The industry is going through a phase where two men are at the top of their form and the rest simply haven’t been able to match up. It’s Salman Khan and Aamir Khan at the top of the Bollywood ladder, there is little to choose between the two as far as the big grossers are concerned, but the rest have a lot of catching up to do.
The fall of Shah Rukh Khan (FAN) and Hrithik Roshan (Mohenjo Daro) in 2016 has further widened the gap between the Top 2 and the next 2. Akshay Kumar’s rise this year has made 2017 an exciting year for the trade and box office enthusiasts, as it promises to be a hugely important year for almost all the bankable stars in the industry.
However, to put the domination of Aamir and Salman into perceptive, Sultan and Dangal have managed to beat Mohenjo Daro in 2 days, FAN in 3 days and Akshay Kumar’s highest career-grosser in just 4 days.
The way Dangal is performing at the box office, it can only be compared to four films – Dhoom 3, Sultan, Bajrangi Bhaijaan and PK.
On this page (which will be updated everyday) we will be following and analysing the day-wise box office collections of Dangal and Bajrangi Bhaijaan.
It’s a very interesting comparison because both films released on Friday and both held on strongly on Monday. Both were high on emotions, struck a chord with the audience across the country and are showing outstanding trends.
Day 1: Bajrangi Bhaijaan released during the Ramzan (Pre-Eid) period, due to which the first day collections of the film was affected. Dangal had the advantage of Christmas or winter vacations at several schools and offices in the country. There is not much to choose between the two – Bajrangi Bhaijaan sold more tickets on Day 1, while Dangal managed to collect about 10% more. Credit should go to Aamir Khan for pulling off 30-crore opening with a less commercial looking film, without a female lead, a not-so-well-known director. Dangal was riding on Aamir’s credibility alone and that was good enough for the audience to line-up at theatres. Winner: Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Day 2: The second day was the big holiday for Eid for Bajrangi Bhaijaan, while for Dangal it was a normal Saturday with Christmas festivities continuing across the country. Again, not much to choose between the two, but Dangal did phenomenally well after a strong start. It probably has the edge too as Bajrangi Bhaijaan had a huge holiday for Eid. However, the Salman Khan film still managed to sell about 15-20% more tickets. Winner: Dangal
Day 3: The third day, which was a holiday for both Sunday and Christmas, proved to be a game-changer for Dangal. The holiday for Christmas probably gave the film an extra 5% advantage over a Sunday, but Dangal was running at over 90% occupancy at multiplexes throughout the day. Winner: Dangal
Day 4: Bajrangi Bhaijaan continued its dream-run on Monday with the Eid advantage continuing to benefit the film. The advantage was probably around 15%, which is evident from the big drop on the next day. Most multiplexes were selling tickets at weekend rates. Dangal was super-strong too. At the end of four days, Bajrangi Bhaijaan had collected 129.65 crore, while Dangal has collected 132.43 crore. Winner: Dangal
Day 5: Dangal was extraordinary on its 5th day too, beating Bajrangi Bhaijaan once again. It’s becoming clearer that the trend is set to take Dangal higher than the Salman Khan starrer. The Eid advantage had ended for Bajrangi Bhaijaan, while Dangal continues to take advantage of the extended Christmas – New Year weekend. At the end of Day 5, Dangal is ahead by Rs 4.47 crore. The lead is widening! Winner: Dangal
Day 6: The lead widened further. Dangal has now beaten Bajrangi Bhaijaan by 3.41 crore. The extraordinary run of ‘Baahubali’ was having an impact on the business of the Kabir Khan directed film, but Dangal has no competition. The difference at the end of 6 days is Rs 7.88 crore. Winner: Dangal
Day 7: Dangal has won the first week by a fair margin. It did not have extra holidays, but the lingering advantage of Christmas / Winter holidays throughout the week was there. Yet, no other non-Aamir Khan film has taken advantage of the Christmas period. Tees Maar Khan failed, while Dabangg 2 and Don 2 show poor trends after a very good opening. The first week lead for Dangal over Bajrangi Bhaijaan is Rs 12.89 crore. In fact, the 7-day collections of Dangal is more than what Bajrangi collected in 8 days. Winner: Dangal
Day 8: The lead is getting seriously big now, which also means even a total of 400 crore is not out of reach for Dangal since it has so many open competition-free weeks. The gap on the 8th day is Rs 5.79 crore, with the overall difference at the end of 8 days at a whopping Rs 18.68 crore. This makes a total of 340 crore plus a certainty, which will make Dangal the highest grosser of all time. Winner: Dangal
The graph below shows the difference and how Dangal has taken a substantial lead after the first weekend – which is widening with each passing day.
