‘Salman doesn’t fudge collections, lot of actors do’ – Shahid Kapoor

In a bold statement to the media, actor Shahid Kapoor has slammed the superstars and producers of the industry for fudging box office collections of their films.

Shahid went on to say that one of the benefits of being a producer is to fudge collections of their own films, something that Salman doesn’t need to do because his films do so well at the box office.

“Have you seen the business Salman’s films do? He doesn’t have to fudge figures. Not everybody does it, but a lot of people do. I have never fudged my figures even now when people have asked me to. Why do it? No point, people know, industry knows, you know. Eventually, everybody gets to know, it’s very embarrassing”

Shahid’s last release ‘Haider’ has collected Rs 58.3 crore (official figure) at the domestic box office.

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  • 1st BOI keeps changing the figures from time to time! Iss Mein Main Kya Karoon?? I can’t keep visiting the site everyday!

    OK! According to BOI,
    Kick- 212 Crs
    ETT- 186 Crs

    CE- 208 Crs << Kick
    HNY-179 Crs Plus if u add what u call regional collections 6 Crs= 185 Crs <> Jai Ho >> Talaash >> MNIK!

    No more excuses! I think these are fair comparisons! My case is closed here!

  • @Indicine, there are some errors in earlier similar comments. Sorry, Theme Coding Problems. I am using some brackets. They are clashing with the Theme Codes in your site’s dashboard. As a result, a few sentences in my comment are getting hidden!
    So, please post this one, not the earlier ones! Extremely sorry!
    *******************************
    @everyone, please go through the datae below

    Mardaani Starts Slow Kick To Finish With Lifetime Of 215 Crore
    Saturday 23 August 2104 10.30 IST
    Box Office India Trade Network

    Singham Returns had a fantastic first week of around 110 crore nett though did have falling collections in circuits outside Mumbai from Tuesday onwards. In Mumbai the film was extraordinary with collections just a little lower than Kick and the film could go on to be the biggest grosser of 2014 in Mumbai.
    Kick is coming to the end of its run as it grossed around 2 crore nett in week four and is looking at a lifetime total of around 215 crore nett.
    >boxofficeindia dot com/Details/art_detail/mardaanistartsslowkicktofinishwithlifetimeof215crore#.VHDl2cnhhEc
    *****************************
    Kick Finishes At 213 Crore Nett Plus
    Monday 01 September 2014 11.30 IST
    Box Office India Trade Network

    The business of Kick till date is as follows.
    Week One – 1,55,71,00,000
    Week Two – 47,37,00,000
    Week Three – 8,39,00,000
    Week Four – 1,48,00,000
    Week Five – 25,00,000
    Sixth Weekend – 5,00,000 (apprx)
    TOTAL – 2,13,25,00,000
    Kick will finish with around 213 crore nett plus business making it the second highest grosser of all time. Four film have gone over 200 crore nett and they are Dhoom 3 at 260 crore nett, Kick at 213 crore nett, Chennai Express at 208 crore nett and 3 Idiots at 202 crore nett.
    >boxofficeindia dot com/Details/art_detail/kickfinishesat213crorenettplus#.VHDmp8nhhEc
    ***********************************
    What is the final worldwide gross of Kick and where will Chennai Express finish?
    Wednesday 11 November 2014 11.30 IST
    Box Office India Trade Network

    Q. What is the final worldwide gross of Kick and where will Chennai Express finish?
    Ans. Kick grossed around 355 crore and Happy New Year will gross around 340 crore.
    >boxofficeindia dot com/Details/art_detail/whatisthefinalworldwidegrossofkickandwherewillchennaiexpressfinish#.VHDklcnhhEc
    ************************************
    Happy New Year V Kick – Multiplex Single Screen Divide
    Tuesday 18 November 2014 11.30 IST
    Box Office India Trade Network

    Happy New Year is looking at a 179 crore nett finish compared to the 212 crore nett of Kick. The main difference is the business in the single screens. the approx break up of business for both films is as follows.

    Multiplexes
    Kick – 135 crore
    Happy New Year – 125 crore

    Single Screens
    Kick 77 crore
    Happy New Year – 54 crore

    Kick grossed just 8% more at multiplexes but was a huge 43% better at single screens. Kick had a 63.5% contribution from multiplexes while single screens gave 36.5%. Happy New Year had a 70% contribution from multiplexes and 30% from single screens. In fact Happy New Year had better collections than Kick in week two and three at the bigger chains like PVR and Inox.
    >boxofficeindia dot com/Details/art_detail/happynewyearvkickmultiplexsinglescreendivide#.VHDkf8nhhEc
    *******************************

    1st BOI keeps changing the figures from time to time! Iss Mein Main Kya Karoon?? I can’t keep visiting the site everyday!

