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Kick Advance Booking Report
Thursday 24 July 2014 11.00 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Kick has had a very good advance but as expected it is affected by pre eid. The single screen advance opened on Monday and it is quite clear that centres dominated by Muslim population are not as strong as they normally are for Salman Khan starrers.
In Delhi the advance is huge with single screens like Liberty being almost sold out until Wednesday. Other theatres like Delite and Odeon are also fantastic but many UP cities are not so strong and for Salman Khan films its always UP that is better than Delhi. This is obviously due to Ramadan as UP has a higher Muslim population than Delhi.
The multiplex advance started at large on Wednesday with good sales but again big cities in Gujarat which tend to have better advances were good but not as strong as they should be due to heavy Muslim presence in places like Ahmedabad and Surat.
The advance booking overall is not as strong as Dhoom 3 or Chennai Express for the weekend. It can be compared with Ek Tha Tiger which had a phenomenal advance for day one as it was a national holiday but the next two days were working days and pre eid so sales were less for those days. The all India pre sales by Thursday night will probably be the third highest ever after Dhoom 3 and Chennai Express.
I’ve always considered the whole Muslim angle largely a myth in these matters, perhaps at the margins it makes a difference but I’ve never seen evidence to concede more than this. Now of course here BOI is attributing everything to the pre-Eid period. Did Jai Ho also release during this season? Even for a star as hot as Salman every film will not necessarily create history! But then they also go on to compare it with ETT! So he isn’t doing badly even with Muslims staying away! In Ahmedabad for instance the Muslim population is exactly where the national number is or a bit higher (12-13%). Meanwhile Delhi has around 10-11% but here the initial is fine. So 1-2% makes a difference between Delhi and Ahmedabad?!
This is all speculation and assumptions. No data to prove any of this stuff.
The reality is this : if it’s such a big impact, makers would release post EID. I don’t know what the population of muslims is in India but I’d guess anything between 10-15%. Salman’s fanbase might be proportionately higher in this segment, but it’s not going to be like 50%. And if it was, why release on Friday and not Monday/Tuesday as the makers were speculating to do.
It’s like you say a marginal impact offset by the fact that this segment will be able to watch the film in a few days anyway.
It’s not like a ban in a state or a national disaster. It’s a delay. The risk in the delay is if the film has bad WOM it’s taken some receipts away. The opportunity is if the film has good WOM than post EID there will be a big kick up in receipts. Net net the impact is marginal.
It’s almost as if the writing suggests the release is a disadvantage. The release period is an advantage over any “normal” week always.
agreed on all counts.. and yeah the Muslim population nationally is 11-12%. It’s more or less the same in Delhi and Ahmedabad (higher in the latter). Think Surat’s pretty close too but not sure. In Bombay it’s closer to 20% but BOI haven’t mentioned this. As always their perspective is heavily North India-centric. But again leaving all this aside if a red hot star has a number of films in the same genre not all of these will be equally historic. For instance ETT opened much bigger than anything else Salman had done even though he was enjoying a number of very strong openings. There were obviously other factors here in play. The D3 analogies are in any case absurd.
The whole comparison with D3 is always absurd. This opened on a non-holiday on a record. The only comparison is the equivalent and I don’t think any film this year if opening on a non-holiday would challenge that record. It’s an exceptional record and more related to an event. None of the films releasing this year are event films…but many will put Kick, Bang Bang, HNY and Peekay in that category. I don’t think any of these films are on the level of D3 buzz/hype but that does not rule out them out grossing D3 (by them, I don’t really expect any “real” challenge except from HNY or Peekay). Even here the convenience of lumping CE and D3 together. The latter in terms of opening is in an altogether different stratosphere.
The key for any film to go past D3 will be the third week. I am sure these films can get close over two week period, though they’d have to take either the first or second week record in doing so (beating 180 crore first week is not easy, but if a film beats 65 crore second week than it is trending pretty stable…taking either record gets a film close to two week record of D3). However, the third week is where it cracked for D3 and where 3 Idiots was spectacular with a 30 crore week. That’s the key week now…and that in today’s market is a film that is doing very well if it’s getting anywhere close to or beating 3 Idiots in week 3. The only legitimate threat is Peekay on paper, coming from the same team. HNY to me sounds a “better” option than Kick or Bang Bang just because on paper it looks like a better film, stronger cast.
And the more I hear about Peekay, the more intrigued I am but the more I feel this might not be the breadth and reach of film 3 Idiots was. However, Hirani has always made a wide reaching film so could be fooled again.
Just like the second week was key last year for D3 where it went handsomely past the 3 Idiots record, it’s definitely now all about the third week for these films. I don’t doubt they can be spectacular over a short 100m sprint (opening weekend) or even a longer 400m sprint (opening week), they can even hold over the middle distance (2 weeks) but beyond is where they really become winners. And the only legitimate candidate is P.K and that is banking on Hirani making a film that is liked an awful lot…
again agreed on all counts.. and yeah I’ve noticed how CE is casually slipped into many of these contexts! And it’s also true that it will be hard for any film to match 3I’s reach. Having said that Hirani might surprise here in terms of his subject and that could make up the difference. Also after 3I Aamir-Hirani might get a massive initial, something that hasn’t been the case for Hirani in the past, at least on day 1. What one can say without any doubt is that every Hirani film has trended very well. So automatically this film ought to be in the running for that 3rd week total.
The difference between CE and D3 in the first 3 days was around 10 crores I think if one takes into account the Thursday night total of around 6 crores of CE. Where D3 scored over CE IMO was getting that number on a working Friday which was massive. But considering that the 3 days total was around 105 to 110 crores for the 2 movies , it is fair to lump them together.
On the third week total thing, the greatest problem we have is that even a well received movie will not retain the same screens for 3 weeks in a row if there is a new biggie coming in Week 3. CE IMO had the best chance as it had better WOM than D3. But even there it got affected in the second week by losing more than 2000 screens to OUATIMD. Considering CE made almost 20 crores on the first week Thursday due to a holiday it had potential to do much better in second week with better screens.
The question always is about what counts as an initial. It used to be one week. Then it was the weekend. then it became the first day. And then there are these added factors like paid previews, holiday/non-holiday, holidays over extended periods, competition (in the same week, week 2, week 3). All of these are significant factors and one must take everything into account. The thing about D3 is that this was simply the biggest thing around. No film in any scenario could have matched this, franchise or not. Now it has been my claim for very long that actually given the initials some of these films enjoy they should be doing a lot more. Certain ETT and CE shouldn’t have done less than 250 or so given where they started out. D3 should have easily cleared 300 and done 350 at the very least. But even looking at these ideal scenarios ETT/CE/D3 will never be on the same page. However that difference is a bit harder to establish just in the first three days. Let’s assume D3 had D2-like WOM and most people liked it. It still wouldn’t have added 10 crores to its weekend number (on any single day). Why? because very few people here would not have seen the film unless the WOM was terrible. This was big enough for everyone to show up. Even people with some doubts about this genre would have shown up for Aamir. Over the longer term though the higher end totals get affected because you don’t have enough repeats and some of the ‘soft’ support (people waiting to watch the film in the second or third week) fades. But this is why the film nonetheless crossed every other film by quite a margin. Because even mixed WOM was enough to get it there. With excellent word of mouth it would have done a lot more than 300 or whatever AS A MATTER of trending, not because it would have added massively to its weekend gross. 3I is a good example here. The film opened very strong but not spectacularly. It’s safe to say that no film had this kind of WOM. I know many people who saw this half a dozen times, some more than this. A very large number saw it at least twice. So WOM was through the roof here but this was still not evident over the weekend (at this historic level) but over the week where day after day it kept putting up 10 crores or whatever it was.
what happens on the other hand with CE or ETT or that sort of film is that the initial bang more or less exhausts the audience. These films are not WOM-proof in the same way. If these films get the D3 kind of WOM they come down very fast. ETT probably had worse WOM, it in any case faded completely after that initial 5-7 day run. CE surprised and did impressively if one expected no more than 100-150 (even the most optimistic people including the ‘fans’ who have since been pretending others weren’t calling it at 200 then!). On the other hand once it had that sort of week 1 it too didn’t do spectacularly though better than many other such films. But the point in any case is that with such films if the initial isn’t maximized the long term prospects are relatively weak anyway. Which is why between D3 and ETT/CE there is a 75-100 crore spread on the final gross (depending on who you believe). ETT and CE would have required excellent WOM to get to D3’s somewhat disappointing final number. But on day 1 or even over the weekend there’s only so much more you can do irrespective of screens and so forth. And again I’d say here that the problem is everyone has bought into this day 1 debate and so forth. Obviously big films do better at every step but that’s not the only definition of an initial. CE was over-performing in week 1, D3 with stronger WOM would have done a lot more over the week. But the more incredible gap would have still come in weeks 2, 3 and so on. Which is what we saw with 3I. Again Dabanng matched its week 1 (a year later or whatever it was) but after that? And this is nothing new. This has always been the case. Which is why trending is important. Even in Hollywood if it were only about the first weekend many films would be in the running but ultimately only a handful get to the TDK or Avengers kind of total let alone the Cameron ones. Because once more beyond a point there’s only so much you can maximize the initial audience. There’s a certain core that shows up for most big films. You have to get the rest of the audience involved in the same frenzy over the first few days and this is harder. This difference shows up later.
And so to reiterate D3 is in a class of its own. At least for some years now. And by the way the ‘Hrithik-made-this-franchise’ thing is also bull. the first Dhoom with no established star was one of the biggest grossers in its year. It did about 30 when the best SRK films were doing only this much or slightly more than this. The Krrish sequel didn’t open anything like the Dhoom sequel. Do co-stars and so on matter? Yes! But I say this in every situation. There’s a reason why ETT opened like no other Salman film. Katrina similarly is a part of the Bang Bang story. Abhishek was going through his most successful phase when D2 opened (the trailers had parity too unlike D3), Asihwarya was there, Bipasha part of the team. All these things matter. One can’t do this selectively. Deepika was a big part of the CE story. I am quite sure Priyanka here would have hugely reduced the film’s number. So all these factors should always be taken into account. But D3 is just a different deal. Until something else proves otherwise. By the way if you asked me I’d say that the single most impressive box office story over a decade or more is Ghajini. Yes I think it’s more impressive than even 3I for certain reasons.
“between D3 and ETT/CE there is a 75-100 crore spread on the final gross (depending on who you believe)”
I may be wrong but I don’t think I saw anybodys number where the difference between D3 and CE is 75 to 100 crore.
D3 was more than CE and CE was at least 25 crore more than ETT so it’s not right to put CE and D3 together just as it’s not right to put ETT and CE together.
Meant 100 crores or so between ETT and D3 and 75 or so between CE and D3. Of course if you want to take the highest possible numbers in each case or use those sources you have probably a 90 crore or more differential between ETT and D3 and about 60 between CE and D3.
The difference between D3 and CE was only around 50 crores at best.CE did 225 and D3 did around 270. CE had to contend with OUATIMD , madras cafe and satyagraha in consecutive weeks that’s a huge deal. If one goes by BOI CE did 205 and D3 did 60 crores more than that. The first day of D3 was massive for a holiday but if one adds the Thursday night shows gross of 6 crores to CEs first day gross of 29 crores there is hardly any difference in the two totals for day 1 . Of course D3 had more footfalls and opened bigger as it was a working day. D3 had a very strong weekdays compared to CE which actually didn’t match the poor WOM. Second week onwards it behaved as per the WOM. By week 3 D3 was hardly grossing anything. CE without any competition would have come closer to D3 and made up for the difference in the first week IMO.
think Taran had that spread too. because he had D3 closer to 285. He factored in the Tamil-Telugu gross as well but I think he did that for CE also. In any case the spread with CE was a bit too great (versus BOI). And the later week numbers have looked a bit dubious to me. My own instinct here is it didn’t do much more than 3I. I have never quite bought the 225 number here. And BOI have generally not been in the habit of reducing SRK’s numbers.
On the rest I don’t think you can simply add up different days. It’s not as if the final number is the same no matter how you split it up. If we did this we’d also have to make lots of other assumptions elsewhere. At the very least we should start adding up all the other films that had preview shows in the same way. I simply don’t buy CE could have got to a D3-like number. Those three films weren’t serious competition the way they performed (Madras Cafe was the best of the lot). Is it the same as not having competition? Of course not. But it’s quite a leap to say that because of those three CE didn’t get to D3’s total!
A film once it’s big enough at the box office cannot be derailed by this sort of thing to such a significant extent. RNBDJ released two weeks or so before Ghajini but even after the latter’s onslaught it still trended well and the reason it couldn’t have done any better was that even without competition it just didn’t open that big. Ghajini too wouldn’t have grossed more even without a relatively stable RNBDJ in later weeks. Now you had Singham and ZNMD overlap to some extent, both films did well, trended well but the audience wasn’t common here. Completely different actually. OSO and Saawariya released together. Over the weekend the latter did superbly and had it kept its pace both films would have had very big totals. But OSO without Saawariya couldn’t have had that total on its own! And the latter completely tanked after the weekend and OSO still couldn’t increase its numbers.
But even if I accept your CE point that still doesn’t prove the Dhoom franchise isn’t in a league of its own. We know the WOM was quite mixed here. Otherwise this film with D2-like acceptance might have done way more than 300, maybe even 350. Actually if one just looked at the D2 trajectory D3 should have done 375 or more. Even going by the Dhoom 1 trending it should have cleared 300 easily.
by the way I do agree with Jay. Farah Khan’s mega circus certainly has a shot at a huge number. But whether Farah Khan makes the sort of film that can itself last more than 2 weeks can also be doubted. Week 1 is not in question. But D3 of course shows that to get to 300 you need a pretty solid week 3 as well. Not impossible for this film, just unlikely. Farah Khan too just throws everything at the wall hoping something or the other will stick for everyone in the audience! And again these days the huge week 1 isn’t a question for a number of big films. When films like Ek Villain or 2 States or BMB do 100 crores I think we should change expectations for these ‘biggest’ films. But in any case it’s Hirani who has a shot given his (and of course Aamir’s) trending record. He doesn’t need the biggest week 1 ever, just something in that overall high end range and the rest is about trending. HNY though needs the biggest week 1. This sort of film is really about the big bang initially and then enough of a follow-through later on. Of course there can always be surprises. Maybe Farah Khan has made a film with more soul! Stranger things have happened!
The only reason they didnt release it on Tuesday is to get a full 2 week run before the next biggie. If it released on Tuesday it would have released to big numbers but will still not be able to make up for the shortfall between Friday and Monday. I am expecting this to start in the 20 to 25 range on Friday. There is no data to prove Pre-Eid shortfall because we havent seen huge releses in the Ramzan period but IMO this is just like the pre-Diwali phase where the effect is more being an Hindu festival. And we have seen Pre-Diwali effect in many movies in the last 3 years where 2 days before Diwali movie doesnt do great in the afternoons and evenings but after Diwali just takes off even if it is a badly received movie like Ra-1 or JTHJ or a comparatively better received one like Krrish 3.
@satyam – ” Maybe Farah Khan has made a film with more soul!
….he he you really think so?? When was the last big star / hyped movie you watched with some soul ? Each year fans of most of the stars wait for that big ticket movie but this botchiness is universal and cuts across all major actors these days. Whether you are waiting for Kites / Krish 3 or ETT / Jai Jo or even a highly anticipated Dhoom3. We discuss CE and box-office numbers so fondly now as if it were a modern age Mughal-e- Azam but I remember watching that movie and coming out avouching never to waste my time and money on srk ever again. He was so bad in the movie that it was embarrassing to realize we were idolizing him few years back. That movie had nothing except decent cinematography, a good bit of Deepika with a funny twang and that train sequence which too srk tried to jar by his brand ambassadorship of Nokia phone and hammering the model no on our heads 3/4 times within 5 minutes…
One thing I don’t realize and this applies to senior Bachchan too – where does the craft suddenly vanish. I mean with age and experience you are supposed to get better at it but in all the cases I have seen deterioration and they suddenly resort to hamming their way out in big ticket movies. Why couldn’t they just be same if not better? Don’t they realize they were idolized for what they were or the way they walked , talked and in some instances fought and the swagger which came naturally to them and not for trying to be what they are…How you yearn to have your star just be himself in the movie and not to put on a show of coolness…. I remember reading salman’s interview some 5/6 years back in times of India and before he took to this new found super-stardom where he clearly said I don’t want to know what works for me with audience because the day an actor realizes ‘that’ would be the end and it will become a show thereon. ….. I thought that made sense and must be some wisdom shared by his father due to age/experience and look what he is doing now…. Mind you it’s not repetition which bugs you but trying to be Salman of dabangg / wanted… and failing at it because it comes across so wannabe…
May be this stems from the fact at heart most of us Indians are narcissist lot and turn megalomaniacs pretty soon. This is not restricted to just filmdom but generally in all fields we Indians excel in…..
True stats on demographics in India is not available. This has been the case since Pre-Independence. Some say that the Dalits/Untouchables are the true majority. I don’t know if that is the case but for many reasons, in India (as well as in many other countries) demographic stats are subject to a lot of fudging.
More important is the fact that overall stats do not matter as much as the overall stats on actual consumers. Hence group A may just be 23% of the population but may very well be 40% of the consumers. For example supporters of Israel in US are just a handful but because the majority is silent these voices matter disproportionately more.
Interesting observations. If it is only muslim population who contribute to Salman’s huge success, then he should be labelled as their unofficial brand ambassador. He should help them in all ways.
It seems all the box office debate may not be necessary for this one as reports coming out where the movie has already released are poor to extremely trashy.
As expected its all thanks to very poor direction or no direction at all… These big stars with all the resources at hand cannot even give a decent movie after such a long wait. No one is asking them for a Sholay but at least get decent professionals and technicians to present a coherent story.
Salman needs to get pass the 200 CR barrier with this one. No ifs, ands or buts here. Pre Eid, Post Eid does not matter. Need to beat at least CE’s lifetime total.
I doubt its going to come near 250. Just open it to 150-160 and at the minimum go past CE. He has already delivered a dud with Jai Ho. If this does a ETT TWO years after ETT, Salman has a reason to worry.
Box-office does not matter to me whether it does 200cr or 250 cr and all I want is a good Wanted kind of stylish movie with content from Salman.
Salman recently announced like 7/8 biggies at one go…..that too with most of the top shots who are more into story than gimmicks and the icing on the cake is Sultan with Shimit Amin for yrf….
Now on second thoughts guess this may be a preemptive move against backlash coming his way after Kick.
Don’t know why he never gave more importance to Prabhu Deva who not only gave him the much needed hit when he was down, but also has a 100% box office record after that and made the most believable masala potboilers even with Shahid Kapoor
Here is a new marketing strategy and the timing is good. Should be a fun show due to the cast and SRK usually does good amount of homework for these stage shows and they are more professional in presentation than some of his contemporaries.
This marketing does make sense since overseas is turning into a huge territory and may soon eclipse India net collections. Understand D3 stands at some 500 cr worldwide if you count china and Japan releases. One of the reason big movies with stars and little focus on content are still being made is due to recovery of a huge amount through the overseas run.
Yup, same concept with Hollywood films. of course most big Hollywood films makes about 60 to 70% of it’s total from foreign collection which is huge.
Imagine D3 or CE makes 225 to 275 crore in India and than another 600+ crore from overseas. I don’t think Bollywood films will ever get to that point unless you count some small art movie.
