Can PK beat Dhoom 3 and cross the 300 crore mark?

Question: Do you believe that PK can actually beat D3 records, it being a satirical movie with a message? Would it become a 300 cr. domestic venture? – Ishaan Gulati

Answer: We have written about this in several articles in the last few days. The trend of films like Bang Bang, Happy New Year, Singham Returns, Kick, Jai Ho and even a Besharam – have a clear cut message to filmmakers. Content is king. A superstar can get the audience to theatres on the first or second day, but after that it comes down to the content. If you have a film as solid and entertaining as 3 Idiots, it can plunder records. Films that are fairly well-received like Kick, will do well enough to collect Rs 233 cr, even though the same actors previous release failed to excite the audience.

Besharam collected 20 cr on Day 1 and dropped to less than 6 crore on Day 2. Singham Returns took a record opening of 32 crore, but finished with lifetime business of 140 cr. Bang Bang with better content would have crossed 200 crore.

In short, if PK turns out to be as good as any of Rajkumar Hirani’s last three films, then the records that it sets could stand the test of time like 3 Idiots. Having said that, the response to the trailer has been mixed and PK will be carrying very high expectations. The audience is not just expecting an entertaining film, but a classic.

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The QnA section has become quite popular here. We receive more than 1000 questions everyday. Some of them are funny. Read on!

  • What are the collection of film Bajrangi Bhaijaan? – asks Shreya Singh, who probably confused Eid-al-Adha (Bakri-eid) to Eid-al-fitr, as Salman films release every Eid.
  • Why PK has larger theatre prints than HNY and Kick? – asks Bhushan Bagul – we are not too sure what he means.
  • Who is srk??? – asks Reyaskhan - what are you doing on our website, mate?
  • Why is Salman cleaning street of Karjat and not Mumbai which is much more dirty? – asks Sushil – because he is currently shooting in Karjat, does it really matter? And how do you want us to answer that?
  • Can SRK break Rajesh Khanna’s record of giving 15 back to back hits? With HNY trending towards superhit status srk now has 11 back to back hits – asks ‘Arjun Kapoor’ – asking a astrologer would be a better idea, no?
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  • @mighty king absolutely right fact is kick is not a target for Aamir,they are eying on d3 we record that’s why they pushed this film to release on Christmas so that they can have large section of audience, other thing is kick collected 60cr less than d3 or 47cr in Hindi version so that shouldn’t be a target for PK.
    For me who will have the highest grosser among kick and pk doesn’t matter,I want pk to have brilliant content and than we know Aamir words,follow excellence,success will follows you which happen late for Aamir case but happen in that way which never happen with any actor ever.

  • @ mighty king- i am an astrologer actually just read my recent predictions. my moon sign & sun both signs are scorpio.
    what salman set is small target for aamir, what a joke? look at the face of srkians. pk isnt brand dhoom3 nor this movie is based on students of college like 3 idiots. not many of indians are intrested in aliens. and those who think aamir is trend setter then what is mpk, hahk, hddcs, tere naam. salman changed the trend from action to love stories with mpk, qsqt was also good but mpk was best. he start body building trend in bollywood look at khoosat srk he try body building now not becuz he wanna fit but for competition to youngsters. what aamir without good team and what salman is?

  • @ srk fans- meet this arjun arjun kapoor–
    ARJUN KAPOOR: (July 19, 2014 at 2:11 pm)@romance u r obsessed with box office india’s fake figures.anyways even u agree that jthj was a hit in india and blockbuster overseas.butthen wat makes u blv most indians rejected it?if Indians had rejected it then it would hv been a failure like ra.one or asoka or paheli and not bcm hit.

  • @digween get a life. me, suchit, sid original, sky and many others are all aamir fans, not salman fans. get your shit out of here. aamir has billions of fans around the world. his stardom is much more than sarookh and salman. and ghajini, 3 idiots and dhoom 3’s BO collections prove that. and don’t make retarded excuses that they work because of the content or story. dhoom 3 and ghajini had no great story still they are all time blockbusters. also fanaa had no great story still it was the first movie to cross 55 crores. get a life moron. aamir’s fans are not jobless like srk and salman’s fans to fight on these small internet platforms. so get a life. he has much more fans in general population than srk and salman’s fans.

