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

[spizzer]

BOI has Talaash at 12.25-12.50 crore for Friday. Looks headed for mid 40s

Edited December 1, 2012 by spizzer

[Fake]

Yup. 40 crore is locked and 45 crore is the target.Sat and Sun maybe 15 and 16 crore resp.

[Fake]

14.5 crore Saturday.

[spizzer]

Looks like 42-43 crore for the weekend

[Fake]

I am not very optimistic about the legs of the movie..... because it is actually a good movie. :)115-120 crore finish maybe.

[jb007]

But 100+ crores would be an excellent number for Talaash given the nature of the movie and the limited appeal to Bollywood auds.

[The Dark Rock]

Have heard mixed views from my friends on Talaash...good but not great. It seems Gangs of Wasseypur will remain the movie of the year for bollywood and second may be Kahaani

[Fake]

Talaash: 1.983m opening in NA.

[grim22]

Watched "Talaash" and i have to say, as a huge Aamir Khan fan, i am definitely feeling somewhat disappointed by the movie. I guessed the twist when a character gets killed in a construction site and spent the next 20 minutes hoping that would not be where the movie was going. In fact, me and a friend pretty much had the movie mapped from that point forward till the end.When the actual reveal came, a lot of people started laughing in the theater. The worst part is that the twist could have worked, but you feel like the movie cheated you when the genre-shift hits.Aamir Khan was good and so was Nawazuddin, Kareena was okay, Ranu Mukherjee was wasted in the role.In this case, I have to agree with what most of my friends put up on FB and Twitter - Amazing first half, sets up a lot of questions and a central mystery and then forgets about the mystery in the second half and the final answer we get is not worth waiting for.I am not saying I regretted watching the movie. Not at all, the movie is not bad considering some of the releases this year. And the reveal is hinted at throughout the movie, while thinking back the only scene which does not fit the reveal is the

Introduction of Rosie, i think we can assume it is a flashback but it is not made clear at all. She is introduced when Shashi comes asking for 3 girls and she is then shown sitting in between 2 other girls in the cab. No one talks to her in the scene though. So either Shashi only went back with 2 girls and Rosie is already dead or it is a flashback.

This will IMHO be Aamir Khan Productions' weakest movie by far. Well, even Pixar isn't perfect anymore and all streaks have to come to an end sometime.

Edited December 3, 2012 by grim22

[spizzer]

Talaash: 1.983m opening in NA.

That's pretty impressive, could develop solid legs and be the #2 Bollywood film after 3 Idiots here

[Fake]

Khiladi 786 opened poorly while Talaash had a big drop. Bad week.Khiladi 786 is so bad that I got tears in my eyes from laughing. You have to see it to believe it. It redefines Bollywood.

[spizzer]

Dabangg 2 next Friday.

[Lordmandeep]

All records will be smashed ?

[Fake]

3-day opening record will be obliterated for sure.If this has good WOM, it may challenge 3 Idiots.

[Fake]

Biggest Hollywood Films of All-Time in India (approximate; all figures are gross)

1.Avatar - 145 crore (includes 15 crore from re-release)

2. 2012 - 95 crore

3. The Amazing Spiderman - 78 crore

4. Titanic - 73 crore (includes 18 crore from 3D re-release)

5. The Avengers - 70 crore

6. Spider-man 3 - 68 crore

7. Life of Pi - 67 crore (still running)

8. Skyfall - 58 crore

9. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol - 52 crore

10. The Dark Knight Rises - 51 crore

11. Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows 2 - 47 crore

12. Transformers: Dark of The Moon - 47 crore

13. Pirates of the Carribean: On Stranger Tides - 45 crore

14. Quantum of Solace - 44 crore

15. Casino Royale - 40 crore

6 of 10 movies that have crossed 50 crore mark have come within last 12 months.

Edited December 20, 2012 by Fake

[grim22]

Biggest Hollywood Films of All-Time in India (approximate; all figures are gross)

1.Avatar - 145 crore (includes 15 crore from re-release)

2. 2012 - 95 crore

3. The Amazing Spiderman - 78 crore

4. Titanic - 73 crore (includes 18 crore from 3D re-release)

5. The Avengers - 70 crore

6. Life of Pi - 67 crore (still running)

7. Skyfall - 58 crore

8. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol - 52 crore

9. The Dark Knight Rises - 51 crore

10. Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows 2 - 47 crore

11. Transformers: Dark of The Moon - 47 crore

12. Pirates of the Carribean: On Stranger Tides - 45 crore

13. Quantum of Solace - 44 crore

14. Casino Royale - 40 crore

6 of 9 movies that have crossed 50 crore mark have come within last 12 months.

The 2012 run still surprises me to this day. Plenty of my friends watched it, and everyone said "The crust moving is done well but the movie itself is okay". Somehow, this lukewarm word of mouth led this movie to be the second highest grosser in India. I remember the marketing campaign for the movie and it was really similar to "The Day After Tomorrow".

[Fake]

The OW record is all set to be destroyed.I doubt one single show is gonna be less than 90% full this weekend.My predictions (nett figures):OW: 70 crore+ ($17.5m+)DOM: 200 crore+ ($50m+)

Edited December 20, 2012 by Fake

[Lordmandeep]

The idea around 2012 doomsday was for some reason was very popular in Indian and even here in Canada amoung Indians...Even my parents were interested in the film...they were like "hey there is the movie thats say the world would end in 2012, whats it about"Nice to see Daabang open to such big numbers.The first one was nothing special but very very fun

[druv10]

The OW record is all set to be destroyed.I doubt one single show is gonna be less than 90% full this weekend.My predictions (nett figures):OW: 70 crore+ ($17.5m+)DOM: 200 crore+ ($50m+)

Isn't 3 Idiots record around 210 crore so that would be very close to all time number 1. I liked Dabangg and definitely interested in part 2, hopefully it's as funny as the first one.Can LOP pass TASM be the 3rd biggest Hollywood movie in India?

[Fake]

Isn't 3 Idiots record around 210 crore so that would be very close to all time number 1. I liked Dabangg and definitely interested in part 2, hopefully it's as funny as the first one.Can LOP pass TASM be the 3rd biggest Hollywood movie in India?

I don't think LOP can get that high... it is losing most of the shows this weekend, but it can crawl to #4 though.And yes, Dabangg 2 will definitely Challenge 3 Idiot's collections. Edited December 20, 2012 by Fake