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Q. When The FAN Trailer Is coming? How Many Songs In The Movie FAN?
A. The FAN trailer is expected in about 15-20 days from now. YRF doesn’t have a date for the trailer yet. As for the songs, there are reports that there are 3 songs in the film. Two are likely to be promotional tracks. The report is unconfirmed, as YRF is secretive about the project. Vishal – Shekhar are composing the music.
Q. What is the worldwide collection of Airlift?
A. It’s approximately Rs 204 crore worldwide, Akshay Kumar’s highest worldwide grosser to date.
Q. Footfalls of Airlift till second week?
A. About 1 – 1.05 crore footfalls (tickets sold) till the end of second week.
Q. What is the production budget of Mohenjo daro? And when is the shooting supposed to finish?
A. Production budget including Hrithik’s fee could cross Rs 120 crore. Too early to talk about the budget, as the film is currently on the floors. Hrithik’s injury has delayed the shoot by a few weeks.
Q. Why is trade already considering Jagga Jasoos as Flop? Reshooting is for betterment of a movie so why its taken in a negative way? Anushman
A. Jagga Jasoos has been in the making for a long time now and there have been reports that the makers themselves are not happy with the way the film has shaped up. While they have also denied reports of scenes being reshot, the pre-release reports are not very positive. It happened with films like Bombay Velvet too and the audience, especially at metro cities, is well aware of this. However, Jagga Jasoos should still take a reasonably good opening if the trailer impresses.
Q. How much screens will FAN get? It’s a solo release? – Ehtesham
A. Shah Rukh Khan commands a strong fan-following in every territory in India. So even though it’s a niche film (unlikely to hold mass appeal), it should still release on 3500 plus screens in India.
Q. What’s your opinion of masala film after the underperformance of Dilwale, has masala genre died because films like Jai Ho, Singh is Bling, Action Jackson were flops at box office too?
A. A genre doesn’t die when one or two films fail at the box office, the ‘south style masala films’ were overdone when a few films like Ghajini, Dabangg, Rowdy Rathore worked at the box office. Unfortunately, a lot of films that released weren’t entertaining enough for the audience to come out in big numbers. Having said that, a well made entertaining film will still work, like we have seen with films like Kick, Chennai Express. Even Bajrangi Bhaijaan can be put in the same category as ‘masala’ is nothing but a combination of action, comedy, romance. BB had a social message and a good story to tell too. As for Dilwale, it wasn’t rejected by the audience. 150 crore is a big number and had it released solo, it would have easily crossed the 200 crore mark. The audience had two choices last Christmas, a film that promised a difference experience, a magnum opus that provided better value-for-money, they opted for it instead of a routine Rohit Shetty entertainer. Even Om Shanti Om wouldn’t have done as well as it did, if it was competing against a Bajirao Mastani instead of Saawariya.
Q. Bajirao Mastani is a box office Hit but is there any chance for it in TV though it is a niche film?
A. Definitely. Baahubali fetched excellent TRP’s on television and Bajirao Mastani’s tv premiere will also be keenly-awaited. It’ll be a huge, the satellite rights have fetched an excellent price too.
Q. What about Raees and Sultan clash, both are big films and definitely every one would love to watch both films. So will the clash be averted?
A. So far, there hasn’t been any news from both sides regarding the clash. There is a long way for the shoot of Sultan to be wrapped up. But we’ve now been hearing in the last few days from trade sources, that both YRF and Excel/Red Chillies want to work out a solution and possibly avert the clash.
Q. Box office is in loss in January due to flop films except Airlift?
A. Airlift was the biggest success and by far the biggest grosser. A couple of films recovered costs, all other movies failed. We have a detailed report on January 2016
Q. What is your take on Shahid Kapoor upcoming movies and his career after the release? Please give details. @fans from Nepal
A. He has two films Udta Punjab and Rangoon – both are unlikely to hold universal appeal and both will rely on word-of-mouth. Shahid’s career has always looked promising, but his films haven’t worked at the box office. That has to change and change very quick if he has to compete with rising stars like Varun and Ranveer. Only when his films work will more commercial and bigger directors sign him for their films. Talent alone is not enough in the industry, unfortunately. It’s about choosing and doing the right films.
