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

[grim22]

16 minutes ago, Torontofan said:

Brahmastra Has Highest Non Holiday Opening Day Of All Time

Brahmastra has had a huge first day as it collects around 35-36 crore nett in all its versions which is the highest opening day in history on a non holiday for original Hindi content.

 

Seems like its not gonna flop 

 

As I mentioned in my previous comments, it is one hell of a spectacle. The money they spent on VFX and post-production is fully visible on screen. 

 

Literally one of two tweaks would have made this a genuinely good movie. Either reduce the focus on the love story and give that time to the villain's backstory and motivation

 

Spoiler

the villain has genuinely no backstory and/or motivation in this movie. She just exists to be the villain

 

or do the twist which looks like you are setting up before you completely chicken out from it

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Alia should be the villain. Watch the movie keeping that in mind and her character now makes complete sense instead of being completely useless in the plot.

 

Also give the side characters a... character. As it stands in the movie, the side characters just exist. We don't know anything about them, they are there just because we need some characters to look at Ranbir in awe.

Edited September 9, 2022 by grim22

[Issac Newton]

Brahmastra OD - ~₹34 Cr 

 

Less than ½ of RRR &KGF Chapter 2

[Factcheck]

8 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

Brahmastra OD - ~₹34 Cr 

 

Less than ½ of RRR &KGF Chapter 2

Thats because South people don't accept hindi heroes. South industry & Bollywood is like China & Hollywood. Chinese like Hollywood movies but US citizens don't like Chinese movies.

Edited September 10, 2022 by Factcheck

[Issac Newton]

Global Start - ₹75 Cr ($9.42M)

 

[Issac Newton]

On 3/26/2022 at 10:07 PM, CoolK said:

Brahmastra = ⅓ RRR

 

What was for KGF Chapter 2?

[Issac Newton]

1 hour ago, Issac Newton said:

Brahmastra OD - ~₹34 Cr 

 

Less than ½ of RRR &KGF Chapter 2

Sorry, It actually ¼ of RRR &KGF Chapter 2. 

[Shanks]

41 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

Sorry, It actually ¼ of RRR &KGF Chapter 2. 

 

Movie wasn't bad if you regularly intake Indian masala movies. The VFX really do justice to it's 400 Cr. Budget. It's the story that mocks you at times, I don't get why they add stupid love story in every super-hero movie attempts and Also, villain existed for the sake of it (~No, Mouni wasn't a bad Act at all), All fault lies with whoever wrote the story or dialogues. BTW, first 10-15 minutes were great. 

Edited September 10, 2022 by Shanks

[charlie Jatinder]

41 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

Sorry, It actually ¼ of RRR &KGF Chapter 2. 

It's not supposed to be compared with them. It's like comparing Shang Chi with No Way Home.

[Issac Newton]

22 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

It's not supposed to be compared with them. It's like comparing Shang Chi with No Way Home.

Forum didn't have any med-tier film OD numbers.

 

So, I didn't have any good comps to justify 

[SchumacherFTW]

45 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

Forum didn't have any med-tier film OD numbers.

 

So, I didn't have any good comps to justify 

It's been a while since the last Hindi blockbuster

[charlie Jatinder]

All Time Opening Days
Rank	Title	Year	Gross (in crores ₹)	Gross (in million $)
1	Baahubali: The Conclusion	2017	₹133.90	$20.84
2	RRR	2022	₹132.30	$17.41
3	KGF: Chapter 2	2022	₹127.10	$16.72
4	Saaho	2019	₹86.35	$12.16
5	2.0	2018	₹69.60	$9.81
6	Avengers: Endgame	2019	₹64.50	$9.35
7	Thugs of Hindostan	2018	₹63.00	$9.27
8	War	2019	₹62.00	$8.99
9	Beast	2022	₹58.30	$7.67
10	Prem Ratan Dhan Payo	2015	₹54.70	$8.17
11	Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy	2019	₹53.30	$7.51
12	Happy New Year	2014	₹50.70	$7.93
13	Sultan	2016	₹50.10	$7.60
14	Sarkar	2018	₹49.50	$7.26
15	Bharat	2019	₹49.00	$7.02
16	Kabali	2016	₹48.30	$7.44
17	Dhoom 3	2013	₹46.50	$7.38
18	Pushpa: The Rise	2021	₹45.50	$6.30
19	Baahubali: The Beginning	2015	₹45.00	$7.16
20	Sanju	2018	₹44.40	$6.75
21	Singham Returns	2014	₹43.80	$6.96
22	Tiger Zinda Hai	2017	₹43.60	$6.74
23	Master	2021	₹42.15	$5.77
24	Brahmastra	2022	₹42.00	$5.26
25	Chennai Express	2013	₹40.80	$6.85
26	Dangal	2016	₹40.80	$6.18
27	Ek Tha Tiger	2012	₹40.70	$7.40
28	Avengers: Infinity War	2018	₹40.50	$6.23
29	Radhe Shyam	2022	₹40.25	$5.51
30	Sarkaru Vaari Paata	2022	₹39.75	$5.45