Dangal vs Bajrangi Bhaijaan
| Day | Bajrangi Bhaijaan | Dangal |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | 27.25 | 29.78 |
| Day 2 | 36.6 | 34.82 |
| Day 3 | 38.75 | 42.41 |
| Day 4 | 27.05 | 25.69 |
| Day 5 | 21.4 | 23.09 |
| Day 6 | 18.05 | 21.46 |
| Day 7 | 15.55 | 20.29 |
| First Week | 184.65 cr | 197.54 cr |
| Day 8 | 12.8 | 18.59 |
| Day 9 | 19.25 | 23.07 |
| Day 10 | 24.05 | 32.04 |
| Day 11 | 9.3 | 13.45 |
| Day 12 | 9.1 | 10.46 |
| Day 13 | 7.1 | 9.23 |
| Day 14 | 6.03 | 9.12 |
| Two Week | 272.28 cr | 313.50 cr |
| Day 15 | 4.11 | 6.66 |
| Day 16 | 6.8 | 10.80 |
| Day 17 | 9.07 | 14.33 |
| Day 18 | 2.75 | 4.35 |
| Day 19 | 2.63 | 4.03 |
| Day 20 | 2.45 | 3.21 |
| Day 21 | 2.25 | 2.97 |
| Three Week Total | 302.34 cr | 359.85 cr |
| Day 22 | 1.45 | 1.94 |
| Day 23 | 2.73 | 4.06 |
| Day 24 | 3.51 | 4.24 |
| Till Fourth weekend | 310.03 cr | 370.09 Cr |
| Remaining weeks | 10.45 | 14.88 |
| India Collections | 320.48 cr | 384.97 Cr |
Eid was on saturday but then also it had affect till monday and this time christmas is on sunday and it does not have affect till next day also. What about all the schools and colleges have winter holidays and as both movies are loved by children so it has helped dangal altogether. This whole week is a partial holiday for dangal.
Salman Khan
Today is Industry at this Point where only Two actors are ruling Box office and giving All time Blockbusters and other are just doing Good or Bad.
Top 5 actors of Bollywood For Me :
01.Salman Khan
02,Aamir Khan
03.Shahrukh Khan
04.Hrritik Roshan
05.Akshay Kumar
DANGAL=Winter solo
BB=Clash with baahubali
Congrats aamirian
@indicine
dangal vs BB
Which one is the best movie ?
*/ Sultan and Dangal have managed to beat Mohenjo Daro in 2 days, FAN in 3 days and Akshay Kumar’s highest career-grosser in just 4 days. /*
#Too Much Funnn!!!
3rd day after Eid is holiday…?
Are you talking about India…?
Because in India only Eid is National Holiday & Day after Eid is Partial Holiday.
But in x’mas period there are several partial holidays between X’mas to New Year.
Dangal lost advantage of X’mas & New Year as both fall on Sunday.
Bajrangi Bhaijaan got a Saturday National Holiday…but lost Basi Eid due to fall on Sunday.
Dangal enjoying 15-20% hicked ticket rates & complete free run.
Bajrangi Bhaijaan faced competition from Baahubali right from day1.
Sorry Indicine this is really poor article from you.
The comparison should be between PK and Dangal because that would make more sense as compared to BB !!!!!!
Again, Dangal has done excellent business
On its every day at Box Office. Friday collections was very good , Saturday and Sunday were outstanding but Monday was absolutely shocking.
/* Now sky is the limit for Dangal, It should beat Dhoom 3 on its 13-15 days and sultan on its 16 – 18 and BB and PK on its 20-25 day at box office.
Note: Dangal has done unbelievable business in the overseas markets and should put up a lifetime total of $ 18 to 28+ millions ….!!!!
The content is so strong that anything can happen as far as breaking all the records and creating new benchmarks is concerned …… !!!!!
* Dangal is movie of 2016 for me because I loved it a lot ….!!!!!!
It deserves every bit of success !!!!!
Don’t get over excited indicine. It will not even reach the collection of Sultan.
Believe me when I say this, 2017 is going to be an amazing year for the industry. Salman’s 2 movies will make at least 550cr, SRK’s 2 movies will make around 350 cr, Akshay’s movies can all be big, Hrithik might not make big bucks, but he will regain some of his respect after Kaabil, Ajay’s 2 movies can both be big if done well, Ranbir has a big risk with Jagga Jasoos but it can pay off massively, other youngsters also have potential filled movies like Padmavati, BKD, Judwaa 2, Mubarakan, Half GF, Reloaded, etc. Each month is loaded with big movies, and the lesson of 2015 that content movies always win will be fully implemented in this year. I predict a record smashing year, which will resurrect faith in the industry.
Although Dangal collects 2.5cr more than Bajrangi bhaijaan after 4 days run, Bajrangi Bhaijaan sold 20% more tickets compared to Dangal.
Anyway, Both are winner in their own way. These comparisons don’t make much sense.
Loved #Dangal.. India has at least 1 actor who makes movies worth 2 watch.. guys ho for it.. an incredible movie..another masterclass..
@indicine compare dangal with bajrangi bhaijaan and sultan
not only with bb
I know Both BB and Dangal were high on emotions which gives the collections a massive boost. Both had almost similar trends for the fourth day consecutively.
