Chennai Express opened to a fantastic response at the box office on Thursday, as the paid-previews collected around 6 – 6.5 crores at the domestic box office. Released on approximately 800 screens across the country, the response to Rohit Shetty’s latest action-comedy was phenomenal all over India.
Even though a few shows at Cinepolis multiplexes were cancelled due to technical reasons, the Shahrukh Khan starrer managed to break the 4 year old record of 3 Idiots which collected Rs 2.75 crore a day before its actual release on 25th December 2009.
With most multiplexes running 11-12 shows between 6 – 11PM on Thursday, Chennai Express had by far the biggest release for a ‘paid preview’ on Thursday, with average occupancy of around 75-80%.
Chennai Express has fared exceptionally well in Mumbai, Mysore, West Bengal and South India. In Punjab, C.I, UP, Bihar the film was slightly below the mark.
A few single-screens also screened the film last evening. The response wasn’t great, occupancy was around 40-50%.
@ayush If 3 idiots was srks movie then no doubt 99% credit would go to Srk..
He must have been illiterate for rejecting such a masterpiece of a script right…?
Wouldnt you agree
@xrate First Ready then Rowdy Rathore then D1 & D2 ok…! Baby steps are needed so be patient kiddo… 3 idiots record is safe until K3 breaks it before Aamirs very own Dhoom 3 snatches the record back…!
Good work but still I missed the real bazigaar
Srk is the king of the world
It is good that SRK has regained ground in domestic circuit with CE. More power to SRK! Great start for CE. This will be a huge year for Bollywood with box office on a roll!