FAN was the major release this weekend and the biggest release of year so far. Trade expectations weren’t too high this time around for the Shah Rukh Khan starrer, because FAN was a niche songless thriller. The film was expected to do business in the range of Rs 140 – 150 crore.
FAN opened well at the box office on Friday and critics too gave the film a thumbs up, calling it one of SRK’s best films in a long time. But exhibitors (theatre owners) had a different story to tell. At single-screens, the film took a start but couldn’t sustain. At multiplexes, it was expected to show phenomenal growth on Saturday, that did not happen either. Sunday too, the big jump hasn’t come.
The end result is, the film has found appreciation only with die-hard fans of the superstar. The neutral audience has instead opted to watch ‘The Jungle Book’, which is now matching the collections of FAN at quite a few multiplexes on Sunday.
Coming to the main point of the article, we expect FAN to collect somewhere around Rs 95 crore at the box office. Like Dilwale last year, FAN is a difficult prediction to make too, because the film could still sustain well on Monday and go on to be a decent grosser. But the trend over the weekend doesn’t seem to suggest the film will cross the 100 crore mark. If we don’t get it right, it’ll only be our second incorrect prediction of the year after Fitoor.
Detailed table below.
| Movie | Word of Mouth | Prediction | Actual Collection | Difference | Result | |
| Dilwale | Mixed | 145 cr | 148 cr | 2% | Accurate | |
| Bajirao Mastani | Extremely Positive | 168 cr | 187 cr | 12% | Accurate | |
| Wazir | Mixed | 35 cr | 40 cr | 14% | Accurate | |
| Airlift | Positive | 143 cr | 127 cr | 11% | Accurate | |
| Kya Kool Hai Hum 3 | Negative | 34 cr | 31 cr | 8% | Accurate | |
| Mastizaade | Mixed | 29 cr | 32 cr | 10% | Accurate | |
| Saala Khadoos | Negative | 16 cr | 14 cr | 12% | Accurate | |
| Ghayal Once Again | Mixed | 39 cr | 36 cr* | 8% | Accurate | |
| Sanam Re | Mixed | 28 cr | 29 cr | 3% | Accurate | |
| Fitoor | Extremely Negative | 23 cr | 19 cr | 17% | Inaccurate | |
| Neerja | Positive | 70 cr | 74 cr | 6% | Accurate | |
| Teraa Surroor | Negative | 12 cr | 13 cr | 8% | Accurate | |
| Rocky Handsome | Negative | 26 cr | 25 cr | 4% | Accurate | |
| Jai Gangaajal | Negative | 33 cr | 32 cr | 3% | Accurate | |
| Kapoor & Sons | Positive | 66 cr | 72 cr | 9% | Accurate | |
| Ki And Ka | Positive | 54 cr | 53 cr | 2% | Accurate | |
| Fan | Negative | 95 cr | 84 cr | 11% | Accurate | |
| Baaghi | Positive | 84 cr | 75 cr | 11% | Accurate | |
| Azhar | Negative | 35 cr | 33 cr | 5% | Accurate | |
| Sarabjit | Mixed | 26 cr | 28 cr | 7% | Accurate | |
| Housefull 3 | Mixed | 105 cr | 107 cr | 2% | Accurate | |
| Udta Punjab | Mixed | 72 cr | 59 cr | 18% | Inaccurate | |
| Sultan | Positive | 305 cr | 302 cr | 1% | Accurate | |
| Dishoom | Mixed | 62 cr | 69 cr | 11% | Accurate | |
| Mohenjo Daro | Negative | 54 cr | 59 cr | 9% | Accurate | |
| Rustom | Positive | 102 cr | 126 cr | 23% | Inaccurate | |
| Happy Bhag Jayegi | Mixed | 21 cr | 26 cr | 24% | Inaccurate | |
| A Flying Jatt | Negative | 33 cr | 37 cr | 12% | Accurate | |
| Akira | Mixed | 27 cr | 28 cr | 3% | Accurate | |
| Baar Baar Dekho | Negative | 38 cr | 31 cr | 18% | Inaccurate | |
| Raaz Reboot | Negative | 28 cr | 27 cr | 3% | Accurate | |
| Pink | Positive | 54 cr | 65 cr | 20% | Inaccurate | |
| M S Dhoni biopic | Mixed | 138 cr | 133 cr | 4% | Accurate | |
| Mirzya | Negative | 9 cr | 10 cr | 11% | Accurate | |
| Shivaay | Mixed | 95 cr | 96 cr | 1% | Accurate | |
| Ae Dil Hai Mushkil | Mixed | 102 cr | 111 cr | 9% | Accurate | |
| Rock On 2 | Negative | 13 cr | 10 cr | 23% | Inaccurate | |
| Force 2 | Mixed | 35 cr | 34 cr | 3% | Accurate | |
| Dear Zindagi | Positive | 65 cr | 66 cr | 1% | Accurate | |
| Befikre | Negative | 58 cr | 60 cr | 3% | Accurate | |
| Dangal | Pending | 315 cr | - | - | - | |
if fan collect only 95 then it will be a big question mark on his stardom now. his popularity is decreasing gradually of this trends continue for next two year then he will not be in big three and replaced by Hrithik for sure.
Nipun’s review of #Fan on Twitter
Watched #FAN ! A terrific performance by the male lead in a not-so-terrific movie.
I was left with hundred questions in my head after watching #FAN . The screenplay was unrealistic.
Almost everything about #FAN was impressive except some stupid plot sequences. Too much of Tom&Jerry kinda moments bring serious boredom.
The BGM is not in favour either. You are not likely to take the emotions that seriously.