Q. What could be the opening day figure of Housefull 3?
A. Should be 20 crore plus on a non-holiday. Certain to be Akshay’s biggest non-holiday opening.
Q. After Airlift’s phenomenal success, can Housefull 3 do 200 crore? Housefull 2 managed 110 with extremely negative reviews and average word-of-mouth? – Gajendra
A. Housefull 2 had positive word-of-mouth and the film was liked both by the multiplex and single-screen audience. Such films never get positive reviews, it’s only the audience reviews that matter at the end of the day. Unlike Airlift, Housefull 3 has wider appeal and hence has the potential to do 200 crore. But for that the film has to be entertaining.
Q. Fitoor or Sanam Re, which film has more buzz and which one will open better? – Priya
A. The music of Sanam Re has done well and T-Series is going all out to promote it. But Fitoor should still manage a better opening because of Katrina Kaif’s presence, she’s still a big star. Sanam Re has no star value.
Q. Is SRK the biggest crowd puller in overseas and who is No.1 in overseas among 3 Khan’s? Which will be bigger hit between Fan & Raees?
A. SRK’s overseas record is staggering. Which was his last film that did not perform well overseas? We do not know. Every film works, most work big. With Dilwale, he’s yet again proved that he’s the biggest crowd puller in the traditional market, as not only did a successful film like Bajirao Mastani release, but Star Wars also released during the same period. Dilwale has also set records in several non-traditional countries, but the collections are not as big as PK in China, which is why it doesn’t hit headlines.
Q. When the National film awards 2016. Will be given? According to you who should win Best actor National award in Bollywood?
A. National Awards 2016 will be announced on April 16, will be given / presented on May 3rd. Best Actor is picked from all languages and not just from Bollywood – we are not too sure about the top performances other film industries.
Q. How many Bollywood films have crossed the 100 crore mark worldwide and how many have crossed the 200 crore mark worldwide (both figures in gross)?
A. We will do an article on this. Too many to list here.
Q. Any movie Hrithik signed after Mohenjo Daro? Any updates about Thug or Dhoom 4 or Kabir Khan’s movie? – Sam
A. He will be doing a film with Sanjay Gupta (Kaabil) followed by a film with Kabir Khan.
Q. If Shivaay works among masses and Ae Dil Hai Mushkil work among classes, then which movie will earn more? – Chanakya
A. There is no question of such movies working at the box office, if they fail at multiplexes. The contribution of multiplexes is more than 80-85% for most films and even universal blockbusters the ratio is 65-70 at multiplexes vs 30-35 at single-screens.
Q. Can Rustom outgross Airlift if the content is strong?can it do 150crs even with clash? What kind of opening can it take? Your views.
A. Too early to talk about Rustom. Let the trailer release.
Q. Is Salman’s current stardom that started post wanted bigger than anything witnessed before across generation? (Compared to biggest superstars of all time like Dilip Sahab, Mr. Bachan, Rajesh Khanna)
A. We haven’t really experienced the superstardom of Bachchan or Khanna. The footfalls of Bachchan movies used to be much higher than Salman Khan films of today. But that could be due to various reasons – more entertainment options, piracy, ticket prices etc etc. But no other actors has so many back-to-back blockbusters / all time blockbusters like Salman.
Q. Do you think that single screens will accept content driven films like FAN?
A. Doubtful, but lets wait and see. It would depend on how entertaining the film is. It’s also difficult to predict what ‘clicks’ with the audience. A good film like Baby doesn’t do as well as it should, but Airlift takes off and does very well. Box office is very unpredictable, anything can happen.
Q. I love Abhay Deol acting, so i want to know what are Abhay Deol upcoming films? – Jassi
A. Abhay Deol has signed Dulha Mil Gaya director’s Mudassar Aziz, co-produced by Aanand L Rai (Tanu Weds Manu Returns). Diana Penty of Cocktail fame has been cast opposite him.
Q. Why the Akshay Kumar is still not able cross 150 Crore mark after getting fantastic starts.. Movies like Baby and Airlift and with Positive word of mouth?
