Dangal 300 crore mark: Will Aamir Khan top the year again?

In its journey to achieve its first target i.e to cross the 300 crore mark, Dangal has covered half the distance in just 5 short days at the domestic box office. The film still has 2 open weeks before the release of a small film like ‘Ok Jaanu’ and nearly a full month before the two big films ‘Kaabil’ and ‘Raees’ release in theatres.

That’s a lot of time for a film that’s carrying excellent word-of-mouth. But to push it to the next level and challenge the all time record of PK, Dangal needs a strong second weekend and one more 25 crore+ day which falls closer to the 30 crore mark.

While analysing, we came across an interesting trend for films that carry excellent word-of-mouth. The 2nd Sunday collections of Bajrangi Bhaijaan was 12% higher than the 1st Tuesday collections of the film. Interestingly, PK had the same but slightly better trend – which could be because of the Christmas week benefits even on a non-holiday. PK’s 2nd Sunday was 14% higher than it’s 1st Tuesday.

If Dangal trends like the two films that we just mentioned, it would be looking at a total of around 196-197 crore by the end of its first week and a 260 crore plus total by the end of its 2nd weekend (10 days). Not to forget, Dangal’s 2nd Sunday is also New Years, so there could be a further boost of 5% to business.

Unless there are unexpected drops, Dangal is almost certain to cross the 300 crore mark and become yet another ‘Highest Grosser Of The Year’ for Aamir Khan.

With all his previous Christmas releases since Ghajini in 2008, Aamir has not only delivered the ‘Highest Grosser Of The Year’, but also gone on to smash the ‘Highest Grosser of All Time’. Ghajini, 3 Idiots, Dhoom 3, PK – all were record grossers. All those films either had a top director, top franchise, top heroine or were out-and-out commercial films.

Dangal had none, which would make the achievement – if he does eventually get there – beyond extraordinary.

For the last 15 years, barring a few smart decisions like Dhoom 3, Aamir has chased excellence in film-making over box office records and it’s that sheer passion for giving his audience an unforgettable experience through his films – that has made the trust in the Aamir Khan brand stronger than ever.

It’s also the extraordinary conviction the man has to dedicate two years of his life to a film, putting no less than his health at risk, that makes him deserving of all the success that he gets and more.

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  • GK Quiz
    Creator of
    100cr club- Aamir
    200cr club- Aamir
    300cr club- Aamir
    400cr Club – Aamir
    Biggest Day Ever- Aamir (Dangal)

    Superstar who took India to Oscars- Aamir

    Star with
    Highest Success rate in this century- Aamir (90%)

    But who is the no.1 star of the country as per trade & section of media –
    Sallu , Srk…!!!

    Matlab Aamir records pe records banata rahega par no.1 kehne ki baari ayi toh someone else will get the honour

  • Highest Opening/1st Day Overseas:

    1) Dilwale- 22.61cr
    2) CE – 21cr
    3) Dhoom3 – 20.85cr
    4) Sultan – 20.50cr
    5) HNY – 18.30cr
    6) FAN – 18.19cr

    Proud to be Srkian ??

  • If Dangal crosses 300 crores, it is a huge victory for cinema lovers.

    Success of Dangal would mean filmmakers stop thinking Indian audiences don’t have intelligence and “should leave their brains at home” kind of mentality.

  • Dangal will cross 300 and will do 335 minimum for lifetime. What do u mean “smart decisions dhoom3”? Dhoom 3 was an awesome film filled with entertainment. Yes, it wasn’t made for everyone but it was appreciated and that’s why it broke records back when it released and became the highest grossing film. If a film is bad, no matter which star is in the film, it will drop and dhoom 3 never dropped in its collections. It was strong throughout.

  • and wat is this franchise nonsense attaches to dhoom3 record???
    sallu no.1 khan came with franchise Dabangg2 on Christmas 2012 failed to beat 3 idiots by 45cr margin

    Aamir came on Xmas 2013 and crosssd dabangg2 in 5.5 days. . !!!!

