With less than a month to go for Rohit Shetty’s Chennai Express to release in theaters worldwide and like any other Shahrukh Khan Starrer the trade has humongous expectations. The film is all set to take centre-stage during the extended Eid weekend starting 8th August with a wide release all over.
From what we have seen Chennai Express looks like a complete family entertainer with action, comedy, romance and good music. So lets see what are the box office records that Chennai Express chases during this holy festival of EID :-
Rohit Shetty Chennai Express
First day : The first day record is currently held by Salman Khan’s Ek Tha Tiger, which collected Rs 32 crores on Day 1. Although 8th August (Thursday) marks the end of Ramadan, it isn’t a national holiday. So, ETT’s record is likely to stay. Chennai Express till has a chance though - Possible but not probable.
Biggest day : Another record that currently belongs to Ek Tha Tiger, which was achieved on 15th August last year. For Chennai Express, its the 2nd day i.e., 9th August is a national holiday for Eid-ul-fitr which means it stands a fair chance to beat this one but then again it won’t be easy. Shahrukh Khan’s last solo-holiday release Ra One collected Rs 25 crore on Day 2, which was a record for the highest single day collections before the release of Ek Tha Tiger.
First Weekend (3 days): The target is 65 crores set by last year’s Christmas release Dabangg 2. This record will be in the firing line as Chennai Express has to average only 22 crores in the first 3 days. With Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobaara being postponed, this record is very likely to be broken.
First Sunday : Salman Khan’s last release Dabangg 2 currently holds the top spot as it collected a massive 25 crores on its first Sunday (3rd Day). It will be interesting since Chennai Express releases on Thursday and Sunday will be it’s 4th day, so it would also depend on word-of-mouth.
Fastest to 100 Crores : Salman-Katrina starrer Ek Tha Tiger was the fastest to enter the much-hyped 100 Crore Club in just 6 days. This records is most likely to be broken as SRK-Deepika Starrer Chennai Express enjoys an extended 4 Day weekend with two national holidays apart from the opening day itself.
First Week (7 days): Another record held by last year’s EID release Ek Tha Tiger which went on to collect 135 crores in 7 days. Chennai Express needs to average close to 19.5 crores to beat ETT and if the word-of-mouth is good/excellent then Chennai Express could surpass this one too.
Second Weekend: With 34 crores in it’s second weekend, the 2009-10 record currently held 3 Idiots remains unbroken. Content will be the absolute king, if Chennai Express has to come anywhere close. To make things more difficult OUATIMD will be releasing a week after so this is record is highly improbable. But still if it does, the one that follows will finally be history!
Lifetime Collections : The biggest of the lot! Ek Tha Tiger came close but couldn’t surpass the collections of the biggest blockbuster the industry has seen in the last decade – 3 Idiots. This year’s Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani too came within 10 crores, but couldn’t cross the line. So will Chennai Express be that film is the big question, also keeping in mind its favorable genre. The increased ticket prices, festive season, wider release will help, but a lot would also depends on the repeat audience and the word-of-mouth the film carries. Also the release the release of OUATIMD on 15th August, Madras Cafe on 23rd August and Satyagraha on 30th August will have a impact on the box office collections.
Chennai Express is likely to release on 3500+ screens across the country. So then , those are the 9 records that Chennai Express chases when it finally releases this EID. The film is capable of smashing all of them – except the second weekend record of 3 Idiots.
Lets see what’s in store for us this EID.
Do tell us what you think in the comments section below.
Article by Ashish Gupta (tweets @Ashish515)
SRK will not break any records. Let’s not hype this film like Ra-One or else we will have the same disappointment like before. Same was said for Jab Tak Hai Jaan. It didn’t break any records either and that was the last film from the late Yash Chopra. Btw CE life time collection should be 130-145 crore +.
Gud article
First break the record of ready, then talk this big.
Honestly Salman is outstanding actor. When it comes just box office He is the super star in bollywood . He can do everything. He is very cute, acting, best action, best dancer very beautiful romantic and look very younger than other. All the records shows Salman khan is the best. Srk is no more number 1 as he himself keeps on talking that he is number 1. Look at the article, audience make number 1, you yourself cannot called number 1.
Chennai express will blast box office in the first week.
Box office will BLAST the film in the second week!!!!!!!
highest single day record
& fastest 100cr record chennai express can easily achive. no doubt.
“Srk record ke piche nehin,logon ke dil ke pyar ke piche bhagta hai” and i’m sure this film may not break any of these records but sure will win hearts of people and will be a 100% entertainer.