    OK! According to BOI,
    Kick- 212 Crs
    ETT- 186 Crs

    CE- 208 Crs less than Kick
    HNY-179 Crs Plus if u add what u call regional collections 6 Crs= 185 Crs less than ETT
    —Dont forget a famous Andhra Box Office site accused HNY Producers of faking collections.
    —Above all are festive releases!

    Non-festive releases—
    Ready greater than Jai Ho greater than Talaash greater than MNIK!

    No more excuses! I think these are fair comparisons! My case is closed here!

  • Noam,

    lol why should I name my self joker, when you guys so called srkians are acting like one.HNY hasn’t crossed 200 crore, you just can’t handle the truth can you.

    Here are some questions for you?

    What happened to 600 crore world wide grosser movie that you all were claiming before HNY released?

    What happened to so called SRK’s star power? Can’t even collect 200 crore with multi starer and top heroine

    Without rohit shetty where is SRK?

    farah khan plus srk combo, deepika, abishek, boman, sonu sood= rohit shetty

    SRK needs rohit shetty to deliver 200 crore grosser, the collection of HNY proved it.

  • so he means to say even Akki fudges his box office. Akki already said that he does not do films for box office.

  • You cant do unless you are a producer..And 15-20cr difference between trade and producers is normal these days..Be it is Salman,srk or amir film…So Shahid thanx for the information but we incidine users know BO figures better than you…………..

  • @triniwman and @noam
    What will Salman gain by going above 230 crore? There is no such thing as 230-crore club.
    SRK on the other hand purposely increased collections to take it to 200 crore club. Otherwise real collections are around 180 crore only.

  • @ACE @VIKI JALAN @ MYANMAR @ GAUTAM RAJ @HRITIK………hats off!! This shows u guys r really living in d REAL world and not FANTASY!!!!..
    U guys don’t have to bother about collections….WE n THEM(they know themselves)… All know that!
    1. Yes according to d MOST TRUSTFUL AND RECOGNIZED BOX OFFICE SOURCE WORLDWIDE TIMES OF INDIA! BOX OFFICE INDIA AND WIKIPEDIA….. d FACT IS THERE…….3THINGS WILL REMAIN A FACT FOR US ANY NEUTRAL that wants to confirm it….
    1. BANG BANG… and SINGHAM RETURNS DIFFERENCE IS ALMOST @ PAR!
    2. Out of ALL THE 100crores movies….2014…HAIDER is a STAND OUT PERFORMER AND MOST UNDERATED… b surprise if SHAHID doesn’t get Filmfare awards for BEST CRITICS ACTOR
    3. FINALLY TILL DATE….no Actor…I repeat no Actor has yet DELIVERED 2 BACK TO BACK 200CRORRS….ITS A BIG LIE ESP 4 d LITERATE UP TO DATE UNBIASED MOVIE ADMIRERS!!!
    …nb: some1 made a comment about ETT if wanted crossing d 200 crores mark wit just a phone call and public relation money bag CHAMCHAS…. it would have been classified asa 200crores above movie!

  • @triniman u r more manipulated than others boi estimate lifetime collections of hny is 179crwhete as producer fig are 205cr so difference is 26cr while kick collected 215cr according to boi where as 233cr as per producer fig so difference is just 18cr so first get the fact and then talk.

  • who barks about tax they don’t need to pay tax for manipulated collection. tax will be deducted for a film when a person takes ticket for a particular film and there is no need to pay extra tax for it. say for an example krissh 3 collected 170crs+ and tax has been deducted accordingly 170crs only . it has been paid when person buy a ticket that time only tax has been deducted and Rakesh Roshan ji doesn’t need to pay tax for 255crs manipulated figures

  • according to BOI kick is 213crs accurate and producer figure 233crs difference= 20crs
    HNY according to BOI 184 crs only Hindi version and producer figure with all versions that Hny is dubbed in telgu as well as Tamil so its 205crs
    difference 19crs
    krishh 3 BOI figure 170crs producer 245 difference 75crs which is more then one shahid film haider
    D3 BOI figure 260crs producer 280crs difference 20crs

  • BOI said first day collection of CE without paid provide 28crs first then they changed it to 31crs. so it has crossed ETT first day collection.

