STAR POWER
PART 1 – What is SUPER STARDOM?
(Article by Archit Mishra)
“Change is inevitable, growth is intentional.”
And Indian cinema has witnessed this intentional growth quite significantly over the last decade.
A balcony ticket that used to cost Rs 50, has now been replaced by a ‘Platinum’ ticket costing no less than Rs 500. A 10-rupee Samosa, now comes in a combo offer of Rs 250. The star who dominated the 90s, when a movie could be watched at a price of less than Rs 15, continue to rule the roost, but watching their films in theatre today is significantly more expensive today. In fact, quality entertainment with family and friends at a cinema hall is getting more expensive with each passing day. Booming multiplexes, war-like promotional / advertising strategies, internet, social media and cable TV, all of these factors have their bit of contribution in this growth.
This, in turn, has led to creating lot of awareness and curiosity amongst the movie going public. Today, the audience is cognizant enough to judge as to what they are going to spend 1000 bucks for over the weekend. ‘So and so film has collected 100 crore in 3 days’, ‘My superstar has broken your superstar’s record’, ‘I predict that this Diwali release shall collect 50 crores on one day’, you will find a movie critic and trade analyst in every household of India. Be it Tea-break conversation in offices, argument at Pan-Shops or News Channel debates, the Box office collections, Movie Reviews and Bollywood Fans are everywhere. Just like Cricketers, Bollywood superstars are no less than role models for the gen-next and some of them are even god-worshipped by their fanatic fans.
What is STAR-POWER or SUPER-STARDOM?
‘A’ is the mightiest star of Bollywood as he has been the most consistent over past few decades, ‘B’ is the true synonym to Superstardom as he commands the craziest fan following of all time, and ‘C’ risks his stardom with most releases every year so he is the best, this list shall go on and so can the unending debate without understanding the crux of box office model. Unfortunately, time and again, virtuous fan-following has got converted into ugly fan wars.
With this write up, our aim is to solve this enigma of Superstardom. Most of us don’t understand that there are numerous reasons other than just the lead actor which contribute to the opening day collections of a film. Genre, banner, song promos and so on. Well, according to me, if you remove all these factors, what’s left is star power.
So, the theory behind our blog is pretty simple. In layman terms, if the same story, release date, banner, co-stars, music, etc. is given to all the actors, what probably would be their respective ‘Opening Day collections’ or how much footfalls can a particular star guarantee on his might alone in the theatres? This is what I call as Superstar Power.
X-Factor
After researching the recent Bollywood trends, we’ve identified 8 most vital X-Factors that influence the first day collections of films other than the lead actor. These X- factors are listed in the below diagram.
Factors other than Star Power that can influence opening day collections of films
RULES
There are three straight-forward rules to calculate star power.
CONCEPT: Our idea for calculating the Star Power is actually to neutralize the effect of all the X-Factors. So, if an actor has an advantage in terms of any of the X-Factors, then we would subtract an amount from his opening collection based upon pre-defined criteria and vice versa. For example, if Aamir Khan has Rajkumar Hirani calling the shots behind the camera (for PK) and Salman has Sohail Khan (for Jai Ho), then Aamir has an advantage and we would subtract the Director X-Factor from PK’s opening. On the other hand Salman has a disadvantage, so he deserves addition in Director X-Factor.
FORMULA: We’ll take the sum of all the X-Factors and then simply subtract that from the First Day collections. Thus, the formula for Star Power can be depicted as below:
STAR POWER = [OPENING DAY COLLECTIONS] minus [Sum of X-Factors]
AVERAGE: Moreover, if an actor has multiple releases in a year, then we will calculate the Star Power figure corresponding to each film and then simply take an average.
NOTE:
This model is unique and one of its kind. Its study and analysis is not stagnant but a continuous process and thus we’ll be upgrading it time and again with enhanced options as per the latest trade trends.
We’re considering only the First Day collections for judging Star Power (and not First Weekend or Lifetime collections) because it is quite evident that movie reviews and word-of-mouth publicity starts affecting the film from the second day itself.
So, who is the biggest Super Star of India?
How can we calculate the above mentioned X-Factors?
What is the actual impact of X-Factors on Star Power?
Well, to get the answer to all these questions, you will have to wait for our next article in this series. The hysteria of crazy Star Power is arriving soon. Until then keep surfing.
We would love to know what you feel about our article. Also tell us what are your criterias to judge Star Power? Please do share your feedback and suggestions in the comments section below.
Waow u r also astrologer .
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Agnepth was national holiday release , rowdy Non holiday .
