Indian Box Office Thread | Jawan overtakes Pathaan, becomes highest grossing Indian movie of 2023

[jb007]

54 crore 2nd weekend, possible 100 crore week on the way.  What a stellar performance so far, it might actually end up closer to 400 crores than 300 crores at the end.

 

An awesome, awesome performance. In the last decade, PK's run can be compared only to 3 Idiots, which was by the same hero/director/producer team. 

 

BTW, Amir Khan is the guy who sets new benchmarks in Bollywood.

 

First Rs. 100 Nett Grosser - Ghajini (2008)

First Rs. 200 Nett Grosser - 3 Idiots (2009)

First Rs. 300 Nett Grosser (projected) - PK (2014)

[catlover]

An awesome, awesome performance. In the last decade, PK's run can be compared only to 3 Idiots, which was by the same hero/director/producer team. 

 

BTW, Amir Khan is the guy who sets new benchmarks in Bollywood.

 

First Rs. 100 Nett Grosser - Ghajini (2008)

First Rs. 200 Nett Grosser - 3 Idiots (2009)

First Rs. 300 Nett Grosser (projected) - PK (2014)

 

Yeah, that is why it's so exciting to follow PK's run. Aamir Khan will make history, again! If I'm not mistaken, Dhoom 3 is also the first 250 cr nett grosser, and the only one so far.

Edited December 29, 2014 by catlover

[jb007]

Yeah, that is why it's so exciting to follow PK's run. Aamir Khan will make history, again! If I'm not mistaken, Dhoom 3 is also the first 250 cr nett grosser, and the only one so far.

 

 

Thanks for pointing it out. 

 

Dhoom 3 is the first Rs. 250 crore nett movie in Bollywood. 

[Olive]

BoxOffice ‏@BoxOffice 1m1 minute ago PK: $77.2M Overseas Total / $86.2M Global Total #PK

[jb007]

 

PK Grosses 305 Crore Nett In Seventeen Days

Monday 05 January 2014 09.30 IST

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PK has grossed 27.50 crore nett inits third weekend to take its lifetime total to around 305 crore nett. The third weekend collection is as follows.

 

Friday - 6,50,00,000

Saturday- 8,50,00,000

Sunday - 12,50,00,000

 

Total - 27,50,00,000

 

 

The third weekend is a record and the third week will also set a record with a 40 crore nett plus total. The film may go and touch the 350 crore nett mark.

 

 

 

http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Details/art_detail/pkgrosses305crorenettinseventeendays#.VKoimdKUd14

 

[Infernus]

So do you guys think $100 million is a reachable, or ,rather, quite possible target now?

[jb007]

So do you guys think $100 million is a reachable, or ,rather, quite possible target now?

 

 

P.K. $9,649,575 $8,858,124 $791,451 $89,896,724 $79,955,883 $9,940,841 UTV 24 UTV COMM

 

According to Rentrak, as of 04/01/2015 it is already at $89.9 Mil. after a $0.8 Mil weekend in the US.

 

I expect at least an additional 40 to 45 Cr. Nett (55-60 Cr. Gross) from India. That and an additional $3-4 Mil overseas would take it past $100 Mil. Worldwide.

[Fake]

Congrats to PK for reaching the 300 crore milestone!

 

It's daily performance so far:

 

Week 1

Fri 26.63

Sat 30.34

Sun 38.44

Mon 21.22

Tue 19.36

Wed 19.55

Thu 27.55

Total: 183.09

 

Week 2

Fri 14.48

Sat 17.16

Sun 21.85

Mon 10.08

Tue 9.11

Wed 9.05

Thu 14.05

Total: 95.78 (278.87 cume)

 

Week 3

Fri 6.69

Sat 8.32

Sun 11.58

 

Worldwide, it is at around $90m. Another $10m should happen.

[catlover]

Wow PK broke the all time record and then passed 300 crore rather easily. Congrats! Aamir Khan really is the king of box office.

[spizzer]

http://boxofficeindia.com/Details/art_detail/pkfootfallstostaybelow3idiots#.VLbX5CvF_08

 

 

The footfalls of PK will stay below 3 Idiots though have gone past Dhoom 3 in the fourth weekend. 3 idiots had footfalls of 2.8 crore plus in 2009 while Dhoom 3 was 2.55 crore plus last year. PK will finish somewhere in the middle of the two.

 

It seems that having more than 3 crore ticket sold is a tough ask while 4 crore looks an impossible task. PK had a huge average ticket rate in the first week of 207 at multiplexes in the first week while second week came down to 181 and third week is down to the normal 155. The footfalls in two weeks were around 2.2 crore and in three weeks it has similar footfalls to Dhoom 3.

 

 

In two weeks PK had recorded the same number of footfalls achieved by Ek Tha Tiger but that had nett business of 186 crore while PK in two weeks grossed 277 crore nett. A difference of 90 crore nett in collections but same amount of tickets sold. There will be a huge difference in the average multiplex ticket with Ek Tha Tiger being at 150 and PK heading for 195. The ratio of single screen business is also less for PK. The festive period and the content working meant ticket rates could be kept at higher levels for longer. It was on the third Monday that they were at regular rates. The gap in business between the festive event films and other major releases will get wider as ticket rates can be pushed higher for the festive releases be it for three days, a week or even longer when content is there like PK.

 

Still put into perspective, a Hum Aapke Hain Kaun would be grossing 650 crore nett on the ticket rates at P.K. Just like North America where the biggest recent hits like Avatar or The Avengers compare badly with the biggest hits ever like Gone With The Wind and Star Wars, its a similar story in India.

