Three of the biggest box office openers this year – Ra One, Ready and Bodyguard – are all masala flicks catering to a huge audience both in India and overseas. While Ready and Bodyguard cost less and were far less promoted, the opening numbers are comparable with Shahrukh Khan’s ambitious Ra One.
Day 1: Bodyguard released during EID and Ra One for Diwali, both holidays but the SRK starrer was affected by Diwali celebrations as collections witnessed a sharp dip for the afternoon and evening shows. Bodyguard of course, released on less number of prints went on to do 21 crores of business on Day 1 in India. Ready was a non-festive release and still did well. Winner – Bodyguard
Day 2: Belongs to SRK’s Ra One. The film had a historic Thursday amassing collections in excess of 24 crores – the biggest single day collections in the history of the Hindi film industry. Comparatively, Bodyguard did pretty well too. Ready was much lower. Winner – Ra One
Day 3: While collections of dubbed regional language versions plunged, Ra One in Hindi (especially the 3D version) was rock solid considering that it was a working day in most parts of the country. Bodyguard too was steady, witnessing approximately the same percentage of drop on the third day of its release. Ready picked up considerably as it was a Sunday. Winner – Ra One
| Ra One | Bodyguard | Ready | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | 18.5 crores | 21 crores | 16 crores |
| Day 2 | 25 crores | 18 crores | 12 crores |
| Day 3 | 16 crores | 13.5 crores | 15 crores |
| Total | 59.5 crores | 52.5 crores | 43 crores |
As is pretty evident from the table above, Ra One is ahead by more than 15% compared to the second best – Bodyguard. If combined with overseas business, Ra One is way ahead of all Hindi releases so far this year.
Irrespective of what happens from here on, SRK has proved once again, that he belongs right up there somewhere in the Top 3. Don 2 is likely to be less promoted and it should be interesting to see how it matches up to these 3 money-spinners.
Stay tuned for more on Ra One.. Do tell us what you think of the comparison above in the comments section below.
Belive srk popularity has been decreased salman and amir and ajay devgan on the peak
ra.one,its still nt sure whether it is hit or flop but as for me it is already a flop bcos collections are way below expectations…so indicine stop comparing bodyguard figures which only released in hindi with ra.one which released in all languages.
Har kisi ka time hota hai srk ka time khatam jaise akshay ka hua 1.5 main ek movie woh bhi bad response
I think salman fans are quite annoyed,when ra.one didn’t break bodyguard’s record they said it can’t beat bodyguard’s collections but when ra.one came back strongly on the second and third day to break all the records by a big margin, they are now denying to accept it,also they have started to compare ra.one with robot,it shows their disappointment. Come on friends, i have sympathy with you, accept srk is the king and you will be happy.
@aashkaran…i dnt knw if u r d real aashkaran or not cause d aashkaran i used to talk to then had big letter A on his name but firstly,speak in english,i dnt undastand hindi but i love hindi films a lot nd i’m nt biased bcos i’m salman fan nd all dat…secondly,were u not d one predicing opening 26cr lifetime-250cr…Is dis nt below ur expectations..b sincere nd dnt b a blind fan…even robot made on d same scale surpassed all it’s expectations…it can not even break any overseas record talkless of domestic…@vinshal,i dnt argue wit ppl like u who are jst blind to see the real truth…aaskaran even knows dat this is way below expectations
vinshal – thank you for your approval.
@deepak kumar or depika kumar or watever ur name is…i can see dat u are a blind fan who refuses to c d real truth…were u nt expected to b comparing ra.one wit 3idiots,nw u are comparing wit bodyguard…dat shows how it really surpassed ur expectations..grinch….even to compare wit 3 idiots shouldn’t…it should b compared wit robot bcos both robot and ra.one released in all languages…but d only diff is dat robot surpassed expectations while ra.one that was touted to take bollywood to another level is way below expectations
slman khan fans bgun crying from now on
3idiots ticket was hiked ra.one ticket was hiked…bodyguard tickek was nt hiked…then why r they comparing ra.one wit bodyguard made on 60cr while ra.one made on 200cr..bodyguard is a great success…but for even srk fans to be happy comparing ra.one wit bodyguard shows how ra.one was way below expectations..A BIG DISAPPOINMENT…A BIG FLOP
@admin.
I think Indicine, U r nt doing a Fare thing, U r totally Supporting SRK & his Flops & in other way U al r also Promoting the Movie…
I think U hav been Paid Huge by SRK to do al this..
