Q. Will Raees remain highest grosser of the year till Tiger Zinda Hai (excluding Baahubali) ?
A. Golmaal Again should easily beat Raees to become the highest grosser of the year. It’s a film that the family audience would want to watch and as long as its not a bad film, it should top the year in October. Before that we have films like Jab Harry Met Sejal, Toilet Ek Prem Katha and Judwaa 2 – with good content these films could beat Raees. After Golmaal Again, the big films are Padmavati and Tiger Zinda Hai.
Q. How much film makers spend on marketing?
A. It varies from film to film. The average marketing spend on medium to big budget film is 10-15 crore. Much lesser for smaller films.
Q. Any pre release reports of Jab Harry Met Sejal? Can it go beyond 175 Cr, if it’s WOM is positive?
A. If the film is exceptional, then anything is possible. But a lot would depend on the start it gets. Very few films these days are even doubling their weekend total, so to get to 175 crore – Jab Harry Met Sejal has to open above the 20 crore mark, grow over the weekend to get to a 65-70 crore weekend and then trend very well over the weekdays. Even after that – since it only has one open week – the kind of response that Toilet Ek Prem Katha gets will have a direct impact on the lifetime business of Jab Harry Met Sejal. We are currently looking at 170 crore range with exceptional word-of-mouth, 140 crore with good word-of-mouth, 100 crore with average word-of-mouth and 80 crore range if the response is poor. All of these numbers are only expectations, the opening day number will be crucial. The film will be in trouble if it falls below 17 crore on Day 1.
Q. How much does cooperate booking affect the first day business?
A. A fixed number cannot be put for corporate booking, it varies from film to film. Usually block corporate bookings are made for the weekend (Saturday and Sunday).
Q. Will Golmaal 4 have a clash with Robot 2 or not?
A. No. Robot 2.0 has been pushed to early 2018.
Q. At worst case what will be minimum collection of ‘Golmal Again’? I didn’t liked much ‘Golmaal Returns and Golmaal 3’
A. Individual opinion of liking or not liking a film does not make any difference at the box office. As long as majority of the paying public like a film, it’ll do well. Golmaal Again has competition from Secret Superstar during Diwali, but it should be the first choice for the family audience.We wouldn’t be surprised if it does 30 crore plus on the Diwali holiday. It should easily get to 100 crore plus maybe 200-250 crore if it turns out to be entertaining or the best Golmaal film.
Q. Is Hrithik going through a bad phase again? Considering his last few films have disappointed, and he takes a long time to sign films
A. The post Bang Bang phase hasn’t been good. His films haven’t been opening, but the promos of both his releases have been extremely poor too. We’ve seen how even a Salman Khan during Eid can deliver an ‘average’ box office opening when the trailer isn’t liked or when it doesn’t cater to the all-India audience / fan base. As for not signing enough films, it’s his personal choice. He isn’t very competitive and we don’t think he has the desire to be one amongst the top actors in the industry. The number game or sustaining his level in the industry probably isn’t important for him, as it is for some of the other stars in the industry.
Q. Which movie will be the biggest hit of the year 2017…?
A. Our pick in order of preference – Tiger Zinda Hai, Golmaal Again, Padmavati.
Q. What is lifetime box office prediction of Mubarakan?
A. Our final prediction for the film is 45 crore. Monday will decide the fate of the film. Anything below 4 crore will be end of the story. It needs Friday level collections on Monday to ensure that it gets fair amount of shows at multiplexes in the second weekend when Jab Harry Met Sejal releases. The overall response is better than Munna Michael, but due to the extremely poor start, it has a lot left to do over the weekdays and after the release of the SRK film.
Q. @indicine I’m visiting your site since 2012 and i have read almost all of your articles q/a session etc… i know team indicine is very hard working and you never post fake news till now, and thats why i’m your biggest fan.. please answer me this time.. do you think pakistani movies can release in india in the near future because indian people appreciate pakistani movies.. do you think any pakistani hit movie can survive like bollywood movie in india.. Big Thank you..!!
A. Thanks for visiting. As compared to the popularity of Hindi films and its stars in Pakistan, there’s very little awareness about Pakistani films in India. We are not too sure about the overall quality of Pakistani films either. Our own industry is struggling to get decent initial for our films, 9 out of 10 films are failing. Films like Mubarakan and Munna Michael are collecting 5-6 crore with successful directors and rising stars. So even if Pakistani films start releasing here, it’ll take time for it grow in popularity.
Q. Which actor and actress has the most Top Grossers of The Year in Bollywood history?
A. From 1989, Salman Khan has topped the year 9 times (not including Kuch Kuch Hota Hai) last was Bajrangi Bhaijaan in 2015. Aamir Khan has delivered the highest grosser of the year 7 times, last was Dangal last year. SRK 5 times, last was Om Shanti Om in 2007. After that it’s Hrithik, 3 times, last was Dhoom 2 in 2016. Sunny Deol twice, last was Gadar 2001. Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn and others have never topped the year.
