Author: Milton Milton
What an achievement by KGF: Chapter 2. It set a new record last week as it made 3.85 crores on its opening day. Besides this, it’s also done great business these past four weeks to bring in so much when other high-profile films were having difficulties making anything at all on their first days. After crossing Rs. 400 crores, it has now become the second Hindi movie ever to reach that benchmark after Baahubali: The Conclusion [Hindi], which was pegged at Rs. 511 crores . With this accomplishment, KGF: Chapter 2 [Hindi] currently rests at Rs 401.80 crores and already…
Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness has already emerged the second biggest opener of 2022 by mere advance booking sales. The advance booking of Doctor Strange is higher than the opening day collection of all releases this year, barring KGF – Chapter 2, as far as Hindi films are concerned. According to our tracking, the movie has sold tickets worth Rs. 20.15 crores NETT for the opening day alone. In terms of absolute value of ticket sales, Doctor Strange has sold around 6.5 lakh tickets for this first day itself! And what does this mean? Well, it means that people are…
Last week, two major Bollywood movies were released – the real-life tale of Ajay Devgn and Amitabh Bachchan in ‘Runway 34’ and Tiger Shroff’s latest action thriller with Tara Sutaria titled ‘Heropanti 2’. However, it was unclear who would be able to dominate at the box office; even though one film has already been ruling for over a month now. After a whole week’s worth of ticket sales for both films, it seems that both movies have held steady without much change. In this cinema report, we compare the earnings of movies while looking at different geographical territories in order…
For the first time in the history of Indian film releases, more than Rs. 500 crores each have come in consecutive months. This has never happened before and what makes this feat special is the fact that it is all happening post-pandemic. In March it was The Kashmir Files and RRR [Hindi] that did the trick, followed by KGF – Chapter 2 [Hindi], along with continued collections for RRR [Hindi]. And so, Rs. 559.41 crores came at theaters from Hindi films in April; a sum greater than February’s total at Rs. 537.52 crores – making us believe that these newcomers…
The Ajay Devgn starrer Drishyam released 22 days ago at the China box office and has already hit USD 1 million after a mere 7 days, according to Box Office India. However, it seems that this film might not reach its full potential here in the People’s Republic because of the recent problems relating to Ebola which are affecting some areas of China. Drishyam is only seeing slow growth – yet it still hasn’t broken 3.5 million US dollars in ticket sales – because some theaters across Mainland China have closed down due to worries over contracting Ebola or other…
It was a dull Eid at the box office as Ajay Devgn’s Runway 34 has failed to show significant growth on the big holiday. According to estimates, the film grew by about 20% from the opening day to put up a total in the range of Rs. 3.50 to 3.85 crores. This takes the 5 day total of Runway 34 to approx. Rs. 19 crores. This is a poor result for the film featuring Ajay Devgn and Amitabh Bachchan as the lifetime business will end in the range of Rs. 30 crore. To look at things, Runway 34 was never…
The story-driven action blockbuster, Heropanti 2 could not capitalize on this Eid weekend – given that it had such poor showing through the whole week. Early estimates note that Tiger Shroff’s second installment of his Khiladi franchise has managed to earn around Rs. 120-130 Crore in less than two weeks – before screenings were even cancelled due to them opening during Ramzan month. This falls short when looking at his success with similar Hindi language movies like ‘Action Replayy’ or ‘Munnabhai M Kabhi Had Ke Duwase’. However it was the audience who ultimately chose the lack of interest for Heropanti…
After a promising opening weekend of Rs. 15.25 crores, Heropanti 2 slowed down considerably on Monday as it took in between Rs. 1.65 and 1.75 crores for the day, which put them close to their upper limit with about 17-18 crores accumulated thus far. On Tuesday– because of the holidays– there is a chance for some spike in revenues from those who decide to go see the movie during this time; but probably would have been better suited if they had released on Sunday when ticket sales are usually higher anyway (double digits) so then they could’ve received around 10…
Ajay Devgan’s latest film, Drishyam was released just over one month ago at the China box office. Even with a mediocre initial turnout (compared to other recent Bollywood releases), business slowed substantially after only 18 days. Due to security issues within the country, sections of urban China are off limits and some reports suggest these factors are contributing to low returns on investment for filmmakers such as those distributing Ajay’s newest release. Hopes for a brighter future lie mainly in going online or finding alternate markets outside of China. It seems that trouble might follow films like Drishyam around so…
With an earning of Rs. 373.33 crore so far, KGF: Chapter 2 (Hindi) continues to rule the box office and is highly anticipated by many people across India. What makes it unique? One key factor is how the film earned Rs. 3.75 crore on Monday which continued through Friday, and still maintained a low drop rate with earnings of Rs. 4 crore yesterday due to it being Saturday-Sunday in parts of India where Muslims go to watch films during Eid al-Adha, the celebration marking Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son for God’s commandment before God intervened at the last minute,…