170 + definately
indicine :
i check your website everyday thank you for all updates.
but something really funny i see is the comment box. srk and salman khan’s fans are in every post if its even from akki . ajay . ranbir or any other actor.they are always talking about salman and and srk.
thats really a sad story i dont know when these ppl going to be on the right path.
if a movie from any actor is good we have to appreciate all the team of that movie.because they work hard to make us enjoy our time.
anyway this is something i think will never change in the ppl
First day : Not a holiday and srk’s star power is lesser currently compared to Salman, so both these things will affect the movie collection. This record will not be broken.
Biggest day: holiday, but again star power falls a bit (salman + eid is bigger pull), and hence though decent collection, will not break the record.
First Weekend (3 days): The target of 65 crores needs 22 cr per day, and since the premier and the first day is already passed, the w-o-m will be out and the positive/negative feedback will have its say on Saturday and Sunday. Content will thus play a small role. This has an outside chance of beating the record.
First Sunday : Salman and w-o-m collected 25cr, so if the content is superior, then only the record could be broken. 50/50 chance.
Fastest to 100 Crores : Salman-Katrina have more star power than Srk-deepika, so CE will not break this record, as by this time (ie., 6 days) the w-o-m is in full swing, and this movie doesn’t look likely to have great content (reason – rohit shetty). So that record will stay.
First Week (7 days): If it cannot break 6 days record it will not break 7 days record too.
Second Weekend: Only content is king here, and as i said above, rohit and content doesn’t go together, and now OUATIMA is also in the race, so this record stays too.
Lifetime Collections : If it can sustain on content in second weekend, only then it stands a chance, which looks highly unlikely, and add to that release of OUATIMA etc., this record will also not be broken.
If Box office Collection is everything for the public then wait………wait for Chennai Express…..he ruled the times when Quality and Acting had priority over collections….no one remembers BO collections of Chak de, Swades, kal ho na ho, Veer Zaara, Devdas, Darr, DDLJ etc…..its time to show what he can do at the BO too……
ALL TIME BLOCKBUSTER EXPRESS!
only aamir and salman in the record list…awesome…n chennai express will be the worst movie from rohit shetty till date…flop
chennai express collection more than all srk previous movie
rahul./ well said bro.
All records are very safe.i like srk but its true that not any records will broke by ce.
@jc deepika is more popular than katrina now, and srk have more fan following now, so every records should be broken by ce, expet 1st day openning due to non holiday. Life time col depend on content, beacause content is the king of boxoffice exam bmb, ashiqee2.
It is good to dream, when the dream longer than 5 years then it becomes fantasy and when fantasy will face reality then the rail will crash………..
So dream dream. The music is flop, the trailer is not attractive, there is no storyline. The lead star have n’t given any blockbuster in last 4-5 years. Mercy of Ekta Kapoor. Akki Bhai coming next week, still the dream is on.
That is dream z unlimited.
disappointed with the trailer so has no prediction.
It will be interesting to see whether SRK can break all above mentioned boxoffice record set by salman khan and he got his ilm release in very ideal situation ( festive and national holiday) to break those records.it is the matter of stake and re-establishment.can he break the non stop 4 years número UNO position of superstar SALMAN KHAN.what do u think guys…..
@mogambo you are rite bro, its time for spreade negetivity about ce by aki and salman fans, but the ultimate winner is king khan.
Most probably Eid will fall on August 10 or may be 11. Aki is right! Check Islamic calender.
lol heard someone sayin ce music is not hit n trailer s not good.. Big lol
Only record Thakur needs to chase on board Chennai Depress is the 1234 sorry I meant the 123 cr record of Ready…! The rest are a fools hope
music and trailer of chhenai exp is not good it is patheitc……srk fan sirf facebook twiter internet me hi raj karte he aur like marte he…cinema hall me srk fan aur kuch bol na bhi nahi cahiya
this sure is a apid article. the writer expects a film looking like himmatewaala to break so many records. who wud do that unless paid for writing it.
3 idiots record is nothing compared to inflation adjusted records (at ticket price) of hum aapke hain kaun.
@jm eid is either 9th aug or 10th, 11th is no chance as ramadan duration is 30days.
@danish first i would clear that Hahk is one of my fav films but you idiot are saying that 3 idiots is nothing compared to HaHK brother it was rated the best movie of the decade and one of the best in bollywood way above to HAHK and what is inflation adjusted if it was the case that you should remeber that in inflation adjusted Sholay and Mughal-e-azam were the biggest blockbuster of Indian cinema ever more than HAHK and 3 Idiots and all are great movies but Sholay and 3 idiots are more in the memory of People than the Hahk and Mughal-e-azam.
lets see how much ce would collect in my opinion ce would break only one record and it will be first 3 days collection record……….. and lifetime will not more than 155 cr.
my.prediction.135-165cr