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- July 7th, 2009
Box office figures: Kambakht Ishq vs Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Well, many have been arguing endlessly over the box office figures of Kambakht Ishq and Shahrukh Khan’s Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.. To clear it up, we have the official numbers of both films.
Kambakht Ishq has just released, hence we only have the opening weekend numbers. The film has done exceptional business over the weekend with a net gross of almost 25 crores including the paid preview shows on Thursday.
The figures of SRK’s Rab Ne.. too were almost the same. It remains to be seen which film will end up the bigger earner at the Indian box-office.
Note:- Aamir Khan’s Ghajini isn’t even in the picture here, it was miles ahead of both films with a nett gross of more than 30 crores over the weekend.
Here you go, the official opening weekend and week-by-week figures of Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.
Opening weekend – 25 crores
Week 1 – 42.20 Crores
Week 2 – 24.60 Crores
Week 3 – 9.30 Crores
Week 4 – 4.90 Crores
Week 5 – 3.05 Crores
Week 6 – 1.25 Crores
Week 7 – 0.68 Crores
Week 8 – 0.30 Crores
Total – 86.28 (8 weeks)
Kambakht Ishq
Opening weekend – 24.50 crores
Week 1 – 42 crores
Week 2 – 10 crores
There is lack of clarity with the first week numbers of Kambakht Ishq. Different sources have different figures and our very own calculations too differed from the official numbers (mentioned below)
Week 1 worldwide – 100 crores
Week 1 India (gross) – 70 crores
Week 1 India (nett gross) – 42 crores
So going by the official figures, Kambakht Ishq and Rab Ne are on par. Can the Akshay Kumar film do business of 25 crores or more in Week 2? Lets wait and watch.
Week 2 update: Unfortunately, KI has recorded extremely poor collections in week 2, to take its two week total to 52 crores in India.
Keep following this topic, it will be updated every week as soon as the official figures are released!
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spiderman: (July 7, 2009 at 4:49 am)
Bejul: (July 7, 2009 at 11:58 am)
Glad that KI did not beat RNBDJ!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE YOU SRK!!!!!!
Kalyan: (July 7, 2009 at 12:57 pm)
i wonder why indicine gives wrong numbers…….. Kambhakkt ishq grossed between 25-26 crores not 24.50 – Bollywood Hungama
sudeep: (July 7, 2009 at 2:28 pm)
INDICINE TEAM:Y making comparision between two actor.HoW u tell me ,y to make difference between two.Both R benefit for bollywood industry then y u doing so!!i m srry but i need to say u r cheap.U said u r not support of anyone but u r making difference in public by seperating SRK And akshay!!!
AKshay recently said that he want every movie to do well for the benefit for bollywood industry .not only his but other also.He said movie like kambakkht ishq,new york,kaminey,loveaajkal will also do well.LOok there u see ,he never want other harm.But U r doing so!!!!
ahsan khan: (July 7, 2009 at 2:31 pm)
Don’t be happy that (KI) didn’t beat RNBDJ.
Do you guys know the fact? Business of KI affected badly by weather in mobay.
There was heavy rain in mombay on Saturday and Sunday.
paramjit kaur: (July 7, 2009 at 2:34 pm)
i think all same figures KAand RNBJ i think KA going to be super hit like RNBJ,god bless aki keep doing good job, you are the king of bollywood ,love you aki baby
ahsan khan: (July 7, 2009 at 2:56 pm)
Kambakkht Ishq has grossed around 24.50 crore nett including paid previews over its first weekend. The 125 paid previews grossed around 40 lakhs with the Friday to Sunday total being around 24 crore nett.
The film had the second biggest first day in history and the first weekend was the fourth biggest in history. The collections of the film fell slightly at some places on Saturday while Sunday saw very strong collections. Mumbai was affected by very bad weather on Saturday and Sunday which meant lower than expected collections in the area. Delhi/UP and East Punjab are extraordinary and have seen the best collections.
