Finally, the record that we have all been waiting for – Chennai Express is now, officially, the highest grossing film ever. The film has gone past the lifetime collections of Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots in just 15 days since its theatrical release on 9th August.
Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone now hold almost all records, including another biggie – Highest Distributor Share.
Detailed comparison between Chennai Express and 3 Idiots below.
| Day | 3 Idiots | Chennai Express |
|---|---|---|
| Preview | 2.5 crores | 6.75 crores |
| Day 1 | 12.5 crores (Holiday Christmas) | 33.12 crore (Eid Holiday) |
| Day 2 | 11.5 crores | 28.06 crore |
| Day 3 | 13.5 crores (Sunday) | 32.5 crore (Sunday) |
| Day 4 | 11 crores | 12.62 crores |
| Day 5 | 9.5 crores | 11.50 crores |
| Day 6 | 9 crores | 12.56 crores |
| Day 7 | 10 crores | 19.60 crores (Independence Day) |
| First Week | 79.5 crores | 156.71 crores (7 days + paid previews) |
| Day 8 | 11 crores (New Year) | 6.48 crore |
| Day 9 | 10.5 crores | 8.51 crore |
| Day 10 | 12.5 crores (Sunday) | 10.22 crore (Sunday) |
| Day 11 | 6 crores | 3.80 crore |
| Day 12 | 5.75 crores | 7.06 crore (Raksha Bandhan) |
| Day 13 | 5.25 crores | 4.51 crore |
| Day 14 | 5 crores | 3.25 crore |
| Two Week Total | 136 crores | 200.54 crores |
| Day 15 | 4 crores | 2.12 crore |
| Day 16 | 7 crores | - |
| Day 17 | 8 crores (Sunday) | - |
| Day 18 | 3.25 crores | - |
| Day 19 | 3 crores | - |
| Day 20 | 2.75 crores | - |
| Day 21 | 2.5 crores | - |
| Three Week Total | 166.5 crores | - |
| Day 22 | 2.25 crores | - |
| Day 23 | 3.25 crores | - |
| Day 24 | 4 crores (Sunday) | - |
| Total till fourth weekend | 176 crores | - |
| Remaining weeks | 26.5 crores | - |
| Lifetime Collections | 202.5 crores | 202.66 crores (15.5 days) |
Advertisements
SRK has showed the world once again who the real King is. These idiots, dabanggs, rowdies, bunnies all had the advantage of masala and holiday dates and yet SRK’s first masala film in 6 years becomes the BIGGEST HIT OF ALL TIME! Pungi baja daali lungi dance ne!
Awwwwweeeesome….!!!! I was waiting for this article. Many many congratulations to whole team of CE;especially SRK & Deepika for their memorable performances. Really deserving.
Indicine, what do you think of lifetime collections of CE would be like? Pls tell.
@Anupama, lifetime collections will be around 215 – 220 crores.
Hat’s off to All Chennai Express Team Members.
congo to all srk fans. and 2 min silence for those who said it wont cross 3idiot.
Hmmm. Ok. Then this record would not stay for a long time. Dhoom 3 will end these records with a Dhoom.
well deserved one.. srk is the only one to deliver 100 cr in all genres.. sci-fi (ra.one) hiest (don2) romance (jthj) and now finally masala comedy a humungous 202cr+ CE!! truly the king..
mental bhai also gets huge successes but only does one genre and seems that he is afraid to experiment.. ghajini bhai is also fab but his different genre (talaash) failed to even reach 100 cr.. the point is no one can beat these 3 khans.. no hritik akki ranbir ajay or any of them.. though hritik still looks promising but he will be number 4 till the big khans are there..
all it took was one popular genre movie and results are for all to see.. haters will anyways vent frustration and say foolish things.. but the fact is that now the order has been set right.. srk aamir salman.. all are champions but srk is FIRST AMONG EQUALS.. respect to all 3 for there achievments!!
