Bollywood Movies – Fastest to 100 crores

Boxoffice India has put up a list of the fastest movies to cross the 100 crore mark. Below is the list along with our short analysis.

• Bodyguard – 7 days
• 3 Idiots – 9 days plus paid previews
• Dabangg  - 10 days
• Ra One – 11 days (Hindi version only)
• Ready – 14 days
• Don 2  - 16 days  (Hindi version only)
• Golmaal 3 – 17 days
• Ghajini – 18 days plus paid previews

Year-wise, the list would look like this (first film to cross 100 crores is listed first).

• Ghajini – 2008
• 3 Idiots – 2009
• Dabangg – 2010
• Golmaal 3 – 2010
• Ready – 2011
• Bodyguard – 2011
• Ra One – 2011
• Don 2 – 2011

As you can see, Aamir Khan was the first cross 100 crores and he also holds the record for 200 crores. Salman Khan has 3 films. SRK was the most-recent to join the list with 2 films.

It’s either comedy or action that has dominated the Indian box-office in recent times. Also, the secret to 100 crores, apart from the presence of a superstar, seems to be short one or two word titles!

Note: According to BOI, Ajay Devgan’s Singham did not cross the 100 crores mark.