Even today, overseas allow Irfan Khan to exist in Bollywood. But initially you will see this more so in the case of technicians. A R Rehman can now afford to retire from Bollywood.
why do such people even bother about salman films when they know exactly what they are going to see??? paying public always makes mockery of such critics……
Having not read the review but just the title puts me off.
I think this idea that one film is to blame for what is all wrong with Bollywood is silly. Not defending Salman, but a review should just review that film. If it’s bad, thrash the film. Leave the “makes you weep for Bollywood” for a column about that which looks generally at the type of films Bollywood produces.
There is a school of thought that says that if you do not find satisfaction within your existing relationship, you start looking elsewhere for that satisfaction. In that vein, I think a lot of these critics are missing “deeper meanings” in their own life, and in desperation seek that in BOLLYWOOD.
Recently I read bits and pieces of former President Warren Harding’s “love letters” to his mistress. Forget the salacious nature of those letters, but for a moment wonder what if he lived in our age, how would he express those feelings in emails ? Worse still in text messages ? I have no doubt that without the cushion of the hand written letter medium, President Harding would have perished the thought of such an exercise.
Everything has its own purpose and use. We don’t use an iPad to create substantial content, we use a desktop. iPad is the wrong platform for such activity. Hence when a critic looks for life’s meaning in Bollywood films, he just displays his own ignorance.
BO update: ‘Kick’ fetches a thunderous, mind-boggling start!
By Taran Adarsh, July 25, 2014 – 13:56 IST
East. West. North. South… As expected, KICK has fetched a roaring start at the ticket window. The start in the domestic market was fantabulous, despite the fact that the film has opened in the holy month of Ramadan [pre-Eid days]. Although it’s a bit too early the gauge the business of the film in Week 1, it’s a foregone conclusion that the film will pack an unprecedented total, with the business getting a big, big boost from Eid onwards.
With no major release till ENTERTAINMENT [which arrives on 8 August], KICK is expected to have a dream run at the box-office.
Kick Has Extraordinary Start Considering Pre Eid
Friday 25 July 2014 11.30 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Kick has taken an excellent opening of 70-75% on average. The start is extraodinary considering it is is pre Eid. Some places have taken that 90-100% start but other places are lower. Despite it being Pre Eid the opening is similar to the initial of Dhoom 3 and Chennai Express but those films maintained well throughout the day even on the odd show timings.
This will be tough for Kick as many multiplexes have lower rates in the morning so that brings in a big audience and Muslim dominated cities will see lower collections after the first day first show craze subsides at single screens. The opening in the morning is like a 30 crore nett plus first day but as mentioned above pre Eid is likely to hit it at some point of the day.
Krrish 3 was released on pre Diwali and the initial of Kick is far better than that film and if the first day collections come out over 25 crore nett it will be phenomenal.
Looks like Jai ho was just a speed bump for the Sallu Express. This one is set to strike big.
If all the newbies are pulling in 90-100cr nowadays, the Khans should be permanently posting 200crs+ (ie as long as the content is timepass paisa vasool). Perhaps business has indeed improved.
Looks like its the other league – World Kabaddi League which is gathering all the limelight launched at the sametime and not the Pro Kabaddi League. Abhishek is the only star in PKL whereas WKL already has Akshay Kumar, Sonkashi Sinha and Yo Yo Singh as 3 of the 8 owners.
the second one is called the World Kabaddi league. they start their games on Aug 9 I think. Akshay owns one of the teams. This is supposed to be the even more traditional Punjabi style with the players standing in a circle and so forth.
I am curious to know that what words Taran i going to use when BANG BANG releases? These thunderous, mindboglling etc are going to fell short of describing B.O of BANG BANG.. For that he has to invent new terminology.
Kick looks like getting to 30 crs+ today. IMO this is phenomenal by any yardstick. This is like a crore less than D3 and this film is releasing in Pre-Eid, on a working day was not an event film, was not a sequel and has only 1 saleable hero. I am pretty sure though tomorrow it will drop by around 20%.
There are reports that it has seen some falls in evening shows of multiplexes. Thats strange as I dont see plexes being affected too much by this pre-Id period. Maybe they are not liking it. Has anyone seen this movie. New estimate looks like between 26 and 29 crores.
Kick Challenges Biggest Opening Days On Pre Eid Release
Friday 25 July 2014 20.00 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Kick is challenging the biggest openings of all time as after a huge start it has maintained pace pretty well despite pre Eid. Dhoom 3, Ek Tha Tiger and Chennai Express all had opening days in the 30-32 crore nett range and it is not out of the question that Kick can join them which would be simply historic if it happens.
There are late evening and night shows to come and pace could slacken slightly but still collections will not be far off the 30 crore nett mark and anything above 25 crore is extraordinary as the film will have bumper weekdays as a large section of the muslim population will come out on and after Tuesday.
East Punjab is the only circuit which hardly has any Ramadan affect and that circuit may possibly put up an all time record opening day collection. Bihar which has a heavy Muslim population has crazy figures and is also challenging Dhoom 3 opening day figures. Delhi/UP, CI and Rajasthan are 5-10% less. A Muslim dominated Nizam/Andhra may touch 1.75 nett crore which is 15% less than Chennai Express and Dhoom 3 which is remarkable for pre Eid.
Kick: Record Day 1 Expected
by Rohini Nag (July 25, 2014)
The much-anticipated directorial debut by Sajid Nadiadwala, Kick, took a gigantic opening this morning. This Salman Khan–Eid combo is expected to lock day one at a new day 1 record, Rs 27-30 crore or may be more. The film, which also features Jacqueline Fernandez, Randeep Hooda and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in vital roles, is expected to enjoy a much bigger weekend. The film released with Khan’s fans more than eager to watch him on the big screen after his outing in January, so its success at the ticket counter is no surprise.
In Mumbai, Rajesh Thadani of Multimedia Combines says, “Kick took an opening of more 90 per cent and was also house full in many centres across India and in Mumbai as well. The film has opened with excellent numbers and we expect it to reel in Rs 10 crore today.”
In Delhi-UP, Brijesh Tandon, HK Tandon and Company adds, “The response to the film is spectacular, and despite Ramzan, the film is enjoying a great day at the ticket window. We expect it to earn Rs 5 crore today. The weekend will clock magical numbers.”
In East Punjab, Jaspal Dhingra of Nanaksar Pictures says, “Salman Khan and Eid is a combination that is outstanding for the box office. The film will definitely bring in Rs 2.75 crore today and the weekend will be massive. Let’s not forget the Tuesday Eid holiday, which will be register bumper collections. “
In Rajasthan, Gaurrav Gaur of O’Real Imagination remarks, “Kick has opened to an impressive response in Rajasthan. The film has garnered a 90-per cent opening and had impressive advance booking for the evening shows. Khan has returned with a bang and today the film will collect Rs 1.5 crore in Rajasthan.”
Ravi Machchar of Sahyog Films in Nizam says, “Kick opened to a fabulous start during the 9 am show but by noon, the film grew to 100-per cent occupancy. The rest of the shows today are almost house full. We expect this movie to garner Rs 1.5 crore by the end of the day.”
In West Bengal, Debashish Dey of Aum Moviez reveals, “Salman Khan is back with his larger-than-life movies and, with Kick, we are expecting business to grow by the night shows. Day one will wrap at Rs 1.3 crore.”
BH Basha of Bahar Enterprise remarks, “The film opened to 90-per cent occupancy in most centers in Mysore and continued to gain momentum during the day. Salman Khan is back with a film that appeals to his audience in a grand manner. Kick will collect around Rs 1 crore today.”
Rakesh Singh of Maa Sona Films in Bihar concludes, “The film is expected to earn Rs 70 lakh here in Bihar today. Salman Khan has given his fans a spectacular Eid.”
Kick Takes Bumper Opening; Housefull Already
by Box Office India (July 25, 2014)
Salman Khan-starrer Kick has launched the second half of the year with a bumper opening, with some cinemas already running housefull shows. The film, which released in 4,000 screens all over India and is a solo release, took a 90-per cent opening across territories. It is a veritable Eid treat for the actor’s fans and movie-goers in general. The film, which is Sajid Nadiadwala’s debut film as a director, also features Jacqueline Fernandez, Randeep Hooda and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. It is expected to turn in bumper business over the weekend as tickets are already sold out in many territories.
Rajesh Thadani, Multimedia Combines, Mumbai
As expected, Kick opened with 90-per cent occupancy, in spite of the fact that today is a working day and the actor’s Muslim fans have not yet watched the film. Single-screens are running housefull shows all over India and in Mumbai as well. The response is mind-blowing. This is a family entertainer and Khan’s fans are making a beeline for cinemas.
Brijesh Tandon, HK Tandon and Company, Delhi-UP
Anything Salman Khan touches becomes a hit and he’s back with a new style of action in his latest release, Kick. Morning shows in UP saw 100-per cent occupancy and 90 per cent in Delhi. Business is bound to double by evening.
Jaspal Dhingra, Nanaskar Enterprises, East Punjab
Cinema halls are overflowing, especially single-screens. Kick’s opening is even better than Aamir Khan’s Dhoom 3 was and, remember, his Muslim fans are yet to watch the film. On Tuesday, cinemas will be super-packed. The film took an almost 100 per cent opening in East Punjab.
Vijay Kher, NR Multimedia, CP
Kick took a terrific opening today as audiences were waiting for Salman Khan’s Kick to release. In CP, we have been running shows that are 98-per cent full since morning and advance booking for the evening shows is complete. Expect a mind-blowing weekend. In CP, we released the film in 257 screens.
Debashish Dey, Aum Moviez, West Bengal
In West Bengal, Kick released in 225 screens and every screen is witnessing occupancy of around 95 per cent since morning. The Muslim audience has not yet watched the film and they will watch it only on Tuesday. Many single-screens are overflowing with movie-goers. This is one of Salman Khan’s best films to date.
Rakesh Singh, Masona Films, Bihar
In Bihar, everyone waits for Salman Khan’s films and, after Jai Ho earlier this year, it’s a double bonanza for his fans. Kick opened to housefull shows in most single-screens in Bihar and around 80 per cent in multiplexes. But after this evening, shows will run house full till Tuesday.
Jeetu Khandelwal, Movie Pioneers, Orissa
Kick is so far one of the best films by Salman Khan and it opened with 90-per cent occupancy in Orissa. The response is mind-blowing and advance booking for tomorrow evening’s shows is all sold out. So expect a bumper weekend.
BH Basha, Bahar Enterprise, Mysore
The film is doing extremely well and opened at 70 per cent. From the second show, occupancy is almost 80 per cent. Kick has opened even better than Dhoom 3 did and it is poised to set new records. It seems Khan’s fans can’t get enough since they are getting to watch what he does best – action.
Ravi Machhar of Sajyog Films, Nizam
I would say ‘Ramzan mein Eid’. The film took a terrific opening and opened to 100 per cent occupancy. Think about it… Khan’s Muslim fans have not yet come to cinemas as Ramzan is underway. Imagine what Tuesday will be like. Kick has ‘blockbuster’ written all over it.
YRF Entertainment will remake the critically acclaimed and commercially successful Sujoy Ghosh directed and Vidya Balan starrer Kahaani, for Western and international audiences as “DEITY”.
“DEITY” will be directed by Niels Arden Oplev (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”). Jose Rivera (“The Motorcycle Diaries”) and Richard Regen (“Tehran”) have scripted the adaptation.
The movie is a thriller about an American woman who goes to Kolkata in search of her missing husband. As she gets closer to the truth, she finds herself at the centre of a dangerous conspiracy. The story unfolds in the context of a colourful, week-long festival.
Very happy with this YRF announcement.. At least they got a good director(Niels Arden Oplev) and writer(Jose Rivera) and not some B-level team. If they got some top female actor, it’ll be great.
This may not be huge success in western world but it is good step in right direction.
I feel Michael Winterbottom’s A Mighty heart set in Pakistan (but shot more in India) with Angelina Jolie and Irrfan Khan is similar in tone and subject, though lot more brutal as it dealt with the story of Daniel Pearl’s kidnap and his decapitation.
Kahaani’s climax is itself a copy of Taking lives according to this article. So what will they show? Exotic India and its colorful festivals? Instead they could have subtitled the film and shown allover.
There are so many contradictory statements. Inspite of EID and because of EID. Just like Lakshmipuja during diwali releases. The hype created, the screen counts made it look as though it would end up collecting 40 crores on first day. Most of the critics were kind.
Kick Has Huge First Day
Saturday 26 July 2014 11.30 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Kick had a huge opening day as it grossed around 26 crore nett. The film looked it would get a higher number when it opened by eventually collections in places like UP, Maharashtra, Nizam/Andhra and Gujarat were hit by Ramadan as a chunk of the Muslim population stayed away.
The business is extraordinary for the pre Eid period. Even a 22-23 crore nett total would have been huge but the film has gone over 25 crore nett. Rajasthan gave the best performance as it went to near record levels. The areas which under performed will do better from Tuesday onwards.
Kick has recorded the fourth highest opening day ever and the second highest non holiday opening day ever. The decision to come on Friday rather than on Eid has proved correct as a 26 crore nett total is probably more than the producers expected on Pre Eid.
if I hear the word ‘pre-Eid’ once more I’ll start feeling queasy! Talk about abusing a word (or phrase). This “heavy Muslim population” somehow prevents the film from being record-breaking but can’t prevent from nonetheless putting up some very high numbers. And all those other times when Salman or other big stars have massive numbers that are also not record-breaking must also have released in ‘pre-Eid’ period or whatever! There should be a limit even to propaganda. of course BOI contradict themselves by saying that even 22 crores would have been huge. How did those Muslims let the film add another 3-4 crores? Yesterday they were saying that numbers were so big it could even get into D3 range (day 1). Wonder how that was possible! Because the morning/afternoon shows suggested a stronger number which didn’t materialize by the evening? So how then were Muslims a factor? Of course in this entire discussion the one thing that is definitely not possible is the film slowing down a bit because of the audience response or something! The film will do what it will anyway, the numbers should continue to be big for a while. There’s no need to get into this absurdity of saying ‘pre-Eid’ with every sentence! And again these things get discovered overnight. Much as the Diwali scam has been ongoing for some years. At least there absurd and cynical as it might be otherwise you at least have the numbers on your side. Here you’re saying that an 11% national population is holding things hostage! And even in places like Bihar where according to BOI the population is ‘heavy’ (it’s around 16% so yes higher than the national average but they were also saying this for Ahmedabad where it’s 10% and saying it was fine in Delhi where too it is 10%) but of course these are not the sorts of centers which take the film from 26 to 33 crores! Specially when one factors in socio-economic issues. There aren’t all that many Bihari Muslims going to multiplexes! When one looks at those numbers one might also want to check out how many of those folks are even in position to go to multiplexes! the other theaters cannot jack up the gross that much. In Bombay it 20% Muslims but here you still have a very significant Muslim population that can do the multiplex rounds (of course BOI didn’t say anything about Bombay). With pre-Eid certain commentary records have certainly been broken.
we’ll hear that one day too for a film — ‘oh all the Muslims got tired after the Eid festivities and didn’t show up for the movie the next day’ or ‘Eid day is good as long as the shows are from 4-6’. Similarly ‘pre-Independence day people were so much in the patriotic mood they didn’t feel like checking out a movie’. One day we’ll discover how badly films are affected by Christmas because people go to Church in ‘heavily’ Christian areas of Bombay and Goa and the South.
Why just BOI, even producers acknowledge the existence of BO energy during holidays. That is why everyone tries to get their movies released during holidays. Personally I feel, “absense of competition” for a few week after the release is as good if not better.
But coming back to the topic, without doubt there is substantial demographics that stays away during Diwali Pooja and Pre Eid. I don’t know what percentage but clearly there exist this factor.
Again, no real research has been done on this. I think, given the relatively small theatre capacity (compared to the size of the Indian population), this reduction due to Diwali Pooja or Pre-Eid factors is inconsequential.
But if we knew the real break-up of Indian population or the percentage that stay home, i.e. If we had some good knowledge about these things then it would be worth talking about it. At this point it is just unproven theory.
In the absence of the Pre-Eid factor, all else being equal , Kick would have earned more on Day 1, but overall this will even out during the lifetime of Kick. The overall numbers will reflect the reality. Kick will not suffer because of Pre-Eid,
But movies like CE (but not limited to CE) do suffer irreparable damage because of competition. CE’s overall numbers would have been definitely much more in the absence of Ekta Kapoor’s movie. Or movies like D3 (but not limited to D3), do have an unmerited advantage because of absence of competition. D3’s overall numbers would have been definitely much less in the presence of any half worthy competition. If CE did not have competition or D3 did have competition, their domestic numbers would have been perhaps identical.
Today the availability of theatre and or weather have a bigger impact on BO than available demographics.
bandra.nri,ce retained same number of screens in second week,so competition from oautimd didnt affect ce that much.ce is overreported.It is ouatimd which was at a disadvantage due to lack of screens.ce tivkets were boight by producers,numnbers were overreported anyway.
Yes, in the case of CE, the business dictated the unusualy higher retention. A normal movie (less successful one), would have held back less theaters. Hence in this regard, the merits of CE helped CE, BUT the issue here is that without the competition, CE would have held back even more. Those extra theates in the second/third week would have made a huge difference (talking about records).
Ekta’s movie was not that good. Yes a case can be made it would have suffered less without CE. But we are talking about less pain, a different matter. UNDER NO circumstances can we claim that CE cost Ekta a success that her movie merited.
Look at SOS, it too cost JTHJ some (and vice versa), but SOS had substance (as per the audience) and inspite of JTHJ got itself to a hit status. Both SOS and JTHJ would have been better without the presence of the other.
These are cases of BO suffering because of competition.
Its all about the opening.ouatimd would have got to 90-100cr,and ce to 175-185cr if both released on same day.Because the holiday advantage was there.Four holidays in first week.But that was lost after first week.And even with 90% opening with half the screens it couldnt gross much.
The day 80-100% of the revenue is generated on the opening then yes we will say it is all about the opening. It is not yet the case.
Then again “trending” requires the 2nd/3rd week.
As things stand, it would be impossible for any movie to set records if it faces competition. For records, apart from the movie to be good, it needs a few clear weeks.
‘CE and D3 are liked films. Otherwise they would not have grossed that much.’ This is what I and others were saying for many years.Satyam should understand this.
It is personal taste Vs commerce. You probably are saying “audience” likes this and he is probably saying “I don’t”. You both can be right simultaneously.
What I don’t get is when people declare that they don’t like “Apple Pie” , and that they only like “Beard Papa’s Cream Puffs”, YET they want to critique an Apple Pie. There needs to be some simple rule in life, if you say you don’t get (or appreciate) the difference between Chicago Style Pizza Vs New York Style Pizza Vs Neapolitan Pizza then you loose the right to comment/criticize about Pizza. In order to critique you need to first posses a certain amount of love and passion for it.
Saw the movie, it is a Salman Khan movie for Salman Khan fans. I can list flaws but I don’t think that will make any difference. This movie is a super calculated effort to be a blockbuster. This is what the audience wants and this is what makes money.
For good writing and acting probably one would have to goto cable (like it is the case in US). Sadly, in India, there too for the moment, ratings do not support quality (e.g. Yudh).
The hot pink jerseys and tiny baby-blue shorts are an especially unfortunate uniform choice considering that the players spent the entire game holding hands and tackling each other! 🙂 I know that Jaipur is the pink city, but seriously?! This league looks like a dud.
Saw some promos of kick..
Haven’t seen the film but somehow I didn’t get much of a ‘kick’…
Read about this ‘pre-eid’ bit ..I don’t feel it affects much..