Here it is…no more records to break…Ce in front seat..
now onwards the rest part of journey ll be
history
Wth Srk-Dp-R shetty history re-written
Congo to whole record express team
Congratulation srk nw is king rockzzzzzz
it all started with amir who remade a south movie called ghajini which is also a remake of american movie memento
so salman took it for granted that you can be the king by remaking a long streak of south movirs namely wanted /ready/bodyguard and up coming mental and kick
but srk the real king made a movie on the south he broke all the records in a record breaking time
2 weeks t
this is the difference between real king
and kings of remakes amir and salman
cheer up all srk fans
and navin and such-like i think you are now fully depressed by chennai record depress
while we are amused by chennai record impress
King is back with bang.200cr in 14 days is a record.But what differs king khan from all is that CE have done 100crores in overseas only in two weeks the recod no one think of for this genre.All hails to SRK.
It’s SRK’s position and it should be SRK’s because SRK IS NO.1 SUPERSTAR in bollywood……yes!!! KING OF BOLLYWOOD
Don’t underestimate the power of King Khan!!!!
oh hell yeah the king of kings is back on his throne
@rag13 leave domestic…..don’t forget the overseas …….SRK is the only superstar who has two 100cr in overseas that two different genres
1)MY NAME IS KHAN(103cr nett overseas)
2)CHENNAI EXPRESS(102cr+ nett overseas and counting)
which star has the guts to break his collection in overseas mainly in masala genre???
KING IS KING AFTERALL
Congratulations To SRK And Deepika For The Huge Success Of Chennai Express….. SRK Is The Real KING Of Bollywood….. 200 Crore In India And 100 Crore In Overseas….
He has proved why he is called king khan…
Congrats SRK and DEPE + Rohit you guys rock ..
love to watch this film,
King will be King in any time …
haha not according to boi so even here its debatable…so indicine acknowledges that Aamir was number 1 all this while thanks alot and pl indicine on 11th Jan i want you to write the same thing again plz do mention top spot on 11th jan 15 when Dhoom 3 completes 16 days!
As expected after breaking record of ett and fastest to reach 100 crore this milestone was way from over as this express was aiming for 200 crore club!! now wait of 200 is over its time for krrish 3 to shine at bo hope story line will be best for sci fi movie and no doubt rakesh roshans storyline and emotions will be amazing!!
look closely 3 idiots was liked more which is clear from day 13,14,15 collections anyway we aamir fans were bored that 1000 films tried beating 3i finally somebody has beaten us now Ace Khan will raise the bar a little higher !
number1express in Bollywood history srk deepika rohit do fantabulous job great achievement to all Chennai express team congrats
CE has CRUSHED overrated aamir khans record in just 2 weeks. Aamir who use to abuse SRK by saying him a DOG, SRK has shown aamir his aukad by beating his over rated record in just 2 weeks time that too with medium movie. Hatts of to the STAR. Hail King SRK. A tight SLAP on AAMIR KHAN’s face, and AAmir khans ego is down now. SRK Take a bow. Champion anytime.
SRK rocks.. and he showed that king well be king
congrats to team CE and SRK + Depeeka
This record only for 4 months…………….dhoom3 will arrive and crush the record……3 idiots helds this record 4 years and now Dhoom3 again may be for five years…..
finally the idiots rocord broken by the train.
@Indicine Team: it will b more I bet….
Everbody do the lungi dance
This is great
One dialogue
‘THE KING IS BACK’.
Truly BEST ACTOR IN THE WORLD..
Outstanding achievement! CE has done what many others were dreaming to do for the past 4 years. Although K3 and D3 will most probably beat these collections, CE might still be a bigger success because it has a lower budget as compared to K3 and D3, which easily have a budget over 100cr. The 2 movies need to beat CE by a margin to be termed bigger successes.
Now that SRK has finally widened the gap into the 200cr club, we should welcome other films into it.
@SAKHI.. i totally agree with you.. in overseas market there was never and there can never be another SRK.. (atleast for the next 10 years).. 7 out of top 10 movies.. simply amazing!! He is the true BADSHAH worldwide without a doubt