Singhm too national holiday release otherwise on non holiday Ajay devgan hasn’t cross even 13 crs. So u should understand the logic …first learn 2 compare …!
Nd yes once u said u don’t even read cmnts BT yesterday u said u give likes 2 my cmnts …??? Which statement u will stick 2 ??miss double face …!
& I m obsessed with the name ‘Aisha’ (not talking about u ) I get little excited ..my focus shifts 2 ur cmnt …! Sad . I will ignore u, ajay nd ur cmnts from now …! Promise
Bye &
The little girl u was talking about ?? Hope she will be all right …!
salman’s stardom matches with amitji stardom
srk stardom matches with rajesh khanna’s and
Aamir stardom matches with dilip kumar’s
Hrithik’s stardom will match with dev anand’s
These four are current superstars and i think noone can match their stardom in next two decades
Salman looks younger among the khans so he can get lead role until he reaches 65 or 70 aamir and srk will do amitjis type of role in 2000s after reaching 55
@dhakkan:
Andhi ki dukan in which world are you living where Ra1 broke opening day record?? According to every trade & even prodcer ra1 collected 15cr nett on opening day which was 6cr less than previous record holder bodyguard’s 21cr. In which school you read where you learned that 15cr is bigger figure than 21cr???
@sunny chacha abeh bhootnekii reads it very well. She will mean putting likes before you got into her nervez .or got fed up of u. Because you talking rubbish am sure she won’t be doing tat again. If Agneepath is holiday and roedy rathod non holiday why tell her not to compare when you are comparing SR with agneepath then.
@I am Srkian : Stop your bakwaas !!!!! Let your Srk releases his movie on a working day n give 25+ cr opening. If Dilwale releases on Dec 18 you will see his real stardom. Salman last release on a holiday (opening day) 32+ cr ETT n Aamir with Ghajini !!!!! If PRDP releases same day as HNY your mouth will be shut n Srk will also loose the opening /weekend record. I can also ask you where was Srk stardom during Koyla, Billu, Paheli, YLJK, Asoka n also despite holiday releases since 2010 he has least Blockbusters among 3 Khans whereas Salman n Aamir at least had 1 non holiday release each !!!!!!!!!! Your king crossed 150 not only after Aamir & Salman but Ranbir as well !!!!!! Stop jumping on HNY collections which will be smashed this Diwali !!!!!!!!!
Also wait for Maratha Warrior vs Maratha Mandir this Christmas.
And… Eid 2016
SULTAN vs Baniye ki kanjossi (chaddi) Banyan ki Daring !!!!!!!!!!!
@indicine
Please consider
1) budget of the movie
2) music rating by indicine only
3) review by indicine only
If you consider these factors than we know you have not done any partiality to any so called all Superstars.
I’m pretty sure Salman Bhai gonna win this…because knowingly or unknowingly you have always put Sallu Bhais movies in lesser popularity than of SRK…Still you think Dilwale may break BB record…common now!!
My request to all Bhaitards plz search GOOGLE to write “MOST POPULAR MOVIE STAR ON EARTH” and then you will get your answer and the answer is SHAH RUKH KHAN. ONLY MEGASTAR SRK RULESSS……..
@james, thank mate for your prediction. You said Salman will play lead till 65-70, I don’t think so. No doubt all 3 khans will be active in Bollywood in next 10-15 years, but as lead actor, I don’t think any of one can remain lead actor. Age matters. These botox,surgery make them look much older than they should when they grew old. We have seen how Aamir looked in dch, what was Salman hair problem even in late 90s, srk face due to smoking. Every body has their negatives even in young age. Don’t be much blind.
wow that’s a grate idia . I also believed in your theory. I think ranbeer , akshay and salman dominate other star from this way to calculate stardom .
In superstardom the list is according to this
1. Aamir khan
2. Salman khan
3. Hrithik roshan
4. Ajay devgan
5. Srk
6. Varun dhavan
7. Sid
8. Akshay
@james no ways. Aamir kha looks youngest amongst all khans so he will continue to play young lead roles till 70. While srk looks oldest so he will start playing Big B’s kind of roles after 55.
I am back after a long time. Waiting for my biggest enemy, my hunt SSS whom I made eat the dust out of forest.
MEGASTAR is THE ONE WHO RULED THE GENERATION in every decade,whose SUCCESS is far higher than failures and helped the industry during it’s drastic period.
@hrithik,ha ha ha ha so who’ll listen to you?????what salman’s ability everyone knew that—-struggled an entire decade for a simple hit,lol.so better you please don’t shoe your bhai’s power,lol.