A. That’s because of the limited appeal of the film. Airlift was a thriller, it’s not what we’d call a ‘wholesome entertainer’. Because of this, the film performance well at 35-40 odd cities in the country. A better example would be Chak De India and Om Shanti Om, the former is a much better film, but the later more entertainer and massy – which is why it was a much bigger grosser. Taalash is another example, even if its a classic must watch film, it won’t gross half as much as PK / Dhoom 3.
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Can you even name 11 hits of Aamir ? You made a list of 11 bb/atbb for Salman … Aamir doesn’t have 11 clean hits or above
If I include Salmans hit or above I am sure I R will be more than 39, total films of Aamir :)
And look at your language @AK fan.
Also I will point one thing lot of superstars do masala – Amitabh Rajnikanth Akshay there is no harm. The issue is with your mentality who consider small town people inferior and multiplex as greater breed !!! Grow up and grow out of English mindset…
People enjoy such masala genre … And if you put Katrina Eid as reason than by your logic Xmas is also a festival Katrina was in Dhoom 3.., that way Aamir won’t have any of his recent atbb counted legit… Don’t give silly reasons your list shows thatvaamir doesn’t even have 11 clean succeses
@Blockbuster salman again more jokes please. salman never worked with big banners? then what about ETT, Kick, HAHK, MPK, PRDP, HSSH? don’t they belong to big banners yrf, rajashree, nadiadwala entertainment? are you kidding? yes salman has done some good movies but that doesn’t make him a great actor. he was not even getting face saving opening in last decade. and you are talking about dangal as if you are a jyotish or whatever? how can you predict aamir’s movies. dangal will wrap below 200 cr? ha ha ha. can’t stop laughing at such jokes. dangal will cross 200 cr within a week and it will cross 250 cr even in worst case. aamis is founder of 100 cr, 200 cr, 300 cr adn whoa re you taslking about raju hirani? why raju hirani is not making any film without aamir and why he keeps delaying his biolpic? isn’t he confident? it’s aamir with whom raju hirani benefited a lot. before working with raju aamir already had 100 cr grosser with ghajini which was the first to cross 100 cr. so just shut up and stop arguing illogically. and what did ashu do without aamir? swadesh? LOL. swadesh was a flop and after that he only had one hit jodha akbar and then once again he delivered a disaster in khele hum jee jaan se. lets wait for raju’s biopic and see how much it collects. it will earn much less than dangal. grow up kid. you jsut can’t accept the fact so keep crying and giving excuses.
Flopbuster Salman : lol without Holyday Salman =Marigold, SEI, GTGH, flop ho and many more. Even his best time he gave craps like Bodyguard, ETT, Dabaang 2, kick, Flop ho and Sanskari Flopbuster Prem Ratan Flop Payo Rofl. Forget Aamir Akki sir is much greater than Flopstar Buddha Lallu khan. And in terms of acting Abhishek is much better than Salman. Airlift crushed flop ho’s domestic, overseas and WW collection with clash and much less screen. So don’t compare Flop king Lallu with Akki sir. You Bhaitards are living in your own world called Pluto.
@Flopbuster lalluman you jerk, if aamir doesn’t have 11 hits then nothing can get more funnier than this. Aamir had 17 clean hits you jerk. He has done only 39 films and out of that he has 17 clean hits that’s shows his success is best considering the number of films he has done. If lallu had done only 39 movies then he wouldn’t have even 7 clean hits in his career. Going by your logic all movies of lallu also had dome or.other factor so he hadn’t delivers any blockbuster in recent time if you apply such logics. If aamir doesn’t have 11 hits despite having 17 clean hits then lallu also doesn’t have 5 clean hits in his whole mediocre crap 2 RS bhojpuri movies. He never was and never will be competition to megastar aamir khan. Megastar aamir khan is baap of tiny flop star lallu. Let your lallu di talaash and we will see how badly it will flop. It will not even cross 20 Cr lifetime. Lallu has done 80 films in his career out of which 50 are supper flops and disasters. Few are semi hits and only 22 clean hits out of 80 films. Shame shame. Lallu’s bhojpuri sadakchap fans ka dimaang sathiya gays hai. LOL.
