Hrithik Roshan’s latest release Bang Bang has done well enough in India to earn itself ‘HIT’ status...

Bang Bang has done well in its second weekend, with net box office collections of around 19 cr including all versions. The film showed good growth in business on both Saturday and Sunday at multiplexes. Mass centres were down by more than 80% this weekend, both because the content of the film hasn’t lived upto expectations and also because the pre-Diwali phase has set in resulting in poor occupancy in a few circuits. The Hrithik Roshan starrer has now crossed the 150 crore mark in India and should finish with lifetime business of around 170-175 cr. The film has emerged a ‘HIT’ and Bang Bang will be a profitable film for Fox Star Studios. The overseas business of the film is outstanding, more on this later.

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Salman Khan’s KICK is the highest grosser of 2014, followed by Singham Returns and Bang Bang. Below, we compare the day wise collections of the two films. Release circumstances of the two films Kick released during the Eid weekend, which is one of the most lucrative period for film releases. The weekend that Salman Khan created way back with Wanted (2009), has given the industry several blockbusters like Dabangg, Bodyguard, Ek Tha Tiger, Chennai Express and Kick. More importantly, it has also given the industry two of its five 200 crore grossers. Apart from the Post-IPL release Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani which grossed 188 crore, no other film released outside the three major festivals Eid, Diwali and Christmas have grossed more than 140 crore. YJHD is the highest non-festive grosser, followed by Singham Returns (139 cr) and Bang Bang (135 cr in 8 days). The reason why festive releases do play a big role is because ticket prices are hiked. For example, tickets will be 10-15% costlier for Happy New Year as compared to Bang Bang. Kick released during ramadan period which is considered to be a dull period for film releases. On the other hand, Bang Bang released with Haider resulting in about 20-25% fewer shows at multiplexes as compared to Kick. Bang Bang had a bigger star cast what with two top stars like Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif coming together. Kick relied almost entirely on Salman Khan to bring audiences to theatres.

Top 20 Highest Bollywood Grossers of All Time 1. Dhoom 3 – 283 cr 2. Krrish 3 – 244 cr 3. Kick – 232 cr 4. Chennai Express – 227 cr 5. 3 Idiots – 202 cr 6. Ek Tha Tiger – 199 cr 7. Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani – 187 cr 8. Bang Bang – 167 cr (15 days – yet to complete its run) 9. Dabangg 2 – 153 cr 10. Bodyguard – 147 cr 11. Dabangg – 140 cr 12. Singham Returns – 139 cr 13. Rowdy Rathore – 133 cr 14. Ra One – 123 cr 15. Agneepath – 122 cr 16. Jab Tak Hai Jaan – 121 cr 17. Ready – 120 cr 18. Ghajini – 116 cr 19. Ram Leela – 115 cr 20. Holiday: A Solider Is Never Off Duty – 113 cr Note: The collections of all films includes business from theatrical business of Hindi and all other regional versions in India. Bang Bang is 12th highest grosser of all time in 8 days after its theatrical release. The film has collected 135 crore in India (net collections including all versions) and could finish with lifetime business of more than 175 crore.

Bang Bang is holding up better than expected at the box office, as the film has dropped by around 10% on its second Thursday –  a normal drop on weekdays. The Hrithik Roshan starrer has also been allotted plenty of shows at multiplexes this week too, so it remains to be seen if the film manages to pick up over the weekend.

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