Airlift is one of those rare films that earned both critical acclaim and commercial success. The target audience was limited in number, yet the film went on to become a 125 crore plus grosser at the box office.
More importantly, the ‘classes’ returned to multiplexes to watch an Akshay Kumar film after a long time. Films like Baby and Special 26 did fairly well at the box office, but both weren’t profitable ventures like Airlift.
Some points
- The director of the film, Raja Krishna Menon, hasn’t really received the kind of recognition or media coverage that he deserved. He’s a director to look forward to in the future. He’s working on a few scripts, all of them belong to the ‘drama’ genre.
- Airlift is the second highest domestic (India) grosser of Akshay Kumar’s career after Rowdy Rathore.
- Airlift is one of the highest grossing multiplex-targeted niche films of all time.
- Airlift is the highest grossing film in the month of January, surpassing the previous highest grosser Agneepath and Jai Ho (the two films now occupy the 2nd and 3rd spot respectively).
- Airlift is Akshay Kumar’s highest worldwide grosser of all time and his second 200 crore grosser after Rowdy Rathore.
- When it release (January 2016), it recorded the highest opening day, opening weekend, opening week, second week, third week, highest domestic grosser, highest overseas grosser and highest worldwide grosser of 2016. At the time of publishing the final analysis (5th March 2016), Airlift continues to hold on to all those records.
- Airlift recorded the 21st highest first week collections of all time (Read More)
- Airlift is also the 21st highest grossing film in India of all time (Read More)
- Airlift became the 42nd 100 crore grosser in Bollywood (Full list of 100 crore grossers in Bollywood)
All about Airlift:
- Director: Raja Krishna Menon
- Producer: Nikhil Advani, Monisha Adwani, Aruna Bhatia, Madhu G. Bhojwani, Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Vikram Malhotra
- Cast: Akshay Kumar, Nimrat Kaur, Purab Kohli
- Music Director: Amaal Mallik, Ankit Tiwari
- Runtime: 2 hour 5 minutes
- Budget: Rs 54 crore
- Screens: 2200
- Footfalls: 1.18 crore
- Net India Total Box Office Collections (after deducting entertainment tax): Rs 127.92 crore
- Gross India Total Box Office Collections (including entertainment tax): Rs 178.67 crore
- Overseas Total Box Office Collections: Rs 45.31 crore
- Worldwide Box Office Collections (India gross + Overseas): Rs 223.98 crore
- Box Office Verdict: SUPER HIT
- Average Critic Rating: 3.7 on 5 (Read more)
- IMDb User Rating: 9.1 on 10
| Day | Airlift |
|---|---|
| Day 1 (Friday) | 12.35 |
| Day 2 (Saturday) | 14.60 |
| Day 3 (Sunday) | 17.35 |
| Day 4 (Monday) | 10.40 |
| Day 5 (Tuesday) | 17.80 |
| Day 6 (Wednesday) | 6.0 |
| Day 7 (Thursday) | 5.0 |
| First Week | 83.5 crore |
| Day 8 (2nd Friday) | 4.5 |
| Day 9 (2nd Saturday) | 6.5 |
| Day 10 (2nd Sunday) | 8.26 |
| Day 11 (2nd Monday) | 2.53 |
| Day 12 (2nd Tuesday) | 2.61 |
| Day 13 (2nd Wednesday) | 2.40 |
| Day 14 (2nd Thursday) | 1.99 |
| Second Week | 28.79 crore |
| Day 15 (3rd Friday) | 2.03 |
| Day 16 (3rd Saturday) | 3.04 |
| Day 17 (3rd Sunday) | 3.34 |
| Day 18 (3rd Monday) | 1.04 |
| Day 19 (3rd Tuesday) | 0.91 |
| Day 20 (3rd Wednesday) | 0.81 |
| Day 21 (3rd Thursday) | 0.80 |
| Third Week | 11.97 |
| Remaining Weeks | 3.66 crore |
| Total Collections | 127.92 crore |
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Awesome analysis indicine,keep on doing the good work!
Yes he is the fine Actor… He giving four different genr in each year…..
Problem for Akshay Kumar is he giving 4 movies per year and also he is not full concentrate for promotion… when he will doing mass with class movie with good promotion it will easly collect above 150 cr….
#Fasal kerala
Indian audience is changing now niche film becomes commercial film n masala film become avoidable
still Que is that what was Akshay’s remuneration for Airlift? how much percentage profit made by T series n Distribution company Prateek entertainment n how much profit share AK got for this Superhit…. @indicine try to ans this que firstly then this analysis will complete
I feel all 3 Akki films these year will b super hits with 2 of them-Airlift & Rustom getting huge critical acclaim. And if that happens it will b fair to say Akki has reached the peak of his career in 2016 even better than his golden phase in 2002-2008 period. It’s funny how rapidly things change. Till last October akki was struggling to get a big hit even with strong wom-baby s26 holiday and now v r talking abt d possibility of 3 big hits in a row
Best of luck
PK and BB footfalss- 3.5 cr
Airlfit footlfalls- 3.5/3 = 1.06
And this is Akki’s best performance ever. LOL. ?
