Unsurprisingly, only two films manage ‘excellent’ opening

Only two films have managed what we could call an ‘excellent’ opening at the box office and only three have either matched or exceeded expectations. Unsurprisingly, one featured a top superstar like Shah Rukh Khan, the second was a Hollywood action-franchise film. The other was ‘Badrinath Ki Dulhania’ which had dependable stars like Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt.

The opening of ‘Jolly LLB 2’ falls in the acceptable / average range, because the film was expected to take a much better start than what it actually managed to collect on Day 1.

Hrithik Roshan’s Kaabil was completely obliterated by Shah Rukh Khan’s Raees, which is a concern for Hrithik because his films post Bang Bang haven’t even got a decent initial. The promos failed to generate interest, but a double digit total is the least that’s expected out of one of the top superstars – clash or not. Especially from a big-budget film like Mohenjo Daro, if not the smaller film Kaabil.

The next two films that’ll get a big initial are also no-brainers. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion is expected to take the box office by storm, before the megastar himself arrives to make the rest look like mere mortals.

The film that could surprise in between, as far as the initial is concerned, is Half Girlfriend. The poster of Raabta too has got a good response, but the important trailer will be out on Monday.

MovieDay 1Response
Bahubali 241.00Bumper
Tubelight21.00Average
Raees20.00Excellent
Jab Harry Met Sejal15.25Average
Jolly LLB 213.20Average
Toilet Ek Prem Katha13.10Average
Badrinath Ki Dulhania 12.25Good
Baadshaho12.03Average
Half Girlfriend10.27Good
Fast and Furious 89.53Good
Kaabil8.75Below Average
Sachin: A Billion Dreams8.60Very Good
Jagga Jasoos8.57Average
Munna Michael6.65Poor
Mubarakan5.25Poor
Commando 25.14Average
Naam Shabana5.12Average
Rangoon5.00Disastrous
Raabta5.00Disastrous
Ok Jaanu4.08Poor
A Gentleman4.04Disastrous
Phillauri4.02Average
Begum Jaan3.94Average
Mom2.90Poor
Hindi Medium2.81Average
Mom2.75Average
Shubh Mangal Saavdhan2.71Average
Bareilly Ki Barfi2.42Above Average
Sarkar 32.10Poor
Babumoshai Bandookbaaz2.05Pending
Meri Pyaari Bindu 1.75Poor
Poster Boys1.75Poor
The Ghazi Attack1.65Below Average
Noor1.54Poor
Bank Chor1.40Poor
Lipstick Under My Burkha1.22Average

 

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103 Comments

  • thats king khan srk for you no one can match his opening record 44 crore highest and in this year also highest opening in bollywood with clash belongs to king khan only megastar king khan rules

  • lol on u
    a franchise movie wid same star cast and the no.1 young star according to you with 3000 screens is an ‘excellent’ opener 4 u?? Prabhu ji apke charan kaha h ??

  • “Before the Megastar himself to make the rest look like mere mortals””” ?
    I Rofld so much at this line. its so true but also funny af !!!

  • Bahubali will get 20-22 crore hindi
    No more then that i believe trailer was bit lackluster even that amount will be task if we take mumbai circut out movie will struggle in rest of hindi belt

  • so expecting double digit from kaabil was BIT unfair?? Hahaha
    KAABIL same budget movie like rustom and jolly2 still failed to do 10 while akshay’s easily crossed it…shows real stardom,not the fake stardom where an actor has to depend on excellent trailer + mega budget + national holiday ..

    I always said KHANS AKSHAY RANBIR R TOP 5 AND MJD AND KAABIL OPENING ON NON HOLIDAY PROVED IT.

  • This comment is only for you @indicine.

    I’m no more an @indicine user.

    And the meaning of the line “before the megastars himself arrive to make the rest”.

    Can you say the same for films like “Jai ho”,”ready”,”veer”.

    I know you can’t. so praise the non actor Upto whichever extent he will keep failing & will not able to deliver a single record and every year he’ll be brutally by TRUE MEGASTARS LIKE KING SRK & Aamir.And you will be burning in the same as always & you’ll keep rant this shit with in your small world foerever.Good Bye.

  • I never gave credit to hrithik for bang bang opening unlike other users here and indicine
    it had nvr seen before trailer + national holiday advntge .. it would hve open similar to rowdy rathore on non holiday despite outstanding trailer..(24 real)

    Agneepath 14CR IF WE CUT OUT NATIONAL HOLIDAY ADVNTGE..1CR LOWER THN ROWDY RATHORE ..MEANS HRITHIK MOVIES NEVER OPENED BIGGER THN AKSHAY IN THIS DECADE IF WE CUT OUT NATIONAL HOLIDAY ADVNTGE.

    TEES MAR KHAN OPENING > KITES ..SAME YEAR

  • Top 5 Opening of 2017 still now 1. #Raees – 20.29 Cr.
    2. #JollyLLB2 – 12.60 Cr.
    3. #BKD – 11.68 Cr.
    4. #Kaabil – 8 Cr.
    5. #Rangoon – 5.6 Cr

  • Upcoming big movies opening day prediction
    Bahubali 2 =25+
    TEPK=13+
    THE RING=16+
    TUBELIGHT=35-38CR
    JUDWAA2=14+
    2.0= 25+only Hindi due to clash only because akshay
    SECRET SUPPERSTAR=8+
    PADMAN=15+

  • I M BIG FAN OF SRK BUT I THINK SRK AND AKKI IN DOMESTIC MARKET IS SAME.

    I THINK SRK CAANOT GIVE ANY 200 CR . MOVIES AND 300 CR IS HIS DREAM.

