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Q. How are the box office prospects of Raees looking now? Is it still being seen as a potential bumper openers on a Friday morning by the trade??
A. Too early to talk about Raees right now. There is still quite a bit of uncertainty around the release of the film. Are the makers willing to take on a film like Hrithik’s Kaabil? If Mohenjo Daro goes on to be a huge hit at the box office, that will completely change the way the trade would look at the clash – Hrithik would then have a upper hand. How will Excel market the film? Are they going to lie low for a while, then release the trailer a couple of months before – which wouldn’t be a great idea because the teaser was released in July last year. Too many questions at the moment. There needs to be clarity over these questions, because we even begin to talk about opening number on Friday. Releasing on Eid against Sultan was probably a better idea than pushing your film by nearly 7 months. Bakrid (September 9) was the best date.
Loading ...Q. According to you, which movie will be Highest Grosser of 2016 - Sultan? Mohenjo Daro? Shivaay? Raees (if on Bakrid)? Dangal?
A. For highest grosser of the year, it’s the content (story, writing and direction etc) that are more important because almost all films that you mentioned does feature a top star. Mohenjo Daro and Shivaay are two films that can surprise and go on to be huge grossers – because the genre of myth / history / costume has received a big boost with films like Baahubali and Bajirao Mastani. Sultan and Dangal are obviously the top contenders because of the release period and two of the biggest stars in the industry. We wouldn’t want to include Raees in this because it’s officially scheduled to be out in 2017.
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Sultan >Shivaay>Mohenjo Daro>Dangal>Houseful 3
Not worried about box office prospects of Raees. As always SRK will bring in the crowd. And if it is a good movie it shall do well. If not then obviously a big number again will be difficult.
Kaabli also looks to have an interesting story line. So it shall be a huge clash indeed and as always content of the movies shall be the deciding factor.
SRK vs Hrithik shall be huge !!!!!!!
As for highest grosser it has to be either Dangal or Sultan and again content will play a big role. Nothing much to chose between them. But my vote for Dangal.
MD and Shivay shall do great biz also. I hope they just keep the budget in control coz both are also clashing with other movies something which Dangal and Sultan are spared of.
Dangal won’t be as big as PK or Dhoom 3 , even though it is releasing during a festival!
Hats off to Indicine for considering Shivaay and that too with a clash?. Only Aamir will deliver the HGOTY, just like he does everytime.
Box office 2016:
1) Dangal/Sultan
2) Sultan/Dangal
3) Housefull 3
4) Mohenjodaro
5) Shivaay
Haarke Jitne Wale Ko Bazigarh Kehte Hain aur Eid Sodke Bhagne wale ko…
-Global king
-Global Megastar
-King of Bollywood
-duniya ka sabse bada superstar
Kehte hain!!!!
Raess’ date is Eid then it must release on Eid..
Postponing baar baar dekho will be a big injustice to the cast and crew of that team..
Why they become bali Bakra for a movie which must release on Eid..
Srk farhan and that sidhwani guy must not forget that this industry does not work only on financial basis.. Human emotions are the biggest factors for success..
Postponing raess is hurting fans.. It’s very embarrassing…
While we are having 250 Cr grossers like Sultan and Dangal and 150 Cr grossers like Housefull 3, Mohenjodaro and Shivaay competing in the big league, our Duniya ka Sabse bada superstar is not even able to cross 85 Cr.
My biased prediction for Raees…
Solo release- 85-90cr.
Clash with Kabil- 65-70cr.
No chance of crossing 100cr mark. Because he is the new 80cr club’s king..
Shivaay 350+
Ajay devgan >>>>>>>>>>>>others..
After Dilwale and fan’s failure he has joined the same league of Akshay Kumar. There are plenty of similarities between Akki and SRK. Both Akki & global king are considered superstars but fail to deliver back to back 100cr grossers. Both of them are 80cr club’s king (global king newly joined it).
@TIGER, where r u when ur salman bhai giving back to back flops and disasters ?
top 5 highest grosser of 2016:
1-dangal 270 cr ( solo )
2- sultan 250 cr (solo)
3- Mohenjo Daro 210 cr (with clash )
4- house full 3 210 cr (non holiday )
5- Shivaay 170 cr (with clash )
Mohenjo daro is on 2nd position without even first look
Dangal will be biggest grosser of the year 1000 crs sure shot
Salman nothing without Eid
Mr perfectionist pride of India
Biggest superstar of India Aamir Khan
All are dwarf in front of him
Salman is nothing without Eid. Srk is finished
Real super star is Aamir Khan
DANGAL will be biggest of all time
best conteder for highest grosser is sultan.
,@ faisal what was ready?
@INDICINE
FROM 1995-99
SRK 5 Hits
Salman 8 Hits acc. to Indicine AND acc. to BOI srk 5,salman 11 in the above mentioned period……B4 that Salman was Way Ahead THEN on which logic SRK was top star at his initial stage of Career……..i hope u wil reply and clarify it in best possible manner……..
Sultan- 250cr without content coz bhai ka naam kafi hai..with content 350cr….shivaay-180-200cr with clash…without clash 300cr
No one want to Raees now because who will waste valuable time & money on a flop ? SRK
KAABIL will win the clash by Huge margin because it has Biggest Superstar HRITHIK ROSHAN
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Dangel makers not happy this time with copy master bhai ..superb lines
They should not b..
Jn ki support se film hit karwata hai unhi se dhooka
Highest Grossing Film Of The Year 2016 ::
The one and only
MOHENJO DARO
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Obviously Sultan will be highest grosser of 2016. No Argue ?
Dangal will decide whether Aamir is a big star or not. As we all know Dhoom3 & PK had Franchise & Rajkumar Hirani respectively.
its a tie between md sultan & dangal…..all three can be HGOTY based on content and WOM….MD has a drawback coz of clash
Highest grosser without doubt would be dangal followed by sultan and Shivaay. MD will be 4th not because hrithik is smaller than ajay, but independence day clash is not as big as diwali clash. So in that sense. Shivay will be third highest grosser practically.
Highest grosser of 2016
1. Sultan 250 + Crore
2. Dangal 155 + Crore
3. Airlift 128 + Crore
4. Housefull3 125 + Crore
5. Mohenjo Daro 90 + Crore ( clash with Rustam )
I don’t have any problem with aamir ½ Khan fans. But this is true hirani is known as the director who saved aamir ½ khan’s career.
@bollyboy what part of don’t you understand that Raees has already been postponed from eid or when you read something don’t you have any intelligence to know what you reading for God’s sake stop wasting time on indicine how many more times do you want them to repeat. It’s postponed no new date official except Jan 26 2017. Is that clear