And KING KHAN will do film according to HIS WILL not according to you.HE hardly does masala movies because HE is not a money minded like your bhai nor over minded and overrated to drag people’s eye like perfaketionist.HE will do films what HIS HEART tells.
salman gave 2 blockbusters in a year 2 times in his career in 2011,2012(all 4 are masala movies).while KING KHAN too also already gave 2 BLOCKBUSTERS in a year 2 times in HIS CAREER in 1995,2007(only 2 are masala movies and rest are AWARD WINNING PERFORMANCE which salman can’t do in his entire life).
One more thing what safe zone you’re talking about.before 1995,YRF/DP was never considered to be biggest banner like rajshri.it’s KING KHAN WHO made IT BIGGEST and one more thing it’s YRF/DP WHO times to time go near KING KHAN and offered HIM to offer after DDLJ they completely becomes dependent upon KING KHAN.that’s why KING KHAN worked with YRF/DP most.but HE equally gave many blockbusters and successes that salman also couldn’t did.what about that,if you’re talking about so called “safe zone” you decade loser’s fan.
KING KHAN is THAT MEGASTAR,WHOSE NAME IS enough to make a film HIT of any genre which salman/amir can’t do till now.and if KING KHAN do masala genre movies then result will be OSO,CE like ATHG,ATBB.
So salman fans don’t ever dream to say your star is the biggest because he reborn after 2010.
@nvs,how big dumb you’re ?????salman like loser non actor can’t be added to LEGEND”S LEAGUE—-DILLIPJI,RAJESHJI,BIGB,KING SRK.They are generation RULERS while your bhai is a decade struggler,so stop joking here,lol.and more importantly THEY’RE BIGGEST BEST PERFORMANCE GIVING MEGASTARS while your bhai is a biggest worst performance giving star.there nothing of hour’s bhai’s quality matches with those MEGASTAR LEGENDS ,then how shamelessly you’re comparing your joker bhai with THOSE MEGASTARS.
@mighty king aka @legend khan,think what name you’ll put next time after eating dust this time like ate last time and got vanished from here,lol.
@indicine,it’s my sincere and very kind request to you to please at least publish my important and unabusive comment 10:36 pm comment,it’s an intense request to you to kindly publish my this comment and publish all of my sensible comments,thanks.and sorry for criticize this innovative article at 1st for which I’m apologizing now and realizing my quilty for you might be upset with me and not publishing my comment even with out checking.so please publish my comment for I’ll be very ver much grateful to you.
@hrithik your r talking about established director and srk play safe???
ddlj was aditya chopra debut movie with srk ATBB
KKHH was karan johar debut movie with srk ATBB
Main hoon naa debut movie of faraha with srk superhit
nikhil advani – debut wid srk gave super hit kal ho na ho later gave flop with salman salame ishq and wid akki chandni chok to china
note- director mentioned above like aditya and karan who is known as biggest director not even in whole career
they dare to direct other superstar means they all known bcoz of srk
at the time baajigar, chak de India …etc directors of these movie were also not established
now comes on actress
kajol- bazzigar was her debut movie
raani- kuch kuch hota hai his first established movie in Bollywood
Deepika – Om shanti Om was her debut movie
anushuka- rab nae bana di jodi was her first movie
preity zinta- dil se was also her first movie
chak de India movie without any actress
note- if you count hit movies for Rani &preity so veer Zara, Kal ho naa ho, kank, chalte chalte,kkhh….etc..
and wid salman both preity and Rani had lots of movie but all are flop like babul,chorichori,mai&mrskhana, dil nae jishe apna kha, khi pyar na ho jaye, …etc many more
same salman gave flop movies wid priyanka god tussi great ho, salame ishq, and srk Don don2 were hits
srk work with anyone automatically they became successful like karan aditya faraha kajol Deepika anushaka long list
Hello indicine nd all group of ur member.1stly I wanna tell AKKI vs 3 khan…
AAKI movie is not holiday release
ane he entertain full year.
even khan create record.
That is the different.
If SALMAN,AMIR KHAN AND SRK release 4 movie in a year then tell me who is the biggest star. sabki movie ka haal aki jaisa hoga.
AMIR KHAN KI talash movie 94 cr b ni pas kar payi.flop
Salu is big star-why JAI HO FLOP
SRK – ITNA BDA STAR GAME KI DUKAN KHOL LE RA ONE biggest disaster movie.
ab bolo khan ki tarif karne walo.