Btw just for my info –when IS eid?
And are Muslims not allowed to watch movies also whilst fasting?–is there a rule as such–just asking…
Perhaps the Muslim commenters here can clarify these technicalities plz …
The little I saw of the promos– I may not watch this film…
And I’m sure I will NOT like kick better than
Dabang 1 & ETT –the ONLY TWO Salman movies I have loved…
I know the box office is going gaga over this and the weekend may likely to continue this till /beyond eid
Salmans star power may well compensate quite a bit
It TAKES GUTS to say it at this orgasmic coverage by taran /BOI etc
But my ‘sensors’ tell me that..
.. (Even after coming two years after ETT with all the expansion if market & all the eid Muslim crowd yet to come et al..)
I will be surprised if kick beats ETT numbers forget CE, D3…
Thanx for the info, Z…Best wishes to u & others here who are celebrating eid..
So kick can do more potentially (maybe) tues onwards ..but i have doubts it can do much beyond 200 ( if it reaches that)
i want kick to do well but this is supposed to do a dhoom3 budgetwise and ambition wise..
but it aint a dhoom3 …
i DONT need to see a film for that much…
may check the kick soundtrack…
jus heard the salman track–i think salman has sung it well.
a v kiddish basic composition with the simplicity typifying salman
ps–jacqueline is looking good & seems to have given her everything here–hope she gets something ‘worthwhile’ from it…
i miss the essence of “dabang” & “tiger” though..
Maine dekha tujhe bhula ke
Har ek tarqeeb laga ke
Har nuskhe ko aazma ke
Par dil se kabhi na utre (utre.. utre..)
I saw a nearly-full screening of Kick on Saturday morning: I was struck and surprised by how silent the crowd was. The usual cheers and whistles that I’ve come to expect from Salman week ones just weren’t there (the only laughs and claps were for Nawazuddin’s funny dialog towards the end). 5-6 people walked out well before the film ended, and overall I just did not get any positive vibe from the audience at all. Now this is just one show, and perhaps morning shows — even weekend ones — aren’t representative, but it was striking.
As for me, I thought the film was terrible. Just awful: Randeep Hooda and Nawazuddin were good, and Salman had some nice moments (alas most of those are already given away in the trailer), but this was a very far cry from Wanted or Dabangg, much less anything else. And the music was just noise (the Nargis Fakhri item number is not only bad beyond belief, but suffers from laughable choreography)…
Salman is a golden hen these days – hire him and you can get a cool 50 cr profit minimum…….this shows how much people are starved for entertainment – and anything from a big star passes (well sallu/aamir/srk still deliver 100 cr+) that test…….
downside is that just like srk – sallu has to be confined in such roles only (as public won’t accept him doing serious / content-driven roles) – this is where aamir excels. When salman’s downslide starts – i don’t think he will be able to handle it (something like Rajesh Khanna – if u see his IMDB filmography – he gave flops for consecutive 15+ years towards the fag-end of his career!!!!!)
Kick becomes the first movie in the last two years to show no drop on Saturday after a Big Friday number, and rather shows a slight growth.
When Jai Ho underperformed, a big debate ensued over whether Salman’s Muslim fans had deserted him after his open show of support to Narendra Modi. Now, some of the same people who vehemently endorsed this view on the online forums, and who also have this general notion that Salman’s fan base is largely restricted to Muslim rickshaw-drivers and the ilk, are equally vehement on the idea that Ramdaan is having no effect on Kick’s collections.
Saw kick yesterday. a mass movie. will definitely break ETT record and will enter 200 club and am also sure will break CE record but not sure whether it will cross dhoom 3 but again, chances are high. kick first week collection will be in the range of 165 to 175 Cr. So, only week two collections will decides where it is heading….The audience feedback is much much better than ETT and Fans are enjoying like anything….Salman stardom is at its peak, he needs at-least one release like kick every year to keep his fans happy and that is enough to enter 200 club every year then he can always experiment like tingu or Kingu by associating with top directors, either to give record breaking collection or record breaking disasters!
taran adarsh @taran_adarsh · 6h
#Kick crosses ₹ 50 cr nett mark in 2 days. Continues its glorious run on Day 2. Collects ₹ 27.15 cr nett. India biz. AWESOME!
Kick Set To Be First Blockbuster Of 2014
Sunday 27 July 11.30 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Kick had a very strong Saturday despite being affected by pre eid in places like UP and Nizam. The film went exactly the opposite on Friday to what happened on Saturday. Friday stated huge and then some circuits slowed down but on Saturday multiplex business was super strong in evening enabling it cover the difference in the morning shows.
The film collected a huge 26 crore nett on Saturday which is same level as Friday as Mumbai circuit managed to grow well despite Delhi/UP seeing a drop.
The film has now collected 52 crore nett in two days and is heading for a 80 crore nett plus weekend. The film is easily the biggest hit of the year till date and is almost sure to be the first blockbuster of the year.
Kick collection of 52+ crores in 2 days is very good figure as it is pre ramdaan period and non holiday period. Lets not argue on this. If what i said above and also section of bo experts, is true then Sunday should figures should cross minimum of 32 crore and Tuesday or Wednesday figures should touch again more than 32 crores which will take the total tally of week one figure to around 170+ crores and it will have a chance to cross 200 cr in 10 days just like dhoom 3. Otherwise, Mr. Satyam is right, and i will accept the fact that Kick is underperformed in comparision with dhoom3….
I haven’t called it an underperformance at all in comparison with D3. Because I don’t think the latter is a fair comparison in the first place. I’ve just argued against some points others have made. that doesn’t mean I endorse the comparison.
Can’t believe this comment has not been deleted till now. And that no one else has pointed it out. Piracy is a reality, but to share pirated links of movies starring the actors you hate/dislike/don’t care about is a new low… and SRK fans are doing it in an organized way for Kick. (I don’t know Raghav- just a general observation).
Needles to say, you don’t take your brains to watch a Bollywood movie. If you don’t think too much, Kick can be enjoyable. I found the movie (like Rajeev Masand), a justification for Salman Khan (the person).
But there is a scene, where you just cannot help and say “What’s in God’s name is this ?”. After robbing Nawazuddin, Salman is shown trying to “sneak” away in broad daylight. Cops are everywhere and all with their gun trained at Salman. Yet Salman is shown as if he is trying to slip sway. Now is the middle of this major police action , out of nowhere, kids swarm in just when Randeep Hooda is about to shoot Salman. Because of the kids, Randeep orders the cops to hold the fire. AT THAT moment the thought in my mind was, “Salman is lucky this is not Israel”.
AT THAT moment the thought in my mind was, “Salman is lucky this is not Israel”.
wrong salman is lucky that was not iraq. or say randeep hooda is not ISIS member or sympathizer.
Lol! The Israelis are doing to Hamas, what ISIS is doing to the Shias/Christians/Kurds efc. Now Hezbollah supports Hamas, which is ideologically cloned to and supports ISIS. Hezb fights ISIS in Syria/Iraq. Hezb fights Israel in Lebanon. Hezb supports Hamas. Hamas supports ISIS.
Golmaal hai bhai sub golmaal hai!
Golmaal continues…
Egypt support Israel in their fight against Hamas. Egypt oppose Brotherhood. Brotherhood supports Hamas. Brotherhood against Iran/Shia. Iran against ISIS. ISIS created by Saudi. Saudi against Brotherhood. Brotherhood supported by ISIS. Iran against Saudi. Saudi against Assad. Iran for Assad. ISIS against Iran/Assad/Kurds/UAE etc.
As pointed out before your position is not based on any knowledge but your hatred for minorities. You want the slightest reason to rant and rave against the minorities.
These “Bad Guys”, sure enough are not “Good Guys”. They are thugs no doubt, but they are mercenaries rather than ideologues. They job, as has been now acknowledged by the world, is to create “headlines”. In Iraq they have not spared any group or any religion, why ? They do everything possible to create chaos and HEADLINES. Their job is to create conditions for further looting of the target country’s national wealth (and further colonization).
Take for example Maki, China was gaining the upper hand in there (which has rare earth and minerals), guess what ?, suddenly there thugs emerged in Mali, which gave the justification for the French to go in and “take over”. After that take over, “the problem was solved” and the thugs and the headlines disappeared. Those thugs simply existed to block China and impose French control. Ideology had nothing to do with this. After they did their job and got paid handsomely, they disappeared. Those who understand these matters, see this pattern repeated again and again.
Anywhere there is a problem, which the powers to be want to solve, these thugs emerge. The names keep changing, in Nigeria they are Boko Haram, elsewhere they are ISIS etc etc But look closely, you will find that they go about in exactly the same manner (kill indecriminately in the name of a religion which forbids killing), SIMPLY to impose external control. ISIS will eventually enable the division of Iraq into three parts. Then after their work is done and they are paid, they will disappear.
These thugs are the modern day “Jaanisari”. Mohsin Ahmed in his book “Reluctant Fundamentaliat” talks about this better. They are instrument of take over. I seriously doubt that an educated person like you don’t get this. But you are a victim of your dislike for minorities.
Bandra buddy
You operate in an only Black and White world. Learn to appreciate Gray as well.
FYI: I recited Kalma at the age of 16, and regularly visited mosques with liberal muslim friends. Let me just state this much, before you start ranting about my “perceived” hatred of minorities.
That friendship chart clearly describes the Gray world we live in. Learn to appreciate it.
Lol, You can think what you like to.
But I have never quite understood why my observations on the Middle East get classified as minority hatred. Perhaps the Middle East comprises of Christian/Hindu nations having minority Muslim populations?
So True. The state of mind that spins fantastical conspiracy theories whilst conditioned to assume a permanent victimhood against every other non-conforming thought-group.
So for eg:
9/11 becomes a Jewish/CIA Conspiracy.
Pak Taliban becomes a CIA/RAW Conspiracy.
London bombings become a MI6 Conspiracy.
ISIS becomes a CIA/Mossad/MI6/RAW et al Conspiracy.
Boko Haram becomes a French Legion Conspiracy.
Once again, you allude to another Conspiracy. All these people who point to Options Trading pre 9/11 never state the simple fact that the market was already Oversold in the days preceding 9/11. The Big Boyz (ie Market Movers) were already positioned for a move higher, ie they were net Long. So there is nothing weird about higher call option volumes before 9/11. However, the unexpected 9/11 event pushed the market into even further oversold territory, prompting Greenspan to unleash the Fed canons. Money was made cheaper to borrow, which was used by the Market Movers to go even more Net Long in those 2 days after trading began. The subsequent move higher in fact took the market to an Overbought status, which got resolved soon in the spring of 2002.
As someone who trades on a daily basis, let me say that you can take a snapshot of the market at any given moment, and you will find glaring anomalies in some sectors/stocks/options etc which defy logic. There is no doubt that insider-trading takes place, but most of it is related to Market Movers with better available intelligence than the average investor. The small guy would have thunk that the Market should’ve crashed further and burned, but weirdly, it went up in a hockey stick just 2 days after trading started. Those in the know cashed it big time.
The same logic applied to the Flash Crash. The market was severely overbought in May 2010. The Big boyz were already Net Short. So they profited massively from that Flash Crash. But no one is going to tell you that.
I know this sounds extremely cliched: The market is a living-breathing creature, that is influenced by millions of minds. Fortunately, no one is big enough to move the market, except the Fed, which is the only entity to ever influence its direction.
All these market-consipiracy mongers generally have no skin in the game, and have no idea of what goes on inside the market.
There you go again. Please note that they are not talking about the market in general. They are talking of specific stocks.
These views are those of some of the best minds in investments ;and engineering etc
These view has been debated and accepted in German and Italian parliaments.
The day you too establish the credential that those attached to these debate posses, then I will consider them too. Till then you will be viewed through the lens of your rants against the minorities.
Chaos happens because we allow hate to fester. Remove this hate, and you will reduce chaos. I ask you to forget ideology and look at HUMAN greed. Hopefully the educated people like you will lead the way in ending divisions.
You can talk about specific stocks if they were the only winners in the subsequent trade after 9/11. However, that was not the case. The entire market profited, not just Raytheon. Any fool with a call option would have made money on any stock in the US. The rising tide lifted all boats. So why just point out the Defense stocks? What about higher call option volumes in the entire S&P before 9/11?
And seriously, my views on Trading are somehow minority hatred?!? Unbelievable.
You are making up history or are just plain “unaware”. The market went down by approx 7% ( a lot). In a few years we had new highs (again)
But immediately after 9/11 the market was suspended, and it went down. Calls (what the link talks about) is a SHORT TERM play. Just before 9/11, huge volume of Calls where bought (unusual for that market at that time) on a selected few stocks. These stocks for which the Calls were bought did well while the market went down. The selection of these stocks and the Call volume suggests insider tradIng. Someone knew before hand that the market would go down but these “defense” stocks will go up. Someone was aware of 9/11 in advance and played the market with that info.
I am without doubt simplifying things to make the broad points more understandable. But all this is well documented (by respected and credible professionals).
Bandra Dude,
Calls are a only short term play?!? Not long term? Not weekly, monthly, yearly?? So in September, no one held any calls expiring in Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan.. etc etc?? Please, read up some before commenting.
The defensive sector stocks obviously did better because on the day of 9/11, everyone and his brother knew that Bush would go after the perpetrators of 9/11, and there would be a huge boost in defense spending. What do you think happened in the 5 days that the market was closed from 9/11-9/17? There is something called Before-Hours trading. On opening day (9/17), the Defense sector got bid up high, cud not find buyers and slid promptly. RTN opened 20% higher on 9/17, and then promptly dropped 10% on the same day. It did not cross that HOD for another 4 months. The people holding those RTN calls sure did make out well, for only about 1 hr on opening day. They must have been experts to have closed out of their positions in just 1 hr, especially since huge tranches were supposedly closed. And they surely mustve done spectacularly well in a downtrending bid environment starting from the Opening Bell onwards.
Do you think there were no RTN call holders with expiration in subsequent months? Did they do well? In fact, people holding regular crap like MSFT, INTC, etc did much better. MSFT went from a low of $22 on 9/20 to $30 in December, ie in 2 months flat after 9/11. So did the MSFT call holders know about 9/11 in advance?? Would you call each of them a 9/11 Perpetrator? Or just plain lucky? Or trading on actual technical intelligence?
The Market had corrected by more than 25% before 9/11. SPX went from 1500 to 1080ish in the months preceding 9/11. It was at 1092 on 9/10. As I already mentioned in my previous comment, the Market was already OverSold. So the expectation of an upturn in every Technical indicator was already visible. Hence the high volume of calls bought in the days preceding 9/11. On 9/17, it gapped down hard but Greenspan cut interest rates by 2%+ in 2 days, and the market turned sharply higher from 9/21. The SPX went from a low of 945 on 9/21 to almost 1200 in 3 months. The Pros bought even more Calls at that bottom. Who do you think did well??
The supposed 9/11 Call trade, which supposedly benefited an Insider with knowledge of the event, actually benefited anyone who had the guts to be Long the market on 09/10!!
So lets argue on the other side. We even hear that there were 9/11 Insiders who bought Puts, with the knowledge that the market would crash. Would those persons have known that the market would close for 5 days, thus upsetting all the Option Greeks? Draining away time premium? They would surely know that the market would only be trading negatively for 4 days, before Greenspan’s Bazooka shoots it sky high in two more weeks? I would say that such a person must be great at threading needles, bcoz thats exactly what would be required. Because in reality, The Shorts got slaughtered from 9/21 onwards. The SPX was back at 1070 on October 3.
Conspiracy Theorists love to hold a straw in the wind, extrapolate it whichever way they want, publish a few articles, and assume the outcome. It does not matter that rational thought and logic, or visibly conforming events are disproving that assumption.
Time and again, your questions have been addressed but you try to deflect with new questions. Enough. The more you say things, the more I understand that you know nothing. I would love to argue but Satyam does not want this to become a political thread.
Hence I have to leave this for some other occasion (when Satyam permits a full analysis).
For the moment I leave for you the following link , which contains an extremely detailed analysis on insider trading by one of the world’s foremost finance journalist, Lars Schall. He is an authority on such matters (while you are a nobody). BTW if you read this, you will see a validation of this “insider trading theory” by James G Ricksrds (please don’t ask me who is he, but in case you need to know then http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_G._Rickards ):
“The AMR put trading on September 10 further reveals how trading that looks highly suspicious at first blush can prove innocuous. The put volume of AMR on September 10 was unusually high and actually exceeded the call volume by a ratio of 6:1—again, highly suspicious on its face. The SEC traced much of the surge in volume to a California investment advice newsletter, distributed by email and fax on Sunday, September 9, which advised its subscribers to purchase a particular type of AMR put options. The SEC interviewed 28 individuals who purchased these types of AMR puts on September 10, and found that 26 of them cited the newsletter as the reason for their transaction. Another 27 purchasers were listed as subscribers of the newsletter. The SEC interviewed the author of the newsletter, a U.S. citizen, who explained his investment strategy analysis, which had nothing to do with foreknowledge of 9/11. Other put option volume on September 10 was traced to similarly innocuous trades.
Another good example concerns a suspicious UAL put trade on September 7, 2001. A single trader bought more than one-third of the total puts purchased that day, establishing a position that proved very profitable after 9/11. Moreover, it turns out that the same trader had a short position in UAL calls—another strategy that would pay off if the price of UAL dropped. Investigation, however, identified the purchaser as a well-established New York hedge fund with $2 billion under management. Setting aside the unlikelihood of al Qaeda having a relationship with a major New York hedge fund, these trades looked facially suspicious. But further examination showed the fund also owned 29,000 shares of UAL stock at the time—all part of a complex, computer-driven trading strategy. As a result of these transactions, the fund actually lost $85,000 in value when the market reopened. Had the hedge fund wanted to profit from the attacks, it would not have retained the UAL shares. ”
and much more in the article. You can either believe hogwash, or you can believe people who ACTUALLY trade. It is upto you.
I don’t care what your butcher, your baker and your toy maker thinks. These are clueless guys (like you on these matters). Like you, they will fabricate a claim that the market in general went up and when you show it went down by almost 7% (and was suspended), they fade away and ask another question. Nothing they say adds up because their statements are not a projection of facts, but a projection of their hate.
As against all the clowns you quote, Lars Schall is the best journalist in finance and the most respected entity on this subject (by officials). He has quoted the people in authority, the people in power, the very people who are responsible for the law and order (and related matter).
At the very least please understand that by showing me works of other fellow hate mongers, you subtract from your own credibility.
By ignoring statements from the authority (e.g. German Central Bank President, Ernst Welteke), you confirm your sickness of mind. Read Lars’ report and see for yourself who he quotes.
It appears that you want to say anything, even fabricate facts to fester hate. You want to do anything to ignore the truth that will actually dissolve hate. My only question is do you really think more hate solves anything ?
Ironically, life today has turned YOU into a minority. Tell me, when someone in US says anything to incite hate against you, how do you feel ? When someone tries to deny you anything (or even reduced access), how do you feel ? Hopefully you get it that a democracy is only as strong as it minorities.
But as I said, I cannot argue anymore. I also don’t want “research” from other hate mongers. I did my part, it is upto to you to shed hate.
Scarlett Johansson Powers ‘Lucy’ to No. 1 at Box Office
By BROOKS BARNES JULY 27, 2014 12:49 PMJuly 27, 2014 1:33 pm
Scarlett Johansson punched out “Hercules” at the weekend box office. Her new science-fiction thriller, “Lucy,” was No. 1 at North American movie theaters, taking in an estimated $44 million and proving that her name on the marquee (and pouty picture on the poster) could anchor a wide-release movie. “Lucy,” which Universal Pictures marketed squarely on Ms. Johansson’s shoulders, cost about $40 million to make and was directed by Luc Besson. The film performed particularly well in theaters with screens marketed as Premium Large Format, which charge higher prices.
