After a poor start to the year with only one clean hit (Jolly LLB) and one huge disappointment (Himmatwala) in Q1 2013, the second quarter began well with Chashme Baddoor striking box-office gold. Other Bollywood releases in April like Nautanki Saala, Commando and Ek Thi Daayan were ‘plus’ films.
Quite surprisingly, the first runaway ‘blockbuster’ of the year was Mohit Suri’s Aashiqui 2, which collected 35.45 crore in it’s first week at the Indian box office. Although the film released on just 1100 screens, the collections were only 8% lower than Himmatwala which released on 3000+ screens and had a ‘A-list’ superstar like Ajay Devgan.
Top 10 Highest Week 1 Collections in 2013
- Race 2 – 69.6 crore
- Special 26 – 39.8 crore
- Himmatwala – 38.7 crore
- Aashiqui 2 – 35.45 crore
- Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola – 30.2 crore
- Chashme Baddoor – 29.2 crore
- Any Body Can Dance – 25.91 crore
- Kai Po Che – 25.25 crore
- Ek Thi Daayan – 24.5 crore
- Nautanki Saala – 18.7 crore
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