@sss:
ANDHI lunatic in which decade Bhai has not given hit??? Pee ke rakha hai kya??? Are you talking about the same decade decade in which your king had given landmark movie YLJK which is considered biggest disaster of the decade??? Then what about MSK, no entry, MPKK, baghban, partner, wanted??? Or you think those all are your h-kla starters???
BTW your king has been struggling from 8 years to give a highest grosser of the year. He needs k3 calculator to cross even 100cr mark (jthj). He needs Deepika+multi starcast to give just a hit (hny). But you shameless fellow still comparing him with megastar Bhai. Better compare him with jokerboy or varun dhawan.
@fan pk:
Read his comment again idiot, he talked about recent movies. You loongiwalo always start barking without reading anything properly. Main bhi kisse Baat kar raha hu!!! Afterall you are a loongiwalo and such Moronic this are always expected from you.
@sss I didnt vanish you idiot. I am commenting very often because I am very busy with my life. I have started my own business since January and since I have to deal with many companies and negotiate with many brands regarding my business so I cant comment every day unlike jobless loser highschool dropouts like you. Remember how I made you eat the dust last year??you should thank god that you got relief during the time when I took a break otherwise you would have been admitted to mental asylum due to my constant tortures to you. But I will keep coming whenever I have a free time as now I am quiet well settled with my business so I will now keep visiting indicine and keep a close eye on you and your comments.
@Hrithik Barking man plz barking!! You put your stupid comment without any logic. Just like idol like fan!! Lol btw do you know that Salman has given most number of flop/average films in a row among the BOLLYWOOD ACTORS. SO THIS IS ALSO CALLED MEGASTARDOM OF REMAKE KING??? HUHU….. Anyway @indicine when will you post the 2nd part of this article. I am eagerly waiting for it
@Hrithik DILWALE will easily cross 25 cr on opening non-holiday even with a clash. just wait and watch King’s MEGASTARDOM!!
But the question is why Remake king unable to cross 30 cr on opening day without any clash?? Lol
@NVS sorry but I have to disagree with you. Yes I partially agree with you that Big B and Salman are megastars but you can’t elude aamir khan from megastar category. I would say he is more than a megastar. So in megastar category big b, aamir khan and Salman khan are only 3 megastars and Rajesh khanna and srk are superstars.
@I am not SRK u look at your bakwaas statement. Why Big banner Oscar musician A list heroines Srk movir could not cross 17 crs with a clash with a very unknown director and just a ordinary superstar ajay? It had to crawl to reach 116 crs chi!,tuk ta hu mein is stardom se!
Mark my words Salman bhai will never play Amitji type of role in his career He will only play as a lead unlike srk who will play amitji baghban or kabhi kushi kabhi gam type of role to survive in bollywood in his old days
ha ha ha ha ha!! This comment by hyderabadi mechanic @sss at September 6, 2015 at 10:44 pm is so funny!! ROFL!!!!
He thought @Indicine is not publishing his comment because the admins of the site is upset with him for criticizing the article. So, he is apologizing them and begging them to publish his comments.
LOL!! Dude, just one question to you: how can @Indicine can find sense in your insensible extremely lengthy comments every time? What do you expect from them? They are too human beings. Don’t you think they will tired finding sense in the so-called IN-ABUSIVE comments of yours?? Mechanic Kaheka!!
Piche Piche Matla Dhutano!!
@Tiger- the real BANDAAR But why you stupid Bhaitards talk about recent movies only?? Couse your REMAKE KING was born after 2010. Even Remake khan is not deserved to compare himself with joker boy and Varun also. We all show Bandaar’s megastardom at the time of DON2 VS JANEMAAN and CDI VS LEGENDARY MARIGOLD clash. RIP BHAITARDS. ONLY MEGASTAR SRK RULESSS……
@Tiger-the real Bandaar sory typo mistake. It was DON VS JANEMAAN .
@SSS just You are enough only to beat all Bhaitards. @iamAKN well done bro.
@Pk ka hakla, hahaha…
Salman khan has given Decades grosser with debutant director.
#MPK… ATBB decades grosser.
#Dabanng… ATBB highest grosser of the year.
#Bodyguard… Blockbuster, highest grosser of the year.
#Dabanng2… Blockbuster, second highest grosser of the year.
#Kick… Blockbuster, second highest grosser of the year.
Kick movie kiss your #ss. And Bajrangi Bhaijaan give you all sleepless nights. Lol……, Haklu king of paglarpur.
Typo.. correct… Kick movie kick your #ss.