“Hercules,” which cost Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer about $100 million to make, sold an estimated $29 million in tickets, according to Rentrak, which compiles box-office data. This latest cinematic take on the Greek demigod — starring Dwayne Johnson and directed by Brett Ratner — raised entertainment industry eyebrows by receiving a PG-13 rating despite its depictions of visceral violence. Paramount and MGM expect “Hercules” to make most of its money overseas, where Mr. Johnson — a.k.a. the Rock — has a significant following. Paramount said on Sunday that “Hercules” took in an additional $28.7 million over the weekend in 26 foreign markets.
Third place went to the 20th Century Fox sequel “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” which took in about $16.4 million, for a three-week domestic total of $172.1 million.
this has to be the most indirectly referred to-couple – every award function tries to bring in AB-Rekha angle – year after year – year after year – probably the most discussed romance in BW history…….must be very embarrassing for both of them each time….or probably they enjoy it 🙂 Rekha has got an endless career without starring in any movies now since many years :-0
taran adarsh @taran_adarsh · 5h
#Kick has a HUMONGOUS Day 3. Collects ₹ 30.18 cr nett on Sunday, thus crossing ₹ 83 cr nett mark in its opening wknd. WOW!
taran adarsh @taran_adarsh · 3h
With #Kick racing towards ₹ 100 cr mark, Salman Khan is the first actor to have the *maximum* 100 cr grossers to his credit: 7 films!
This seems like total dominance by Salman purely in box-office terms. Surprised to see Krish so low there. Though HR may change all this soon as he gets 5 national holidays at one go. Oct 2nd / 3rd dussehra / 4th and 5th weekend and 6th is eid al adha.
Krrish 3 was another film where the ‘official’ gross was exaggerated so much it became a standard joke. The film was just poor all round and the opening reflects this. There’s no way it should be bottom of that list. As for Salman the one thing one cannot debate here is that with all the other stars the opening depends on other factors too. Salman appears in nothing films and gets them going. But the other side of this is also true. The possibility of better trending and the highest possible grosses is also foreclosed for him. After this many films one can’t keep putting up this ‘imaginary’ (if he trended better he’d do this and that). Because that never happens. Given the kinds of films he does this is hardly surprising but the point is that here too a star’s judgment is in play. Now by and large this deal works for him because his films aren’t that expensive. But it’s different for ETT or even Kick. Here too the initial probably makes it safe for everyone but these can hardly be big successes with that box office trajectory (of course Kick might do better than ETT, don’t know yet). What this means is that red hot as Salman has been if you’re a producer you don’t want to try Ra One or anything super-expensive with him either. Because the chances of trending even decently are low. Which means you have to make most of it at the front end and there’s a limit to how much you can recover this way! Now in fairness most blockbusters these days follow this logic because they’re not designed to go the distance. Much easier to make a film with a star who can get people in and then throw everything at the wall and maximize that initial. To do more than this you actually have to attempt a better film so that even if the initial isn’t the highest possible you have a certain confidence about your film and moreover while you’re obviously looking for success you’re not just looking for headlines about 100 crore and 200 crore clubs and all the other junk everyone from Taran to Nahta to BOI or whoever throws out (records being broken every weekend everywhere!). But this sort of sincerity is rare in Bollywood. You have mostly Aamir doing this or Hirani, maybe a few others but not as consistently as them. And so these are films designed for ad campaigns at each end. Before release the film promises to be just the extension of all the advertising. Rather than a trailer working to enhance a film’s appeal it is the very opposite, the film becomes an afterthought to the advertising campaign. I look forward to the day when just trailers will be released and people will make a 100 crores this way (why not?!). We’re already doing this. The film releases and right away the other campaign starts about how many crores and records and what not. After a week, at the most two, the dust settles and everyone moves on. No one really cares about what kind of film it has been. The entire film just exists to support these two ad campaigns. Not surprisingly the films then are mostly junk. Utter junk. And one can then choose what kind of junk is somewhat more watchable than any other kind. Whether it’s a filmmaker like Hirani doing a film with Aamir or a film like Bang Bang the only conversation is about these campaigns. You incentivize junk this way. And this paradigm works best for Salman (or Akshay, though he’s mismanaged things royally over time despite being in the sort of position once where he could have done a Salman). Any other star still needs either a somewhat better film or at least cannot do this sort of thing regularly. With Salman there’s nothing more to it. No one wants him to do anything better. But let’s not just blame the stars or guys like Taran and Nahta. Consider how people discuss this stuff on blogs. They’re willing to support any kind of junk to support their stars, they too are not interested in anything besides the box office story, their entire discussion is about how many crores when the moment the film is launched and through the time when it’s released. Sadly even some of the Aamir fans have gotten into this game. And to the extent that when there’s something like Talaash everyone brings up ‘script problems’ (gimme a break!). So these fans try to convert Aamir into Salman. Every other star fan does this too but given Aamir’s choices it’s a particular travesty in his case. But in any case this entire conversation operates at this basement level. One shouldn’t only blame Taran and others like him. They’re playing to a clientele too.
Kick Has Outstanding First Weekend
Monday 28 July 2014 10.30 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Kick grossed a huge 82 crore nett in its third weekend as the business on Sunday went to around 30 crore nett approx as per early estimates. The collections are simply outstanding for pre Eid as they came with some territories performing below expectations.
Nizam/Andhra and UP have been worst hit as both these sectors have under performed and these areas should see a good pick up from Tuesday onwards. East Punjab which has little Ramadan affect and Rajasthan are best. East Punjab set an all time record on Sunday as it had the highest collections ever for a single day. Rajasthan was close to record business with weekend business just 10 lakhs nett less than Dhoon 3.
Gujarat was phenomenal on Sunday showing 1 crore nett higher collections than Saturday. The film will have excellent collections on the weekdays and how big they will be depends on the jump on Tuesday and it has chances to go towards the Sunday collections or at least close to it.
I’m guessing the first week could hit 150 crore but even from there it’s not easy to get to 200 crore. Salman’s films don’t usually trend well so it’s all about how big the first week will be. I’d be surprised if it goes past CE’s total.
Certainly a big first week, the 2nd biggest ever on the cards.
As per an update expect 15 cr earnings toda. Tomorrow likely to be 28-30 cr. The way things are placed and amount already earned until now this one is going to go past 200cr. It’s Eid/ festival time and there is more money in the pocket. A huge amount of money is still left to flow in as Eid prayers follows meet and greet and getting paid Eidee and heading to theaters…..though it may be more single screen.
Lol kick was such a joke even if you leave your brains behind as suggested by reviewer. Hope this will be the first and last directorial venture of Sajid Nadiadwala who was producer all his life until bhaijaan coaxed him into direction too. Sab chalta hai….
There are a lot of brain dead movies of sallu bhai but this one takes the cake for being so haphazard and nonsensical. For good 30 minutes he has hair issues and looked and acted like sunny paaji. Atleast bodyguard had good choreography by mudassar and vaibhavi merchant but here too he hired Ahmed Khan ..generally a loser except for that gem in 1995 for Rangeela.
If bhai really wants to do so many favors to people , why not use his stardom to hire top notch technicians like aamir does and make a 300 cr blockbuster and give 5 /10 cr to chawaanichaap directors like Sohail Khan and Sajid Nadiadwala as gift .
Positives: Randeep Hooda was a stark contrast to sallu’s chichorapan and much more manly and acted well within his own mean.
Nawaaz did extremely well and tried to do his Indian villain thingy well and loved him in his brief role….touak !!
Must mention Jacqueline was good and had a sensual husky voice….thought it was dubbed by someone else while watching the movie until heard her in interviews later and she sounds same. She looked and acted well in the movie.
Krish here had said the original Kick with Teja was terrible but I am sure this may be worse. The movie was flat with insipid dialogue and there was nothing except if you relate the movie to bhaijaan own life.
Got one update on twitter and Sajid has registered Devil under his name as sequel to Kick. On box-office no matter what this continues to be a monster……!!
Some of my acquaintances did not find the movie so bad ….and it got me thinking may be at my end the movie was so haphazard that I think the exhibitors/theatre may have messed up the sequences. I found the movie completely upside down or may be that was the movie……..
In the past they had screwed Jodha Akbar like this and I got to know this when I shared the movie with my friends…..not that it made any difference as I hated HR in that get up of Akbar…..
I would have been very very disappointed but walked out of the movie with a smile due to bhai coming on screen and saying – mere baare mein itna mat sochna dil mein aata hoon samajh mein nahi….
It made sense the way he said it and that just removed a lot of my bitterness instantly and once again I hold no grudges…..saat khoon maaf and looking forward to next one bhai !!
Hope Hirani and Aamir haven’t made an excellent film to distract us from all this more important stuff.. They pulled this dirty trick the last time around.
Akshay Kumar’s films are better than anyone films nowadays.
Special 26 is best film of 2013.Holiday is the best film of 2014.His films are trending well.Aamir Khan’s films are not liked and not trending well.
yeah akki is the finest actor ever since the stone age and special 26 will be the new name of academy awards. who is aamir khan btw? Holiday will win at-least 10 oscars.
Bang Bang will overtake dhoom 3 but the question is whether it can get the highest singloe day gross.I think given the market, bang bang will get that record.
Brilliant summation of paranoid psychosis (& its deliberate ‘misuse’ as a defense mechanism!).
Xxxxx
The BOI -taran bonhomie (in kick)
As for kick–note that (& this hasn’t been mentioned anywhere)– the BOI numbers as nearly same as taran–which may mean taran has suddenly turned a new leaf (!) or that BOI haven suddenly ‘upped the ante’ since the Indian box office reporting can’t suddenly become accurate.
Perhaps the answer lies in the producer numbers which are suddenly finding BOI portals .. Sajid nadiadwala is the ‘gold standard ‘anyways …
Anyhow all the best to kick
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Song of the day–
Haven’t seen kick & unlikely to see it-But liked this innoncent harmless track
Salman negotiates the notes better than expected …jus like Jacqueline (there’s something ‘smouldering’ & semi deprived about her here)
Maine dekha tujhe bhula ke
Har ek tarqeeb laga ke
Har nuskhe ko aazma ke
Par dil se kabhi na utre (utre.. utre..)
Hangover teri yaadon ka
Hangover teri baaton ka….
Kick Holds Steady on Monday
Monday 28 July 2014 23.00 IST
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Kick has held steady collections on Monday with collection likely to show a 50% drop from Friday and be around the 13 crore nett mark. Despite it being pre Eid the Monday will the third or fourth highest ever when a film has not had a holiday on Monday. .
The film is the biggest hit of 2014 but it will be the Tuesday to Friday period which will decide where the film is going in terms of lifetime business. It is possible that the film can remain above the Monday figure for the next three days.
Rajasthan was fantastic on Monday hitting the 1 crore nett mark while UP was again worse hit due to pre Eid sd the UP contribution to the Delhi/UP circuit will just be 1 crore nett. That should change from tomorrow and UP should be the best performing area across India.
taran adarsh @taran_adarsh · 5h
#Kick rules the BO and has a SUPER-STRONG Monday. Collects ₹ 14.41 cr on Day 4. Total: ₹ 98.14 cr nett in India. SUPERB!
I gave no chances to Chennai Express but it kept going on weekdays and then on weekends too, so I may be wrong here again but it does not seem to me this will do D-3 or even a CE.
Sometime back after watching a movie I could soundly predict its fate but last couple of years I have lost complete taste and can’t tell good from the bad. Not only that, few of the recent movies of younger actors which were acclaimed and did very well at the box-office and I had missed were disappointments when I saw them. So its very difficult to say anything with certainty these days on movie outcome and the only thing common is that big numbers can be put up only during festive season; otherwise it’s a max 90-110 cr deal even for a well liked movie.
Incidentally as I pointed out BOI too here says Oct 2nd is the best date/week of the year 2014 so Bang Bang is on solid footing.
But here too I have serious doubts on content as Indian movies cannot get their act together in this genre. D-3 was the closest to some sort of reasoning….. If you are trying to make clever/smarty pants movie show us some of the background /planning…
Q. Why is it that Bang Bang and Haider are still clashing?
Ans. There are so many holidays in that week that none of the makers are prepared to let go which is actually the best week in 2014 as far as potential business is concerned.
N. Shah
that is a steep drop I would say, along the lines with a CE. Pretty sure D3 total is out of the question unless tomorrow is like a 30cr day…which would be insane! D3 had a 21cr first monday (non holiday I think). CE had a 12cr. Still very impressive numbers.
useful table except that it of course (like all the others) also includes suspect numbers. I have always doubted CE’s 225 number. I personally doubt it did much more than 3E. But the real joke here is K3! This make a joke for everyone else too but 240? Gimme a break! I think ETT is a bit higher too here. ETT and YJHD were both probably in the same 180-190 range. CE I’d say has an upper 210 limit. But krrish is a flagrant violation as they say in sports while CE is let’s say highly questionable.
not so funny as you misreading my comment.. I think YJHD is more or less accurate. Not really as bothered with a 5-10 crore margin here. Even ETT is ok for the same reason. But when you get into 20 crores or more, that sort of margin, then things become problematic. K3 is probably the most exaggerated number here.
In any case I think most people have a fair sense of what the numbers are. It’s just if you’re a fan of a particular star and have that agenda you’re interested in the most jacked up numbers possible without really caring whether they’re true or not. if CE were at 270 you’d still accept the number (or you’d ‘want’ to accept it)! This is where these things become like those right/left political debates where each side is always pointing out the problems with the other side and refusing to question one’s own. I’ve said more on this before but it’s a way of avoiding responsibility and playing this game where the other has to go first. Since no one does that one can keep hiding behind this logic! Similarly with box office grosses whether I say what I sincerely believe or if I’m pursuing a pro-Aamir agenda or whatever shouldn’t matter to what ‘you’ believe. And it cannot also be the convenient ‘I’ll believe whatever Taran (or whoever) does’. I actually don’t believe most SRK fans or most Hrithik fans are persuaded by those numbers. But yes there are always authentic delusional types who probably do sincerely believe them. Hard to say who falls in what category!
Hehe..Satyam like your unbiased dishonesty 😛 and agree with Z here. IMO, all figures are inflated by 10-20 CRs, and more for those that are above 200 Crs.
Hehe..nicely dodged. But not assuring enuf as you also know that figures are enormously inflated for movies above 200cr. Sometimes accepting a mistake makes a good comment.
Satyam does have a point. CE’s distributor version of total is 208 crores, producers number is 226 crores. So that range is acceptable. Krrish 3 is a blatant lie. Dhoom 3’s Hindi version is 260 crores, 280 is all versions put together. And CE never had a regional version release so CE total is All hindi. This goes back to my post the other day where I was saying difference between CE and D3 is only around 50 crores Hindi to Hindi comparison and not 75 crores.
thats what one is reminded of when one reads some of the ‘expert panel’ here
Now look at the hilarity of these box office utterances
we have two guys
satyam–who created a record of box office predictions gaffes for eg chennai express missing the mark by more than 100 crores–that and many such misdaventures and sat yam has refrained predictions altogether lol
‘krish’-who created a record in that the number of wrong predictions are more than the actual number of predictions-bollywood, football et al
good to see krish up there with nearly 250 crores 🙂
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finally came across the nargis fakhri –kick number..
for starters—in the world of yoyo honey singh, “pyaar” is an all-encompassing term covering both ‘love” and “sex” quite interchangeably
with that background, one should appraoch the intentions of this track, which otherwise isnt bad given the pitch
go folks—-throng the theatres and enjoy….
As for nargis fakhri–
im not one of those ‘blind fans’ frequenting this blog and others.
lemme be brutally honest
u pick up ANY girl from the street and she will dance/move better tot this rhythm and after all the rehearsals and hard work, is this the best she can come up with ?
to me the “nargis” of rockstar is a distant memory…
As per BOI, Tuesday is same as friday …25-26 cr.
Just checked BMS, i am sure Wednesday will be below 10 cr. Any one wanna have a bet on wednesday figure ?
I don’t see how the wom is any good. Monday it was 14cr. ( drop of 16 cr from Sunday, a holiday) Tuesday should have added three fourth of of that drop , 12cr at least because it was a national holiday. Assuming a pent up Muslim viewership of 10 cr over the three days, and at least 3/4th of them turned up on Eid, that should have added another 7.5cr. The total should have been : 33.5. If it does only 26cr, then it means, one or all three of these factors: 1. The wom not so good. A drop from Monday to Tuesday. 2. The wom not so good. Jump due to holiday, not much. 3. The lost Muslim viewership due to Pre-Eid not much. So their coming to see the film on Eid hasn’t added all that much.
Stranger things have happened, but I don’t see this getting past CE let alone D3.
The key really is the next 3 days (to beating CE) but even Eid national holiday was not incredible.
If you compare D3 up till Monday, it was around 115 crore (Hindi only) vs. Kick’s 95 crore. That’s a 20 crore shortfall and some of this can be explained by EID, but how much is very debatable and almost answered by EID holiday business.
Tuesday for D3 was Xmas Eve and it went to 21 crore whereas Xmas day (its 6th day of its run) made 24 crore. EID holiday (5th day) is coming in at 26 crore just ahead of D3 6th day Xmas Day. However, EID Holiday “should” have the distinct advantage of an additional 15% of Indians who till that point could not see the movie and now can (and many assume this segment is Salman’s core fanbase!). But it is only producing a figure marginally ahead of D3’s Xmas day (8% ahead) and that too a day “earlier” (6th day vs. 5th day) i.e. D3 is more saturated by the 6th day than Kick is on the 5th day. EID holiday needed to be out of the park, at least 30 crore but its produced a total similar to Friday/Saturday with the added advantage of first time viewers.
I’m sure today will be pretty big but at this point after 5 days its 136 crore vs. 121 crore and D3 will have 24 crore on 6th day. That gap widens more as there is no way Kick is doing business today close to EID holiday today.
CE is more plausible to beat but for that it will really need to post a big 2nd week of 40 crore+ – that is possible but I think that would be the biggest 2nd week for a Salman film so it’s questionable whether that can be achieved.
I was expecting a 30 plus total. 26 crores is not so great. It needs to stay at 10 crore plus even on Friday to have a chance of getting to 200 crores.
The Salman magic works because he is a robotic superhero with a human face who can do all the tricks and yet remain human(pun intended) with a friendly face and good looks. While the others have to struggle to make the movie a hit. The other day I was watching a much acclaimed movie which trended well on the lower side. It was dull, plodding and a huge bore.
Kick Is Top Grosser Of 2014 In Five Days
Wednesday 30 July 2014 11.30 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Kick was fantastic on Eid as it collected a huge 26 crore nett with some circuits recording the highest numbers for the film on Tuesday out of the first five days. Nizam / Andhra which had collected just 55 lakhs on Monday zoomed up to 1.75 crore nett. UP which had just 1 crore nett on Monday went up to 2.75 crore nett. Both these areas were better than day one and Sunday
Gujarat was hit by rains which meant Mumbai circuit did not collect to potential but the rest of the country was excellent. The film has now gone over 120 crore nett in five days and is already the biggest grosser of year.
The film is doing extraordinary business in Rajasthan which is around 9 crore nett in five days and East Punjab which is 12.50 crore nett in five days. In Rajasthan it is heading to be the biggest nett grosser ever but entertainment tax which will be 30% from next week onwards may play spoilsport. Still it will emerge number one in terms of gross business.
