Releasing Happy New Year on Friday was a masterstroke by Shahrukh Khan and his team, as opening day records give films tremendous publicity across print, television and social media. For first day records, getting the timing of the release right is important. If the opening day is not a holiday, it is almost impossible to break the previous records.
Hrithik Roshan’s Krrish in 2006 was the first film to collect Rs 5 crore on a single day. Two years later, Aamir Khan’s Ghajini collected more than 10 crores to become the first film in history to net 10 crore in one day, something that was unheard of back then.
A year later, Dabangg came and conquered the box office. Between 2010 and 2012 it was all about Salman Khan. Bodyguard shattered box office records with 20.6 crore on its opening day, a year later Ek Tha Tiger became the first film to do 30 crores of business.
Then came Aamir Khan’s Dhoom 3, a film that broke every record on a working day. And now, about 10 months later, SRK’s Happy New Year has become the first film to cross 40 crore. In fact, Happy New Year just fell a few lakhs short of the 45 crore mark, something that it could achieve on Sunday.
Films that were the first to the below ‘Single Day’ milestones: (List below the image)
- 5 crore - Krrish (Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra)
- 10 crore - Ghajini (Aamir Khan, Asin)
- 15 crores - Dabangg (Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha)
- 20 crores - Bodyguard (Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor)
- 25 crores - Ek Tha Tiger (Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif)
- 30 crores - Ek Tha Tiger (Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif)
- 35 crores - Krrish 3 (Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra)
- 40 crores – Happy New Year (Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukone)
35 crs – Dhoom 3 .. Krish 3 never crossed 31 crs on single day..
Rockin collections.
@Doggy How many times we have to mark your word?
Get the hell out of here
Remember 33 cr prediction?
now get lost
please indicine first clear that 24 Oct was a hollyday officially ??? I had searched hard in every calander bt i could not found even a singel calender indicate 24 Oct as a hollyday I am a govt employ and on that day I had to went office bcoz every singal govt. office were open that day first u clear Ur fact …. you can say that day after diwali is good for business but don’t say that it is a hollyday HNY only get a single hollyday on Sunday and lots of previous post said same thing at the time of perfection ok
@Fan PK, Yes, Friday was a holiday in most parts of the country. In the south it wasn’t. But overall, the day after Diwali is considered to be the best day for business.
it was not a Holiday Indicine.. if not All most of the offices were open on 24th…. ok u can cal it a partial hiloday..
according to boi hny collection is 40 cr all versions
@Indicine. Yes ra one crossed 25 CRORES first not ett. Kindly do change it.
What about overseas collection and trend of today. U usually use to be updated. But I really feel u have slowed down.
@Tiger Salute to south industry and masala Genre for Reviving our Bhaijaans career :P
happy new year is a NON-Holiday release @indicine kindly get yours fact right please. 23 October was Diwali not 24 October. this is the Highest Non-Holiday Release.
@shaggy – Wrong. SOuth India was not a holiday.
Looks like 45 + and 50+ will be achieved on Sunday
where is singh is king indicine it collected 8cr in 2008 please indicine reply.
RA1 day 2 was 28 cr
so correct your figures .
first 25 cr film is RA1 as per my knowledge
@indicine Raone did 25.1cr on 2nd day..please correct it :)
@Indicine. Can’t buy Ur logic. Irrespective of whether its best or worst day. A non holiday is a non holiday.
@Shaggy. …why u are still here?:-D…
multistarrer king kong.
I feel great. .love u shahrukh ….ummah….
@www. U hit the nail on the coffin Bro. Or should I say the bulls eye.
Guess lallu s bhai s are “studying/ verifying” to see whether the new release KATHITHI can be bought so that lallu can be finalized for cut copy paste
VidyaBalan – Filme sirf teen cheezo ki wajeh se chalti hai ,entertainment x3
Srk – Wrong Vidya ,Torture x3
@indicine- Ra.One was the first film to cross 25cr on its second day.
Hey hey hey RA.One was the first film to do 25 crores on the Diwali day
@Indicine and everyone else
Government of India treats post diwali day as restricted holiday, I.e., it is a working day for ngovernment offices but if u take a leave then its considered as a hiday. Any employee can avail maximum two of such holidays.
But most of the private companies and other organizations treat it as holiday.
Moreover all the schools and colleges remains closed except for south India.
So its neither a holiday nor a non holiday release, its a restricted holiday release.
I don’t see such a shameful person like shaggy who visit again ana again Srk related pages whom he hate more than anyone..
Salman broke 4times, srk broke 1st time….too much fun.
@ahyan: I hate srk but srk has won 8 times filmfare best actor award not 5
Srk’s movie is like a festival for all srkians. I m very excited to watch it again. I haven’t laughed this much for a long time.
Getting timing right for a release of a movie is very important! As for Kick, had it been released on Eid day instead of Friday, it would have opening day record but its lifetime would be less than what it is now!
Congrats to Indicine for turning the site into a full-fledged HNY official website!! You can hardly find any other articles but HNY’s! Tussi Great Ho!
25Cr ws 1st Crossed by Raone
@Fan pk : For me also, there was no holiday yesterday. That’s why I rushed for late night show:(
Though I’m not a government employee. I work for a software development firm. So no idea about government offices and their holidays.