Dangal or Sultan – Which film is going to be the highest grosser of 2016? This question was the hottest topic of debate within the trade for the last couple of weeks leading up to the release of Aamir Khan’s Dangal. There was no clear winner then, with most picking Sultan, but it’s a lot more clearer now.
Even though nothing can be said with certainty when it comes to box office collections, Dangal could surpass Sultan in just 2 short weeks.
The battle in the first week was actually won by Sultan by a fair margin, but it’s the trend or the way a big film sustains in Week 2 and 3 that decides if it can go on to break records.
At the end of 8 days, Sultan is ahead of Dangal, but the gap has reduced quite considerably:
- Day 1 – 6.76 crore (Sultan leads)
- Day 2 – 9.26 crore (Sultan leads)
- Day 3 – 1.48 (Dangal leads)
- Day 4 – 9.45 crore (Sultan leads)
- Day 5 – 24.57 crore (Sultan leads)
- Day 6 – 18.65 crore (Sultan leads)
- Day 7 – 11.28 crore (Sultan leads)
- Day 8 – 3.51 crore (Sultan leads)
Only on one day (3rd day), Dangal has held the lead but Sultan also had an extended weekend with two partial holidays and one big holiday for Sunday. On the other day, Dangal has had just one major holiday (Sunday) with the extra advantage of winter / Christmas vacations.
Day 9 onwards, it’s expected to be Dangal’s show all the way through. The lead that Sultan holds is slender and Dangal will lead by a huge margin by the end of this weekend.
It’s been Aamir and Salman’s show for the last 9 years and 2016 will be no different. The last time someone else topped the year was Shah Rukh Khan with Om Shanti Om in 2007.
Aamir is likely to take 2016, which will mean Salman’s career ‘highest grosser of the year’ number remains at 9, while Aamir will retain the 2nd spot topping a calendar year for the 7th time. Shah Rukh Khan is at the third position with 5 of his films emerging as the highest grosser of the year.
| Day | Sultan | Dangal |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | 36.54 | 29.78 |
| Day 2 | 37.32 | 34.82 |
| Day 3 | 31.67 | 42.41 |
| Day 4 | 36.62 | 25.69 |
| Day 5 | 38.21 | 23.09 |
| Day 6 | 15.54 | 21.46 |
| Day 7 | 12.92 | 20.29 |
| First Week | 208.82 cr | 197.54 cr |
| Day 8 | 10.82 | 18.59 |
| Day 9 | 9.52 | 23.07 |
| Day 10 | 7.43 | 32.04 |
| Day 11 | 11.46 | 13.45 |
| Day 12 | 15.18 | 10.46 |
| Day 13 | 4.08 | 9.23 |
| Day 14 | 3.72 | 9.12 |
| Two Week | 271.03 cr | 313.50 cr |
| Day 15 | 3.42 | 6.66 |
| Day 16 | 3.51 | 10.80 |
| Day 17 | 2.14 | 14.33 |
| Day 18 | 3.81 | 4.35 |
| Day 19 | 5.14 | 4.03 |
| Day 20 | 1.3 | 3.21 |
| Day 21 | 1.25 | 2.97 |
| Week 3 Total | 291.6 cr | 359.85 cr |
| Day 22 | 1.15 | 1.94 |
| Day 23 | 1.05 | 4.06 |
| Day 24 | 0.57 | 4.24 |
| Day 25 | 0.98 | 1.37 |
| Day 26 | 1.51 | 1.27 |
| Day 27 | 0.34 | 1.16 |
| Day 28 | 0.36 | 1.04 |
| Week 4 Total | 297.56 cr | 374.93 cr |
| Day 29 | 0.34 | 1.19 |
| Day 30 | 0.33 | 2.10 |
| Day 31 | 0.24 | 2.83 |
| Day 32 | 0.49 | 0.94 |
| Day 33 | 0.78 | 1.01 |
| Day 34 | 0.16 | 0.24 |
| Day 35 | 0.16 | 0.54 |
| Week 5 Total | 300.06 | 383.78 |
| Remaining weeks | 1.00 | 1.19 |
| India Collections | 301.06 cr | 384.97 cr |
No problem if Dangal beats Sultan (highly likely) it’s a Better movie and deserves the praise and collection which it is getting. Upcoming yr will be dominated by Bhai for sure.