Is 26 Cr the most that a movie had collected on EID ?
Regardless of whether it is the top EID collection or not, KICK has done extremely well. For Sajid and Salman it is an achievement that comes with “bragging rights”.
One thing about KICK that I disagree is Nawazuddin. His act did not seem natural to me, Hooda instead seemed very relaxed & natural. I know that Nawazuddin is a good actor, and that people loved him in Kick, but he has a small role which is quite irritating.
it’s been defined as a success everywhere. As I’ve said many times you put up the big numbers, you stay stable for 5 days or so, no one cares about the rest. It’s an academic discussion at least in terms of popular media outlets.
could be a subject to be decided later. Something more commercial obviously but also more narrative-oriented. Johar too has diversified like Yashraj. He still isn’t doing the smaller, rooted film like the latter but he’s also not the KKHH guy anymore. And so I wouldn’t be surprised to see a film much better than even Fanaa (which I didn’t mind in the first place).
of course there are always larger undercurrents to any such move.. shifting alliances, unstable older ones, so on and so forth. Not just referring to these two but some others as well in a variety of related contexts.
Irrespective of where it lands, SalluBhai has regained his footing, much to the chagrin of those who wrote him off after JaiHo. With an apparently pedestrian movie, a minm 180+ cr total is nothing to be ashamed of.
But more seriously the ‘pedestrian’ is precisely what is expected from Salman. It’s not as if he’d do better with a stronger narrative. Akshay is in the same category.
It was expected that in UP it is going to collect very well on Tuesday till end of week. THe overall national numbers will be around the Monday mark I would think.
Fifty Shades Of Grey Trailer The Most Viewed Of 2014
Steve Yates
July 30, 2014
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The ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ trailer has amassed more first-week views than any other this year. Who’d thought?
Released just six days ago, it has been seen 36.4 million times in its opening week, smashing the year’s previous best of 31 million for ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’, according to figures from tech company Zefr.
If you’re one of the few people who haven’t yet seen the trailer, watch it below.
‘Godzilla’ and ‘Transformers: Age Of Extinction’ both notched up 26 million views in their first weeks.
A successful trailer often translates into a box office success: ‘Godzilla’ and ‘Transformers’, for example, were both big hits, making £293 million and £571 respectively.
This is random but does anyone know what every happened to Rahat Fateh Ali Khan? I haven’t heard a bollywood song from him since I think Dabangg 2. I’m surprised Salman hasn’t taken him in Jai Ho/Kick like he always does…
karanjohar @ DM FAV RT ? 44 mins ago
Apparently I have paid 300 crores to 2 major super stars…yes!! If this is true then I am also looking for a job,a house,and a LIFE!!
Kick box office collection: US, UK, Canada figures of Salman Khan’s film revealed!
Salman has triggered a craze not only in India, but also around the world
Salman Khan’s recently released film, Kick opposite Jacqueline Fernandez has become a hit not only nationally, but also globally. While the film has made more than Rs 126.89 crore till date in the domestic markets, it’s going rock steady at the international box office as well.
Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh revealed on Twitter that the business of Kick multiplied rapidly in the international markets on Tuesday on the occassion of Eid following which he gave the date-wise international box office figures in a series of tweets.
The Sajid Nadiadwala directorial has raked a total of Rs 6.68 crore in the USA, Rs 1.83 crore in Canada, Rs 6.5 crore in the UK, Rs 2 crore in Australia and finally Rs 54.88 lacs in New Zealand.
just got to show that salman has broken srk monopoly in uk..
Kick Goes Over 20 Crore Nett Again On Wednesday
Thursday 31 July 2014 11.00 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Kick had another day where its collections went over 20 crore nett. It was the fifth time that the film went over 20 crore nett which is a record as it collected 20.50 crore nett. The business of the film in six days is nearly 141 crore nett
There are many circuits playing catch up as they missed some business pre Eid and Mumbai was fantastic as it grossed 6.50 crore nett on Wednesday just 50 lakhs nett less than the day before. Some stations even had a better collections than Monday.
There will be a drop today but the film is sure to go over 150 crore nett in week one and will be the second film to achieve this feat after Dhoom 3.
The loons have come out of the woodwork in the last couple of months. A couple of state poll setbacks will convince BJP to put them all back into their cages.
When you look at the latest Kick figures, 210cr lifetime seems to be the bare minimum now. It will comfortably be the second highest grosser behind Dhoom 3.
I don’t see any difference between Kick and Jai Ho – the movie and yet kick ends up with a much bigger total. If pressured to make a choice I would say Jai Ho was better in terms of construction and coherence to the plot…whatever it was the director trying to say….
I think the only difference here is timing of release and the hype related to it due to festivities where everyone seems chortling…. Jan 26th was a holiday but next day folks needed to get back to books and studies as Feb / March is mostly exam period.
That initial hype of 4 to 5 days is what all the fuss is about and that’s where Taran, Komal and the Joginders come into play. They come with these big figures and the hyperbole associated with it which is immediately caught on by the news channel / printed media looking for movie masala. The actors are then brought on these channels on 2nd day for interviews on the big opening and success, fans are shown celebrating and with that a lot many stories are created for content and kill time and get free TRPs.
The procrastinating lot then decides to get on the bandwagon or alternately there is so much hoopla on all the channels created that the family members as if they were waiting for this affirmation make it difficult to wait any longer……and the blockbuster is created.
This brings me to the main point – the usual crowd who has gained some sort of respectability like Taran , Komal and BOI who are quoted all over have a lot of say
in the final outcome of box-office and it is not for nothing that they invent these hyperbole of spectacular / unbelievable / monstrous / astounding / astonishing / stunning…..
Anybody here feels there are monetary favors exchanged for this hyperbole or if it is done due to bhaichara and supporting the industry / camp. If yes what is the price on it? is it for just a few bundles of thousands or lacs or does it go into crores as now in India crore se kam toh aajkal koi baat nahin karta…..
Creating an industry within industry is what most of us Indians excel in ….lol !!
Now that we have the secret ingredient, all movies should be blockbuster going forward 🙂
There’s no doubt that Taran, Komal, etc are getting monetary rewards from producers/distributors/exhibitors. But I don’t think movies will become hit just by them hyping a movie.
No I don’t say they make movies hit or flop but this stuff works only with big movies and helpful in kick starting the campaign on a good note. Couple of wrong reports by these will have a severe adverse effect.
It’s real- the link I put up cut off the bottom which said “UTV Productions” “December 19”, “T-Seriess” and all the usual stuff found at the bottom of posters.
I am one of them who feel the real fight for the movie of the year is between PK and Bombay Velvet. If BV is commercially viable Ranbir will score heavily.
After watching kick I fel like kicking some butt
It is such a kick ass movie. In football we kick goals but in kick salman kicked his role. The movies has more holes than the Brazillian defense.
2014 Predictions
Singham 2 125 crores
Entertainment 85 crores
Haider 70 crores
HNY 230 crores
Bang Bang 299 crorea
SATYAMSHOT 
July 24, 2014 at 7:09 AM
Kick Advance Booking Report
Thursday 24 July 2014 11.00 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Kick has had a very good advance but as expected it is affected by pre eid. The single screen advance opened on Monday and it is quite clear that centres dominated by Muslim population are not as strong as they normally are for Salman Khan starrers.
In Delhi the advance is huge with single screens like Liberty being almost sold out until Wednesday. Other theatres like Delite and Odeon are also fantastic but many UP cities are not so strong and for Salman Khan films its always UP that is better than Delhi. This is obviously due to Ramadan as UP has a higher Muslim population than Delhi.
The multiplex advance started at large on Wednesday with good sales but again big cities in Gujarat which tend to have better advances were good but not as strong as they should be due to heavy Muslim presence in places like Ahmedabad and Surat.
The advance booking overall is not as strong as Dhoom 3 or Chennai Express for the weekend. It can be compared with Ek Tha Tiger which had a phenomenal advance for day one as it was a national holiday but the next two days were working days and pre eid so sales were less for those days. The all India pre sales by Thursday night will probably be the third highest ever after Dhoom 3 and Chennai Express.
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July 24, 2014 at 7:14 AM
I’ve always considered the whole Muslim angle largely a myth in these matters, perhaps at the margins it makes a difference but I’ve never seen evidence to concede more than this. Now of course here BOI is attributing everything to the pre-Eid period. Did Jai Ho also release during this season? Even for a star as hot as Salman every film will not necessarily create history! But then they also go on to compare it with ETT! So he isn’t doing badly even with Muslims staying away! In Ahmedabad for instance the Muslim population is exactly where the national number is or a bit higher (12-13%). Meanwhile Delhi has around 10-11% but here the initial is fine. So 1-2% makes a difference between Delhi and Ahmedabad?!
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July 24, 2014 at 7:30 AM
This is all speculation and assumptions. No data to prove any of this stuff.
The reality is this : if it’s such a big impact, makers would release post EID. I don’t know what the population of muslims is in India but I’d guess anything between 10-15%. Salman’s fanbase might be proportionately higher in this segment, but it’s not going to be like 50%. And if it was, why release on Friday and not Monday/Tuesday as the makers were speculating to do.
It’s like you say a marginal impact offset by the fact that this segment will be able to watch the film in a few days anyway.
It’s not like a ban in a state or a national disaster. It’s a delay. The risk in the delay is if the film has bad WOM it’s taken some receipts away. The opportunity is if the film has good WOM than post EID there will be a big kick up in receipts. Net net the impact is marginal.
It’s almost as if the writing suggests the release is a disadvantage. The release period is an advantage over any “normal” week always.
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July 24, 2014 at 7:45 AM
agreed on all counts.. and yeah the Muslim population nationally is 11-12%. It’s more or less the same in Delhi and Ahmedabad (higher in the latter). Think Surat’s pretty close too but not sure. In Bombay it’s closer to 20% but BOI haven’t mentioned this. As always their perspective is heavily North India-centric. But again leaving all this aside if a red hot star has a number of films in the same genre not all of these will be equally historic. For instance ETT opened much bigger than anything else Salman had done even though he was enjoying a number of very strong openings. There were obviously other factors here in play. The D3 analogies are in any case absurd.
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July 24, 2014 at 8:22 AM
The whole comparison with D3 is always absurd. This opened on a non-holiday on a record. The only comparison is the equivalent and I don’t think any film this year if opening on a non-holiday would challenge that record. It’s an exceptional record and more related to an event. None of the films releasing this year are event films…but many will put Kick, Bang Bang, HNY and Peekay in that category. I don’t think any of these films are on the level of D3 buzz/hype but that does not rule out them out grossing D3 (by them, I don’t really expect any “real” challenge except from HNY or Peekay). Even here the convenience of lumping CE and D3 together. The latter in terms of opening is in an altogether different stratosphere.
The key for any film to go past D3 will be the third week. I am sure these films can get close over two week period, though they’d have to take either the first or second week record in doing so (beating 180 crore first week is not easy, but if a film beats 65 crore second week than it is trending pretty stable…taking either record gets a film close to two week record of D3). However, the third week is where it cracked for D3 and where 3 Idiots was spectacular with a 30 crore week. That’s the key week now…and that in today’s market is a film that is doing very well if it’s getting anywhere close to or beating 3 Idiots in week 3. The only legitimate threat is Peekay on paper, coming from the same team. HNY to me sounds a “better” option than Kick or Bang Bang just because on paper it looks like a better film, stronger cast.
And the more I hear about Peekay, the more intrigued I am but the more I feel this might not be the breadth and reach of film 3 Idiots was. However, Hirani has always made a wide reaching film so could be fooled again.
Just like the second week was key last year for D3 where it went handsomely past the 3 Idiots record, it’s definitely now all about the third week for these films. I don’t doubt they can be spectacular over a short 100m sprint (opening weekend) or even a longer 400m sprint (opening week), they can even hold over the middle distance (2 weeks) but beyond is where they really become winners. And the only legitimate candidate is P.K and that is banking on Hirani making a film that is liked an awful lot…
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July 24, 2014 at 9:14 AM
again agreed on all counts.. and yeah I’ve noticed how CE is casually slipped into many of these contexts! And it’s also true that it will be hard for any film to match 3I’s reach. Having said that Hirani might surprise here in terms of his subject and that could make up the difference. Also after 3I Aamir-Hirani might get a massive initial, something that hasn’t been the case for Hirani in the past, at least on day 1. What one can say without any doubt is that every Hirani film has trended very well. So automatically this film ought to be in the running for that 3rd week total.
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July 24, 2014 at 9:30 AM
The difference between CE and D3 in the first 3 days was around 10 crores I think if one takes into account the Thursday night total of around 6 crores of CE. Where D3 scored over CE IMO was getting that number on a working Friday which was massive. But considering that the 3 days total was around 105 to 110 crores for the 2 movies , it is fair to lump them together.
On the third week total thing, the greatest problem we have is that even a well received movie will not retain the same screens for 3 weeks in a row if there is a new biggie coming in Week 3. CE IMO had the best chance as it had better WOM than D3. But even there it got affected in the second week by losing more than 2000 screens to OUATIMD. Considering CE made almost 20 crores on the first week Thursday due to a holiday it had potential to do much better in second week with better screens.
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July 24, 2014 at 10:07 AM
The question always is about what counts as an initial. It used to be one week. Then it was the weekend. then it became the first day. And then there are these added factors like paid previews, holiday/non-holiday, holidays over extended periods, competition (in the same week, week 2, week 3). All of these are significant factors and one must take everything into account. The thing about D3 is that this was simply the biggest thing around. No film in any scenario could have matched this, franchise or not. Now it has been my claim for very long that actually given the initials some of these films enjoy they should be doing a lot more. Certain ETT and CE shouldn’t have done less than 250 or so given where they started out. D3 should have easily cleared 300 and done 350 at the very least. But even looking at these ideal scenarios ETT/CE/D3 will never be on the same page. However that difference is a bit harder to establish just in the first three days. Let’s assume D3 had D2-like WOM and most people liked it. It still wouldn’t have added 10 crores to its weekend number (on any single day). Why? because very few people here would not have seen the film unless the WOM was terrible. This was big enough for everyone to show up. Even people with some doubts about this genre would have shown up for Aamir. Over the longer term though the higher end totals get affected because you don’t have enough repeats and some of the ‘soft’ support (people waiting to watch the film in the second or third week) fades. But this is why the film nonetheless crossed every other film by quite a margin. Because even mixed WOM was enough to get it there. With excellent word of mouth it would have done a lot more than 300 or whatever AS A MATTER of trending, not because it would have added massively to its weekend gross. 3I is a good example here. The film opened very strong but not spectacularly. It’s safe to say that no film had this kind of WOM. I know many people who saw this half a dozen times, some more than this. A very large number saw it at least twice. So WOM was through the roof here but this was still not evident over the weekend (at this historic level) but over the week where day after day it kept putting up 10 crores or whatever it was.
what happens on the other hand with CE or ETT or that sort of film is that the initial bang more or less exhausts the audience. These films are not WOM-proof in the same way. If these films get the D3 kind of WOM they come down very fast. ETT probably had worse WOM, it in any case faded completely after that initial 5-7 day run. CE surprised and did impressively if one expected no more than 100-150 (even the most optimistic people including the ‘fans’ who have since been pretending others weren’t calling it at 200 then!). On the other hand once it had that sort of week 1 it too didn’t do spectacularly though better than many other such films. But the point in any case is that with such films if the initial isn’t maximized the long term prospects are relatively weak anyway. Which is why between D3 and ETT/CE there is a 75-100 crore spread on the final gross (depending on who you believe). ETT and CE would have required excellent WOM to get to D3’s somewhat disappointing final number. But on day 1 or even over the weekend there’s only so much more you can do irrespective of screens and so forth. And again I’d say here that the problem is everyone has bought into this day 1 debate and so forth. Obviously big films do better at every step but that’s not the only definition of an initial. CE was over-performing in week 1, D3 with stronger WOM would have done a lot more over the week. But the more incredible gap would have still come in weeks 2, 3 and so on. Which is what we saw with 3I. Again Dabanng matched its week 1 (a year later or whatever it was) but after that? And this is nothing new. This has always been the case. Which is why trending is important. Even in Hollywood if it were only about the first weekend many films would be in the running but ultimately only a handful get to the TDK or Avengers kind of total let alone the Cameron ones. Because once more beyond a point there’s only so much you can maximize the initial audience. There’s a certain core that shows up for most big films. You have to get the rest of the audience involved in the same frenzy over the first few days and this is harder. This difference shows up later.
And so to reiterate D3 is in a class of its own. At least for some years now. And by the way the ‘Hrithik-made-this-franchise’ thing is also bull. the first Dhoom with no established star was one of the biggest grossers in its year. It did about 30 when the best SRK films were doing only this much or slightly more than this. The Krrish sequel didn’t open anything like the Dhoom sequel. Do co-stars and so on matter? Yes! But I say this in every situation. There’s a reason why ETT opened like no other Salman film. Katrina similarly is a part of the Bang Bang story. Abhishek was going through his most successful phase when D2 opened (the trailers had parity too unlike D3), Asihwarya was there, Bipasha part of the team. All these things matter. One can’t do this selectively. Deepika was a big part of the CE story. I am quite sure Priyanka here would have hugely reduced the film’s number. So all these factors should always be taken into account. But D3 is just a different deal. Until something else proves otherwise. By the way if you asked me I’d say that the single most impressive box office story over a decade or more is Ghajini. Yes I think it’s more impressive than even 3I for certain reasons.
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July 24, 2014 at 11:00 AM
“between D3 and ETT/CE there is a 75-100 crore spread on the final gross (depending on who you believe)”
I may be wrong but I don’t think I saw anybodys number where the difference between D3 and CE is 75 to 100 crore.
D3 was more than CE and CE was at least 25 crore more than ETT so it’s not right to put CE and D3 together just as it’s not right to put ETT and CE together.
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July 24, 2014 at 3:00 PM
Meant 100 crores or so between ETT and D3 and 75 or so between CE and D3. Of course if you want to take the highest possible numbers in each case or use those sources you have probably a 90 crore or more differential between ETT and D3 and about 60 between CE and D3.
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July 24, 2014 at 8:11 PM
The difference between D3 and CE was only around 50 crores at best.CE did 225 and D3 did around 270. CE had to contend with OUATIMD , madras cafe and satyagraha in consecutive weeks that’s a huge deal. If one goes by BOI CE did 205 and D3 did 60 crores more than that. The first day of D3 was massive for a holiday but if one adds the Thursday night shows gross of 6 crores to CEs first day gross of 29 crores there is hardly any difference in the two totals for day 1 . Of course D3 had more footfalls and opened bigger as it was a working day. D3 had a very strong weekdays compared to CE which actually didn’t match the poor WOM. Second week onwards it behaved as per the WOM. By week 3 D3 was hardly grossing anything. CE without any competition would have come closer to D3 and made up for the difference in the first week IMO.
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July 24, 2014 at 9:47 PM
think Taran had that spread too. because he had D3 closer to 285. He factored in the Tamil-Telugu gross as well but I think he did that for CE also. In any case the spread with CE was a bit too great (versus BOI). And the later week numbers have looked a bit dubious to me. My own instinct here is it didn’t do much more than 3I. I have never quite bought the 225 number here. And BOI have generally not been in the habit of reducing SRK’s numbers.
