Aamir Khan’s Dangal has become the highest grossing film of 2016, breaking the record of Salman Khan’s Sultan in just 13 days after its release. The film has managed to do so in record time without the extra national holiday that most Christmas releases have got in the last few years.
Credit should almost entirely go to Aamir Khan for seeing through a film that didn’t look entirely commercial, neither did it have a big acclaimed director nor a popular heroine. In fact, Dangal did not seem to have any of those commercial ingredients that make films a record-grosser, yet a huge section of the multiplex audience have found the film to be more entertaining than many of the commercial blockbusters that have released in the last few years.
Dangal has also proven that content is the absolute king at the box office and there is nothing that’s bigger than positive word-of-mouth. Stardom does take a backseat after the first weekend, but big names like Aamir and Salman ensure that a bigger section of the public are willing to spend their hard-earned money on their films.
In the last 10 years, when the entertainment options have increased along with ticket prices getting exorbitant, only two actors and five films have managed to bring more than 3 crore people to theatres for their films. The films are 3 Idiots, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, PK, Sultan and now Dangal. The names, we all know.
Dangal is almost certain to become the highest grosser of all time and it’ll be a record that 2017 films will find it extremely difficult to beat.
We have the final list of collections of 2016 films below, the first two films are light years ahead of the rest. Remove their films and 2016 will be one of the worst years in history.
| Movie | Release | Verdict | Day 1 | Weekend | Week 1 | Total |
| Dangal | 23 Dec | All Time Blockbuster | 29.78 | 107.01 | 197.54 | 383 |
| Sultan | 6 July | All Time Blockbuster | 36.54 | 105.53 | 208.82 | 300.68 |
| The Jungle Book | 4 April | Blockbuster | 10.09 | 40.47 | 74.08 | 188.72 |
| M S Dhoni | 30 Sep | Hit | 21.30 | 66.00 | 94.13 | 132.85 |
| Airlift | 22 Jan | Super Hit | 12.35 | 44.30 | 83.5 | 128.45 |
| Rustom | 12 Aug | Super Hit | 14.11 | 50.42 | 90.9 | 127.48 |
| Ae Dil Hai Mushkil | 28 Oct | Hit | 13.30 | 35.60 | 80.19 | 112.14 |
| Housefull 3 | 03 Jun | Hit | 15.21 | 53.31 | 80.1 | 109.14 |
| Shivaay | 28 Oct | Flop | 10.24 | 28.56 | 70.41 | 91.90 |
| FAN | 15 April | Flop | 19.20 | 52.35 | 71.5 | 84.10 |
| Baaghi | 29 April | Super Hit | 11.94 | 38.58 | 59.72 | 76.34 |
| Neerja | 19 Feb | Super Hit | 4.70 | 22.01 | 35.32 | 76.20 |
| Kapoor And Sons | 18 Mar | Super Hit | 6.85 | 26.35 | 46.93 | 73.29 |
| Dishoom | 29 July | Above Average | 11.05 | 37.32 | 67.97 | 70.00 |
| Pink | 16 Sep | Hit | 4.32 | 25.29 | 35.91 | 63.45 |
| Dear Zindagi | 25 Nov | Hit | 8.75 | 32.50 | 47.00 | 61.49 |
| Udta Punjab | 17 Jun | Above Average | 10.05 | 33.80 | 48.5 | 60.33 |
| Befikre | 9 Dec | Flop | 10.36 | 34.43 | 48.75 | 59.30 |
| Mohenjo Daro | 12 Aug | Disaster | 8.87 | 30.54 | 51.18 | 58.00 |
| Ki and Ka | 1 Apr | Hit | 7.30 | 25.23 | 37.57 | 52.31 |
| Wazir | 7 Jan | Average | 5.61 | 21.01 | 30.05 | 41.02 |
| A Flying Jatt | 25 Aug | Flop | 7.10 | 20.45 | 35.60 | 38.61 |
| Mastizaade | 29 Jan | Average | 5.59 | 18.45 | 28.74 | 36.44 |
| Ghayal Once Again | 5 Feb | Flop | 7.20 | 23.25 | 33.25 | 35.7 |
| Azhar | 13 May | Flop | 6.30 | 20.8 | 29.70 | 33.65 |
| Force 2 | 18 Nov | Flop | 6.05 | 20.05 | 30.15 | 33 |
| Jai Gangaajal | 4 Mar | Flop | 5.50 | 17.7 | 25.2 | 32.63 |
| Baar Baar Dekho | 09 Sep | Flop | 6.81 | 21.16 | 29.40 | 31.21 |
| Kahaani 2 | 2 Dec | Flop | 4.25 | 16.97 | 24.26 | 30.56 |
| Kya Kool Hain Hum 3 | 22 Jan | Flop | 8.15 | 20.15 | 29.65 | 30.25 |
| Raaz Reboot | 16 Sep | Flop | 6.30 | 18.09 | 26.73 | 30.23 |
| Happy Bhag Jayegi | 19 Aug | Above Average | 2.32 | 10.71 | 17.65 | 28.80 |
| Akira | 02 Sep | Flop | 5.15 | 20.05 | 26.39 | 28.71 |
| Sanam Re | 12 Feb | Average | 5.04 | 17.05 | 25.82 | 27.74 |
| Sarbjit | 20 May | Flop | 3.69 | 13.96 | 22.09 | 27.38 |
| Rocky Handsome | 25 Mar | Flop | 7.16 | 16.12 | 22.85 | 25.16 |
| Fitoor | 12 Feb | Disaster | 3.61 | 14.11 | 18.61 | 19.28 |
| TE3N | 10 June | Average | 2.61 | 11.13 | 16.34 | 19.08 |
| 1920 London | 6 May | Average | 2.50 | 7.73 | 12.45 | 15.45 |
| Saala Khadoos | 29 Jan | Flop | 2.19 | 9.93 | 12.63 | 14.79 |
| Freaky Ali | 09 Sep | Flop | 2.55 | 8.50 | 13.50 | 14.62 |
| Teraa Surroor | 11 Mar | Flop | 1.79 | 6.46 | 11.38 | 14.15 |
| Mirzya | 7 Oct | Disaster | 2.20 | 6.50 | 10.01 | 10.42 |
| Rock On 2 | 11 Nov | Disaster | 2.41 | 7.01 | 10.01 | 10.01 |
| Sanam Teri Kasam | 5 Feb | Flop | 1.25 | 4.66 | 8.66 | 9.11 |
| Banjo | 23 Sep | Flop | 1.72 | 5.92 | 8.67 | 8.67 |
| Love Games | 8 April | Flop | 1.03 | 3.06 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
It was the better film. I love how 2016 has shaped up. A decade ago films like neerja and pink would have flopped and dangal would not have collected this much. The audience is changing.
