Category - Box Office

Rajneeti Box office Opening

Rajneeti directed by Prakash Jha was expected to open to good numbers, but few would have predicted the film – released on a limited number of prints – to go on and beat the opening records of every other film except 

Housefull Box office : 75 crores in India, 20 crores overseas : Eros

The official numbers from Eros are out and Akshay Kumar’s Housefull has managed to nett a staggering 52 crores in Week 1. The film has grossed 75 crores in India and 20 crores overseas taking its Week 1 worldwide total to 95 crores. A 52 crore nett for a 75 crore gross in India seems  to be slightly on the higher side, as the entertainment taxes (all India average) is somewhere around

Housefull Box office Opening

Finally something to cheer  after a dull 3 – 4 months for Bollywood! Sajid Khan’s Housefull starring Akshay Kumar as the main crowd-puller has opened to a fantastic response all over. The collections were

Karthik Calling Karthik Box office Prediction

Farhan Akhtar and Deepika Padukone’s Karthik Calling Karthik releases this weekend. The response to the trailers has been good and the chemistry between the lead stars has created enough buzz for the film to open to good numbers. There are several factors though, that could go against the film 

Komal Nahta on 3 Idiots and My Name Is Khan

The whole of the week gone by has had the trade people talk about just one thing – whether Shah Rukh Khan’s My Name Is Khan is a hit or a flop and whether its box-office collections have been bigger than those of Aamir Khan’s 3 Idiots. Although comparisons are not fair and are, in fact, odious, it is necessary to talk of the two films in the same breath simply because Fox, the worldwide distributor of MNIK, has been doling out figures to the media, claiming that its film has surpassed all previous records. By implication, it means MNIK has collected more than 3 Idiots. Surprisingly, most of the media people have been buying the Fox story without so much as verifying the same. Actually, not so surprisingly.

Box office: MNIK vs 3 Idiots

Box office comparison between Shahrukh Khan’s My Name Is Khan and Aamir Khan’s 3 Idiots. Note: The 1st week figures of MNIK are the official numbers from Fox.  

Box office: My Name Is Khan in US

My Name Is Khan opened to record-breaking numbers in US, but dropped sharply during the weekdays and the while business picked up during the 2nd weekend, the collections were around 37% of its first weekend. Detailed list of figures below.