On the rest I don’t think you can simply add up different days. It’s not as if the final number is the same no matter how you split it up. If we did this we’d also have to make lots of other assumptions elsewhere. At the very least we should start adding up all the other films that had preview shows in the same way. I simply don’t buy CE could have got to a D3-like number. Those three films weren’t serious competition the way they performed (Madras Cafe was the best of the lot). Is it the same as not having competition? Of course not. But it’s quite a leap to say that because of those three CE didn’t get to D3’s total!
A film once it’s big enough at the box office cannot be derailed by this sort of thing to such a significant extent. RNBDJ released two weeks or so before Ghajini but even after the latter’s onslaught it still trended well and the reason it couldn’t have done any better was that even without competition it just didn’t open that big. Ghajini too wouldn’t have grossed more even without a relatively stable RNBDJ in later weeks. Now you had Singham and ZNMD overlap to some extent, both films did well, trended well but the audience wasn’t common here. Completely different actually. OSO and Saawariya released together. Over the weekend the latter did superbly and had it kept its pace both films would have had very big totals. But OSO without Saawariya couldn’t have had that total on its own! And the latter completely tanked after the weekend and OSO still couldn’t increase its numbers.
But even if I accept your CE point that still doesn’t prove the Dhoom franchise isn’t in a league of its own. We know the WOM was quite mixed here. Otherwise this film with D2-like acceptance might have done way more than 300, maybe even 350. Actually if one just looked at the D2 trajectory D3 should have done 375 or more. Even going by the Dhoom 1 trending it should have cleared 300 easily.
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July 24, 2014 at 9:52 PM
by the way I do agree with Jay. Farah Khan’s mega circus certainly has a shot at a huge number. But whether Farah Khan makes the sort of film that can itself last more than 2 weeks can also be doubted. Week 1 is not in question. But D3 of course shows that to get to 300 you need a pretty solid week 3 as well. Not impossible for this film, just unlikely. Farah Khan too just throws everything at the wall hoping something or the other will stick for everyone in the audience! And again these days the huge week 1 isn’t a question for a number of big films. When films like Ek Villain or 2 States or BMB do 100 crores I think we should change expectations for these ‘biggest’ films. But in any case it’s Hirani who has a shot given his (and of course Aamir’s) trending record. He doesn’t need the biggest week 1 ever, just something in that overall high end range and the rest is about trending. HNY though needs the biggest week 1. This sort of film is really about the big bang initially and then enough of a follow-through later on. Of course there can always be surprises. Maybe Farah Khan has made a film with more soul! Stranger things have happened!
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July 24, 2014 at 9:26 AM
The only reason they didnt release it on Tuesday is to get a full 2 week run before the next biggie. If it released on Tuesday it would have released to big numbers but will still not be able to make up for the shortfall between Friday and Monday. I am expecting this to start in the 20 to 25 range on Friday. There is no data to prove Pre-Eid shortfall because we havent seen huge releses in the Ramzan period but IMO this is just like the pre-Diwali phase where the effect is more being an Hindu festival. And we have seen Pre-Diwali effect in many movies in the last 3 years where 2 days before Diwali movie doesnt do great in the afternoons and evenings but after Diwali just takes off even if it is a badly received movie like Ra-1 or JTHJ or a comparatively better received one like Krrish 3.
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July 25, 2014 at 12:41 PM
@satyam – ” Maybe Farah Khan has made a film with more soul!
….he he you really think so?? When was the last big star / hyped movie you watched with some soul ? Each year fans of most of the stars wait for that big ticket movie but this botchiness is universal and cuts across all major actors these days. Whether you are waiting for Kites / Krish 3 or ETT / Jai Jo or even a highly anticipated Dhoom3. We discuss CE and box-office numbers so fondly now as if it were a modern age Mughal-e- Azam but I remember watching that movie and coming out avouching never to waste my time and money on srk ever again. He was so bad in the movie that it was embarrassing to realize we were idolizing him few years back. That movie had nothing except decent cinematography, a good bit of Deepika with a funny twang and that train sequence which too srk tried to jar by his brand ambassadorship of Nokia phone and hammering the model no on our heads 3/4 times within 5 minutes…
One thing I don’t realize and this applies to senior Bachchan too – where does the craft suddenly vanish. I mean with age and experience you are supposed to get better at it but in all the cases I have seen deterioration and they suddenly resort to hamming their way out in big ticket movies. Why couldn’t they just be same if not better? Don’t they realize they were idolized for what they were or the way they walked , talked and in some instances fought and the swagger which came naturally to them and not for trying to be what they are…How you yearn to have your star just be himself in the movie and not to put on a show of coolness…. I remember reading salman’s interview some 5/6 years back in times of India and before he took to this new found super-stardom where he clearly said I don’t want to know what works for me with audience because the day an actor realizes ‘that’ would be the end and it will become a show thereon. ….. I thought that made sense and must be some wisdom shared by his father due to age/experience and look what he is doing now…. Mind you it’s not repetition which bugs you but trying to be Salman of dabangg / wanted… and failing at it because it comes across so wannabe…
May be this stems from the fact at heart most of us Indians are narcissist lot and turn megalomaniacs pretty soon. This is not restricted to just filmdom but generally in all fields we Indians excel in…..
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July 25, 2014 at 2:11 PM
I was just being sarcastic there..
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July 24, 2014 at 10:04 AM
Stats are being incorrectly applied.
True stats on demographics in India is not available. This has been the case since Pre-Independence. Some say that the Dalits/Untouchables are the true majority. I don’t know if that is the case but for many reasons, in India (as well as in many other countries) demographic stats are subject to a lot of fudging.
More important is the fact that overall stats do not matter as much as the overall stats on actual consumers. Hence group A may just be 23% of the population but may very well be 40% of the consumers. For example supporters of Israel in US are just a handful but because the majority is silent these voices matter disproportionately more.
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July 24, 2014 at 11:02 AM
Excellent point.
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July 24, 2014 at 10:48 PM
Interesting observations. If it is only muslim population who contribute to Salman’s huge success, then he should be labelled as their unofficial brand ambassador. He should help them in all ways.
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July 24, 2014 at 8:12 AM
It seems all the box office debate may not be necessary for this one as reports coming out where the movie has already released are poor to extremely trashy.
As expected its all thanks to very poor direction or no direction at all… These big stars with all the resources at hand cannot even give a decent movie after such a long wait. No one is asking them for a Sholay but at least get decent professionals and technicians to present a coherent story.
Colossal waste of resources !!
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July 24, 2014 at 8:28 AM
Well that would be a shock. A poor film starring Salman. I am still sure it will do “blockbuster business”.
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July 24, 2014 at 9:59 AM
any official reviews?
I thouht it would be decent.
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July 24, 2014 at 10:12 AM
http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/kick-movie-review-starring-salman-khan-jacqueline-fernandez-15882.html
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July 24, 2014 at 11:13 AM
This review is not bad at all. Sounds like a fun Sallu film, not lie Jai Ho.
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July 24, 2014 at 8:12 PM
Taran Adarsh is all gaga about this movie.
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July 25, 2014 at 1:25 AM
Koimoi has given 3 out of 5
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July 24, 2014 at 9:56 AM
Salman needs to get pass the 200 CR barrier with this one. No ifs, ands or buts here. Pre Eid, Post Eid does not matter. Need to beat at least CE’s lifetime total.
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July 24, 2014 at 10:02 AM
i 2nd Thecooldude. This is EID period, pre eid etc is stupidity. The movie should hit 250 cr for make Salman in the reckoning.
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July 24, 2014 at 10:07 AM
I doubt its going to come near 250. Just open it to 150-160 and at the minimum go past CE. He has already delivered a dud with Jai Ho. If this does a ETT TWO years after ETT, Salman has a reason to worry.
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July 24, 2014 at 10:17 AM
It is not easy to match what Rajesh Roshan can achieve in his fantasy or what CE or D3 in reality.
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July 24, 2014 at 11:04 AM
you are on a roll today.
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July 24, 2014 at 10:07 AM
Box-office does not matter to me whether it does 200cr or 250 cr and all I want is a good Wanted kind of stylish movie with content from Salman.
Salman recently announced like 7/8 biggies at one go…..that too with most of the top shots who are more into story than gimmicks and the icing on the cake is Sultan with Shimit Amin for yrf….
Now on second thoughts guess this may be a preemptive move against backlash coming his way after Kick.
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July 24, 2014 at 10:14 AM
Don’t know why he never gave more importance to Prabhu Deva who not only gave him the much needed hit when he was down, but also has a 100% box office record after that and made the most believable masala potboilers even with Shahid Kapoor
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July 24, 2014 at 11:07 AM
“also has a 100% box office record”
Ramaiya Vastavaiya had failed, but I agree with you. Sallu should have done films with Prabhu Deva.
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July 24, 2014 at 11:12 AM
Prabhu deva cant think big. He is safe then taking risks.
Salman is in the league of Rajnikant and both of them are very big and their flop films also make good money.
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July 24, 2014 at 11:43 AM
True, Salman is the closest thing in Bollywood to Rajnikant. Nobody else comes close.
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July 24, 2014 at 11:30 AM
SLAM – THE TOUR
Here is a new marketing strategy and the timing is good. Should be a fun show due to the cast and SRK usually does good amount of homework for these stage shows and they are more professional in presentation than some of his contemporaries.
This marketing does make sense since overseas is turning into a huge territory and may soon eclipse India net collections. Understand D3 stands at some 500 cr worldwide if you count china and Japan releases. One of the reason big movies with stars and little focus on content are still being made is due to recovery of a huge amount through the overseas run.
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July 24, 2014 at 11:41 AM
Yup, same concept with Hollywood films. of course most big Hollywood films makes about 60 to 70% of it’s total from foreign collection which is huge.
Imagine D3 or CE makes 225 to 275 crore in India and than another 600+ crore from overseas. I don’t think Bollywood films will ever get to that point unless you count some small art movie.
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July 24, 2014 at 11:47 AM
I have a close friend who watched D3 in Istanbul just a month back or so and it was running packed.
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July 24, 2014 at 12:31 PM
LunchBox 🙂
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July 24, 2014 at 1:46 PM
Even today, overseas allow Irfan Khan to exist in Bollywood. But initially you will see this more so in the case of technicians. A R Rehman can now afford to retire from Bollywood.
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July 24, 2014 at 12:58 PM
kick
no ifs no buts
for stars & films this size–there comes the time of reckoning…
100 cr(wh)ores need to be breached by the first weekend ends
and 200 cr(wh)ores needed by the end of the run
no excuses
Kick needs to come good
Salman has been asking for “Eidi” for a while…
targets will not be revised
ps-saw just one promo of kick
didnt like the ‘mask’ and the ‘bike/cycle” or the ‘goatee’…
doesnt suit salman
he looked a wannabe hritik there
but looking forward to Jacqueline, Hooda, Nawaaz–some nice one-liners
but its got everything a ‘core salman fan’ should ask for…
and theres NO reason kick should be spared the sub 200 mark
as for me–ive hated salman but dabang changed it
salmans filmography began with Dabang (didnt register him before that) & sort of peaked with ETT…
hes having a grotesque phase since…
Like Kabir Khan as a director…
Katrina was v good in ETT…
loved ‘tiger’…..
patate patate kahin khud na pat jana….
lets see…
all the best to salman and his fans
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July 24, 2014 at 3:05 PM
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July 24, 2014 at 3:25 PM
Liked this KBC promo
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July 24, 2014 at 3:28 PM
good message.
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July 24, 2014 at 5:40 PM
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July 26, 2014 at 12:21 AM
FDFS? 😉
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July 27, 2014 at 5:44 PM
you bet …lol
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July 24, 2014 at 5:52 PM
thanx omrocky..for the FSoG trailer….
after ‘bang bang’ another cooltastic promo–
totally deserving a spoof
my tastes are v singular….
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July 25, 2014 at 1:58 AM
http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/kick-review-an-idiotic-film-even-by-salman-khans-standards-1633895.html
A scathing review but a hilarious one.
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July 25, 2014 at 2:15 AM
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office/special-features/id/357
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July 25, 2014 at 3:17 AM
Satyam – these heart-touching KBC ads deserve a separate post – [post created]
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July 25, 2014 at 3:40 AM
an update on P.K. – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXF6zV5rfeM
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July 25, 2014 at 4:12 AM
http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/kick-review-salman-khans-latest-makes-you-weep-for-bollywood-1634071.html
By Mihir Fadnavis.
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July 25, 2014 at 4:38 AM
why do such people even bother about salman films when they know exactly what they are going to see??? paying public always makes mockery of such critics……
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July 25, 2014 at 4:44 AM
Having not read the review but just the title puts me off.
I think this idea that one film is to blame for what is all wrong with Bollywood is silly. Not defending Salman, but a review should just review that film. If it’s bad, thrash the film. Leave the “makes you weep for Bollywood” for a column about that which looks generally at the type of films Bollywood produces.
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July 25, 2014 at 4:58 AM
Firstpost had 2 negative reviews while Raja Sen gave a 3 star review while sukanya verma balanced with with 2 star review.
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July 25, 2014 at 5:09 AM
I don’t know exactly how many people would decide to watch a salman movie based on the reviews of his films 🙂
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July 25, 2014 at 9:43 AM
There is a school of thought that says that if you do not find satisfaction within your existing relationship, you start looking elsewhere for that satisfaction. In that vein, I think a lot of these critics are missing “deeper meanings” in their own life, and in desperation seek that in BOLLYWOOD.
Recently I read bits and pieces of former President Warren Harding’s “love letters” to his mistress. Forget the salacious nature of those letters, but for a moment wonder what if he lived in our age, how would he express those feelings in emails ? Worse still in text messages ? I have no doubt that without the cushion of the hand written letter medium, President Harding would have perished the thought of such an exercise.
Everything has its own purpose and use. We don’t use an iPad to create substantial content, we use a desktop. iPad is the wrong platform for such activity. Hence when a critic looks for life’s meaning in Bollywood films, he just displays his own ignorance.
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July 25, 2014 at 5:20 AM
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/Kick-Salman-Khans-film-becomes-butt-of-jokes/photostory/38989860.cms
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July 25, 2014 at 5:47 AM
http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/amitabh-bachchans-yudh-loses-the-ratings-battle/ YUDH is a disaster..
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July 25, 2014 at 6:03 AM
BO update: ‘Kick’ fetches a thunderous, mind-boggling start!
By Taran Adarsh, July 25, 2014 – 13:56 IST
East. West. North. South… As expected, KICK has fetched a roaring start at the ticket window. The start in the domestic market was fantabulous, despite the fact that the film has opened in the holy month of Ramadan [pre-Eid days]. Although it’s a bit too early the gauge the business of the film in Week 1, it’s a foregone conclusion that the film will pack an unprecedented total, with the business getting a big, big boost from Eid onwards.
With no major release till ENTERTAINMENT [which arrives on 8 August], KICK is expected to have a dream run at the box-office.
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July 25, 2014 at 6:04 AM
Kick Has Extraordinary Start Considering Pre Eid
Friday 25 July 2014 11.30 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Kick has taken an excellent opening of 70-75% on average. The start is extraodinary considering it is is pre Eid. Some places have taken that 90-100% start but other places are lower. Despite it being Pre Eid the opening is similar to the initial of Dhoom 3 and Chennai Express but those films maintained well throughout the day even on the odd show timings.
This will be tough for Kick as many multiplexes have lower rates in the morning so that brings in a big audience and Muslim dominated cities will see lower collections after the first day first show craze subsides at single screens. The opening in the morning is like a 30 crore nett plus first day but as mentioned above pre Eid is likely to hit it at some point of the day.
Krrish 3 was released on pre Diwali and the initial of Kick is far better than that film and if the first day collections come out over 25 crore nett it will be phenomenal.
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July 25, 2014 at 8:23 AM
some of Nahta’s Kick tweets are worth reading…!
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July 25, 2014 at 10:18 AM
Nahta is so lame – he is a like a teeny bopper at a taylor swift concert
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July 25, 2014 at 10:23 AM
Glad to know Nahta knows what Sajid is doing in his bed
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July 25, 2014 at 10:26 AM
and he is excited, happy and emotional…its quite possible Nahta’s misinterpreted his happiness for something else!
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July 25, 2014 at 10:59 AM
Ha!
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July 25, 2014 at 1:42 PM
Looks like Jai ho was just a speed bump for the Sallu Express. This one is set to strike big.
If all the newbies are pulling in 90-100cr nowadays, the Khans should be permanently posting 200crs+ (ie as long as the content is timepass paisa vasool). Perhaps business has indeed improved.
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July 25, 2014 at 6:04 AM
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July 26, 2014 at 4:52 AM
Looks like its the other league – World Kabaddi League which is gathering all the limelight launched at the sametime and not the Pro Kabaddi League. Abhishek is the only star in PKL whereas WKL already has Akshay Kumar, Sonkashi Sinha and Yo Yo Singh as 3 of the 8 owners.
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July 27, 2014 at 8:06 PM
Are there two competing Kabadi leagues ?
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July 27, 2014 at 8:41 PM
the second one is called the World Kabaddi league. they start their games on Aug 9 I think. Akshay owns one of the teams. This is supposed to be the even more traditional Punjabi style with the players standing in a circle and so forth.
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July 25, 2014 at 6:28 AM
I am curious to know that what words Taran i going to use when BANG BANG releases? These thunderous, mindboglling etc are going to fell short of describing B.O of BANG BANG.. For that he has to invent new terminology.
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July 25, 2014 at 9:31 AM
Another hilarious review as conversation between sallu and chetan bhagat.
http://www.mid-day.com/articles/movie-review-kick/15477199
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July 25, 2014 at 9:33 AM
I think Kick is a mishmash of dhoom and krrish.
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July 25, 2014 at 10:43 AM
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sania-breaks-down-asks-how-many-times-will-I-have-to-prove-my-patriotism/articleshow/38995774.cms
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July 25, 2014 at 12:16 PM
Kick and Bang/Bang will make Dhoom 4 difficult
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July 25, 2014 at 2:16 PM
Kick looks like getting to 30 crs+ today. IMO this is phenomenal by any yardstick. This is like a crore less than D3 and this film is releasing in Pre-Eid, on a working day was not an event film, was not a sequel and has only 1 saleable hero. I am pretty sure though tomorrow it will drop by around 20%.
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July 25, 2014 at 2:25 PM
“IMO this is phenomenal by any yardstick.”
if that is the final number absolutely!
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July 25, 2014 at 3:54 PM
There are reports that it has seen some falls in evening shows of multiplexes. Thats strange as I dont see plexes being affected too much by this pre-Id period. Maybe they are not liking it. Has anyone seen this movie. New estimate looks like between 26 and 29 crores.
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July 25, 2014 at 2:22 PM
Kick Challenges Biggest Opening Days On Pre Eid Release
Friday 25 July 2014 20.00 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Kick is challenging the biggest openings of all time as after a huge start it has maintained pace pretty well despite pre Eid. Dhoom 3, Ek Tha Tiger and Chennai Express all had opening days in the 30-32 crore nett range and it is not out of the question that Kick can join them which would be simply historic if it happens.
There are late evening and night shows to come and pace could slacken slightly but still collections will not be far off the 30 crore nett mark and anything above 25 crore is extraordinary as the film will have bumper weekdays as a large section of the muslim population will come out on and after Tuesday.
East Punjab is the only circuit which hardly has any Ramadan affect and that circuit may possibly put up an all time record opening day collection. Bihar which has a heavy Muslim population has crazy figures and is also challenging Dhoom 3 opening day figures. Delhi/UP, CI and Rajasthan are 5-10% less. A Muslim dominated Nizam/Andhra may touch 1.75 nett crore which is 15% less than Chennai Express and Dhoom 3 which is remarkable for pre Eid.