* After watching Dangal, I think it might cross 360 crores at box office and $ 30 million in the overseas market !!!!
* Both are great films . But the only difference will be Dangal putting up huge numbers as compared to BB .
@Indicine, you are just degrading the essence of art and cinema under the lens of monetary profits.
I am afraid if you would start comparing the collections of Mughal-E-Azam, Sholaay, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge or Raja Hindustani with Dangal or Bajrangi Bhaijaan…
“Dangal was running at over 90% occupancy at multiplexes throughout the day. Winner- Dangal.” LOL! What a childish logic!!! @indicine Bajrangi bhaijaan was running over 90% occupancy at single screens. Then why don’t you declare Bajrangi bhaijaan the winner???
BTW, you declared that Christmas holiday gave Dangal extra 5% advantage on Sunday. Also, Dangal’s avg ticket price is 15%-20% more than Bajrangi bhaijaan’s. Hence, in real sense Bajrangi bhaijaan is the real winner of Sunday.
P.S: nothing against Dangal’s success.
@Indicine, each and every article I read on your website is related to Box Office profits comparison in deciding the movies/actors fate… please publish articles explaining the technicalities of cinema..
For example, compare Dangal with Chak De India in terms of script, artists, performances, locations, direction, cinematography, music, background score, etc…
I am sure that you cater to your audience and I think all that read your articles are like minded and for them good cinema means a higher grosser.
I apologize if I disrespect your thoughts in anyway but for me when i open your website it start giving me negative vibes, even before you speak about the movie you start writing how much it earned, day1, day2.. 1st week, 15 days, 1 month, lbo…. and don’t know what all.
Overseas Blockbuster :-
(1) Shahrukh Khan :- 23/54
(2) Aamir Khan :- 4/40
(3) Salman Khan :- 4/73
Accept karo aamir is bigger than salman,u can deny or do anything but can’t change facts.has any actor even dreamt of 3 ATBB’s in a row which aamir is going to do.5 of last 6 films being atleast highest grossing movie of year and hopefully ATHG as well.
Indicine i think you are under estimating srk’s power. He is the biggest crowd puller in the industry (no one is able to beat the opening day collection of his film ). You will see his start power again when Raees will be release.
Aamir khan is in their own league his movies are benchmark for the bollywood otherwise qualities of movies are very bad this year
I admit it Amir Khan has doñe it again and I have accepted that between Sultan vs Dangal
We can see Sultan had leading lady Anushka popular songs Baby ko bass pasnad hai and Jag ghumiya and it was a commercial movie
And Dangal only riding on Amirs soldiers
So if Superstar has content in his movie and solo release in a big Holiday like Eid, Diwali, Xmas then the result will like that
Remember Shahrukh Khan in Chennai Express Brocken all the records
Even if Raees will get a solo release anything can happen
All three Khan’s have star power
1 Shahrukh
2 Salman
3 Amir
Shahrukh has more then Salman and Amir has trust factor more.
@romance
Yes, The Ring will break PK’s record just like gangu teli’s Content Rich Billu 2 & Dear Dadaji did….hahaha
Gangu teli is struggling to surpass 60cr mark lifetime but some gangu teliwalas are predicting that Raeesa Bano & The Hing will break Bajrangi bhaijaan & PK’s records.
#What an irony!!!
I don’t understand how collection of movie decide that film is good or bad, whose actors fans r more its collection is more but this means not that film is good. But sometimes a good film whose actor have not so much fans film not earning much its flop. This is very bad in bollywood.
Bajrangi Bhaijaan also had competition from Bahubali
Dangal hasn’t got any competition free run for weeks.
who is the winner megastar salman…….khan.
@aman patel,how aamir gave only 4 overseas BB,
Following aamir movies r BB in overseas
1.dangal(atbb)
2.pk(atbb)
3.dhoom 3(atbb)
4.3idiots(atbb)
5.fanna(bb)
6.ghajini(bb)
NOTE : This comment is only related to facts and not to make any movie less important or downgrade.
The biggest factor @Indicine missed is BB was facing Bahubaali which released a week ago. Indicine itself has accepted numerous times that BB would have beaten PK to become ATGH had Bahubaali (Hindi version) was running at that time still BB managed to become All time 2nd highest grosser in history of Hindi cinema. Again there are not ifs and buts when comes to business. There is no shame and nothing to feel bad when it is beaten by superior product and one of the best movie. Loved all fours movies – PK, BB, Sultan and now Dangal !!!!!!!!!!
@Khan : Please explain how HNY collected more than PRDP and Dangal despite having less screens, less occupancy and less ticket prices (opening day) compare to these two movies ??
@Rej : Where were you when Indicine was posting ‘1234’ articles on queen’s Birthday and even publishing airport departure and arrival posts ?? Now suddenly it has become biased and Salmircine ?? Lol