3 Idiots vs Chennai Express: Box Office Comparison

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Update: Chennai Express needs just Rs 5 crores to go past the 202 crore mark. Henceforth, it will no longer be 3 Idiots vs any other film, but Chennai Express vs every other film!

Day3 IdiotsChennai Express
Preview2.5 crores6.75 crores
Day 112.5 crores (Holiday Christmas)33.12 crore (Eid Holiday)
Day 211.5 crores28.06 crore
Day 313.5 crores (Sunday)32.5 crore (Sunday)
Day 411 crores12.62 crores
Day 59.5 crores11.50 crores
Day 69 crores12.56 crores
Day 710 crores19.60 crores (Independence Day)
First Week79.5 crores156.71 crores (7 days + paid previews)
Day 811 crores (New Year)6.48 crore
Day 910.5 crores8.51 crore
Day 1012.5 crores (Sunday)10.22 crore (Sunday)
Day 116 crores3.80 crore
Day 125.75 crores7.06 crore (Raksha Bandhan)
Day 135.25 crores4.51 crore
Day 145 crores3.25 crore
Two Week Total136 crores200.54 crores
Day 154 crores2.12 crore
Day 167 crores-
Day 178 crores (Sunday)-
Day 183.25 crores-
Day 193 crores-
Day 202.75 crores-
Day 212.5 crores-
Three Week Total166.5 crores-
Day 222.25 crores-
Day 233.25 crores-
Day 244 crores (Sunday)-
Total till fourth weekend176 crores-
Remaining weeks26.5 crores-
Lifetime Collections202.5 crores202.66 crores (15.5 days)

When 3 Idiots released way back in 2009, no film other than Aamir Khan’s very own Ghajini had crossed the 100 crore mark. While trade pundits were confident that Rajkumar Hirani’s third film as director would break all records, 3 Idiots shocked the entire industry and the trade when the film went on an absolutely historic run at the box office. Records tumbled, and the classic almost doubled the collections of Ghajini.

Since then, more than 1000 Hindi films have released and almost all records set by 3 Idiots have been broken. But one magical figure stands tall – the 202 crore lifetime business, which is probably equivalent to 250 crore or more in today’s times. Two films came close – Salman Khan’s Ek Tha Tiger and Ranbir Kapoor’s Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani – but both fell short.

3 Idiots - Chennai Express

3 Idiots vs Chennai Express

Which brings us to Rohit Shetty’s Chennai Express, a film that has broken almost all records – Highest first day / Saturday / Sunday / Weekend / first week – you name it! Shahrukh Khan’s first mass-entertainer in ages has collected Rs 156.7 crore so far in just 7 days, and looks set to cross the lifetime collections of 3 Idiots.

But with competition from Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobaara this week, which will result in fewer screens and shows, Chennai Express might either cruise past 200 crores, get agonisingly close and fall short or struggle to get there.

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107 Comments

  • Enjoy your honeymoon period till 20th December.after that u ll know the power of Aamir khan. if Aamir does nt destroy each n every record of ce den we Aamir fan ll accept srk’s supremecy.bt we know Aamir is going to creat a new 300cr club and srk ll never reach there in his entire life.

  • But yes.if ce breaks 3 idiots records,then it won’t be happy. .
    3 idiots is a complete and evergreen movie.but ce? ?no way. .no doubts,masala movies are entertaining,but they never “deserve” to beat a classic movie. .
    If we consider this year movie,the the only deserving movie which could be compared to 3 idiots is “bhaag milkha bhaag”.

    And lootera deserved to be a superhit atleast. .

  • If ce collects more than 3i then it will be national shame.. Haha then why bhaag milkha bhaag,gangs of wasseypur, barfi, other best movies didnt collected 200 cr

  • @beingxzonefan Its ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ not Mugle azam…! :-P

    Show some respect even if its just for one second before posting your daily dose of thrash. Cheers

  • @geewan You overseas troll, no sense in your comment but thats common behaviour from you…! :-P

    CE wont and I reiterate the word WONT beat 3 idiots 202 cr record because just like OUATIMD is a much better movie, in the following weeks 2 more better content/ substanced (my opinion only) movies will be releasing so collections will be lower. If the roles were reversed then 3 idiots releasing today would have swept aside the aforementioned competition as it is a far superior product. Comprehend that and think before you ridicule 3 idiots achievements from 2009…!

