After trouncing the competition (Mohenjo Daro) during the ‘Independence Day’ weekend this year, Akshay Kumar and Neeraj Pandey were quick to announce their next film ‘Crack’ for the same weekend next year.
The announcement came just days after there were strong reports within the industry, that Imtiaz Ali and Shah Rukh Khan were eyeing the ‘freedom weekend’ to release their next film, which has already gone on floors in Prague.
Attached is our tweet on August 15, soon after ‘Crack’ was announced.
Just when there was talk that SRK – Imtiaz were looking at 11 August 2017 as a potential date for their next film, comes a big announcement!
— Indicine.com (@indicine) August 15, 2016
It’s a well known fact that Shah Rukh likes to announce the release dates of his film, only after it goes on floors. By sticking to this strategy the superstar has missed out on all the big dates.
While Eid is no longer an option for any actor other than Salman Khan, announcing films early for weekends like Diwali, Post IPL, Independence Day etc, can make the competition think twice before announcing their own film.
With the unexpected announcement of ‘Crack’ coming early, the makers of Imtiaz Ali’s film are now in two minds. If they go ahead and announce the film for the same date, it could set up yet another big clash, which puts the weaker film (even if it isn’t a bad film) at a much bigger risk.
There are other factors too – Akshay Kumar is on a career-high after two major multiplex hits in 2016. Neeraj Pandey himself has a big film like ‘MS Dhoni: The Untold Story’, if that film works, it would make ‘Crack’ bigger.
There are also reports that the makers are considering the Dusshera weekend, which has plenty of holidays, but the concern will be ‘Pre-Diwali’ period that will curtail the box office prospects of the film in the long run.
If the clash happens, it’ll not just be SRK vs Akshay, it’ll also be a clash between two acclaimed directors – Imtiaz Ali (Socha Na Tha, Jab We Met, Rockstar, Tamasha) and Neeraj Pandey (Special 26, Baby). Vote and tell us who your favourite director is.
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@sss : You are cancer for all good things n wishes coming for Srk on Indicine from other actors fan. Every time a non srk fan want to say something good or wish him good you call it as fake or downgrade their respective idol. You are the biggest hater of SRK on Indicine (you actually do more harm to him & his fans than supporting) than anyone else but you won’t understand this because you are a simply blind, fanatic and retard person !!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Gupta : If you already have pre notion conclusion set in your mind then no one can help. Yes, Salman did some annoying movies but he did for sake of his friends & family. If you say Deepika is friend of Srk now then you must read articles of BRM or BRM vs Dilwale articles to see how your Srkian mates abused her for clashing but you can’t see that because double standard & hypocrisy is in your blood !!!!!!!!! Whether Deepika works with Srk and Salman or not I don’t like her, simple. If you wanna take offence keep taking I don’t care n knows how give tit for tat to people like you. First stop your friends from unnecessarily abusing other actors then complain to us, you will get what you sow. If you can’t stop them then keep calm do not interfere. You may compare my comments with some SRK fans comments you will know who are more abusing & illiterates !!!!!!!!!
@ hrithik
As far as abuses is concerned if we have a @ sss then you also have @ tiger the real dog who is also always barking. Both cancel off each other. I reasoned you with logic and you give emotional replies. You are free to dislike anyone but your argument of disliking deepika because she did HNY was hilarious. No reason to continue this if it is not a logical discussion.
@Gupta-You are forgetting Navina Aunty and Salesman Fan aka Salman Fan, NVS, the beast, Ultron Salmaniac etc.
@gupta- You are forgetting Navina Aunty, NVS, ultron a salmaniac etc.
@tiger-the real chuha,are you kidding me?????,rofl.tell me aur kitna bheek chahiye?????add K2H2 collections in those movie lists and besides that too,our bheekari bhai has hardly have any lead roles and badly overshadowed by lead roles.
saajan,jeet,KA,mujhse shaadi karogi,BAGHBAN.our bheekari bhai has more success in multistarrer/special apperance role then his leading starrer movies though opportunist bheekari tried to take credit from Madhuri starrer hahk.
Agar bheekari ke paas itna hi aukaat hota toh,in every EID with completely free run,bgeekari till now would have given a simple ATHG with out struggling highest for 22 YEARS,ROFL.
Still eedhar Udhar ki baatein chor.and accept the fact
KING KHAN—-BIGGEST MEGASTAR OF 90’S
KING KHAN—-BIGGEST MEGASTAR OF LAST DECADE
KING KHAN—-BIGGEST MEGASTAR OF ALL TIME.