Please name Aamirs 11 blockbusters was my simple ask
In long run it doesn’t matter who gave the highest, it matters how many times you delivered
Sachin >>> Rohit Sharma , don’t you agree ?
Aamir doesn’t even have clean 11 hits while Salman had 11 bb/atbb
Name 11 films of Aamir with bb/atbb status… Let me make it easy you can even include one with superhit status… I don’t think still you will have 11 names
Buddy regarding Sajid he was never a great director nor is he still… I am talking about direction and the risk Salman took working with him
@akfan ,if u add bhta in salmans list add holi in amirs list also.if madhuri made hahk an atbb ,why couldnt all the bollywood actors put together give another one with her?why did she gave only 13 hits in her entire career .if bb was made a success by kabir then why was phantom a flop?even in the decade 2000s boi put salman in the 3rd rank .which film of rajshree without salman is an atbb.when was bandhan a flop .if bb was a harshali success what about tzp.in the ninetees when salman had 13 clean hits amir had just 6 off 23 films .how many yrs did amir took to surpass hahk record.do u think pk is bigger hit than mpk forget hahk.if more collections mean a bigger hit then jai ho is a biger hit than sholay.lol.
@Flopbuster salman y r u trolling urself. Streak of blockbuster lol! Ready collections are similar to ra1. Except bajrangi bhaijan none of his movie have twice collection than srk movies there is hardly 5-10% higher than srk movie collection. When srk movies works his movies were 200-300% higher than salman’s movie including his hit. From 1995 to 2008 srk has given record 15 movies 30 cr plus above while salman only 3 or 4
1. Karan Arjun
2. DDLJ
3. DTPH
4. KKHH
5. Mohbbate
6. K3G
7. Khnh
8. Devdas
9. Mhn
10. Veerzara
11. Kank
12. Don
13. Cdi
14. Oso
15. RNBDJ
Salman 30 cr since 1995
1. Karan Arjun
2. No entry
3. HSSH
4. Partner
Now count 200 cr of salman
1. Bajrangi bhaijan
2. Kick
3. Prdp (producer numbers)
Srk
1. Chennai express
2. HNY (producer numbers)
100 cr grosser
Salman -9 out of 10 since 2010
Srk- 6 out of 7 from 2010
See difference between stardom on
Peak of their career. Salman gave only desastrous after desastrous in his bad phase.
No salman movie had record opening day, weekend or week record until dabang not even in top top 5 opener of the year except Karan Arjun and multistarrer hsss.
Srk’s stardom is almost matching despite less no of movie and his movies opens (opening day, weekend) even better than Bhai movie. Even billu was bigger grosser than multistarrer yuvraj and Salam- e ishq.
So stop fooling people with ur nonsense. May be indicine beleive u Whole life chotu and motu combined chasing srk and only past few years they just edge pass him and u started flying on air.
@Sht – Can’t argue with stupid facts…
1. Ready = Ra.one. Yes that was wonderful with twice the budget of Ready, marketing for a year, with Kareena as lead and Arjun as main villain, with special appearance of Rajni sir,with launching of an official website/game, partnering with playstation to release the game, special appearance of sanjay dutt-priyanka, Akon …Haha comparing that with Ready which Salman did without any such hoopla…Budget of Ra.one at conservative estimate was 130 crores with few claiming it as high as 200 crores…
2. Am talking about streak of BB/ATBB, since when did the movies you listed were a streak,…streak means continuous back to back release…if swades comes in between 2 BB streak is broken…Salman’s current streak is crazy…Most are BB or ATBB…lot of your movies you listed are hit/superhits but not BB or ATBB
3. Even in the so called Srk era, the movie with max footfall is still HAHK which is Salman starrer…
If not for his legal troubles Salman would have never let Srk do better. Also when people compare Srk’s streak with Rajesh Khanna I laugh because those are forced verdicts…
Ra.one can’t be given hit status. Dilwale India verdict can’t be hit if distributors lost money. The movie might earn 1000 crores but if budget is 1500 crores you cant give it hit. You spent 1000 because you thought it had potential to do 1500…
We don’t fake, we admit Jai Ho was underperformer..You guys still defend Ra.one and it has been 4 years now
This is what Indicine had to say in one of their older articles :
When a film has actually made a decent profit, why did Shahrukh Khan himself say that it didn’t quite work as well as he expected it to. That is because, as a film Ra One was a complete failure, critics and audience thrashed it. For a film made on this scale and budget, it was expected to earn much more than it did. Also, a few individual distributors lost money, which isn’t usually the case for most SRK starrers. A few exhibitors who released the film on ‘fixed hire’ screens lost a bit of money. Ra One also under-performed in circuits like C.P and C.I and the distributor lost money.