  • yes, but 3 idiots is the best movie in India. dhoom 3 will be collect more than chennai express. dhoom 3 expected box office collection may be 450 crores.

  • @aryan:when dabbang,ett,yjhd were also compared with 3idiots,then also some commentors said that same thing that those movies can’t be compared with 3 idiots. .chek out those articles. .

  • @haters. can easily make a film of Ur comments

    1) on the day when Chennai express poster was launched
    what on earth. this genre doesn’t suit SRK. he is finished. he has finished his career.many even called it to be himmatwala 2. wow many even book marked the page saying if it crosses 100 CRORES they would leave Indicine

    2) when Eid release was confirmed.
    he cant do what SALMAN s crap movies did. on Eid only SALMAN can create magic

    3) on its preview show day
    he he just 6 CRORES. its gonna be disaster.

    4) after first day was announced.
    no it can’t be. other website said this. said that. wow man really amazed

    5) after whooping 100 CRORES business in 3 days than taking a small stop for refueling
    again haters started to bark. SRK is only limited for 3 days. bla bla. it won’t even cross 140 CRORES. wow man

    but still it went on creating records after records and setting new higher bench marks.
    now 150 CRORES in 1 week wow.

    6)now when comparison is being made with 3 idiots
    again haters barking. its not the film but u people with a puny mentality who r a shame to our mother land.
    if Chennai express had 4 weeks free as all SALMAN crap potboilers have 300 CRORES would have been achieved
    get on the train baby
    when ETT had the chance to cross 3 idiots. u all jumped out of Ur seats

    the fact remains. SRK was the king is the king and ll be the king.

  • @ it’s shame to compare with ETT too. but ETT was better than CE. CE is like the less funny version of ready.

  • its clearly mentioned box office comparison. but lol. I forgot u are illiterates. right

    from doubting it to go past100 CRORES to blockbuster and now crossing 150 CRORES. and next to break 3idiots record.
    ha ha ha ha ha. haters r trying desperately to pull the chain and stop the express. but wow
    some day 3 idiots record had to be broken

    and plz there s no if and but
    if 3 idiots would have released today
    if .
    excuses r for weak hearted and illiterate
    Chennai express way better than crap DHOOM 3
    man showing his bare back and every one saying what a perfection. wow. that too when it is copied from the dark knight
    Mark my word. DHOOM 3 isn’t going to break any record. book Mark this page
    as some retard wanted to reiterate some thing
    I ll reiterate dhoom3 wouldnt cross any record
    but yes krish 3 might make few

  • 14 days are stil in release satyagarh, only 46.3cr required to break 3idiots business. it means average 3.3 cr per day required to reach 203 cr..
    It is fully possible to now break 3 idiots records

  • CE’s Lifetime collection will be between 215-225 crores in India itself and including overseas collection it’s collection will be between 365-380 crores. And the collection in India includes its paid preview’s ..

  • @khan kapoor. ha ha ha ha. u Ur self have said that ready was a waste movie. wow. as they say truth speaks for themselves
    ya ETT cant be compared to Chennai express
    ETT should actually be compared to himmatwala, rascals. that would be an apt comparison.

  • when srk’s film was not collecting dogs were barking and when it is collecting they say do not compare to 3i ha ha

  • If chennai express would have got no competition even fir two weeks..it would have put the collections of 3 idiots n ek tha tiger to shame…it would have been first 300crore novie…but again dont understimate the power of king khan…still this movie is earning more than 10 crores per day..

  • Watched chennai express and it’s not good as Rohith shetty’s previous movies. but not a bad movie too. better than “All the best”. and it was funny in bits. best scene was given by deepika when she became a witch or something like that while she’s sleeping. And scenes from some south movies were copied. and a whole scene and was copied from telugu movie okkadu. Seems like srk fans can no longer blame salman for copying south films and making mindless masala movies. because that’s what srk has exactly done here.

