Chennai Express Paid Previews vs First Day of other films

Chennai Express had a wide release last evening, widest for any paid previews so far. In fact, with the film running 10-12 shows in the evening, it was on par with many full-fledged Friday releases this year.

Below is a quick look at a few major releases that grossed around 5 – 7 crores, and are comparable to the Paid Previews of Chennai Express.

 

  • Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola – 6.7 crore
  • Ghanchakkar – 6.7 crore
  • Special 26 – 6.25 crore
  • Chennai Express – 6.25 crore (paid previews)
  • Ek Thi Daayan – 6 crore
  • Aashiqui 2 – 5.75 crore
  • Chashme Baddoor – 5.3 crore
  • Raanjhanaa – 5.1 crore

 

Top 5 Paid Previews

 

  • Chennai Express – 6.25 crore
  • 3 Idiots – 2.75 crore
  • Kites – 1.75 crore
  • Ghajini – 1.6 crore
  • Bhaag Milkha Bhaag – 1 crore
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31 Comments

  • SRK is now compared with small stars like Dhanush, Emraan, Ayushman,etc.
    And 3 Idiots record is 4 year old with MUCH LOWER PRICES AND SCREENS.
    Dhoom 3 , Krrish 3 and Mental will beat this preview collection by a HUGE margin.
    They will earn 20-25 crore minimum in previews.
    Dont forget to publish similar articles on them Indicine.

  • I am a big SRK nd rohit shetty fan loved Golmaal series but Chennai Express is no were close to it. Action specaily VFX are so shabby,back to back songs shahrukh speaking tamil towards finale rohit took us for granted. Production standard to seems below mark deepika is outstanding SRK below par loved him in JTHJ instead on whole disappoited sallu fans would miss him a lot today

  • If CE release on 1300 screen in Paid Previews and we know that shows started after 06:00 PM. In that case too, 6.25 cr is a awesome figure. BOI ‘estimate’ is 6 cr, the actual may come higher. By the way, Special 26 was released on 1575 screens according to BOI, and it earned 5.70 cr exactly on its first day.

  • Some critics give negative review. Flims are made for public to watch not for critic to rate. Even though some movies that get rave reviews from critics such as lootera, shanghi,d-day etc get bombed at boxoffice. Wanted and dabang are good but bodyguard ,ready ,d2 also ett get most of the negative reviews but boxoffice reports of these movies are in our hands.This is festive season ,happy eid to all bollylovers,we want fresh by watching movies.watching lootera type of movie make us sleepy in theatres.there is a say entertainment and only entertainment,those who went to watch movies already prepare their mind that masala movies are not for using brains.so they left their mind and watch for only entertainment.And for all critics wana say that,~ it is easy to say but difficult to achieve.can u make movies which will be blockbuster?

  • Wont the paid preview collections be counted as openng day’s collections??
    If not then whats its value?? What is the advantage of decreasing your number of audience and earning in day1 ??
    And will it be added in weekend’s collections???

  • I can’t believe Kites is in the top 3. I am a huge fan of Hrithik Roshan but that film was a complete let down

  • hahaha…can’t hold my laugh…..ce’s paid preview is greater than first day collection of movies like “s26″,”ranjhana” and “aashiqui2″…and then some fools used to cry that srk’s days r over…..now what is this haters?

    again i m saying, srk was ruling, srk is ruling and srk will rule this industry ….jab tak hai jaan…. @indicine….what is the position for evening shows??? occupancy picked up ?????

  • special 26 was released in 15oo screens non holiday with competion from abcd.so dont compare it with big movies

  • indicine is this true that
    ‘CHENNAI EXPRESS’ 1st day collections are
    about 37.1 cr. Breaking record of ETT
    with 1 show remaining.

  • It did well on Thursday GRANTED but I think the repeat value is NOT as high as an Aashiqui 2, ZNMD, BMB or 3 idiots so Monday is the real test now. Weekend will be huge and if ‘sach’ is still out there lurking in the shadows then it seems you will win our bet from several months back.

  • akki spl 26 so called intelligent film opening=srk crap movie paid preview…..hail lord akki sir STARDOM…..Rofl…

  • Good Stratergy hope coming movies will follow these previews

    @indicine So krrish 3 and Dhoom 3 will haVE PAID PREVIEWS can you guess

  • Fri-27
    Sat-20
    Sun-22
    Mon-12
    Tue-11
    wed-10
    Thur-13
    Fri-9
    Sat-11
    sun-13
    preview 6
    So 11days total will be 155
    And life time will be 180
    Thats all about chennai express

  • Domestic Collection

    Thursday (Paid Preview) 06.75 cr nett
    Friday 33.00 cr nett
    Total Domestic Collections 39.75 cr nett
    Total Overseas Colelctions 22.95 cr

    Total Worldwide Collections 62.70 cr

  • watched ce now. what was that? i m not hater of srk but movie is very bad. srk overacting and deepika annoying accent. didn’t like movie at all. story was not so good.

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