And to explain the decent profit they later on went ahead to explain money from TV, Brands etc. I feel verdicts should be based on what money distributor and exhibitor make and not srk….Srk mad some money but if distributors and exhibitors lost money it is a sign movie failed…Brand deals and TV, satellite rights etc. are made before release and that has nothing to do with how film was accepted….
If that is the case, no movie will lose money per se but with other actors we are usually lot harsh…Srk gets away with verdicts as he makes media type what they want..i am not blaming indicine as they also get carried away sometimes by mainstream media…and anyways this is my opinion !!! Even in Hollywood it is box office collections that determine fate….
Also, I genuinely feel Ra.one can’t be made within 130 crores…it was a lavish affair with best effects…it is easily 180 crore+ including marketing…
Anyways I like to burst bubble but then srk fans still won’t believe…….
This is what Amod Mehra said :
the sub-distributors will fail to recover their investment. “If things go well, the producers (Shah Rukh Khan and Eros Entertainment) will at the most be able to break even, but the sub-distributors are 100 per cent going to lose money. There are no two ways about it. They will lose an estimated 30 to 40 per cent of their money.
And that was 1 week after the release with people expecting it to trend at least decent but week 2 was disastrous and hence final collections were even lesser….
@sht – And you ignored my question. I repeat which movie of Srk will cross 300…to make it sweeter, which one will cross 250 ? are you confident if fan will cross 200 also in india ?
anyways, by 2019 srk will do 300…don’t worry he will need 8000 screens to do that…
Ranbir next 2 years will decide will he go Abhishek or Hrithik way
Hrithik after his debut gave way too many flops and was written off. Today he is placed slightly below khans and almost equal to Akki in masses and bigger in multiplexes.
Abhishek never picked up. Ranbir still can as he has Karan who will market his film well and Raju who helped Sanjay resurrect his career with Munnabhai. Ranbir should shelve Jagga Jasos even if he loses some money he can recover by doing some more ads
He still has time to go Hrithik way but it will be too late after 2017 and if his 3 movies don’t do well…. Multiplex audience can’t help him alone as they jump to the next launched actor like they have already jumped and picked Varun !! Masses are loyal
All the best Ranbir !!!
@Flopbustef you idiot village kid, you are not even 10th pass and your gawaar, illiterate comments prove that. You jerk, dont you even know any math? I sm talking about success ratio which is judged by the number of films fine by actors. Salman has fone more than 80 movies and out of that he has 11 blockbusters so what’s the big deal. But why dont you look that he had more than 50 flops which Is a big shame for a so called superstar. A superstar shouldn’t give more than 20 flops in hid career. Megastars amir khan had way less flops than Salman and do he I much more consistent than srk and Salman. Had aamir done as many films as Salman then he would have 20 ir even more blockbusters than Salman and if Salman had done as less movies as aamir., then he wouldn’t have even 5 clean hits in his career. There is never comparison between a fake superstar and a real megastar like aamir khan. Salman never was a competition to ATBb king and biggest global megastar aamir khan. Dangal will be much bigger blockbuster than BB and Sultan combined. Pk is much bigger hit than HAHK and MPK which are forgotten crap movies. No one even remembers those movies. There is simply no comparison between aamir’s classic blockbusters and Salman’s classless forgotten blockbusters. How many ATBB did raju hirani give without aamir? Have an answer? No? Then shut up.
@ AK Fan – I asked for hits, you counted averages too I guess…Aamir has 1 hit, 5 super hit, 0 BB and 5 ATBB.
