Hindi
First movie releases of 2010 fail to crack the box office
MUMBAI: After a string of big releases like Paa and 3 Idiots in the last month of 2009, the New Year started with three not so big releases like Accident On Hill Road, Bolo Raam and Raat Gayi Baat Gayi.
Magna Films’ Accident On Hill Road is a total washout. Directed by Mahesh Nair, the remake of English film Stuck has had no impact at all.
The same could be said about Goldy’s Bolo Raam, directed by Rakesh Chaturvedi. A thrilling murder mystery, where the key witness is himself a suspect, the film doesn’t seem to have what it takes to sail through the grueling box-office route.
Raat Gayi Baat Gayi, a PNC film directed by Saurabh Shukla, revolves around a small, uncomplicated plot. But the film doesn’t have the merits required to salvage it at a time when 3 Idiots is ruling the roost.
Meanwhile, there is no stopping 3 Idiots that is set to make box-office records. Running into its second week, the film has earned Rs.2.4 billion so far and multiplexes are still screening an average of 10 houseful shows a day.
“The run of 3 Idiots continues to surprise and shock. The film’s last Tuesday figures were in the range of Rs 87.5 million to Rs 90 million which is bigger than the Friday numbers of all biggies that opened this year,” avers trade analyst Taran Adarsh.
Meanwhile, Fardeen Khan fans are awaiting the release of Viveck Vaswani’s Dulha Mil Gaya that has Shah Rukh Khan in a 50-minute cameo role.
Hindi
Dhurandhar the revenge storms past Rs 1,000 crore in a week, rewrites box office records
Aditya Dhar’s spy thriller sets fastest run to Rs 1,000 crore with record-breaking weekday hold
MUMBAI: The box office has a new juggernaut—and it is moving at breakneck speed. Dhurandhar the revenge has smashed past the Rs 1,000 crore mark worldwide in just a week, clocking a staggering Rs 1,088 crore and resetting the rules of the blockbuster game.
Backed by Jio Studios and B62 Studios, and directed by Aditya Dhar, the spy action sequel opened to the biggest weekend ever for an Indian film globally—and then refused to slow down. Unlike typical tentpole releases that taper off after Sunday, this one powered through the weekdays with rare muscle, posting Rs 64 crore on Monday, Rs 58 crore on Tuesday, Rs 49 crore on Wednesday and Rs 53 crore on Thursday.
The numbers stack up to a formidable first-week haul. India collections stand at Rs 690 crore nett and Rs 814 crore gross, while overseas markets have chipped in Rs 274 crore, taking the worldwide total to Rs 1,088 crore in just eight days.
The film’s opening weekend alone delivered Rs 466 crore, laying the foundation for what is now being billed as the fastest climb to the Rs 1,000 crore club in Indian cinema. Every single day of its first week has set fresh benchmarks, from the highest opening weekend to the strongest weekday hold—metrics that typically separate hits from phenomena.
A sequel to the earlier hit Dhurandhar, the film has not just built on its predecessor’s momentum but obliterated previous records, emerging as the biggest global blockbuster run by an Indian film to date.
At this pace, the film is not merely riding a wave—it is creating one.