*Salman’s career ‘highest grosser of the year’ number remains at 9, while Aamir will retain the 2nd spot topping a calendar year for the 7th time. Shah Rukh Khan is at the third position with 5 of his films emerging as the highest grosser of the year.*
Hahaha, I don’t think SRK will give HGOTY untill he retires now.
dangal is going somewhere near 400 cr nett as tax free in many state and 4 open week
Lultan by a fair margin come on indicine 5 day extended weekend against No major holiday
Stupid salman fans are saying that sultan beat dangal 1st day weekend and week
it did more on 1st day and 1st week bcz of holidays
and looser salman fans must know that Dangal beat sultan weekend even without extra holidays
earlier they didnt considered overseas collection now they dont consider tamil telugu collection (where salman movies dont collect well)
later they will only consider selective states collection
@Being bhojpuri agarwaal
First look at this
Sultan- yrf+anushka+ masala genre+ catchy songs + no demonitization + 5 days extended weekend + hiked ticket price (much more than dangal)
Dangal- No catchy songs + no big leading lady + demonitization + lack of enough holidays + non commercial genre.
Still dangal > sultan..
Aamir is baap of whole bollywood. Never mess with him.
When aamir khan announces his film on Christmas, everyone should compete keeping the 2nd spot in mind..No one can beat him, that’s the universal truth now..
Mind one thing first before say anything bout beating aamir’s record. It took 4 years for shahrukh (Chennai Xpress) to beat 3 Idiot to become athg. But Aamir beat him/record(Dhoom 3) within 4 months. Someone saying 2018 Shahrukh going to break all records on Christmas release Anand Rai’s ” The Dwarf”. But unknowingly said I guess because before that on Diwali Aamir going to bring storms in the form of pirates movie : Yashraj Film “Thugs of Hindostan” and Sallu Bhai on Eid wil bring the massala franchise “Dabanggk”
Aur bohot mazaa ae ga!!!!!
@Indicine i think there’s a mistake in this article.
Day 8 sultan grossed 10.82 cr ..While
Dangal grossed 18.59 cr… then how come Sultan is leading in Day 8??? please correct your error.
@prashant abhisekh
actually that dwarf film is the most dangerous film
Avatar 2 will clash with it
if jungle book did 180 cr in india in ipl period, think what avatar2 will do in xmas 2018?
@sky: No need of that big article. Every body accepts that AAmir movies are better than Salman’s . Similarly everybody knows Salman is bigger star than Aamir. Your own statement itself proving that.. Salman will have upper hand in week1 n AAmir will win from second week. And obviously first day n first weekend is the real test for stardom. Whereas lifetime is the real test for movie quality. Hope point is clear .
HAPPY NEW YEAR
@indicine plz compare footfalls and average ticket price of pk,bb,sultan & dangal
Dancal is a good movie, Sultan is not. Difference is that simple. Indian public should be ashamed of having Sultan gross 300cr
Wishing u all a very Happy New Year 2017.
Happy new year
#DANGAL IS THE GREAT FILM BECAUSE OF GREAT STORY & DIRECTION NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF AAMIR KHAN. THE GIRLS PERFORMANCE IS EQUAL TO AAMIR KHAN I.E. SAKSHI, FATIMA, SANYA, ZAIRA & SOHANI AS WELL THE OTHER ACTOR. IT MEANS, ITS GREAT FILM BECAUSE OF GREAT TEAM.