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July 25, 2014 at 2:24 PM
“Kick Has Extraordinary Start Considering Pre Eid” . its like saying henry olonga is the most hadsome man considering its zimbabwe
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July 25, 2014 at 2:25 PM
Sunil, do you ever think before speaking? Just a little?
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July 25, 2014 at 4:50 PM
WTF.
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July 25, 2014 at 4:53 PM
This was for Sunil.
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July 25, 2014 at 6:23 PM
Girish Johar @girishjohar · 1h
Friday Varanasi #Kick 13.42lacs aprox
Friday Kanpur #KICK 17.26lacs aprox
ek villian was 10 lac varanasi friday and 14.5 lac kanpur friday
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July 25, 2014 at 6:25 PM
So it just 30% more than ek villian which had 16 cr first day.
On similar trends, Kick = 21 cr.
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July 25, 2014 at 8:12 PM
Do not extrapolate based on figures from Uttar Pradesh during pre Id period.
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July 25, 2014 at 8:00 PM
Kick: Record Day 1 Expected
by Rohini Nag (July 25, 2014)
The much-anticipated directorial debut by Sajid Nadiadwala, Kick, took a gigantic opening this morning. This Salman Khan–Eid combo is expected to lock day one at a new day 1 record, Rs 27-30 crore or may be more. The film, which also features Jacqueline Fernandez, Randeep Hooda and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in vital roles, is expected to enjoy a much bigger weekend. The film released with Khan’s fans more than eager to watch him on the big screen after his outing in January, so its success at the ticket counter is no surprise.
In Mumbai, Rajesh Thadani of Multimedia Combines says, “Kick took an opening of more 90 per cent and was also house full in many centres across India and in Mumbai as well. The film has opened with excellent numbers and we expect it to reel in Rs 10 crore today.”
In Delhi-UP, Brijesh Tandon, HK Tandon and Company adds, “The response to the film is spectacular, and despite Ramzan, the film is enjoying a great day at the ticket window. We expect it to earn Rs 5 crore today. The weekend will clock magical numbers.”
In East Punjab, Jaspal Dhingra of Nanaksar Pictures says, “Salman Khan and Eid is a combination that is outstanding for the box office. The film will definitely bring in Rs 2.75 crore today and the weekend will be massive. Let’s not forget the Tuesday Eid holiday, which will be register bumper collections. “
In Rajasthan, Gaurrav Gaur of O’Real Imagination remarks, “Kick has opened to an impressive response in Rajasthan. The film has garnered a 90-per cent opening and had impressive advance booking for the evening shows. Khan has returned with a bang and today the film will collect Rs 1.5 crore in Rajasthan.”
Ravi Machchar of Sahyog Films in Nizam says, “Kick opened to a fabulous start during the 9 am show but by noon, the film grew to 100-per cent occupancy. The rest of the shows today are almost house full. We expect this movie to garner Rs 1.5 crore by the end of the day.”
In West Bengal, Debashish Dey of Aum Moviez reveals, “Salman Khan is back with his larger-than-life movies and, with Kick, we are expecting business to grow by the night shows. Day one will wrap at Rs 1.3 crore.”
BH Basha of Bahar Enterprise remarks, “The film opened to 90-per cent occupancy in most centers in Mysore and continued to gain momentum during the day. Salman Khan is back with a film that appeals to his audience in a grand manner. Kick will collect around Rs 1 crore today.”
Rakesh Singh of Maa Sona Films in Bihar concludes, “The film is expected to earn Rs 70 lakh here in Bihar today. Salman Khan has given his fans a spectacular Eid.”
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July 25, 2014 at 8:00 PM
Kick Takes Bumper Opening; Housefull Already
by Box Office India (July 25, 2014)
Salman Khan-starrer Kick has launched the second half of the year with a bumper opening, with some cinemas already running housefull shows. The film, which released in 4,000 screens all over India and is a solo release, took a 90-per cent opening across territories. It is a veritable Eid treat for the actor’s fans and movie-goers in general. The film, which is Sajid Nadiadwala’s debut film as a director, also features Jacqueline Fernandez, Randeep Hooda and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. It is expected to turn in bumper business over the weekend as tickets are already sold out in many territories.
Rajesh Thadani, Multimedia Combines, Mumbai
As expected, Kick opened with 90-per cent occupancy, in spite of the fact that today is a working day and the actor’s Muslim fans have not yet watched the film. Single-screens are running housefull shows all over India and in Mumbai as well. The response is mind-blowing. This is a family entertainer and Khan’s fans are making a beeline for cinemas.
Brijesh Tandon, HK Tandon and Company, Delhi-UP
Anything Salman Khan touches becomes a hit and he’s back with a new style of action in his latest release, Kick. Morning shows in UP saw 100-per cent occupancy and 90 per cent in Delhi. Business is bound to double by evening.
Jaspal Dhingra, Nanaskar Enterprises, East Punjab
Cinema halls are overflowing, especially single-screens. Kick’s opening is even better than Aamir Khan’s Dhoom 3 was and, remember, his Muslim fans are yet to watch the film. On Tuesday, cinemas will be super-packed. The film took an almost 100 per cent opening in East Punjab.
Vijay Kher, NR Multimedia, CP
Kick took a terrific opening today as audiences were waiting for Salman Khan’s Kick to release. In CP, we have been running shows that are 98-per cent full since morning and advance booking for the evening shows is complete. Expect a mind-blowing weekend. In CP, we released the film in 257 screens.
Debashish Dey, Aum Moviez, West Bengal
In West Bengal, Kick released in 225 screens and every screen is witnessing occupancy of around 95 per cent since morning. The Muslim audience has not yet watched the film and they will watch it only on Tuesday. Many single-screens are overflowing with movie-goers. This is one of Salman Khan’s best films to date.
Rakesh Singh, Masona Films, Bihar
In Bihar, everyone waits for Salman Khan’s films and, after Jai Ho earlier this year, it’s a double bonanza for his fans. Kick opened to housefull shows in most single-screens in Bihar and around 80 per cent in multiplexes. But after this evening, shows will run house full till Tuesday.
Jeetu Khandelwal, Movie Pioneers, Orissa
Kick is so far one of the best films by Salman Khan and it opened with 90-per cent occupancy in Orissa. The response is mind-blowing and advance booking for tomorrow evening’s shows is all sold out. So expect a bumper weekend.
BH Basha, Bahar Enterprise, Mysore
The film is doing extremely well and opened at 70 per cent. From the second show, occupancy is almost 80 per cent. Kick has opened even better than Dhoom 3 did and it is poised to set new records. It seems Khan’s fans can’t get enough since they are getting to watch what he does best – action.
Ravi Machhar of Sajyog Films, Nizam
I would say ‘Ramzan mein Eid’. The film took a terrific opening and opened to 100 per cent occupancy. Think about it… Khan’s Muslim fans have not yet come to cinemas as Ramzan is underway. Imagine what Tuesday will be like. Kick has ‘blockbuster’ written all over it.
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July 25, 2014 at 8:10 PM
The movie needs 240 crores to just reach average status. The first day is looking more like 26 crores than 30 crores.
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July 26, 2014 at 12:34 AM
YRF Entertainment will remake the critically acclaimed and commercially successful Sujoy Ghosh directed and Vidya Balan starrer Kahaani, for Western and international audiences as “DEITY”.
“DEITY” will be directed by Niels Arden Oplev (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”). Jose Rivera (“The Motorcycle Diaries”) and Richard Regen (“Tehran”) have scripted the adaptation.
The movie is a thriller about an American woman who goes to Kolkata in search of her missing husband. As she gets closer to the truth, she finds herself at the centre of a dangerous conspiracy. The story unfolds in the context of a colourful, week-long festival.
http://www.yashrajfilms.com/News/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsID=eb181335-d934-4a60-93cf-ae78d2275d81
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July 26, 2014 at 12:36 AM
Very happy with this YRF announcement.. At least they got a good director(Niels Arden Oplev) and writer(Jose Rivera) and not some B-level team. If they got some top female actor, it’ll be great.
This may not be huge success in western world but it is good step in right direction.
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July 26, 2014 at 1:10 AM
I think this the western (American) girl going East angle is a winner.
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July 26, 2014 at 1:28 AM
I feel Michael Winterbottom’s A Mighty heart set in Pakistan (but shot more in India) with Angelina Jolie and Irrfan Khan is similar in tone and subject, though lot more brutal as it dealt with the story of Daniel Pearl’s kidnap and his decapitation.
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July 26, 2014 at 3:43 AM
That movie collapsed under the weight of the required stereotype because of the inherent politics.
This being set in fiction will be free of that burden.
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July 26, 2014 at 1:46 AM
who is going to essay vidya’s role?
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July 26, 2014 at 3:01 AM
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/Is-Kahaani-climax-plagiarised/articleshow/12400899.cms
Kahaani’s climax is itself a copy of Taking lives according to this article. So what will they show? Exotic India and its colorful festivals? Instead they could have subtitled the film and shown allover.
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July 26, 2014 at 3:27 AM
According to koimoi, friday collection is 26 crores.
http://www.koimoi.com/box-office/kick-takes-a-bumper-opening-at-the-box-office-1st-friday-collections/
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July 26, 2014 at 4:27 AM
There are so many contradictory statements. Inspite of EID and because of EID. Just like Lakshmipuja during diwali releases. The hype created, the screen counts made it look as though it would end up collecting 40 crores on first day. Most of the critics were kind.
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July 26, 2014 at 4:45 AM
and there will be this also: “Because of no festival – the public was not in a mood to see any film” 😉
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July 26, 2014 at 4:47 AM
taran adarsh @taran_adarsh · 3h
Despite pre-Eid period + working day, #Kick opens to PHENOMENAL numbers. Fri ₹ 26.40 cr+ nett. India biz. Note:- Early estimates.
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July 26, 2014 at 4:53 AM
Kick Has Huge First Day
Saturday 26 July 2014 11.30 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Kick had a huge opening day as it grossed around 26 crore nett. The film looked it would get a higher number when it opened by eventually collections in places like UP, Maharashtra, Nizam/Andhra and Gujarat were hit by Ramadan as a chunk of the Muslim population stayed away.
The business is extraordinary for the pre Eid period. Even a 22-23 crore nett total would have been huge but the film has gone over 25 crore nett. Rajasthan gave the best performance as it went to near record levels. The areas which under performed will do better from Tuesday onwards.
Kick has recorded the fourth highest opening day ever and the second highest non holiday opening day ever. The decision to come on Friday rather than on Eid has proved correct as a 26 crore nett total is probably more than the producers expected on Pre Eid.
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July 26, 2014 at 4:56 AM
Looks like 135cr first week collections.
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July 26, 2014 at 8:44 AM
if I hear the word ‘pre-Eid’ once more I’ll start feeling queasy! Talk about abusing a word (or phrase). This “heavy Muslim population” somehow prevents the film from being record-breaking but can’t prevent from nonetheless putting up some very high numbers. And all those other times when Salman or other big stars have massive numbers that are also not record-breaking must also have released in ‘pre-Eid’ period or whatever! There should be a limit even to propaganda. of course BOI contradict themselves by saying that even 22 crores would have been huge. How did those Muslims let the film add another 3-4 crores? Yesterday they were saying that numbers were so big it could even get into D3 range (day 1). Wonder how that was possible! Because the morning/afternoon shows suggested a stronger number which didn’t materialize by the evening? So how then were Muslims a factor? Of course in this entire discussion the one thing that is definitely not possible is the film slowing down a bit because of the audience response or something! The film will do what it will anyway, the numbers should continue to be big for a while. There’s no need to get into this absurdity of saying ‘pre-Eid’ with every sentence! And again these things get discovered overnight. Much as the Diwali scam has been ongoing for some years. At least there absurd and cynical as it might be otherwise you at least have the numbers on your side. Here you’re saying that an 11% national population is holding things hostage! And even in places like Bihar where according to BOI the population is ‘heavy’ (it’s around 16% so yes higher than the national average but they were also saying this for Ahmedabad where it’s 10% and saying it was fine in Delhi where too it is 10%) but of course these are not the sorts of centers which take the film from 26 to 33 crores! Specially when one factors in socio-economic issues. There aren’t all that many Bihari Muslims going to multiplexes! When one looks at those numbers one might also want to check out how many of those folks are even in position to go to multiplexes! the other theaters cannot jack up the gross that much. In Bombay it 20% Muslims but here you still have a very significant Muslim population that can do the multiplex rounds (of course BOI didn’t say anything about Bombay). With pre-Eid certain commentary records have certainly been broken.
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July 26, 2014 at 8:59 AM
let’s hope we hear post-Eid and pre-independence day for ‘Entertainment’ with same enthusiasm from BOI.
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July 26, 2014 at 9:37 AM
we’ll hear that one day too for a film — ‘oh all the Muslims got tired after the Eid festivities and didn’t show up for the movie the next day’ or ‘Eid day is good as long as the shows are from 4-6’. Similarly ‘pre-Independence day people were so much in the patriotic mood they didn’t feel like checking out a movie’. One day we’ll discover how badly films are affected by Christmas because people go to Church in ‘heavily’ Christian areas of Bombay and Goa and the South.
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July 26, 2014 at 12:23 PM
Why just BOI, even producers acknowledge the existence of BO energy during holidays. That is why everyone tries to get their movies released during holidays. Personally I feel, “absense of competition” for a few week after the release is as good if not better.
But coming back to the topic, without doubt there is substantial demographics that stays away during Diwali Pooja and Pre Eid. I don’t know what percentage but clearly there exist this factor.
Again, no real research has been done on this. I think, given the relatively small theatre capacity (compared to the size of the Indian population), this reduction due to Diwali Pooja or Pre-Eid factors is inconsequential.
But if we knew the real break-up of Indian population or the percentage that stay home, i.e. If we had some good knowledge about these things then it would be worth talking about it. At this point it is just unproven theory.
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July 26, 2014 at 12:57 PM
In the absence of the Pre-Eid factor, all else being equal , Kick would have earned more on Day 1, but overall this will even out during the lifetime of Kick. The overall numbers will reflect the reality. Kick will not suffer because of Pre-Eid,
But movies like CE (but not limited to CE) do suffer irreparable damage because of competition. CE’s overall numbers would have been definitely much more in the absence of Ekta Kapoor’s movie. Or movies like D3 (but not limited to D3), do have an unmerited advantage because of absence of competition. D3’s overall numbers would have been definitely much less in the presence of any half worthy competition. If CE did not have competition or D3 did have competition, their domestic numbers would have been perhaps identical.
Today the availability of theatre and or weather have a bigger impact on BO than available demographics.
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July 26, 2014 at 1:10 PM
bandra.nri,ce retained same number of screens in second week,so competition from oautimd didnt affect ce that much.ce is overreported.It is ouatimd which was at a disadvantage due to lack of screens.ce tivkets were boight by producers,numnbers were overreported anyway.
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July 26, 2014 at 1:13 PM
I agree that d3 numbers would have been be lesser with competition though.
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July 26, 2014 at 1:23 PM
ce,d3 grossed 1.5 times the first week.They arent liked films.
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July 26, 2014 at 2:00 PM
CE and D3 are liked films. Otherwise they would not have grossed that much.
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July 26, 2014 at 2:02 PM
Sunil
Yes, in the case of CE, the business dictated the unusualy higher retention. A normal movie (less successful one), would have held back less theaters. Hence in this regard, the merits of CE helped CE, BUT the issue here is that without the competition, CE would have held back even more. Those extra theates in the second/third week would have made a huge difference (talking about records).
Ekta’s movie was not that good. Yes a case can be made it would have suffered less without CE. But we are talking about less pain, a different matter. UNDER NO circumstances can we claim that CE cost Ekta a success that her movie merited.
Look at SOS, it too cost JTHJ some (and vice versa), but SOS had substance (as per the audience) and inspite of JTHJ got itself to a hit status. Both SOS and JTHJ would have been better without the presence of the other.
These are cases of BO suffering because of competition.
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July 26, 2014 at 2:09 PM
Its all about the opening.ouatimd would have got to 90-100cr,and ce to 175-185cr if both released on same day.Because the holiday advantage was there.Four holidays in first week.But that was lost after first week.And even with 90% opening with half the screens it couldnt gross much.
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July 26, 2014 at 5:59 PM
Sunil
The day 80-100% of the revenue is generated on the opening then yes we will say it is all about the opening. It is not yet the case.
Then again “trending” requires the 2nd/3rd week.
As things stand, it would be impossible for any movie to set records if it faces competition. For records, apart from the movie to be good, it needs a few clear weeks.
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July 26, 2014 at 4:16 AM
FDFS –
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July 26, 2014 at 4:55 AM
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July 26, 2014 at 5:00 AM
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/pro-kabaddi-league-age-old-indian-sport-poised-land-professional-footing-1458395
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July 26, 2014 at 5:10 AM
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July 26, 2014 at 2:31 PM
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July 26, 2014 at 9:13 AM
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July 26, 2014 at 1:11 PM
Huma Qureshi:
http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/dont-ask-me-to-apologise-for-how-i-look/99/
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July 26, 2014 at 2:11 PM
‘CE and D3 are liked films. Otherwise they would not have grossed that much.’ This is what I and others were saying for many years.Satyam should understand this.
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July 26, 2014 at 8:21 PM
It is personal taste Vs commerce. You probably are saying “audience” likes this and he is probably saying “I don’t”. You both can be right simultaneously.
What I don’t get is when people declare that they don’t like “Apple Pie” , and that they only like “Beard Papa’s Cream Puffs”, YET they want to critique an Apple Pie. There needs to be some simple rule in life, if you say you don’t get (or appreciate) the difference between Chicago Style Pizza Vs New York Style Pizza Vs Neapolitan Pizza then you loose the right to comment/criticize about Pizza. In order to critique you need to first posses a certain amount of love and passion for it.
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July 26, 2014 at 5:42 PM
Saw Kick and felt like Salman needs to be kicked in the butt by his fans….Dabbang was 10k times better. Kick will fold below 200cr.
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July 26, 2014 at 6:11 PM
Saw the movie, it is a Salman Khan movie for Salman Khan fans. I can list flaws but I don’t think that will make any difference. This movie is a super calculated effort to be a blockbuster. This is what the audience wants and this is what makes money.
For good writing and acting probably one would have to goto cable (like it is the case in US). Sadly, in India, there too for the moment, ratings do not support quality (e.g. Yudh).
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July 26, 2014 at 7:18 PM
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July 28, 2014 at 11:02 AM
????
Are we missing something here? All reports coming out of this event point to bonhomie/congeniality. But picture show something intense……
aamir and srk
Then here the vibes in 3rd and 4th pic too dont seem normal……..
Let’s wait for the next blind report…lol
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July 26, 2014 at 7:19 PM
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July 26, 2014 at 11:34 PM
Satyam, I was posting lot of pics around 4 hours back, it wasn’t getting posted and neither on hold for moderation. Not sure of the issue.
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July 27, 2014 at 12:17 AM
they went into the spam folder.. too many links.. anyway I just released both.
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July 27, 2014 at 12:19 AM
some images here too:
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July 27, 2014 at 4:09 PM
The hot pink jerseys and tiny baby-blue shorts are an especially unfortunate uniform choice considering that the players spent the entire game holding hands and tackling each other! 🙂 I know that Jaipur is the pink city, but seriously?! This league looks like a dud.
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July 26, 2014 at 7:35 PM
Aamir & Srk together
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July 26, 2014 at 8:56 PM
Saw some promos of kick..