 

Note - The 650 crore nett of Hum Aapke Hain Kaun is not the adjusted nett gross of the film. It is the adjusted figure on the ticket rates of P.K. The average ticket rate for 2014 will be much lower than the rate of P.K. 

 

So by that math, a 340 crore net (459 gross) and 27 million attendance yields an average ticket price of ~170 INR (using the 459 figure).  So HAHK comes out to 38 million tickets sold.  That means DDLJ (one year of inflation and I believe about 89% of HAHK's gross) pulled in the vicinity of 33 million tickets.  

[spizzer]

Someone on SatyamShot (off shoot of NG, used to have a lot of BO discussion there) just posted this:

 

 

 

They keep changing numbers. Here the footfall of 3 idiots is between 2.25-2.5 crore in 2011

 

http://www.naachgaana.com/2011/10/10/gadar-would-have-collected-325-350-crore-if-released-today-boi/comment-page-1/

 

Now 3 idiot is 2.8 crore.

 

This was again in 2011.

1 Gadar Ek Prem Katha 2001 130,25,00,000 40 32 4,07,00,000

2 Hum Aapke Hain Kaun 1994 123,00,00,000 35 35 3,51,00,000

3 Raja Hindustani 1996 85,00,00,000 36 30 2,83,00,000

4 Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge 1995 106,50,00,000 35 38 2,80,00,000

5 Three Idiots 2010 269,50,00,000 88 105 2,57,00,000

6 Ghajini 2008 155,00,00,000 80 70 2,21,00,000

7 Dhoom 2 2006 111,75,00,000 67 60 1,86,00,000

8 Kuch Kuch Hota Hai 1998 76,75,00,000 37 42 1,83,00,000

9 Karan Arjun 1995 52,00,00,000 35 30 1,73,00,000

10 Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham 2001 78,50,00,000 40 46 1,71,00,000

 

Now based on above where is HAHK going to get 650 crore or the footfalls have increased?

 

If you ask BOI now they will claim DDLJ has more footfalls than Raja Hindustani.

 

So here BOI has RH ahead of DDLJ?  And at the time they had 3I only at 2.57, so definitely some inconsistency.

[grim22]

http://boxofficeindia.com/Details/art_detail/pkfootfallstostaybelow3idiots#.VLbX5CvF_08

 

 

So by that math, a 340 crore net (459 gross) and 27 million attendance yields an average ticket price of ~170 INR (using the 459 figure).  So HAHK comes out to 38 million tickets sold.  That means DDLJ (one year of inflation and I believe about 89% of HAHK's gross) pulled in the vicinity of 33 million tickets.  

 

HAHK and DDLJ probably saved the theatrical movie business in India from going kaput. The late 80s may be the worst period for Bollywood ever, those 2 movies got the families to come back to watch movies in the theater.

[druv10]

Someone on SatyamShot (off shoot of NG, used to have a lot of BO discussion there) just posted this:

 

 

 

So here BOI has RH ahead of DDLJ?  And at the time they had 3I only at 2.57, so definitely some inconsistency.

 

So Gadar sold most tickets ever? Which is shocking to say the least if true. 

[grim22]

So Gadar sold most tickets ever? Which is shocking to say the least if true. 

 

Gadar was the biggest hit no one remembers. A decade and a half later the only lasting memory from Gadar is the water pump scene. It was big in the single screens up north.

[Lordmandeep]

For Punjabi's Gadar was an all time hit.

The Water pump scene is legendary.

 

 

Now going into the past, I would assume older films like Sholay or Mughal-E-Azam, Mother India sold as many tickets?  

[grim22]

For Punjabi's Gadar was an all time hit.

The Water pump scene is legendary.

 

 

Now going into the past, I would assume older films like Sholay or Mughal-E-Azam, Mother India sold as many tickets?  

 

Some say that Jai Santoshi Maa is the all time highest ticket seller in Bollywood history.

[spizzer]

I'm struggling to understand how Gadar with 7 years of inflation over HAHK sold more tickets.  If I remember, BOI used to have their grosses listed at 65 cr for HAHK and 70 for Gadar.  Makes no sense to me unless there's enough of a price differential geographically that Gadar's distribution was that much more ideal.  It's not like it is with modern films where we can point to the multiplex advantage.

[grim22]

I'm struggling to understand how Gadar with 7 years of inflation over HAHK sold more tickets.  If I remember, BOI used to have their grosses listed at 65 cr for HAHK and 70 for Gadar.  Makes no sense to me unless there's enough of a price differential geographically that Gadar's distribution was that much more ideal.  It's not like it is with modern films where we can point to the multiplex advantage.

 

HAHK did have hiked up prices in the major metros. Tickets in Mumbai, Delhi etc. were apparently sold at 100-200 rupees and the delayed home video launch meant that the theatre was the only place to watch the movie. Where as Gadar was a much bigger hit in the interiors than it was in the metros, and tickets are much cheaper in villages, I remember watching Spider-Man 3 in Bhojpuri in the balcony seat for 10 rupees in 2007.

[druv10]

Gadar was the biggest hit no one remembers. A decade and a half later the only lasting memory from Gadar is the water pump scene. It was big in the single screens up north.

 

I've seen Gadar and loved the over the top action but it's shocking that it's the highest ticket seller, prices must have been really cheap throughout India. I saw it in Punjab and I remember paying 40 rupees for Balcony seats.  

[Lordmandeep]