Ha ha ha ha,but we’ll never allow you to take credit from Madhuri starrer hahk.remember that,rofl.agar itni hoti toh bheekari ab tak kam se kam 5 ATHG toh de chuka hota,rofl.
Still decade struggler bheekari is struggling so much.as according to you only hgotd(though here also bheekari will try to take credit from Madhuri starrer hahk).
If chota mota actor can give ATHG,then your bheekari decade struggler also must have given ATHG na?????,rofl.every EID bheekari is getting free run,still aukatless remains recordless.while MEGASTAR shattered all records in ONE EID that too facing 3 FILMS.isse kehte hain aukaat!!!!warna free EID run mein ek blockbuster toh chota mota star bhi de dete hain.bheeakri ATHG dede toh phir mein maanu,rofl.
Now you’re feeling so much shame,right?after debacle of jail ho,it’s you bhaitard who shamelessly compared jail ho’s collection with MNIK!!!!!kuch yaad aa raha hain?????,rofl.then you shouldn’t feel any shame right now,rofl.veer is coming this decade ad hence bhai has lowest grosser in this decade too as usual,rofl.
Oh you wants to say struggling 22 years for ATHG is less than giving ATHG in 15 years(1992-2007)?????kal ko yeh mat bol dena ki 15 is greater than 22,ROFL.
Wahi toh bola bheekari ki aukaat dekhke ADITYAJI requested KING SRK to shift THE RELEASE OF RAEES BHAI.3 baar nanga hone ke baad bheekari aur kitni baar nanga hota?????,rofl.thanks to YRF,otherwise decade struggler baggar till now would have did suicide badly,rofl.
Ha ha ha ha ,still KING SRK is looking son age of your decade struggler swelled face motu ,so why to worry about then?,rofl.but still doing supporting role to arbaaz/sohail is far better than supporting Alia,rofl.
@hrithik,oh really?????then your mate @tiger,best etc etc are saints,right?????again SATYABADI HARISHCHANDRA spotted,rofl.
@NN
Whatever u go but we need to accept that SRK was top in 90s
Even u had said that verdicts of a lot of movies like HDDS, Raam jaane etc have been changed
Plus in that article cameo of Salmans KKHH has been included, it made nearly 45 to 50 crs what about that? So that cant be beleived
Some websites say SRK some say Salman, but I would say:
Let me tell u how SRK remained no. 1 Throughout
accept these facts, I m not quoting BOI, but there was just 8 cr difference in HAHK and DDLJ(acc to Indicine) and then at that time a flop movie would also 7-collect 8 cr(example Yaarana a disaster collected 7 cr with clash with DDLJ, Andaaz apna apna did 11 crore) So that doesnt bring big difference, PK>BB, 3idiots>Dabbang, still Salman was considered bigger crowd-puller from 2010
Record openers(Day 1) in 90s
1. SRK
a. Karan arjun
b. Trimurti(broke Karan Arjun)-2 years
c. Koyla(broke Trimurti) day 1-Few months
Salman
a. Karan Arjun
b. Biwi no. 1-Few months
Opening shows real stardom. Even SRKs bad movies like English Baabu deshi mam had a fair opening. A flop unfortunately but still good Dil Se opened big in 1998.
In 2000s
K3g opened to 98 percentage all time occupancy in Day 1, best in these 25 years
Main Hoo na broke K3g RECORD
Acc to Some People and websites Veer Zaara had record day 1
Om Shanti Om, CE, HNY
Only SRK rules!
From 2001 ending to 2005 beggining
Top Day 1
Main hoo na
Veer Zaara
K3g
Devdas
KHNH
All 5 were SRK films
Has Salman ever achieved this
This is stardom
P.S. I respect Salmans current standing: Going further
@Indicine, Try to bring SRK down as much as u can including KKHH in Salman’s filmography just bcoj he won a private saleable award, but u cant change these facts
More so as Kuch Kuch Hota hai is not Salmans film and SRK made debut two years later only
IN DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE AND OVERSEAS BOX OFFICE
The year 1992: SRK’s Deewana was the 2nd biggest hit of the year after Anil Kapoor’s Beta and ahead of all Salman Khan;s movies that year. All Salmans movies flopped at the box office.
The year 1993: SRK altered the rule of game arising as the most promising newcomer. With Darr and Baazigar he was then just behind seniors like Sanjay Dutt and Govinda. Clearly, SRK won Salman this year too
The year 1994: Salman gave the biggest hit of all time Hum Aapke Hai kaun. Salman was the clear winner, however SRK was consistent with the classic Kabhie Haan Kabhie Naa
The year 1995: King Khan altered the rule of games capturing the top two spots in DDLJ and Karan Arjun(which costarred Salman Khan). In overseas market, the phenomena called SRK begun.
