Akshay Kumar’s Baby has collected Rs 9.3 crore, according to official figures from T-Series. The film has done well at multiplexes in cities, but was below-the-mark at other places.
The next 3 days will be crucial for Baby as films that perform well at multiplexes tend to show excellent growth in business Saturday evening onwards. Sunday and Monday (Republic Day) are national holidays, which will help the film big time. Baby also has tremendous potential for growth at smaller centres as the occupancy on Friday was low.
Released on 2650 screens, Baby was competing against a smaller film like ‘Dolly Ki Doli’ which has collected Rs 2.5 crore on Day 1.
Baby Box Office Collections
- Friday – 9.3 crore
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Many like me have booked tickets for Baby on 26th Jan, Republic day holiday. Am hopeful that the 4 day weekend should be 60 cr+, first week at 80 cr+ and lifetime at 120 cr+ above Holiday, Jai Ho and Agneepath to emerge as the highest January grosser ever
BABY will be First Hit of 2015….
why did box office india say 7.75 cr?
BOI gives the actual figure by adding the collections of all Indian theatres.
9.3cr is producer’s figure.
Don’t worry Holiday’s both collection was same (BOI & Producer’s). No manipulation in Holiday’s collection.
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@indicine: You were right in both Baby’s & Dolly Ki Doli’s first day prediction because according to trade Baby earned 7.86cr. & DKD 1.8cr…..
9.3cr is producer’s.
It would go the Holiday way.Even Holiday didn’t took a flying start but still positive wom allowed it to cross the 100 crores.
Actual collection is just 7.75 cr. Sad baby deserved at least 9-10 cr opening.
Its a combination of skyfall (james bond ) and ARGO ( acadmy winner )
I think the collection is superb because the film was released in much less number of theaters compared to other big movies. Word of mouth will help make a huge total even though it may not break any records. If it was a solo release then the situation could have been different!
Deserves much higher collections…
Fig is on a lower side considering Trailer was well received…
Due to poor Promotion strategy Buzz almost died down….
Hope it shows substantial progress…
Saw it today…One of the best films on Terrorism in Bwood…
Take a Bow for Neeraj Pandey n his team….
Absolutely Fantastic….
Akshay, Anupam ji, Tapsee, Rana, Danny all were excellent on their part…
Some scenes like Slapping Minister’s PA, tapsee beating Bilal, Interrogation of Wasim n Scenes of Anupam ji were Brilliant…
The Best dialogue i have heard in recent times – ” Religion wala jo column hota hai usmein hum bold aur capital mein INDIAN liktey hai”…
Hatsoff…
This film deserves 200 Cr club…
i think only 3 movies of akki will release this year as akshay didnot llike script and told pravudeva to rewrite new script. akki is focusing on content nowdays. after brothers then airlift movie shooting start.
It was awesome movie vth gripping direction n screenplay Ur definitely one of the best director of Bollywood waiting for dhoni all d best Neeraj sir congrats
My Predictions prior to First Day Collections and prior to Watching based on Critic Reviews- 150 Cr
My Predictions after watching and after first day collections-120-130 Cr
My review will be uploaded soon
Just came back seeing Baby. One of the most anticipated films of this year.
Akshay and Neeraj come back and in what way! A very good start to this year, indeed.
As reports pouring in, and people reading tones of reviews, I would not emphasize much on the story line and the screenplay.
The film starts on a high note with lots of characters being established initially in the first half. The first half moves briskly and it is just about an hour and you see an ‘Interval’, in the midst!
The second half begins, again ‘brilliantly’ with the team moving to Nepal for an operation. Watch out for Taapsee in this initial segment — Best scene of the film! And then it tells about how this team catches Maulana and the further impact it has is what the second half tells about.
As everybody had been praising about Baby’s climax, TBH , I was a little disappointed by it since it had striking similarities with Argo and ofcourse our very own D-DAY! But, still the movie doesn’t make you lose heart and it still entertains you in whatever way it could. A little more subtlety in the screenplay would have done wonders. Anyhow, Baby is a brilliant attempt in an otherwise whimsical attempts that Bollywood keeps on attempting these days!
Could have been Neeraj Pandey’s best film till date but it somewhere lagged behind Special 26 and A Wednesday in my opinion.
Pros:
1. Akshay’s riveting performance — Subtle and an absolute gem he was. (I hope, he does more films like these)
2. Brilliant casting with superb performances from everyone.
3. No attention to any love angle or songs.
4. Cinematography — Astounding.
5. Fast paced narrative.
Cons:
1. Comparing to his earlier films, a little shallow.
2. Climax could have been better with little emphasis on a brisker screenplay.
3. Too much reliance on Akshay (Not bad, but still, I felt Kay Kay Menon had very little to do)
Finally, Baby is a must watch film, since it’s pretty rare that Bollywood makes such kind of Spy/Espionage Thrillers. Akshay in his lifetime act along with a top notch supporting cast is definitely worth giving your time, though with its share of flaws. Such films need to be encouraged!
Rating: 4/5. A great watch, with its flaws!
Reviews are mindblowing…
9.4/10 in imdb…
will watch it next week
Im waiting for the crash report..
The film as it is bad and in delhi obama will pull it down
I wonder how neeraj pandey could repeat scenes from a wednesday?
How dare he?
The fights are too prolonged.. hemust see john wick to see how keanu reeves does his fights..