Kambakkht Ishq will be a hit if it can get decent collections over the weekdays but if collections fall heavily it will have a lower status. If collections are strong over the weekdays then it may even turn out to be a superhit.
Anand: (July 7, 2009 at 6:54 pm)
kambakhht ishq is d worst ever film ihave seen in my life.How can actor like akshay act in such a third graded movie,with d story being nonsense,even though d film is south dubbed as usual, it has failed 2 attract public.I hope akshay doesn’t dissapoint again.
Eshita: (July 7, 2009 at 10:08 pm)
Flop movie.Flop actor…..
spiderman: (July 8, 2009 at 2:26 am)
indicine team
do you know what the opening weekend takings were for singh is kinng ??
which films are the 6 top opening weekend grossers of all times ?
Lyn: (July 8, 2009 at 4:40 am)
From what I read everywhere I am hoping kambakht ishq really bombs when word of mouth hits. It will then convey (hopefully) to Akshay and his movie makers that a. he has the star draw to fill cinemas (as the big opening showed) but unless he finds someone to help him screen his scripts he’ll stay way below his potential.
I am a Westerner new to hindu movies last September. I have been in a ‘Year of living Hindi’ and have watched almost 250 movies on DVD almost all from the last 2 decades. This hasn’t been an exploration of a genre but rather a personal odyssey of chasing movies that entertain as Hollywood is making so much dark or, violent, sexual without real emotion conveyed or boring stuff (and their actors really don’t have the stunning looks or ability to convey emotion top Indian actors do).
Akshay stand out for me as a major frustration in thing. While I may have sometimes avoided work of brilliant actors like SRK, Aamir or Hrithik if I read there’s a lot of violence in them, Akshay is harder to predict in advance. He can be a very watchable, intelligent and attractive actor but the movies he chooses can be unwatchable and lacking entertainment for their silliness. Or several times I’ve seen movies where he has me on side the whole movie with his character but the script leaves him (and thus me too) hanging or losing in the final scene. His comedies are particularly to be avoided (I actually didn’t mind the panned 8X10 Tasveer). Although he is quoted as saying logic doesn’t matter to him as he goes for entertainment, the lack of this ‘logic’ actually mars the entertainment.
In fairness I don’t relate to a lot of comedy Indians seem to like anyway as the hindi comedies are so often about conning and taking advantage of others – not in the old Robin Hood way where peoples goods are restored to them after being unrightfully taken, but rather stepping over others and cheating to get ahead. I also don’t go for slapstick and ’silly’ characters as appeals to Indian tastes. However there are romantic comedies and more subtle ones that have been brilliant.
So as the dust settles on this movie and my memorable hindi year I really hope Akshay uses some of his earnings to employ someone with a good eye to vet scripts for him. He has so much going for him but I don’t think I’ll be seeing kambakht ishq when it comes to DVD (the only way I have access to hindi movies where I live) even though I was eagerly awaiting it before it screened.
vijay: (July 8, 2009 at 5:09 pm)
KI is very good movie,it just shows in bollywood that its not one man show anymore because the balance of power has once again shifted towards akki
spiderman: (July 9, 2009 at 4:28 am)
indicine team
what about that terrible film golmaal returns, which apparently did mindblowing business in its opening weekend ??
also, if we count the old films from yesteryears such as sholay, muqaddar ka sikander etc. inflation adjusted, will they not beat the current top 5 weekend groossers ??
spiderman: (July 10, 2009 at 2:45 am)
surely a films success should be attributed to its worldwide gross and not just the all india gross ? after all, its the total money that the film makes, not just the money it makes in india.
so, should we not be looking at the total worldwide weekend gross to determine which films are the biggest opening weekend grossers of all time ?
if we consider the total worldwide weekend gross, which are the top 5 films ?
spiderman: (July 11, 2009 at 9:23 pm)
the first week results are finally out, and it hasn’t beaten any records of RNBDJ at all. ha ha ha !!!





well, i was right. KI did not beat the opening weekend record of RNBDJ.