  • yuvraj,u r correct.I used to blv ra.one as a non hit for a long time but I think I was wrong.it earned 120cr from 3300 screens which is similar to holiday.so if holiday is hit then so is raone.plus it earned it way back in 2011 when such figures were still big.but most importantly every media house in all their articles hv called it a hit ever since its release.so I hv changed my opinion about raone.it was a hit despite bad wom

  • @yuvraaj you are a fake pretenious fan of salman. no body gives damn to what you write about aamir. if you think that you can make fan war between aamir and salman’s fans then you are loser. go and learn some ABCD first. you are just a small kid. salman is ashamed because of fans like you.

  • amongst all the salman fans in indicine I only respect @navin, @anand the original, @hrithik, etc. because they are loyal and dignified and support aamir and appreciate his work and defend him whenever aamir haters bark. but this duffer called @yuvraj is a faky salman fan. i think he is just a mysterious fan of some mysterious actor. he is pure aamir hater, but pretends to be salman fan to play safe so he can not get bashed by these loyal salman fans. shame on you @yuvraj tu na idhar ka na udhar ka. shame on your fakeness.

  • @baby nipun kumar junior 12:20am

    Hot off the press- Guys I’ve Just seen the 3 latest questions sent in by Nipun to Indicine n these are worthy of making it to the front page let alone the funny pages..,!

    Q1- “Indicine do you think Jaadoo will come back in Jaadoo Mil Gaya 2 (sequel to first Jaadoo Mil Gaya film n not part of the X-Men sorry Krrishh series) n help save Hrithiks career in Bollywood n give him enough powers to finally make it big in Greek Cinema before cracking Jollywood sorry Hollywood?
    Q2- “Can you tell me the names of all the users who give me a LIKE for my crappy reviews so that I can send them a kite (left over merchandise from Kites debacle) and a Jaadoo toy to say thanks for your support. Plus a list of all the people who dislike my rubbish review so that I can send them a dvd of Lootera (sadly I bought 10000 copies thinking they will be worth alot in the future) to torture them…!
    Q3- ‘Indicine please tell me honestly- is babaji really being faithful to me or is he flirting with other users like arjun, dynamic, loki by spoofing them and not giving me the TLC I so desperately crave…?

  • @digwin and also one more thing, the so called king srk’s box office underperformance in both domestic and overseas proves how much fans he has as compared to aamir. no matter how many excuses shahrukh fans give, te fact is aamir is ruling both domestic and overseas charts. in overseas aamir rules the list with 2 but both on the top of the list. while our lungi king is struggling to break his 3rd highest grosser my name is khan’s record. poor king. and in domestic when his chennai express broke all records after 4 years of 3 idiots, it didn’t take even 4 whole months for aamir to shatter that record and setting huge benchmark which he is now struggling with his dud called dud new year. shame on you shahrukh.

  • hny second friday early trends 5.50cr
    now max 22cr weekend 37-40cr week
    third week 8-10cr rest of week 4cr
    max 210cr
    its show how srk starpower is
    a poor wom movie he take into 200cr club….epic
    indicine plz upload overseas collection first week…

  • my simple question for all srk hater
    how much hny collect if movie have salman/aamir/hritik instead of srk
    same wom

  • @ace rules

    i always thought amir khan fans are more polite and sensible when they speak….but alas! you proved me wrong.
    thanks for making yourself clear but we can have a difference in our shits (or you meant opinion)….i m free to express it wherever and whenever i want…i am not carrying my shit anywhere out of here…. ;)

  • It will depend on many factors including music,entertainment factor….If film will have good content but low entertainment factor(like Lunchbox,Paan Singh etc) then it will not reach 200cr surely,but if it will have good content presented in entertaining way then it will surely cross 250. Dhoom 3 seems difficult because for that the opening should be bumper plus trend should be superb.Pk might lag in opening.
    I personally think it would be difficult for PK to reach 200cr as expectations are sky high but if the content drops a little than 3 idiots then audience will disappoint and will say “Achi ha lakin 3 idiots wali class nai ha ” this sentence can hurt collections very much.As disappointment is directly related to expectation.Zero expectation means you will never disappoint but higher the expectations higher the disappointments.