AAMIR KHAN IS GREAT EVERYBODY KNOWS BUT DO NOT FOCUS ONLY ON HIM & GIVE THE PRIORITY TO OTHERS ALSO.
ANYWAY, NITESH TIWARI’S DIRECTION IS GREAT. ITS HIS VISION & MISSION FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE FILM. ITS SUPER SCRIPT WITH STORY SHOWING SUCH GREAT EMOTIONS IN THE FILM.
After watching PK, it’s probably safe to say, KICK will remain the biggest grosser of 2014.lallucine..
Amir agar non holiday par 300 crore karega tab main manuga k Amir ka sab se bada stardom hai…but sab jante hai ki Amir without holidays are dhobighat lol
There are only two persons who have huge stardom they are srk and Salman Khan… Amir is dependent on festival
@silent killer
Has SRK or Salman crossed 300 crore on non holiday? They haven’t crossed even 150 crore on non holiday. LOL on your logic.
Aamir is the biggest megastar of Bollywood.
Founder of 100 cr, 150 cr, 200 cr, 250 cr, 300 cr and now 350 cr.
@ 3 khans if you talk about opening then dhoom3 smashed all opening records on non-holiday earning 32 crore net and no film has beaten the non holiday opening of dhoom3 till date . i am a supporter of salman but truth has to be told, not only that every film of aamir from ghajini has beaten some kind of initial record. dangal was released on non holiday with holiday falling on christmas, so the opening day record and weekend record was never on the cards but it smashed the single day record of prdp and has become the first film to earn 40 crore net on single day.
salman fans should not behave like srk fans. there is no harm in accepting defeat to a real deserving man. i strongly believe no salman fan has any right to speak about aamir’s boxoffice standing unless salman deliveres 2 or 3 atgs in a row or he takes the standard of initial to such an extent that no one can match him( i don’t think there is much difference between salman and aamir as far as initials are concerned, infact may be aamir is slighly ahead because of his huge following in metros). same way no srk fans also do not deserve to talk about salman’s boxoffice standing unless srk gives 3 or 4 blockbusters in a row or his films start having 3 crore plus footfalls like salman films and the same applies for akshay, hritik or any fan following.
@3 Khans oh i never knew that. Ha ha ha. Hi hi hi. Lallu is bigger star than Megastar Aamir khan? Oh okay beta. Ja khilone khel le ab. Huh. Aamir kicked lallu badly without extended weekend, anushka, yrf and commercial masala genre. Ab jitna rona hai rota reh. Aamir’s megastardon is light years bigger than lallu. Keep dreaming kiddo. Lallu will remain smaller star than aamir. Struggling for ATHG even with best masterpiece like BB and aamir does it like his cup of tea even with average masala movies like ghajini and dhoom 3..aamir stardom me baap hai salman ka.
@3 khans you cown , aamir has kicked lallu once again now cry whatever you want. Aamir is baap of lalllu in stardom. Period. Nothing will change. Ab to teri aur maarunga.
next year tzh coming on christmas with salman+katrina+ yrf+sequel+full action commercial movie and christmas & new year on monday. dekhte h dangal( national holiday on sunday,demonitise,not known cast,no chartbusters,less comm. etc ) k kitne records ko challenge krta h. and aamir will come in diwali 18 which is weak among edx holidays and he will make it best in 2018 & Hgoty.
Dear Indicine,in above article you wrote Sultan Leads thru 8th day accept for 3rd day dangal wins.But your day by day chart shows that Dangal is leading by huge margin from 6th day on,please do explain. Thank you.
Dangle is most motivational movie.Sultan is a good movie but Dangle is a very very good movie.I think that dangle become biggest movie of tha year.
Jolly llb 2 will gross the dangal
Movie of the year ‘Dangal’ . I give it a 5 star rating, movie deserves a national award . Sultan is a good movie but the thing is that Dangal is the best realistic film of all. Even in this period of demonetisation, the movie became the highest grossing. It became the first film to enter 350 cr club.