alia in terms of fan following.
How much of Tubelight result will have an impact on YAH?
What are the best chances of Padman to release in 2017…..Diwali or Christmas?
After failure of Tubelight, your expectations from Tiger Zinda Hai? And also Salman Khan’s upcoming movies in chronological order and their BO prospectives?
Can JHMS cross 200 crore at Indian box office and 30 million plus dollar at overseas box office if the wom will be positive
so according to you the mini trails of JHMS are not creating an impact. Will it backfire the buzz? How is the movies buzz in trade circle?
is that true tepk is facing copyrite issue ?? do u any info about how JHMS has shaped up ?
so far 4 mini trails and a song is out for JHMS so I would like to know whether the movie will cater to only multiplexes or the movie has a universal appeal and wat about the content?
What do you think of padman??what are the inside reports?if it gets an A certificate,do you think it has the potential to cross 100cr??
According to you, what will be the first day box office collection of JHMS & why are you sounding very negative regarding the film just on the basis of few mini trials specially when even the theatrical hasnt been released ?
Remove EID factor and tell all indicine lovers the tubelights box office collection. ..
Y is hr taking so long time in signing new movie.
Can Aamir Khan become the No. 1 star in India. without less fan following than salman and shahrukh?
Please give an update on Gustakiyaan
Is SRK doing it?
Why is Indicine not appreciative of Aamir Khan being the biggest star with Ghajini, 3 idiots, Dhoom 3, PK, Dangal all movies becoming ATGs in past 8 years
@indicine do u think writing is on wall that jhms will be struggle for 15cr opening and 100cr lifetime because srk core fanbase in smaller center will never come to watch movie like jhms
Will Dutt Biopic release on Eid?? Though i frankly think it doesn’t matter when it releases, RK-RKH combination should be enough to make it a huge Blockbuster.
Is salman khan and sanjay leela bhansali flim is going to happend or its just a rumour…if yes than whats your expectation from that movie????
Tell the real buzz of jab Harry met sehat?
apart from 28% tax will there be additional municipal tax by local bodies on theaters based on their own discretion?
When are you going to post top 15 actors ranking article? It’s been a while since your last ranking in December last year.
Why Salman Khan failed to break his previous EID records? can Salman will do comeback with Tiger Zinda Hai…???
Hrithik next ?? Any news
Can thugs of hindustan will be cross 5000 cross worldwide include China
Any idea about release date of padman??
Who is bigger star? shradhaa or Alia in terms of stardom
Kindly answer this
U ran an article by around 3 am in the morning after first day of raees that it would collect around 22 crores according to ur estimates.Bu next day official collections were around 21. But when u started the article on manipulation why did u make ur estimate as 19.5 crore.
My second question is how is it that raees weekend collection of 58 crores but boi and trade collection at around 65 crores.
I hope u answer
He has given 4 consecutive 100 cr grossers. He is getting good shows on small screens also. His upcoming movies lineup also looks very solid. Then why still he is not the number one star of India. By the way here he represents Akshay kumar. And why you rate his acting below par. I remember in one qna where you have to pick up actors on the basis of their performance. You picked khans and rohans ahead of him
Tublight lifetime collection plz
Best actors point wise