Q. Is Battle Of Saragarhi starring Akshay Kumar happening with Karan Johar and Salman Khan ?
A. It’s not happening in the near future. Salman Khan has backed out, but this has not been officially confirmed.
Q. Is Ajay Devgn really making Sons of Sardar ?
A. Not happening now. He had planned the film first, but the same subject was taken by Karan Johar / Akshay Kumar for Battle of Saragarhi. Ajay will now make Taanaji.
Q. What are your expectations from Toilet Ek Prem Katha and Baadshaho?
A. Toilet Ek Prem Katha Trailer got a good response, but there’s been nothing exciting since. The songs haven’t really worked. They’ve also revealed a lot about the film in the promos, so it’ll be down to word-of-mouth. At this moment, we expect a slightly better opening than Jolly LLB 2. Baadshaho has got a mixed response.
Q. Gentleman vs Judwaa 2 vs Padmavati vs Dutt. Which among this movie will be biggest hit for younger actors?
A. Our pick would be Dutt. It has both the best actor and best director.
Q. How is the buzz for JHMS?
A. Good, but only at major cities.
Q. What is the difference between theatre and screen?
A. One 3-screen multiplex counts as one theatre, but screen-count will be 3.
Q. Seeing the recent work, success – failure, age who will be in Top 5 and Top 10 in coming 5 years among the actors?
A. Ranbir, Varun and Ranveer have found acceptance. But it’s still difficult to imagine this industry without stalwarts like Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar.
why indicine you call salman megastar and srk superstar, as salman if a megastar,he should always give at least good opening on friday even with any genre movie, but he failed, so i think you should reduce salman stature from megastar to superstar
How is the bollywood industry surviving when in majority of the movies, either producers or distributors are facing loses?
Any chance for Jab Harry Met Sejal to collect above 20cr or above 25 cr on opening day? Above Tubelight atleast?
Indicine why is this that u termed fans opening good whereas tubelight opening average .I mean both were content film with only 1 hit song.and whereas fan had that partial holiday whereas tubelight pre eid?this is a 5th time I m asking u this??
Dear indicine what are the reasons for every movie opening’s are below predictions. .or may I say openings are below par after bahubali ..
what do you think the corporate bookings regarding PK, Dangal and Ek tha tiger as even distributors have confirmed it…how much does it really adds to weekend collections ??
Should PadMan release on Christmas if TEPK is successful?
How is the hype & buzz of Jab Harry Met Sejal as compared to Tubelight?
Indicine now that distributors are not going to have losses from tubelight don’t u think u should change it verdict to average?
@indicine pls answer my question. Who according to you is the most important after the Director in the making part of the film? Apart from the lead pair. I now everybody should be given equal importance but still according to you who isthe most after the Director and why? Is it the Editor?
I am big fan of your website and ques&ans session but sir indicine posts very few article in a day and also doesn’tgive everyday box-office collection.. I request you to please improve this..
If JHMS has good WOM and good response, will it have any chance to collect more than TEPK per day?
What has happened to Shyam Benegal’s revamp commitee for CBFC? Why hasn’t any reform taken yet?
Dont u think Salman Khan is the biggest mass hero because even with tubelight a,b,c centres did open well.for eg gorakhpur,jaipur,latur,jodhpur,kanpur,etc.it was the metros that let the films opening down???
Any information about Operation Khukri of Shah Rukh Khan? I heard it is being made on a huge scale and it is patriotic film too.
Is GST helping Bollywood or not?
@indicine pls answer my question.
What about THE IMMORTALS OF MELUHA. WAS Shuddhi based on that novel. And now as the contract rights are expired with Dharma Productions. Is it true that SANJAY LEELA BHANSALI is directing that adaptation with HRITHIK Roshan in the lead
What is the criteria for Ranbir Kapoor & Varun Dhawan to become superstars?
Do you think Tamil and telegu movies are being better than Bollywood, if it does then why so?
Indicine why is this that when in srks movies distributors lose money it is termed hit and not salmans movie??for eg raone sold at 75 cr did only 115 but termed hit.dilwale sold at 110 cr but termed above avg.jab tak hai jaan sold at 60 cr did only 120(break even) but termed hit and latest. Raees sold at 80 cr did 132 cr termed above avg??I mean how???
If Phurr of JHMS becomes rage just like Lungi Dance, will it make a big impact on JHMS?
Who are the best Bollywood singers through the years?
If tiger zinda hai has trailer and songs of ek tha tiger level according to you what would be its opening??
can you give prediction of top 10 2018 movies
it’s my request…
Heard that jab Harry met sejal is sold for 75 crores to distributors?if true then how much does it need to be called super hit,hit,average and flop??
Hrithiks next ?? Between Karan johar and Rakesh Roshan the better director ?
Hearing that salman opted out of battle of dargah..Is it true?No akshay in Namastey canada…Neither in hera pheri sequel..No news of Crack…What is happening?
What do u think of lineup of films of the three khans? Like salmans tiger,remo next,dabangg 3 kick 2,aamirs thugs and biopic,srks jhms and dwarf movie??which of them have interesting line up????
Is Krrish 4 , Hrithik Roshan’s next ?
Rank the top 6 superstars presently depending on the mass pull not class only mass?