  • Talaash is just a sequense. Thats why semi hit and Aamir also dont publisty that like ghjini or 3i.
    But now wait 4 Dhoom3 350+cr His lifetime

  • as far as 3 idiot is concerned, its true that 3 idiot was a masterpiece and it was accepted everywhere…but i feel pity for those, who r saying that ce should nt be compared with 3 idiots…in fact, its an achievement for ce that its collecting too much despite of having low content as compared to 3 idiots…according to me, 3 idiot collected so much bcoz of its excellent screenplay,while scinario of ce and yjhd is just opposite…
    And its quite farcical that some fools r commenting that ce should nt be compared with 3i…actually these r the same people, who were barking abt the lifetime collection at the time of ek tha crap…atleast take a single stand haters…

  • @noam….great reply bro…ur words were awesome…it wud definitly tickle the mind of haters…
    @certified….see, who is talking abt senses….hehehe…keep it up..:P

  • Till date :157 cr Today :9 cr
    Saturday: 10 cr
    Sunday :12 cr
    Mon-thurs :12 cr (3 cr/day)
    Friday : 4 cr
    Saturday :5 cr Sunday :5 cr
    Till third weekend : 214 cr
    Record tod express
    Atleast 220 cr is on board…
    All time blockbuster..

  • @Qamar perfect. Talaash is a sequence?. whats that. thought just Salman khans were illiterate. wow. and what an excuse. ha ha ha
    that means amir scores only when the script is good.
    that means leave alone king srk , salman is also a bigger star than amir khan. pity u
    super star gives 100 crores movie irrespective of genre and script.
    now i come to know wy every one call amir to be perfectionist. coz he selects only those scripts which are very good. lol lol

  • @indicine now CE crosses 150. Now please issue n article in which all 4 big films compares with eachother. CE vs YDHD vs ETT vs 3Idiots. Plz plz plz do it from tommorow.

  • Please also add the points… Ticket price was increased by 20-30% on weekend for CE specially.. So I think still ETT is winner.. .. also you should consider inflation rate if you compare with 3 Idiots.. So i think.. CE should cross the 303 cr to be equal to 3 idiots..

    You can have another topic… of % profit.. 3 idiots cost was less then 50 Cr inlucind P& A. But CE is more then 100 Cr.,,

  • when we talked about acting haters
    hide behind amir 3i
    when we talked about records and money minting ce
    haters bark about class
    such hypocrite
    my name is khan better than 3i in story message so shut up
    why dhobi ghaat floped and talash underperformed
    amir khan should thank destiny because srk was busy not to act in 3i

  • finally watchedd the Chennai Express and my review is that Paisa Vasool Entertainer.
    First half is superb and movies dipped in second half but climax made it better.
    srk overact a lot in the movie but for first half its required due to fun, but in second part doesn’t necessary, he is good in romantic scene & emotional scenes as usual.
    but the surprise for me is Deepika’s performance, when i saw the trailer of ce i commented on indicine that deepika could be a weak point of this movie but she did great in the movie full marks to her
    but i think the Hero of the movie is definately Rohit “The Entertainer”, a person who is one director who can’t fail to entertain audience and the best part is that he is still down to earth while his 4 movie entered into 100 cr club unlike over the tp movie maker Sajid Khan, kudos to him

    week point of the movie definately second part and for this only one person is responsible that is rohit shetty because he never made any romantic movie so romantic track in 2nd half was so-so unlike srk romantic movies, passion of srk romance is missing…. & the climax totally inspired from DDLJ though it was good but not good as creativity wise.

    overall movies deserves what it achieves in first week and it deserve each and every record to break, but i wish 3 idiots record will not break by ce because it doesn’t have something extraordinary i wish it will be broken by either k3 or d3 but only if those live up to expectation and having some thing special……….
    but i think if we look as official figure it looking certain it will break 3i record while according to BOI it would fell short, lets see what happen

  • and one thing is sure that Salman is bigger star in India definately because his mixed wom movies like Bodyguard and ETT did great business while srk ce was appreciated movie and well made film so it achieved these kind of figure, while mixed appreciated movies like JTHJ & Don2 were under achiever
    P.S. not included Ra One as it was Trash Movie……

  • agree with all who r saying that it shouldn’t compare with 3 Idiots, but also agree with Xzone & Aryan as those who r saying at the time of ETT release that it will break the record of 3 idiots shouldn’t say things like this
    i remembering after watching theater i thought it shouldn’t be cross 3 Idiots because it was not that kind of movie and its was definitely a bit disappointment because of poor 1st half although overall i like the movie but it wasn’t half entertaining as Dabangg 1 was and with Dabangg 2 i was totally disappointing as it was like remaking old Dabangg, so i req to salman that he will make good movie whether it’s remake or original but worth the penny of people as a fan of him i still love to watching his movie but hoping for the best from him………..

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