Why do these 5-10 Akki fans even compare a star like Akki to megastars Salman Aamir? Why?
Go fight with SRK and tushar kapoor
One of the best movie ever made in Bollywood.
At the time of watching Airlift every one feel proud.
#BestMovieofTheYear2016
@indicine many other sites have reported that overseas is 48+ …!!!!
Plz see ..!!!
@All Akki fans..
Really I don’t want bash Akki & his movies… but worst user like Sunny Akkiholic come up with shit logic in Srk Articles…
when Akki fans will bashing srk I will also bash Akki & His movies…
#Warning especially @Sunny Akkiholic
#Fasal kerala
Well deserved success. Is Akshay’s fee included in its budget of 54 crore or not? I thought he took the profit share instead and budget was lower than that?
Srk’s worst film Dilwale = 148 cr
Akki’s best film = 120 cr
So think twice before you compare Akki with King of bollywood Shah Rukh Khan.
According to trade figure Airlift has 120.54 Cr Nett Collection in India. and Overseas Collection of $7 Million. So worldwide gross collection of 230.11 Cr.
#Akshay Kumar is Best actor of Bollywood.
If Shah Rukh’s driver acted in Airlift, collection would be the same.
Its the power of content, not Akki, so dont jump too much Akkitards.
where is verdict
@Flopakki what is the footfall of Talash????
compare Airlift with movie like Talash …..
chavanee chhap moron
It is the well deserved cult superhit of all time….!…
Omg, sp26 ,, holiday ,, baby, airlift , gabbar – best filmography out of all actors…!…
Epicness at its very best…
Houseful3 blockbuster on cards
Truely class Airlift film , Akshay Sir deserve the appreciation . He should do films like Omg , Special 26 , Holiday , Airlift , Baby & now Rustom .
Those who were saying airlift can’t beat Agneepath in trade figures BOI should know it has done 123 cr according to BOI .
I think official Collection should hve been 131 coz there was 8 cr difference between BOI nd official Collection till 3rd weekend . I always see akshay kumar movies collection always decrease after lifetime while khans movies keeps increase even after its run is almost over . ???
How many Akki fans are there on this planet? Max 50.
It was fans of Salman-Aamir who watched Airlift to make it a super hit. Otherwise we have seen Akkians ability in 2015. Zero hit. ?
Can’t talk about srk fans bcoz they are also non-existent bcoz they are zero at box-office.
Salmir rules.
Airlift – Superhit
Housefull3 – Blockbuster ( Wish it will cross 200 cr )
Rustom – Superhit ( will definitely cross 120 cr with clash and will cross 150 cr if comes solo)
Akshay will become first actor to give 3 100cr grosser in a single year.
snd also will be the first actor to cross 3000 cr.
Producers figure 128-129
Boi figure 123-124…!!!
Airlift’s overseas is 50+ …. Koimoi last updated 47.8…!!!!
Akshay is the Most Costliest Bollywood Superstar .
Akshay kumar Charge 30 to 35 cr per Movie & Finnish His every Movie in 50 Days Means 70 lakh per day .
khans take 50 cr per film & finish Their Movies In 120 Days or 100 days means 45 lakh per day.
So akshay kumar Earns More then any khan per day.
Clearly he is the most costliest Superstar. A Genius logic. ?
@Kaali how’s this ??
so finally you are talking about footfalls, it is great because footfalls are best method to judge each star’s crowd pulling ability.
Akki’s best Airlift 125 cr is less than 5-6 year older Dabangg 1/2, Ready, Bodyguard which were thrashed by critics.
Still those Akkians compare akki with megastar of century Salman. ?
@FASAL KERALA Not kaali ?
Just shut up,isn’t srk biggest star in the world? Then? My expectations r always high now from him. If Amir can do 25 plus on non holiday nd biggest star can’t do even 30 plu with fan on non holiday?
Excellent!A film like Airlift fully deserves all the appreciation it has got at the box office!Proud to be a fan of AKSHAY KUMAR!
@FlopAkki better worry abt ur Ajay’s Shivaay which will b crushed by ADHM
@ Flopshay Kumar
I m sure that ur not a srk fan And also ur a crap bhaijaan fan…
Srk’s worst film Dilwale = 148 cr
Salman worst film = 107 cr
If Shah Rukh’s driver acted in bhajrangi bhaijaan
collection would be the more…
So think twice before you compare king of disaster salman with King of bollywood Shah Rukh Khan….
#Fasal kerala
i loved airlift , loved everything about it
and to those who doubt akki star power, just tell me despite being equally liked why did neerja didn’t collect as much as airlift