Edited September 10, 2022 by charlie Jatinder

[Torontofan]

be first 300 cr grosser in hindi cinema since 2019 in india or no? 

[John Rambo]

8 hours ago, Factcheck said:

Thats because South people don't accept hindi heroes. South industry & Bollywood is like China & Hollywood. Chinese like Hollywood movies but US citizens don't like Chinese movies.

LOL good joke....first of all Hindi movies do not have great dubbed market here and 2nd in south only Karnataka and Telangana states have good amount of hindi speaking population while the others don't thats the reason! Don't generalize saying south doesnt accept hindi heroes...have you seen how great SRK's movies perform here...irrespective of talk

[John Rambo]

Brahmastra had great potential but dialogues and love story made it worse and there wasn't that emotional connect which is required in a movie like this....weak villain is another bummer!

 

On the positive side VFX is really cool....enjoyed those on imax...one time watch for this and what have they planned in 2nd part! 

Ayan needs to work on 2nd part if it happens...carefully

[charlie Jatinder]

14 minutes ago, John Rambo said:

LOL good joke....first of all Hindi movies do not have great dubbed market here and 2nd in south only Karnataka and Telangana states have good amount of hindi speaking population while the others don't thats the reason! Don't generalize saying south doesnt accept hindi heroes...have you seen how great SRK's movies perform here...irrespective of talk

Irony being South is place where Brahmastra has performed best.

[Factcheck]

34 minutes ago, John Rambo said:

LOL good joke....first of all Hindi movies do not have great dubbed market here and 2nd in south only Karnataka and Telangana states have good amount of hindi speaking population while the others don't thats the reason! Don't generalize saying south doesnt accept hindi heroes...have you seen how great SRK's movies perform here...irrespective of talk

I don't think any bollywood movie has grossed even Rs 150 crores total in South India. I think top 3-4 highest grossing bollywood movies in South India are Dangal, Padmavat, PK & Sultan. Dubbing should not be a problem. Hindi audience accept hindi dubbed south movies then why south people don't accept tamil telegu kannada dubbed bollywood movies? Reason is they are not emotionally attached with bollywood heroes like they attached with their local heroes.

[Shanks]

20 minutes ago, Factcheck said:

I don't think any bollywood movie has grossed even Rs 150 crores total in South India. I think top 3-4 highest grossing bollywood movies in South India are Dangal, Padmavat, PK & Sultan. Dubbing should not be a problem. Hindi audience accept hindi dubbed south movies then why south people don't accept tamil telegu kannada dubbed bollywood movies? Reason is they are not emotionally attached with bollywood heroes like they attached with their local heroes.

 

Your logic is flawed. South this, South that. North this, North that.

Hindi Audience don't accept Hindi dubbed South Movies easily either, we have accepted very few good South Movies. Maybe, a dozen of Movies out of thousands they have made. 

But, South has always been market for Bollywood Movies. Ofcourse, you can't expect the Bollywood to penetrate the rural/semi-urban areas of south because of cultural and language differences and that's the place where the South Industry have manage to market as they can connect with masses, which Bollywood sadly has been forgetting even in it's own circuit. 

Also, You are talking about "Brahmastra" which has made lotsa money on OD thanks to South only.

Edited September 10, 2022 by Shanks

[charlie Jatinder]

Good jump today. Tomorrow sales look solid too. 

FRI - ₹42.25cr

SAT - ₹49.5cr Approx

Total - ₹91.75cr

 

Weekend shall be around ₹148cr ($18.5M).

[Issac Newton]

On 9/10/2022 at 6:19 PM, Issac Newton said:

Global Start - ₹75 Cr ($9.42M)

 

[Issac Newton]

Brahmastra Part One: Shiva debuted with an estimated $18.9M in India.#Brahmastra #BoxOffice @starstudios_ @BrahmastraFilm

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