The lull before the storm: Industry awaits Shahrukh Khan’s Diwali release

Happy New YearThe industry is going through its pre-Diwali period. Most filmmakers don’t release their films during this period, but two new films did release last weekend – Sonali Cable and Mumbai 125KM – both failed at the box office. The latter got a decent release, especially at single-screens, but fared poorly collecting around 1.12 crore in its first weekend. Sonali Cable was a washout all over, the film won’t even recover its release cost.

Bang Bang continued to dominate with business of around 6 cr in its second weekend, Haider was less than half of that (2.75 cr nett approx) – which is more than the combined business of both new releases.

But even though business has hit an all-time low, the industry is gearing up for a storm.

All eyes are now on Shahrukh Khan’s Diwali release Happy New Year and the hype is truly unprecedented. The pre-release reports too are excellent, but that’s the case with most big releases, especially those starring Shahrukh Khan.

With the film releasing a day after Diwali pooja (Oct 24), the chances of recording the highest single day collections are high. Most in the trade are expecting Happy New Year to be the first film to collect Rs 40 crore on a single day. To put that into perspective, the first day collections of Happy New Year is ‘expected’ to be more than the lifetime business of films like Hasee Toh Phasee, Mardaani and Deepika Padukone’s last release Finding Fanny!

What sort of opening will Happy New Year take this coming weekend? What are your expectations from the film? Tell us in the comments section below.

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119 Comments

  • Salman have d Guts to release his movie during Ramzan Dry phase of Btown whereas King is afraid of releasing on Diwali Day #Difference

  • there is no craze around hny, so hardly 1 crore just because of good release date.
    hny ek aisa storm hai jo ek tinka bhi nahi uda sakta.

  • if producer wont do manipulation then opening day 31 crore opening weekend 85 crore first week 125 crore second week 30 crore lifetime will be 170 crore for only hindi release and for all languages it should be 185. hope it will be worst hindi film ever.

  • Now half the battle is won, the other half which happens to be the most important is public and critics reaction to the film!

  • @indicine is there any news for HNY Special Screening? When it will happen and when reviews will comes out? plz reply

  • First day should be 40+ cr. and weekend would do 100+ cr. First week less than 150+ cr. will be shock. Lifetime depends on content but anything less than 250+ cr. will be disappointing.

  • 80% possibility of 100cr in 2 days. As i hear that HNY will be release in 5000 screens in india alone and 1000 screen in overseas which is never seen before. Hope for best of the best.

    “Indiawale” Chalay Hain “Lovely” andaz main sab ka “Manwa Lage” ga.

    Cheers

  • SRK is an Alcohlic, I m drunk with the Love of SRK.

    That is why

    Saray Loki Menu “Sharabi” Kenday Ne.

    SRK SRK SRK

    Go KING KHAN Rules the World Cinema with HNY Storm.

  • my prediction never changes for hny. I predicted 34 cr
    but look like I still believe their no buzz of hny in Maharashtra bcoz of election. collection will definitely affect in my Maharashtra.
    mark my words srk fans. I repeat Mark my words.

  • Shahrukh and acting just dont get along well with each other. I dont know if acting hates SRK or SRK hates acting. #HNY :-D

  • every record of dhoom 3 will be shattered for sure but for lifetime collections good content required anyways win win situation for srk fans because no one can stop this movie to cross 200 crrs..

  • bang bang trade fig r 138.5 cr hin + 6 cr south – 144.5 cr.
    Hindi lifetime will be 140cr. all 146 cr. worldwide 270cr.
    boi already gives it semi hit verdict.
    but producer fig r producer fig lifetime 180cr difference 34cr. their worldwide collection r 335cr. difference 65 cr.

  • Kaththi has better booking than HNY in Bangalore. Lagta hai HNY ko sirf multiplexes se kaam chalana padega :P

  • 1st day 38-40 cr
    2nd day 30-35 car
    3rd day-34- 36 cr
    First week 170+ cr
    Lifetime will be 250+ cr
    If Word of mouth is positive then it will Cross D3 easily
    even in worst case scenario it will collect around 180-200 cr

    best of luck Hny team… :)
    @Babaji no one predicted 50 cr on first day
    So shut up

  • 1st day 41cr, 2nd day 35cr and 3rd day 40cr. Weekend =116cr. 1st week=190cr. Lifetime=310cr. Overseas=180cr. Kingmania at its peak.

  • 33cr first dat

    Weekend 89cr

    Monday crash…

    First week 135-140cr

    Second week another disastrous crash

    Lifetime same as Jaadoo 3 and Bong Bong- 175-180 cr

    Verdict semi hit

  • @sachin11

    There was a lull in your comment- I will be expecting the storm to come from you next Monday when HNY crashes… Come on start rocking bro

  • 24th oct is the big day i just hope and pray the movie will do good bussiness and high compection o with DHOOM 3 as of chenni express just realesed 3700 screens only still it collected 33.12 so as of 4500 Screens it will get around 37 to 40 on first day i hope my wish come true and brake recoed of DHOOM 3 Record all domistic and overseas coz SRK is the king of bollywood all over the place like he is KING OF AWARD .

  • @arjun kapoor

    You childish useless son of Boney Sir- wont you supposed to do a Mr India and vanish off to kollywood where your talentless behind could try n make a success of things…? You said you were going- I rejoiced in the fact that you were following in the footsteps of other useless star kids like Uday n Fardeen by admitting how useless you were n how one day Abhishek may join you there but here you are- back again being confused as to what your role is on Indicine- to promote youngistan or praise the senior statesmen or simply to irritate everybody 24/7 about you still not finding fanny despite doing a boring yawn-a-sec film about it….!?!?!

  • 250 Cr is damn sure even with 2 star i am just hoping for 3 star not more than this coz sharukh does not need 4 star to give 300 cr hit all he need is just above average rating which hny will get inshAllah.

  • The first day collection will be between 33cr to 38cr. HNY has running time of more than 180 minutes. Due to that it will be very hard to go beyond 40 crore unless the tickets price hiking.

  • Just 4 days to go….. Storm is coming

    bhaitards and tingutards fans are saying there is no buzz ….. But they will watch when it will collect 40 cr. First day and 300 cr. Lifetime

  • I’m sure hny opening day chasing SR opening day record. Please don’t dream for 45cr because it’s harmful for hny. It will struggle to cross Bang Bang lifetime collection.

  • hny 1st day : 42 to 45 cr
    weakend : 120 cr
    1st week : 200 cr
    second weak : 80 to 90 cr
    3rd weak : 30 cr
    lifetime 320 to 330 cr domestic
    oversease : 32 to 35 million dollar
    farst 200 cr movie in oversease
    farst 300 cr movie in domestic

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