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?