    Franchise Franchise Franchise
    Bloody nonsense

  • Sultan also crossed 300 crore, but it had lots of mass entertainment factors like romantic content and dance numbers. Such factors are the reason why noone takes Bollywood seriously outside India. Dangal is better than sultan in every way.

  • Plz also menti0ned figures of tuesday collection..s0on
    apka ‘bhai’ & bhai k fanz to jal jal kr mar rhe h0ngy..

  • @Aman
    Dangal and Sultan crossed the overseas lifetime of FAN, Don 2, JTHJ in 5-6 days :D
    Aamir, Salman >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Srk in overseas.

  • @ARJUN YOUNGISTAAN FAN
    Obviously Bro.
    Indicine as well as all trade and section of media always praise srk and salman .
    Every time aamir deliver highest grosser of all time and he has much succes % then compated to srk and salman. But also ebery put him nehind srk and salman.
    Now the time has came to declared that aamir khan is one and only megastar of bollywood.

  • Dangal rightly deserves the collections. It deserves to cross 300 Crores. It’s one kinda gem of a movie. Except for a moments, everything was perfect. All the best.

  • Having said that, Dangal gave me two shocks on two days: Sunday and Monday. I didn’t expect that much. Kudos to Aamir for giving first ever GENUINE 40 crores plus single day collections. And I want Tubelight to be equally good.

  • Seriously AAMIR ka Muqabla Koi Nhn Kar Sakta……Har Baar NAYI MOVIE….NEW SUBJECT…NEW CHARACTER….NEW LOOK….
    Koi aisy kesy har baar ALL TIME BLOCKBUSTER de sakta hai…..
    Koi agar kisi actor ko pasand karta hai to is ki movies ki waja se….
    Agar salman film line mien na hota to kon us ko janta…..smillar for Srk and Aamir…
    Hum movies ki waja se in ko janty hien…
    Meri nazar mien sab se bara superstar woh hai jis ki movie ko har section ki audience pasand karti ho…..woh superstar hi kiya jo achi movie na banaye…..
    Itny saal industry mien rahy ho phir bhi ye nhn pata ky konsi movie ko select karna chahiye.,….
    In that case….aamir is true superstar
    His script sense…acting abilities…..movie ky har department ko lead karna,,,is the best.
    Cinema lover ka superstar aamir khan hai….

  • Congo to Aamir khan 4 giving neck to neck competition to Salman else there is another khan (Biggest Superstar SRK) who is famous for his 3.6 billion fans and famous for 80 cr lifetime collection at the indian box office. LOL!

  • No one can come close to aamir, Not in mega stardom, not in quality wise, not in fan following, not in iconic status… Except in social networking sites. In that place only aamir is behind to other two khans.

  • @Sambuddha, also take the volume of the works done by Salman and Aamir?
    – Since 2010, Salman gave 8 Blockbusters (with Record Breaking Opening Each Time), One Super Hit, One Semi Hit and One Below Average.
    – Since 2010, if we exclude Dhobighat, Aamir gave 3 Blockbusters (that were ATHGs).

    The volume of successful works matter to every sane and logical person unless idiots like you who always try to insinuate fan wars to satisfy your hatred of Salman. Everybody knows who you are.

    I’ve pointed out this because of you, not to belittle Aamir and who am I to do so? Aamir is a unique megastar too. I am just pointing out some facts.

  • I m a big SRK fan
    But Aamir sir always amazed me n others with grt films n dedication towards his craft.
    I hope SRK also doing d same in d near future
    Jitna bhi chilla lo par sach ye hai ke Aamir sir s way ahead now n i will pray that Shah sir bhi apne asli avatar me bounce back kare aur audience ka trust earn kare.
    We should appreciate others hard work n learn frm them.
    Loved #Dangal
    N hope #Raees became a good film jo SRK ki asli talent ko justify kare.
    Happy dat bollywood appreciate a good movie.

  • @Sambuddha, tu apna Flopbir ke career pe dyaan de. Everyone knows who you are and why you are saying this. JJ phir se flop hone wala hai. It’s just an animated cartoonish film ripped off from many Hollywood films.

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