    SALMAN AND AAMIR ALL MOVIE WILL NOW 300 CR GUARANTEED
    BUT SRK MOVIES HAVE DOUBT TO CROSS 150 CR. MARK.

    1.AAMIR =SALMAN

    2.SRK=AKSHAY=HRITIK=AJAY

    3.RANBIR= VARUN = RANVEER=SHAHID=SAIF.

  • Kaabil was 10.43 CR…indicine is SRK paid site…It’s no surprise to your sycophantic article. You can only promote SRK only…But the fact is Raees lost Kaabil in every next week onwards….This article is non sense… Doesn’t cover full details about overall performance of total box office run. Raees was underperforming

  • Only 2 films till now have excellent opening – Raees and Fast 8 . Kaabil should have done better even though it was clashing against Raees . Jolly LLB 2 should have done 15+ on first day . BKD surprised everybody with the kind of opening it got . Rangoon, OK Jaanu, Phillauri and Begum Jaan were extremely poor in terms of opening . Bahubali 2, Tubelight, The Ring, 2.0 and TZH will get excellent opening . Judwaa 2, TEPK, HG, Baadshaho, Padmavati and Dutt may also surprise .
    @ Indicine Why you have removed the total collections of Raees and Kaabil from collections of 2017 ? Please reply !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • What are the total collections and verdicts of Jolly LLB 2, Rangoon, Commando 2, Badrinath Ki Dulhania, Trapped, Phillauri, Anarkali Of Aarah and Laali Ki Shaadi Main Laaddoo Deewana ?

  • @mekanik

    Jai Ho & Ready se yaad aaya your global king yet to cross their lifetime collections on non holiday. In fact, he miserably failed to it with his Ram Navami and Mahavir jayanti festive weekend release Fan. Also those non holiday releases lifetime collections are much more than gangu teli’s xmas, diwali releases like don 2, jthj, ra 1 etc… Hahaha

  • @sunny toilet holic

    Good to see you not blabbering nonsense on Bhai in this article…. ??

  • @indicine if salman is a megastar then why he is struggling to cross pk lifetime collection.stop overpraising salman everytime.aamir khan is a real megastar he has given 3 back to back athg he has created new records in both domestic overseas in taiwan dangal has collected 10cr here other hindi movies struggle to collect even 10lakh you didnt even publish article on that be neutral stop your bias for salman.

  • Hahaha…. Some illiterate loggerheaded mekaniks are blabbering that Salman Khan doesn’t have any box office record. Let’s have a look at major Box Office Records (Since 1980)……..

    1. Highest Grosser Of The Century : Salman Khan (HAHK)

    2. All Time Highest Grosser : Aamir Khan (5)

    3. Biggest Hit Of The Decade : Salman Khan (2)

    4. Highest Grosser Of The Decade : Salman Khan (2)

    5. Highest Grosser Of The Year : Salman Khan (9)

    6. Top 2 Grossers Of The Year : Salman Khan (4)

    7. Top 3 Grossers Of The Year : Salman Khan (1999)

    8. All Time Blockbusters : Aamir Khan (5)

    9. Blockbusters : Salman Khan (14)

    10. Clean Hits : Salman Khan (29)

    11. Successes : Akshay Kumar (45)

    Sum Up :

    Salman Khan – 8 Records

    Aamir Khan – 2 Records

    Akshay Kumar – 1 Record

    Global king – louda

    Here I’ve mentioned only Major BO records….. I ignored 100cr/200/300cr grossers, highest 1st day/1st weekend/1st week, 2cr/3cr/4cr/5cr footfalls, 1st to create 20cr/25cr/30cr/40cr/50cr/100cr/200cr/300cr clubs and many others even though Salman leads most of them followed by Aamir. I tried to keep the things simple with just ATBB, Blockbusters, Hits, ATHG, HGOTD, HGOTY etc. Because 5-6 years later those 200cr/300cr lifetime, 100cr weekend, 200cr 1st week etc will not have any value but nobody can forget ATBB, Blockbusters, ATHG, HGOTY, HGOTD etc…

  • thats king khan srk for you no one can match his opening record 44 crore highest and in this year also highest opening in bollywood with clash belongs to king khan only megastar king khan rules post this why r u so biased it was also the first comment 12.46 still not posted

  • The line “before the megastar himself arrives to make the rest look like mere mortals.” LoL

    Indicine is saying the truth which many of fans are not willing to accept. Salman Khan is the megastar and rest of bollywood exept Aamir Khan are not even closer to him. & for those who are saying that it is because of Eid so let me tell u, Salman Khan made Eid his weekend before that nobody even releasing his film on Eid, which is now the the 2nd biggest weekend of the year

    Let me tell you neither Eid nor Christmas were big weekends, only Diwali was the biggest weekend of the year before 2008. But after it Diwali was the 3rd biggest weekend.Agree or not, Salman Khan & Aamir Khan made Eid & Christmas & SRK gave huge boost to Diwali weekend.

  • before the megastar himself arrives to make the rest look like mere mortals.

    Hats Off for this line…

    By d way @Mr SSS finally spoted….Hahhahahahahhahah

  • when r u going to publish top actors india article.last time u said it will be ready in couple of days but it has been a week.god knows when u r going to publish it.

  • Megastar only when he releases in eid … Tell your megastar to release his movies in non holiday period and with clash .. And get a hit verdict .. Then I can believe that he is megastar .. Well I don’t care if indicine call salman a megastar .. Because the guardian BBC Google Wikipedia all slated that srk is world’s biggest movie star .. And that’s inuff for us .. !

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