Kaabil, Raees Day 1 Box Office Collection Update

Back in the year 2000, when Mohabbatein and Mission Kashmir released on the same day at the box office, the Hrithik Roshan starrer managed to trounce the Shah Rukh Khan – Aditya Chopra film by a margin of more than 45% on the opening day at the box office.

Nearly 17 years later, the exact opposite has happened. SRK’s Raees has taken an excellent opening, recording 60-70% occupancy for the morning shows – with several multiplexes running close to full capacity as early as 9AM in the morning.

Kaabil hasn’t been able to match up to the onslaught from Raees, and apart from the incredible star power of SRK, the promos of Kaabil simply weren’t exciting enough for the audience to line-up at theatres to watch the film.

The Kaabil opening was as low as 10-15% for the early morning at multiplexes, with some circuits performing better at around 25%. Business has picked up noon onwards, but the gap is still pretty huge all across the country.

Early trends suggests Kaabil could fall short of the 10 crore mark (Hindi version only), while Raees should cross the 20 crore if it sustains throughout the day (based on theatre samples until 3PM).

The other factor that could severely hurt Kaabil and restrict its growth potential is the release that it’s been given. At multiplexes, shows haven’t been divided equally, as Raees has taken 60-65% of shows, while Kaabil is left with just 35-40%. That’s a big difference between shows when compared to the other clashes – Rustom and Mohenjo Daro, Bajirao Mastani and Dilwale, ADHM and Shivaay – all of which were more equally divided.

Also, the higher capacity screens (bigger auditoriums with higher seating capacity) have all gone to Raees.

At this point in time, with the occupancy nowhere close to the 100% mark at any centre, it isn’t making a big difference, but since the reports are positive – it’ll begin to severely affect the business of Kaabil if the film manages to show big growth over the weekend.

Industry insiders who are critical of the show division say, Anil Thadani (distributor) used ‘Baahubali 2’ to ensure a bigger release for Raees. While those who support the move (exhibitors, mostly) say the pre-release buzz was hugely in favour of the Shah Rukh Khan starrer, which is why the film deserved a bigger release and showcasing.

The crucial factor could well be the word-of-mouth and trend on Thursday (holiday). If Kaabil shows bigger growth than Raees, it could get more shows Friday onwards, but if the growth isn’t big enough, it’ll be advantage Raees during the all-important Saturday – Sunday period.

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113 Comments

  • yaar frankly i dint liked the movie.. srk sir aapse achhey movies ki umeed karta hu.. ill be your fan but dont make this crap type of movies plzz.. i m disappointed

  • /* Anil Thadani (distributor) used ‘Baahubali 2’ to ensure a bigger release for Raees. */

    Licking a regional movie! Is this the gigastardom of galaxy ka sabse bada gigastar???

  • 20cr+ is possible as per the early trend.
    WOM for Raees is good if not excellent. So, 100+cr in 5 days extended weekend is possible. May both movies shine at box office.

  • I saw Raees today & trust me I expected better from SRK .. Raees looks like a poor cousin of OUATIM and SRK is not patch of the aura Ajay Devgn carried throughout that movie ad Sultan Mirza.

    Dissapointed!

  • Now i understand y rakesh looks so upset. kaabil is such a good movie. Deserves to b a big 140-150cr hit. hope it scores a 12cr approx day1 all versions included bcz a big jump tomorrow is guaranteed

  • Bhai raees ka reports bhii positive h raees bhii growth karega badiya..aur aab kaabil ka tikna mushkil h box office par…lag to yehi rha h k raees ko milenge jyda shows kyunki raees bhii growth karne wale h..??

  • I won’t buy this logic.
    Ok , for an instance, agreed that shows were not divided in equal proportion.
    But Kaabil’s advance was not up-to-the-mark even in those theaters where it was screened.
    We could have blamed Raees exhibitors if Kaabil shows were running with full capacity but that is not the case here.
    When The occupancy is not encouraging in limited number of screens so what’s the point in empowering it with more number of screens???

  • Raees looks like a Average movie bt it will be SuperHit..
    Kaabil is a fantastic movie bt due to clash it will earn less then raees bt i hope Kaabil also Hit

  • Hrithik – bang bang – 24.4
    Shahrukh – HNY – 36
    Hrithik high score in lifetime is 176! Can he beat it?
    SRK high score in lifetime is 208! Can he beat it?

  • Having said that if the demand for Kaabil increases among the audiences, exhibitors will automatically increase it’s shows because no exhibitor will blindly support a movie at their own peril.

    So these allegations are baseless and not worthy of discussion.

  • 2 mints Silance for Those who said Insan ko kaabil Hona Chahiye Raees To Ambani bhi…
    Aaj raees Ne jam k leli Kaabil ki kaabil ko bhikari bana dala

  • raees written blockbuster everywhere… everyone liking it … srk is back.. i mean srk the actor is back … super performance…. amazing movie…. best movie of srk after chak de india……!! no hatered for kaabil .. hope it does well but i know it cat beat raees.. but have a potential to become a hit.

  • No problem ..after couple of days good movie will dominate..as i have only seen raees so can’t decide which is better movie but really i m disappointed with raees .. far away from srk movie back in 2000… SRK should think about script.. no story at al in raees

  • The war for the screens is sometime seems pathetic. But in clash the movie which have higher buzz deserve more screens later the screens can be transfer for the movie whose content appreciated and loved by all. If one movie is not able to even getting 25-30% opening on the less screening than why to war and cry for the more.
    I am very much impressed with Hrithik roshan with the way he handle the clash. He has very good relationship with Akki and srk despite clashing and loosing them as far as initials of kaabil goes.
    But also very disappointed the way Rakesh Roshan keep talking bad for Raees and makers. No doubt Raees team decision is bad to clash but if it happen than accept and move on.

    As far as opening concerned, Srk superstardom, Nawaz presense and brilliant promos/trailer done the trick for the opening, Raees is safe from the opening itself, it can be under performer but not flop while Kaabil need to grow hugely on the basis of wom as Hrithik stardom not able to give strong opening so only wom can take the movie ahead.

  • Raees winner all the way !!!!!
    Shine on Raees bhai .
    Although I think Raees should have gotten more screens as compared to its current screens !!!

  • Opening of Raees should be 22+ crores
    Thursday should be 27 crores,
    5 extended weekend should be 100+ crores !!!!!!!!!
    Overseas ki performance baki hai meri dost !!!!!!

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