The 1st half is quite enjoyable. But I didn’t like the scene where Gaurav attacked Sid Kapoor. Unconvincing.
The second half is tiring with too much of cat-and-rat fight sequences. Climax is a bit moving.
Yet Despite of its flaws, I enjoyed #Fan ! Credit goes to Srk. It has to be his finest performance since MNIK.
My rating for #Fan is a generous 3/5. It marks the come-back of SRK-THE ACTOR! Wanted to enjoy the movie more though.
Sad to see. SRK what happened yaar?
Sure Shot Flop !
It will hurt me badly if it doesn’t cross 100 crore
hahaha. where will Srk fans who were saying that fan will do 200 crore are going to hide their faces now..In salman Bhai style..Too Much Fun!!!!
@Indicine
This time your prediction will be going big wrong…
This is very wrong prediction ( 95 )…
Fan will collect 120 cr….with the Name of king khan……Mark my words…
#Fasal kerala
I won’t visit Indicine ever if it fails to cross 100 crores ?
???? ?? Disaster
Fan deserved more it’s unfortunate to see such collection hope srk comes back with raees
Totally agree with you dear indicine team….! Fan lifetime collection below 100cr..!
Watched the movie today and its a one time watch.. srk is in top form, the plot is also good as it keeps u hooked till the end bt there were many scenes where I cringed which is what stopped the movie from being great. Take a bow srk for this brave attempt. It has not gone in vain bt in the end you can do only so much!
Anyways srk’s performance is more worthy than any amount of money.
One of the finest performance by the finest actor in Bollywood
There are only Two Megastars Salman Khan and Aamir Khan !
Fan will easly beat Sallu’s Jai Ho & Fan less Aamir’s Talaash on Non holiday collection…
Who is the biggest Khan in non holiday ??
Salman – 107 cr… jai ho..
Aamir – 95 cr…Talash…
King khan – Will beat both & collect 120 cr…
Only king Khan rules bollywood…
Duniya ka Sabse bada superstar ka sabse bada Fan
#Fasal kerala
I strongly feel Shivaay looks promising…
Shivaay will easily cross 200 cr mark my words…
Sultan will easily cross 300 cr…
Sallu rocks
It will sustain. It is a very good film.
There is a difference between great acted movie and a great movie. Fan indeed have top notch performance but story wise its not something very special. Infact a normal audience won’t even connect with the character of obsessed fan. So no surprise that collections have been declining. But that apart this movie was indeed a breath of fresh air after atrocity called Dilwale.
Indicine seems to have really taken the bulls by the horns to give a predicition of 95cr … maybe they have the ears to the ground and know the film has collpased …. big HATS OFF if it indeed comes tue ….. just on a side note this was the first film my mom slept thru in 65 yrs
95 cr lol….
I think now movie will not even cross talash 93 cr collection… Bingo….
End of srk era….
Hope raees will perform well
That means indicine team already tracked Sunday night occupancy sure it’s collection will be 16cr, that why indicine team mentioned only 95cr for fan lifetime collection.
If your prediction comes true,then what will be the verdict of Fan.Flop?
its not meant for 100cr,200cr…its for class perfomance…..class ppl and critics praising it that is enough for me…so filmfare award goes to Gaurav Chandana….SRK
har kar jitne wale ko Baazigar kehte hai…..kya kehte hai…SRK kehte hai.
Chak de, MNIK,Bazzigr, Darr, devdas,now new entry FAN..
please 2rs ppl do not go to watch isme MUNNI BADNAM nahi hai or Na hi Kamli..
duniya ke sab se bada super star ka sab se bada ….FAN…. Jabra FAN
If your prediction comes true,then what will be the verdict of Fan.Flop?
Plz reply
I m sure that FAN will not get Flop verdict Like
Jai ho & Talash…Fan will get Semi hit / Hit verdict
#Fasal kerala
Everybody blame akki and we akkians always give the reason of non-holiday and get trolled by all the fan bases now i ask ki khans ne kya ukkhada!! Lol
Aamir’s Talash- Non-Holiday
First film after 3 years break after his biggest hit -3 Idiots
Verdict-Semi Hit lol
Salman did Jai ho in 2014 which was also a non-holiday release. He returned after 1 year break after giving back to back bbs
Verdict-Semi-Hit
Srk did mnik in 2010 which was his first film after rnbdj in 2008. Again it was a average grosser and collected 70cr. Fan has failed too
Not saying that they cant give hits on non-holiday but again akki has given rowdy,hf2,airlift and almost all hits on non-holiday. Even hrihik was unable to give a huge hit on non-holiday with highgy acclaimed znmd
Moral-All this are big superstars and cannot be separated. I m sure srk will bounce back hard with raees.
And now AKSHAY Best BollyActor Ever
Guys need to show some patience, srk hasn’t done a niche film since CDI which was his last great film. 1 failure doesn’t take away his popularity, akshay had to struggle also to break his typcast of a comic king, and took time and hard work for his niche film to click cleanly at the box office. We have remember also aamir khan’s dhobi ghat was a failure, and talaash didn’t do as well as it was anticipated. Srk has reinvented himself with fan but he needs to continue doing this every year. Give 1 offbeat film a year and 1 entertainer like akshay is doing now.
People accept it he is not star anymore. Intolerance comment took him down as people of this country has rejected his double speak. Raees will be another under performer for him again.
FAN is a flop alot of paid media won’t admit it but FAN has perfomed very poorly,there will be no miracle on Monday the film will crash really bad,with a budget of 105cr alot of people will suffer losses.
Indicine,Then what will be the verdict for fan in 96cr collection? You mean flop?