  • Salman is biggest manipulator and insecure actor. Only rickshawallas are his fans. India has a lot of illiterate people who watch his films otherwise his films will have difficulty in earning 50 crore.

  • plz post an article on happy ending shockingly becoming a disaster.infact November this year hs been pathetic

  • Fine if the so called collections are manipulation , then promotions should be a manipulation too Indirectly telling people watch the film if it’s bad or not , saying 44crores on day 1 is not manipulation instead it’s a promotion !!

  • @Indicine, there are some errors in earlier similar comments. So, please post this one, not the earlier ones!
    @everyone, please go through the datae below

    Mardaani Starts Slow Kick To Finish With Lifetime Of 215 Crore
    Saturday 23 August 2104 10.30 IST
    Box Office India Trade Network

    Singham Returns had a fantastic first week of around 110 crore nett though did have falling collections in circuits outside Mumbai from Tuesday onwards. In Mumbai the film was extraordinary with collections just a little lower than Kick and the film could go on to be the biggest grosser of 2014 in Mumbai.
    Kick is coming to the end of its run as it grossed around 2 crore nett in week four and is looking at a lifetime total of around 215 crore nett.
    >boxofficeindia dot com/Details/art_detail/mardaanistartsslowkicktofinishwithlifetimeof215crore#.VHDl2cnhhEc
    *****************************
    Kick Finishes At 213 Crore Nett Plus
    Monday 01 September 2014 11.30 IST
    Box Office India Trade Network

    The business of Kick till date is as follows.
    Week One – 1,55,71,00,000
    Week Two – 47,37,00,000
    Week Three – 8,39,00,000
    Week Four – 1,48,00,000
    Week Five – 25,00,000
    Sixth Weekend – 5,00,000 (apprx)
    TOTAL – 2,13,25,00,000
    Kick will finish with around 213 crore nett plus business making it the second highest grosser of all time. Four film have gone over 200 crore nett and they are Dhoom 3 at 260 crore nett, Kick at 213 crore nett, Chennai Express at 208 crore nett and 3 Idiots at 202 crore nett.
    >boxofficeindia dot com/Details/art_detail/kickfinishesat213crorenettplus#.VHDmp8nhhEc
    ***********************************
    What is the final worldwide gross of Kick and where will Chennai Express finish?
    Wednesday 11 November 2014 11.30 IST
    Box Office India Trade Network

    Q. What is the final worldwide gross of Kick and where will Chennai Express finish?
    Ans. Kick grossed around 355 crore and Happy New Year will gross around 340 crore.
    >boxofficeindia dot com/Details/art_detail/whatisthefinalworldwidegrossofkickandwherewillchennaiexpressfinish#.VHDklcnhhEc
    ************************************
    Happy New Year V Kick – Multiplex Single Screen Divide
    Tuesday 18 November 2014 11.30 IST
    Box Office India Trade Network

    Happy New Year is looking at a 179 crore nett finish compared to the 212 crore nett of Kick. The main difference is the business in the single screens. the approx break up of business for both films is as follows.

    Multiplexes
    Kick – 135 crore
    Happy New Year – 125 crore

    Single Screens
    Kick 77 crore
    Happy New Year – 54 crore

    Kick grossed just 8% more at multiplexes but was a huge 43% better at single screens. Kick had a 63.5% contribution from multiplexes while single screens gave 36.5%. Happy New Year had a 70% contribution from multiplexes and 30% from single screens. In fact Happy New Year had better collections than Kick in week two and three at the bigger chains like PVR and Inox.
    >boxofficeindia dot com/Details/art_detail/happynewyearvkickmultiplexsinglescreendivide#.VHDkf8nhhEc
    *******************************

    1st BOI keeps changing the figures from time to time! Iss Mein Main Kya Karoon?? I can’t keep visiting the site everyday!

    OK! According to BOI,
    Kick- 212 Crs
    ETT- 186 Crs

    CE- 208 Crs less than Kick
    HNY-179 Crs Plus if u add what u call regional collections 6 Crs= 185 Crs less than ETT
    —Dont forget a famous Andhra Box Office site accused HNY Producers of faking collections.
    —Above all are festive releases!