The year 1996: Nightmare for SRK as all his four films underperformed. Salman’s Jeet was the 2nd bigghest hit after Raja Hindustani. Saman’s Khamosi was the biggest hit overseas. Salman was a clear winner
The year 1997: Though Boarder was the biggest hit domestically, in Khan war, it was SRK all the way with three hits in : Dil To Pagal Hai(blockbuster, 2crore+ footfalls) and Pardesh(first film to do well in America) and Yes Boss(an above average grosser)
The year 1998: SRK was at the top with Kuch Kuch Hota hai where Salman had a cameo. SRK’s Dil Se flopped, despite being a classic, just like Salman,s Love, Andaaz apna apna and Khamosi had. Salman had four success in Pyar kiya to darna kya, Bandhan, Jab Pyar Kisise Hota hai. Srk was however ahead
The year 1999: Salman captured all the three top spots with HSSH, Biwi no. 1 and HDDS.
SRK had three all time day1 opener vitz Kaaran Arju, Trimurti and Koyla back to back record openers. Salman had KA and Biwi no. 1
@Indicine Please post it
@NN above comment copied from #Rejan
@unmatchable same thing applies to you. If you will start, I will end. End of the story.
@ NN
I forgot those important names. Have not seen a more nastier guy than @NVS here at Indicine. He just spits poison all the times. Never seen him giving a normal comment. Even @sss looks a kid in front of him. @ultron salmaniac’s intense love for shahrukh is also known. @navin with his continuous sarcastic comments all the time is right there at top. They have a whole army with them who abuse shahrukh and shah fans and this @hrithik only sees @sss as cancer. Double standards. We never say we shah fans are the innocent ones; we also bash. But they always talk about shah fans as if only we are the ones who are bashers and they are very innocent and being pushed to wall. @hrithik obviously overlooks NVS, ultron, tiger, navin and only @sss is the cancer here. Funny. Lol
@rejan
@nanga naach
Hahaha…. Calling #indicine’s data fake and manipulated!! Abey dumbistani loggerheaded jerk, why don’t you visit those websites who provide accurate data?? WTH you are doing here (in indicine) despite knowing that they pprovide only fake and manipulated data???
@mekanik
What??? KING KHAN- BIGGEST MEGASTAR OF 90’S. Abey moronic Loongiwala, Bhai is rulling the industry since his debut (1989). Ye le prove that your global king has born after 2000 (also died in 2008)…..
Total Net Collections for each actor between 1990 – 1999:
Salman Khan – 375 crore
Shah Rukh Khan – 327 crore
Average net box office collections per film between 1990 – 1999
Salman Khan – 12.9 crore
Shah Rukh Khan – 11.7 crore
Success Ratio i.e Above Average or better
Salman Khan – 52%
Shah Rukh Khan – 39%
Hit Ratio i.e Hit or Better
Salman Khan – 45%
Shah Rukh Khan – 32%
Highest grosser of the decade
Salman Khan – 69cr.
Shah rukh Khan – 61cr.
For confirmation you moronic loongitards can check here http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/145301/comment-page-8/#comments.
Actually it’s your global king who needs bheenkh not me. Remember the EPIC BEGGING your global king to Jituji to postpone OUATIMD. Wanna see more examples of BEGGING? Then check here you will how shamelessly your global queen is begging Republic day from Rakeshji. http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/shah-rukh-khan-meets-rakesh-roshan/
What?? KING KHAN- THE BIGGEST MEGASTAR! It seems BIGGEST MEGASTAR is one…..
Who runs away from Eid in fear of Bhai.
Who is struggling to surpass 80cr mark lifetime that too during festive season.
Who can’t give a HGOTY for 9 years..
Who is doing character role in an Alia starrer to cross 100cr mark..
ROLF!!!
@Gupta : STFU if you dont know the reality. I have been on Indicine for more than 5 years. Yes, there are some Salman fans who do this on SRK articles but they do it because of people like @sss @Javed and many more. What if I show you more abusive comments from SRK fans than Salman fans and majority of SRK fans dragging Salman name in unrelated articles? I have experience this personally whenever I have decided not to bash SRK or write anything against him some of his fans force me to bash him. And no one is saint here including me, when did I claim that either me or any Salman fans are saint? Are you hallucinating ? I know that retard (@sss) from years and I dont need your disgusting advise on him. B…dy fanatic double standard hypocrite !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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