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raees 110-135 cr
kaabil 80-105 cr
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dangal 372 cr
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Congratulations Aamir from Salmaniac:
Compitation me Maza Aayega ab.
My Tubelight prediction if wom is like Bajrangi Bhaijaan :-
Fri :- 33-34 cr
Sat:- 38-39 cr
Sun :- 43-45
Wknd :- 116-118 cr
Mon (Eid) :- 40 cr
Tue :- 34 cr
Wed :- 27 cr
Thur :- 23 cr
Week 1:- 242 cr
Weekend 2:- 60 cr
After week 2 :- 340 cr
3rd week :- 380 cr
LT :- 400 cr +
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Agree with Dragon. Audience is definitely appreciating and putting in money on the films wherein the Content is given precedence. Dangal is a very fine film and close to a cinematic achievement where the attention span of the audience is reduced heavily and overall attendance is competing with the Hollywood Movies. I am pretty sure everyone is now taking a cue and working on making sure the content is addressed in the movies.
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Congrats To Aamir Khan for another Big success.
So Industry is running on only 2 stars now .
SALMAN KHAN
AAMIR KHAN
I am just talking about Most Earning Movies. SULTAN & DANGAL
Others are just trying hard to give a ((HIT)) Status. wow
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Sultan is not Atbb
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Raees – 400 Cr. Mark it.
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Ae dil hai muskil was best second film of 2016 love u rk😙😙
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dangal deserved to be hgoty. Aamir puts his heart & soul in film thats why it takes 2 years as he involves in film from scripting stage to till release over. many best wom films are there of big b,nawaz,irfan,manoj but they are not so big like 3idiots,bajrangi,dangal,pk,sultan etc. even if they have not released on festival they have earned 200-250cr but neerja,pink,aligarh have been released on festival it have max. 150-180cr. dangal was also not so commercial but earned on name of aamir. aamir should do one film per year for establishing crazy fan following like salman but he is right at his place to offer what is expected of him.
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dangals record only can be broken by tubelight or thug. likh lo
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” Dangal has also proven that content is the absolute king at the box office and there is nothing that’s bigger than positive word-of-mouth.”
Dear SRK nd Hrithik learn something from Aamir. Both of u are huge star , after Aamir nd Salman u both are capable to give huge grosser. So stop taking your stardom for granted.
Stardom + Content + Good release date = Huge Grosser ( No need of publicity )
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Raees will do double of dangal. dangal was a crap and mindless.
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This has been a terrible year in terms of Box office except few films which have done amazing business . Dangal deserves to be the HGOTY as it is much better than Sultan . TJB is the biggest surprise as it 2nd highest Grosser on non holiday after YJHD and highest Grosser in the month of April . Sushant has taken a huge leap with MSD as it occupies the 4th spot . All the movies find their place in Top 10 which is superb . Ranbir also finds the 8th place after 4 back to back failures . Shivaay underperformed and should have been a success . Fan was a huge disappointment in terms of content as well as Box office . Quite disappointed to see MD on the 19th spot but I damn sure Hrithik will make a massive turnaround with Kaabil . On paper 2017 is looking bigger and better than 2016 . This year Baahubali : The Conclusion, 2.0 and FF 8 will be huge Contenders for the top 10 positions . After 2002 this is only the 2nd time in his career that Hrithik will not find a place in Top 10 . I hope something like this never happens with him in the future . Cheers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Raees 418 cr.
Dangal 380 cr
Kaabil 60 cr.
Remember.
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The truth is its not salman era but Amir’s
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Aamir khan is true superstar…
We should be proud that such actors are there in bollywood..
What ever he touches it turns gold
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Party time. 😊
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Tiger Zinda Hai will easily do it in my views.
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Dangal is An Awesome Movie…
My Choice of Best Movie This Year…
Top 7
Airlift…
Dangal…
Rustom…
Ms Dhoni…
Fan…
Tootak Tootak Tutiya…
Kapoor n Sons…
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