  • @ace rules
    and i dont know what provoked you so much to use such demeaning words against me.
    in my comment i have in general praised amir khan for his choice of scripts. you should actually be happy for it.

  • if pk does not beat D3 , it’d be a disappointment. Just 200-250 cr would be perceived as failure…..thats how high expectations are

  • @Yuvraj..please stop fighting with Aamirians man..we know that Bhai is an all time great..but don’t undermine Aamir’s success as well..these characteristics are more suitable for Kingtards than Salmaniacs!!!

  • pk is definately a contender!!
    opening will be massive despite non holiday weekend
    asking about trend setter?interesting but answerable
    srk has been the trendsetter for the most period but his choice for scripts is not good.but i can definately say that fan,raies and rohit shetty next will all be all time blockbusters as they will be low budget and will have nice content.
    salman- nah!!never.he can never be the trendsetter again.he was in the 5 blockbuster phase but now he has not!!how much can see the same type of films!he is being sustained by eid.even his kick didnt opened well despite sallu.it was very low than hny or d3.hny opened well bcoz of srk!and than didnt sustain bcoz of bad content!
    amir-u ll agree or not but amir is riding on huge success right now.he doesn’t have superstardom like srk or salman but ppl have confidence that his movies will surely be goid.!!lets see pk will be there or not!i think pk will be the winner of 2014 followed by hny and kick
    2014
    pk
    hny
    kick

  • @ zeeshan – you cant tolerate me cuz whatever i will tell about srk will be logical read my kkkkkiran comments. ur srk is overactor.
    @ mighty king – how big fool u r. I know many aamir-salman combo fan here who bash srk without logic many time. whaterver i said about aamir is logical he is my second favourite after salman. if u dnt beleive look at my fb id Yuvraj kher. ask me about salman he born in my city indore.
    @ sid- u also said – Yuvraj u r fake fan of salman.
    @ all amirians – just chill its just my opinion about a particular movie pk. many srkians said it talaash 2 so in that sense talaash business 93*2= 186. its an intelegent joke just chill guys.
    @ all srkians – my salman teachs me how to love thats why now i show you what is love.
    but ur srk teachs u how to hate thats y you hate poors, rikshawalas etc. etc.

  • @ arjun kapoor- i like ur new version but bro seriously salman does movie for his larger fans not for ur kind of multiplex public. so plz respect him otherwise dnt talk nonsense about him by your best actor should be bla bla. his expression for poors not for rich audience so how can u feel acting of Salman – peoples man.
    @ mighty king – hope u understood my joke. we are friends yaar.
    @ Indicine – I want to know, is that necessary to be a salman fan u should have to be an aamir fan and srk hater cuz i like aamir but i love salman. i dnt like srk but i dnt hate him.
    I dnt need any body to prove i am salman fan cuz i am. even my father dnt like that i am his fan but its my life my choice.

  • @ indicine PK teaser has gotten superb response by people Very nice and unique teaser in bollywood till now..Aamir Will rocks again

  • Look I am expecting it to cross 250cr for that single screens should perform well. Film will get +ve wom but it is not enough to cross KICK. film should get excellent wom
    My prediction
    1st-22cr
    Wknd-75cr
    Week 1 – 150cr
    Week 2 – 205cr
    Lifetime – 225cr+ 60-40 % chance to beat KICK 235cr

  • Pk day wise b.o collection
    day 1:28-30cr
    day 2:27-29cr
    day 3:33-35cr
    day 4:14-18cr
    day 5:22cr
    day 6:16cr
    day 7:14cr
    day 8:11cr
    day 9:12cr
    day 10: 15cr
    day 11: 3cr
    day 12: 2.5cr
    day 13 to end:11cr
    lifetime= 209.5 to 219.5cr

  • common guys its raju hirani’s movie not a Farah khan Movie.
    make sense buddy. srk is great actor but now a days he is traing break record. and were Salman and Amit creating record. no hates to SRK. pls make movies for audience not for record we love

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