If u can’t b Fare, Stop this Site…
salman ke sabhi fans uski tarah bebakuf hain.the fact is after 3 days raone is ahead of bodygard.truth is always painful.srk has defeated salu once again.
cry baby insecure sallufans aleays lean toward their baseless theory of pay media
pay this pay awards pay media pay tax
WE VE HAD ENOUGH OF UR STUPID ASSMOUTHS JERKS
STOPP IT
GET TH F**CK OUT OF HERE
@wiza.poka or pizza.pakodi whatever your name is, how can you call a movie flop or below expectation when it has broken all records and has earned highest collections in first 3 days in bollywood history. I think you are a narrow minded srk hater, always denying to accept the truth.
Salman makes movies of low budget because he doesn’t have the courage to make high budget movies,he releases his movie only in hindi because no one will watch his movies in the south as they are the copy of the south films.
Joe,vinshal,king……all, Get united and bash these blind sallu fans out of here.
Ra 1 is the best movie ever made in bollywood. Yes expectations were high bcz its srk movie nd is compared to hollywood levels. For me i think it has matched 70 to 80% of its expectations that makes it best movie ever made in bollywood.
Owwww,. Cool salman fans,. I know its realy hard for you to tolerating that king khan srk breaking records of salman one by one,. He is making him into nothing,. And you all began to talk mental,. Say what ever you want,…….
@haroonn 1986- true said, brother.
salman ke sath sharuk ki camparision heeeeeeeeee
@wizpoka..
Dont behave lik a idiot… Think before u speak…. U can read the comment section for the page
Ra one smashing records… In that i hav commented that robot was better than ra one… So dont
think tat i am a stupid blind fan lik the fans of salman… They hav never agreed that any of salman
was bad… Wen veer released they were saying as it was goin to be history and it was the best historic
character… And wat was the result…they even love salmans film mariegold… Have u heard of tat..
And to u let me tell a thing… In india whether the film is made in 10crore or 200crore there is a
limit for the collection… As ra one is made of 200crore we cant expect to earn 1000crore.. So if
Ra one collects only 150crore, based on its money invested it is flop as there is no profit…but comparing
to other movies it is block buster as it stand second in collection in bollywood movie… Even if we had
spent 1000crore for 3idiots its collection wil be the same… So always think man…
@all u blind srk fans..go check boxoffice…sebi u ppl were happy dat it broke 3days record…hahahaha…the 4 days records seems unbroken…wen the final fig for saturday comes then we shall see wre all of u wil b…blind fans…
saturday update…. more drop for ra1.. collection for saturday.. 12-13 crore.. haha. now ra1 is surely goin down……….take that u all srk fans…..
@all u blind srk fans..go check boxoffice…u ppl were happy dat it broke 3days record…hahahaha…the 4 days records seems unbroken…wen the final fig for saturday comes then we shall see wre all of u wil b…u will all run back to ur hole, d way u did on d first day wen it didn’t break any opening records… blind fans…as report is suggestin saturday figure is low…so wen d figure is finally out we can then discuss…thanks
4day collection…. ra1 is behind bodyguard… ra1 collection has dropped sharply. today also its nt likely to jump much as today theres f1 race… hahahha. bodyguard rules…. ra1 will jus recover its cost due to its high ticket rates n 3D.. otherwise it would have been flop….
@vinshal,u r d one behaving like an idiot…who invests into sumtin and doesn’t desire to make profit..u r talkin like a baby…ra.one made on a budget of 150cr..ppl expectected profits 4rm all corners,thereby tickets priced was hiked in order to make profits bt even though hiked tickets,u ppl r comparing with bodyguard which tickets was not even hiked..pls shut up nd stop commenting like a litle baby…loosers always make excuses
i dnt knw y there is so much hate abt srk …. bodyguard n ready also dnt have a gud story …they also slashed by critics..yes its just coz of salman stardom that makes bodyguard n ready a hit at box office…n remember salman is riding on dabbangg succuess..if he is very gud star then wt u all think abt “veer” … plz dnt compare srk,slaman,n aamir,,,all three are the greatest actors that we have in India … so common guys be sporty
@vinshal,jst because u didn’t love veer and marigold doesn’t mean salman fans shouldn’t…as for me..i loved veer and marigold but it jst that it didn’t click with multiplex audience…bt i loved both films..so stop winin like a litle baby nd talk like a grown up teenager…i don’t abuse bt u started it…i’m sorry if someone sees dis as abusive or sumtin…so vinshal i’m also sorry but facts remain facts
@wiza.poka- when all seem blind to you,accept that you are blind.
Indicine what is the verdict of ra.one if it made similar collection of bodyguard?
@yatin…thank u..hope srk fans reads hes’ comment…no fightin,no fightin,only lovin,only lovin…umrao joan