Aamir Khan Hits, Flops, Blockbusters: Box Office Collection Analysis
•Disasters – 3
•Flop – 10
•Below Average – 5
•Average – 3
•Above Average – 8
•Semi Hit – 0
•Hits – 1
•Super Hit – 5
•Blockbusters – 0
•All Time Blockbusters – 5
Below is Salman :
•Disasters – 3
•Flop – 29
•Below Average – 3
•Average – 3
•Above Average – 5
•Semi Hit – 2
•Hits – 10
•Super Hit – 4
•Blockbusters – 5
•All Time Blockbusters – 5
Both Salman and Aamir have equal disasters.
Salman loses in flops but then wins in BB, Hits and Superhit categories with tie for ATBB. Aamir just has 5 ATBB that’s it and just 11 clean hits buddy…just 11 as averages, above averages have been used by you to make him succesful
@Flopbuater Salman aamir has 5 ATBB and Salman has 4. How does he tie with aamir? Are you drunk? Aamir is ultimate ATBB king and Salman is nohwhete close. Also note that aamir has 4 ATHG while Salman has only one which was way back in 1994 with Madhuri. Salman’s total number of flops is more than total number of movies aamir has done. So what are you teaching me? You idiot, aamir has done only 39 movies while Salman has more than double of aamir movies which is over 80 and out of that what if he has more hits? Who cares? Aamir’s movies are always much loved and more watched than Salman. Salman’s so called blockbusters are forgotten and no one cares and remembers craps like bodyguard, ready, kick, ett, dabban, etc. While aamir’s movies are always memorable and after years, aamir’s movies will be remembered forever and no one will remember about Salman’s so called blockbusters. And you are r wrong idiot. Aamir has 1 blockbuster which is TZP. So better check your facts before blabbering anything. Salman’s number of flops is so big and shameful that aamir can never give as many flops as Salman. So have fun kiddo. Aamir is always light years ahead of Salman and Salman can never be compared to global megastar aamir khan.
Bhojpuri Salman fans are so illiterates that they are making his average hits as hits and superhits to make him successful. But bhojpuri none actor Salman’s whole career is flop. He will once again start giving back to back flops. No chance for loltan. It will be his real test of stardom as he will face a clash. Megastar aamir khan’s dangal will shatter all records. Salman never was, never is and never will be as big as ultimate numero uno megastar aamir khan.
@AK fan – Salman has 5 ATBB :
1. BB
2. Dabangg
3.Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
4. All Time Blockbuster
5. Maine Pyar Kiya
TZP verdict is superhit…show me one place to give BB verdict…dont lie like aamir
And who says salmans movies no one cares…most of his movies get great trp when telecasted…indicine has repeatedly pointed salmans movies popularity when released on tv
and what matters is success percentage which aamir has at measly 28..this will go down more because dangal will flop
@Flopbuster salman, your nonsense shit won’t make any difference to the truth. the truth is aamir’s success ratio is best in bollywood and salman is way below megastar aamir khan. tiny star salman never was and never will be as big as real megastar aamir khan.
@Flopbuster salman ha ha ha, one more joke. is there any movie called All time blockbuster? i never knew that. this proves your illiteracy.don’t manipulate anything that comes in your illiterate mind just like your bhojpuri idol who doesn’t even know how to tweet. and when did KKHH became a salman movie? he was only in guest appearance you idiot moron. salman has only 4 ATBB. period. and aamir has 5. TZP is blockbuster and if TZP is not blockbuster than neither partner, ready are blockbusters. get this in your head you illiterate. like it or not, salman’s success ratio is way lower than aamir. and who are you predicting aamir’s success ratio? you know dangal will flop without even releasing? itni insecurity? dangal will shatter all records and if any movie which will flop then it will be floptan. so salman whose career is a big flop and his success ratio is less than 25% will go down much further after floptan’s debacle. aamir is always baap of everyone. salman never was and never will be as big as aamir. aamir’s success ratio is best in bollywood and salman is nowhere close to him. indicine also posted that aamir is undisputed box office king so better shut your hypocrisy to yourself and don’t lie like salman.