    Non-festive releases—
    Ready greater than Jai Ho greater than Talaash greater than MNIK!

    No more excuses! I think these are fair comparisons! My case is closed here!

  • Too much fighting going on here.

    Guys there would always be some difference of 10-15% or say even 20% from collections of various sources.

    It is not a big deal. It happens because different sources are involved. Just a 0.5 cr difference from one sector in every day count, would cause such differences.

    I don’t know what Shahid is trying to say. I guess he has brought this topic only because of Haider and BB. May be he believes that BB has manipulated the figures, that involves Hro, and Roshans were already alleged for a huge difference from trade and producers figures.

    May be he is trying to say that without fudging the BB collections are not that much. Whatever.

    Sometimes producers deliberately show a few crore more collections just to create the hype.

    For eg., CE broke single day record of ETT by just a few lakhs. It may just be made up, as the title in the media next day read “CE broke ETT record”. It gives instant attention to the movie, and excitement build up.

    I don’t knw whether it happened or not, but i don’t blame, as far as such things dont bring any harm to others. It is just a PR or marketing gimmick, you can say.

    Similar is the case of 45 cr opening of CE. It may be or may be not. But putting a round figure of 45 looks and feels good to read, and creates buzz around. Who wants 41 or 42 or 43?

    These little things i don’t think matter much.

    Coming back to what Shahid is saying, I don’t think Shahid is referring to Srk or Aamir or Akshay here, but most probably it is the Roshans.

    Or he is just pi$$ed of that media is not calling him a star and all these rumours have made his restless so he just blurted out in frustration.

  • One more thing. Someone said that who is going to pay taxes for false inflated figures?

    There is no need to pay tax on the figure reflected in the media.

    If someone manipulates it for PR or marketing, there is no tax liability on it. Only the what is really accounted in the accounting book is taxable.

    The producers can always say it was only a gimmick by the PR company or media, and there is no law that would held them guilty for it.

    The real acounting book figure will never ever make it to the media.

  • Completely unnecessary statement him. His R…Rajkumar and Haider’s figure also varied from producer and BOI (if he’s implying to this site).
    Everybody likes him, so he doesn’t need to make absurd comments to win heart of Salman fans. Furthermore, he should have proof before making such statements.

  • @Navin who needs free publicity your aamir who leaked his nude poster of pk and who is talking about quality movie when he himself supports crap movie like bang bang over Haider.i bet Shahid’s next movie will cross 1000cr,people shouldn’t talk about other your doesn’t have a fan fallowing who is riding just on the popularity so think about your aamir cause the day his 2 or 3 movie will flop he will become history.You are such a shameless who is hiding behind salman fans name to get support for your aamir cause i know very well who you are an aamir fan who alwyas try to show off that you support salman so that some salman fans will support you otherwise even arjun kapoor have more fan fallowing than your aamir so called perfakenionst.

  • Rajesh moron is saying about Amir’s support of Bang Bang. Moron, amir admired BangBangTeaser and Hro’s dance in Tu Meri. Haven’t you seen his tweets? Now don’t say that even teaser and songs were bad. He didnt tweet anything about the movie.
    Also, before calling BangBang a crap, think 100 times becoz in his past, flop star Shahid Kapoor has done much more crappier films like R Rajkumar,Dil Bole Hadippa. Lol. Even movies like Mausam and Teri Meri Kahaani had got worse reviews than Bang Bang.
    Atleast, Bang Bang had brilliant action, great performance by Hro, two good looking leads, beautiful locations. But, what did this Rubbish Rajkumar contain?

  • Hrithik vs shahid cold war starts here.two stars,starts their acting in same time and rulers of next decade.shahid has more fan following than youngistan.

  • ha ha really not expecting this from shahid who is one of my favourite.if salman need not manipulation,then how these are happened?

    ett-199cr(official)
    bo-180cr

    kick-233cr(official)
    bo-214cr

    so WE all want explanation of this lallu fans and shahid.

  • To all u losers and liars, BOI quotes Hindi version only, so when they say HNY is 179 crore they meant Hindi version ONLY. I cant believe how many times I will have to explain this here. U bhaitards have no understanding. HNY (all versions according to BOI) = 185cr.

    @bhaitards The thing is Kick, HNY and CE are manipulated to similar amounts. So if u claim SRK is a manipulator then automatically ur bhai is a bigger one at that since Kick has been manipulated more than HNY and CE.

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