Haven’t seen the film but somehow I didn’t get much of a ‘kick’…
Read about this ‘pre-eid’ bit ..I don’t feel it affects much..
Btw just for my info –when IS eid?
And are Muslims not allowed to watch movies also whilst fasting?–is there a rule as such–just asking…
Perhaps the Muslim commenters here can clarify these technicalities plz …
The little I saw of the promos– I may not watch this film…
And I’m sure I will NOT like kick better than
Dabang 1 & ETT –the ONLY TWO Salman movies I have loved…
I know the box office is going gaga over this and the weekend may likely to continue this till /beyond eid
Salmans star power may well compensate quite a bit
It TAKES GUTS to say it at this orgasmic coverage by taran /BOI etc
But my ‘sensors’ tell me that..
.. (Even after coming two years after ETT with all the expansion if market & all the eid Muslim crowd yet to come et al..)
I will be surprised if kick beats ETT numbers forget CE, D3…
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July 27, 2014 at 3:33 AM
Eid is anywhere from Sunday to Tuesday depending on if the local mosque follows local moonsighting or not.
Muslims are not allowed to watch movies at all, Ramdan or no Ramdan but many like myself will not watch it during Ramdan.
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July 27, 2014 at 3:52 PM
Thanx for the info, Z…Best wishes to u & others here who are celebrating eid..
So kick can do more potentially (maybe) tues onwards ..but i have doubts it can do much beyond 200 ( if it reaches that)
i want kick to do well but this is supposed to do a dhoom3 budgetwise and ambition wise..
but it aint a dhoom3 …
i DONT need to see a film for that much…
may check the kick soundtrack…
jus heard the salman track–i think salman has sung it well.
a v kiddish basic composition with the simplicity typifying salman
ps–jacqueline is looking good & seems to have given her everything here–hope she gets something ‘worthwhile’ from it…
i miss the essence of “dabang” & “tiger” though..
Maine dekha tujhe bhula ke
Har ek tarqeeb laga ke
Har nuskhe ko aazma ke
Par dil se kabhi na utre (utre.. utre..)
Hangover teri yaadon ka
Hangover teri baaton ka……
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July 28, 2014 at 3:07 AM
I saw a nearly-full screening of Kick on Saturday morning: I was struck and surprised by how silent the crowd was. The usual cheers and whistles that I’ve come to expect from Salman week ones just weren’t there (the only laughs and claps were for Nawazuddin’s funny dialog towards the end). 5-6 people walked out well before the film ended, and overall I just did not get any positive vibe from the audience at all. Now this is just one show, and perhaps morning shows — even weekend ones — aren’t representative, but it was striking.
As for me, I thought the film was terrible. Just awful: Randeep Hooda and Nawazuddin were good, and Salman had some nice moments (alas most of those are already given away in the trailer), but this was a very far cry from Wanted or Dabangg, much less anything else. And the music was just noise (the Nargis Fakhri item number is not only bad beyond belief, but suffers from laughable choreography)…
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July 28, 2014 at 4:46 AM
Salman is a golden hen these days – hire him and you can get a cool 50 cr profit minimum…….this shows how much people are starved for entertainment – and anything from a big star passes (well sallu/aamir/srk still deliver 100 cr+) that test…….
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July 28, 2014 at 4:48 AM
downside is that just like srk – sallu has to be confined in such roles only (as public won’t accept him doing serious / content-driven roles) – this is where aamir excels. When salman’s downslide starts – i don’t think he will be able to handle it (something like Rajesh Khanna – if u see his IMDB filmography – he gave flops for consecutive 15+ years towards the fag-end of his career!!!!!)
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July 26, 2014 at 9:31 PM
Beyoncé has certainly done well here –btw hope the presenter doesn’t start orgasming though..
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July 27, 2014 at 2:48 AM
Kick becomes the first movie in the last two years to show no drop on Saturday after a Big Friday number, and rather shows a slight growth.
When Jai Ho underperformed, a big debate ensued over whether Salman’s Muslim fans had deserted him after his open show of support to Narendra Modi. Now, some of the same people who vehemently endorsed this view on the online forums, and who also have this general notion that Salman’s fan base is largely restricted to Muslim rickshaw-drivers and the ilk, are equally vehement on the idea that Ramdaan is having no effect on Kick’s collections.
Quite amusing.
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July 27, 2014 at 12:50 PM
Some still blaming Salman-Modi bonhomie for 1st day underperformance!
http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/why-modi-cant-be-blamed-for-kicks-opening-falling-short-of-expectations-1636765.html
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July 27, 2014 at 2:54 AM
Saw kick yesterday. a mass movie. will definitely break ETT record and will enter 200 club and am also sure will break CE record but not sure whether it will cross dhoom 3 but again, chances are high. kick first week collection will be in the range of 165 to 175 Cr. So, only week two collections will decides where it is heading….The audience feedback is much much better than ETT and Fans are enjoying like anything….Salman stardom is at its peak, he needs at-least one release like kick every year to keep his fans happy and that is enough to enter 200 club every year then he can always experiment like tingu or Kingu by associating with top directors, either to give record breaking collection or record breaking disasters!
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July 27, 2014 at 6:38 AM
taran adarsh @taran_adarsh · 6h
#Kick crosses ₹ 50 cr nett mark in 2 days. Continues its glorious run on Day 2. Collects ₹ 27.15 cr nett. India biz. AWESOME!
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July 27, 2014 at 6:56 AM
Kick Set To Be First Blockbuster Of 2014
Sunday 27 July 11.30 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Kick had a very strong Saturday despite being affected by pre eid in places like UP and Nizam. The film went exactly the opposite on Friday to what happened on Saturday. Friday stated huge and then some circuits slowed down but on Saturday multiplex business was super strong in evening enabling it cover the difference in the morning shows.
The film collected a huge 26 crore nett on Saturday which is same level as Friday as Mumbai circuit managed to grow well despite Delhi/UP seeing a drop.
The film has now collected 52 crore nett in two days and is heading for a 80 crore nett plus weekend. The film is easily the biggest hit of the year till date and is almost sure to be the first blockbuster of the year.
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July 27, 2014 at 11:00 AM
BOI smoking pot here. The movie needs 240 crores just to reach average status based on the cost.
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July 27, 2014 at 4:56 PM
but how many films are judged by costs these days? they justify the ‘costs’ depending on how they want to call a film.
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July 27, 2014 at 6:40 AM
NBOC day 1 comparison with ETT:
http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/day-one-comparison-–-kick-vs-ek-tha-tiger/
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July 27, 2014 at 7:52 AM
Kick collection of 52+ crores in 2 days is very good figure as it is pre ramdaan period and non holiday period. Lets not argue on this. If what i said above and also section of bo experts, is true then Sunday should figures should cross minimum of 32 crore and Tuesday or Wednesday figures should touch again more than 32 crores which will take the total tally of week one figure to around 170+ crores and it will have a chance to cross 200 cr in 10 days just like dhoom 3. Otherwise, Mr. Satyam is right, and i will accept the fact that Kick is underperformed in comparision with dhoom3….
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July 27, 2014 at 8:04 AM
kick shd have a solid second week-end also
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July 27, 2014 at 8:14 AM
I haven’t called it an underperformance at all in comparison with D3. Because I don’t think the latter is a fair comparison in the first place. I’ve just argued against some points others have made. that doesn’t mean I endorse the comparison.
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July 27, 2014 at 10:37 AM
Great print online guys-
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July 27, 2014 at 11:41 PM
Can’t believe this comment has not been deleted till now. And that no one else has pointed it out. Piracy is a reality, but to share pirated links of movies starring the actors you hate/dislike/don’t care about is a new low… and SRK fans are doing it in an organized way for Kick. (I don’t know Raghav- just a general observation).
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July 28, 2014 at 12:08 AM
didn’t see it earlier.. it’s been removed.. no one should post complete movie links here.
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July 27, 2014 at 11:56 AM
Needles to say, you don’t take your brains to watch a Bollywood movie. If you don’t think too much, Kick can be enjoyable. I found the movie (like Rajeev Masand), a justification for Salman Khan (the person).
But there is a scene, where you just cannot help and say “What’s in God’s name is this ?”. After robbing Nawazuddin, Salman is shown trying to “sneak” away in broad daylight. Cops are everywhere and all with their gun trained at Salman. Yet Salman is shown as if he is trying to slip sway. Now is the middle of this major police action , out of nowhere, kids swarm in just when Randeep Hooda is about to shoot Salman. Because of the kids, Randeep orders the cops to hold the fire. AT THAT moment the thought in my mind was, “Salman is lucky this is not Israel”.
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July 27, 2014 at 12:01 PM
AT THAT moment the thought in my mind was, “Salman is lucky this is not Israel”.
wrong salman is lucky that was not iraq. or say randeep hooda is not ISIS member or sympathizer.
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July 27, 2014 at 12:05 PM
No, no Randeep is a Indian police officer, he is not CIA, he could be ISIS
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July 27, 2014 at 12:06 PM
*he could not be ISIS
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July 27, 2014 at 12:55 PM
Lol! The Israelis are doing to Hamas, what ISIS is doing to the Shias/Christians/Kurds efc. Now Hezbollah supports Hamas, which is ideologically cloned to and supports ISIS. Hezb fights ISIS in Syria/Iraq. Hezb fights Israel in Lebanon. Hezb supports Hamas. Hamas supports ISIS.
Golmaal hai bhai sub golmaal hai!
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July 27, 2014 at 12:58 PM
Golmaal continues…
Egypt support Israel in their fight against Hamas. Egypt oppose Brotherhood. Brotherhood supports Hamas. Brotherhood against Iran/Shia. Iran against ISIS. ISIS created by Saudi. Saudi against Brotherhood. Brotherhood supported by ISIS. Iran against Saudi. Saudi against Assad. Iran for Assad. ISIS against Iran/Assad/Kurds/UAE etc.
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July 27, 2014 at 1:04 PM
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2014/07/17/the_middle_east_friendship_chart.html
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July 27, 2014 at 1:05 PM
Spot On Munnabhai!
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July 27, 2014 at 1:51 PM
NyKavi
As pointed out before your position is not based on any knowledge but your hatred for minorities. You want the slightest reason to rant and rave against the minorities.
These “Bad Guys”, sure enough are not “Good Guys”. They are thugs no doubt, but they are mercenaries rather than ideologues. They job, as has been now acknowledged by the world, is to create “headlines”. In Iraq they have not spared any group or any religion, why ? They do everything possible to create chaos and HEADLINES. Their job is to create conditions for further looting of the target country’s national wealth (and further colonization).
Take for example Maki, China was gaining the upper hand in there (which has rare earth and minerals), guess what ?, suddenly there thugs emerged in Mali, which gave the justification for the French to go in and “take over”. After that take over, “the problem was solved” and the thugs and the headlines disappeared. Those thugs simply existed to block China and impose French control. Ideology had nothing to do with this. After they did their job and got paid handsomely, they disappeared. Those who understand these matters, see this pattern repeated again and again.
Anywhere there is a problem, which the powers to be want to solve, these thugs emerge. The names keep changing, in Nigeria they are Boko Haram, elsewhere they are ISIS etc etc But look closely, you will find that they go about in exactly the same manner (kill indecriminately in the name of a religion which forbids killing), SIMPLY to impose external control. ISIS will eventually enable the division of Iraq into three parts. Then after their work is done and they are paid, they will disappear.
These thugs are the modern day “Jaanisari”. Mohsin Ahmed in his book “Reluctant Fundamentaliat” talks about this better. They are instrument of take over. I seriously doubt that an educated person like you don’t get this. But you are a victim of your dislike for minorities.
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July 27, 2014 at 1:54 PM
Bandra buddy
You operate in an only Black and White world. Learn to appreciate Gray as well.
FYI: I recited Kalma at the age of 16, and regularly visited mosques with liberal muslim friends. Let me just state this much, before you start ranting about my “perceived” hatred of minorities.
That friendship chart clearly describes the Gray world we live in. Learn to appreciate it.
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July 27, 2014 at 2:08 PM
Nykavi
In NYC we have have a saying, the person who starts by saying that one of my good friends is a “Black/Jew/Moslem etc”, is just a common racist.
I have never seen anything but hatred for minorities out of you. You don’t miss a beat.
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July 27, 2014 at 3:14 PM
Lol, You can think what you like to.
But I have never quite understood why my observations on the Middle East get classified as minority hatred. Perhaps the Middle East comprises of Christian/Hindu nations having minority Muslim populations?
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July 27, 2014 at 4:28 PM
NyKavi
The explanation lies in a phenomena called “Conditioning”.
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July 27, 2014 at 4:47 PM
So True. The state of mind that spins fantastical conspiracy theories whilst conditioned to assume a permanent victimhood against every other non-conforming thought-group.
So for eg:
9/11 becomes a Jewish/CIA Conspiracy.
Pak Taliban becomes a CIA/RAW Conspiracy.
London bombings become a MI6 Conspiracy.
ISIS becomes a CIA/Mossad/MI6/RAW et al Conspiracy.
Boko Haram becomes a French Legion Conspiracy.
etc etc.
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July 27, 2014 at 4:57 PM
ok guys I think we’ve had enough politics for one day. Let’s solve Mideast problems next week..
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July 28, 2014 at 8:37 AM
Satyam
One last comment, and we will let go (Thank You ).
NYKavi
Please read the following
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39245.htm
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July 28, 2014 at 9:40 AM
Once again, you allude to another Conspiracy. All these people who point to Options Trading pre 9/11 never state the simple fact that the market was already Oversold in the days preceding 9/11. The Big Boyz (ie Market Movers) were already positioned for a move higher, ie they were net Long. So there is nothing weird about higher call option volumes before 9/11. However, the unexpected 9/11 event pushed the market into even further oversold territory, prompting Greenspan to unleash the Fed canons. Money was made cheaper to borrow, which was used by the Market Movers to go even more Net Long in those 2 days after trading began. The subsequent move higher in fact took the market to an Overbought status, which got resolved soon in the spring of 2002.
As someone who trades on a daily basis, let me say that you can take a snapshot of the market at any given moment, and you will find glaring anomalies in some sectors/stocks/options etc which defy logic. There is no doubt that insider-trading takes place, but most of it is related to Market Movers with better available intelligence than the average investor. The small guy would have thunk that the Market should’ve crashed further and burned, but weirdly, it went up in a hockey stick just 2 days after trading started. Those in the know cashed it big time.
The same logic applied to the Flash Crash. The market was severely overbought in May 2010. The Big boyz were already Net Short. So they profited massively from that Flash Crash. But no one is going to tell you that.
I know this sounds extremely cliched: The market is a living-breathing creature, that is influenced by millions of minds. Fortunately, no one is big enough to move the market, except the Fed, which is the only entity to ever influence its direction.
All these market-consipiracy mongers generally have no skin in the game, and have no idea of what goes on inside the market.
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July 28, 2014 at 10:13 AM
There you go again. Please note that they are not talking about the market in general. They are talking of specific stocks.
These views are those of some of the best minds in investments ;and engineering etc
These view has been debated and accepted in German and Italian parliaments.
The day you too establish the credential that those attached to these debate posses, then I will consider them too. Till then you will be viewed through the lens of your rants against the minorities.
Chaos happens because we allow hate to fester. Remove this hate, and you will reduce chaos. I ask you to forget ideology and look at HUMAN greed. Hopefully the educated people like you will lead the way in ending divisions.
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July 28, 2014 at 10:45 AM
You can talk about specific stocks if they were the only winners in the subsequent trade after 9/11. However, that was not the case. The entire market profited, not just Raytheon. Any fool with a call option would have made money on any stock in the US. The rising tide lifted all boats. So why just point out the Defense stocks? What about higher call option volumes in the entire S&P before 9/11?
And seriously, my views on Trading are somehow minority hatred?!? Unbelievable.
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July 28, 2014 at 2:04 PM
NyKavi
You are making up history or are just plain “unaware”. The market went down by approx 7% ( a lot). In a few years we had new highs (again)
But immediately after 9/11 the market was suspended, and it went down. Calls (what the link talks about) is a SHORT TERM play. Just before 9/11, huge volume of Calls where bought (unusual for that market at that time) on a selected few stocks. These stocks for which the Calls were bought did well while the market went down. The selection of these stocks and the Call volume suggests insider tradIng. Someone knew before hand that the market would go down but these “defense” stocks will go up. Someone was aware of 9/11 in advance and played the market with that info.
I am without doubt simplifying things to make the broad points more understandable. But all this is well documented (by respected and credible professionals).
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July 28, 2014 at 4:16 PM
Bandra Dude,
Calls are a only short term play?!? Not long term? Not weekly, monthly, yearly?? So in September, no one held any calls expiring in Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan.. etc etc?? Please, read up some before commenting.
The defensive sector stocks obviously did better because on the day of 9/11, everyone and his brother knew that Bush would go after the perpetrators of 9/11, and there would be a huge boost in defense spending. What do you think happened in the 5 days that the market was closed from 9/11-9/17? There is something called Before-Hours trading. On opening day (9/17), the Defense sector got bid up high, cud not find buyers and slid promptly. RTN opened 20% higher on 9/17, and then promptly dropped 10% on the same day. It did not cross that HOD for another 4 months. The people holding those RTN calls sure did make out well, for only about 1 hr on opening day. They must have been experts to have closed out of their positions in just 1 hr, especially since huge tranches were supposedly closed. And they surely mustve done spectacularly well in a downtrending bid environment starting from the Opening Bell onwards.
Do you think there were no RTN call holders with expiration in subsequent months? Did they do well? In fact, people holding regular crap like MSFT, INTC, etc did much better. MSFT went from a low of $22 on 9/20 to $30 in December, ie in 2 months flat after 9/11. So did the MSFT call holders know about 9/11 in advance?? Would you call each of them a 9/11 Perpetrator? Or just plain lucky? Or trading on actual technical intelligence?
The Market had corrected by more than 25% before 9/11. SPX went from 1500 to 1080ish in the months preceding 9/11. It was at 1092 on 9/10. As I already mentioned in my previous comment, the Market was already OverSold. So the expectation of an upturn in every Technical indicator was already visible. Hence the high volume of calls bought in the days preceding 9/11. On 9/17, it gapped down hard but Greenspan cut interest rates by 2%+ in 2 days, and the market turned sharply higher from 9/21. The SPX went from a low of 945 on 9/21 to almost 1200 in 3 months. The Pros bought even more Calls at that bottom. Who do you think did well??
The supposed 9/11 Call trade, which supposedly benefited an Insider with knowledge of the event, actually benefited anyone who had the guts to be Long the market on 09/10!!
So lets argue on the other side. We even hear that there were 9/11 Insiders who bought Puts, with the knowledge that the market would crash. Would those persons have known that the market would close for 5 days, thus upsetting all the Option Greeks? Draining away time premium? They would surely know that the market would only be trading negatively for 4 days, before Greenspan’s Bazooka shoots it sky high in two more weeks? I would say that such a person must be great at threading needles, bcoz thats exactly what would be required. Because in reality, The Shorts got slaughtered from 9/21 onwards. The SPX was back at 1070 on October 3.
Conspiracy Theorists love to hold a straw in the wind, extrapolate it whichever way they want, publish a few articles, and assume the outcome. It does not matter that rational thought and logic, or visibly conforming events are disproving that assumption.
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July 28, 2014 at 4:52 PM
ok guys I think we’ve had enough on this topic.. let’s get back to the charms (!) of Kick..
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July 28, 2014 at 9:54 PM
NyKavi
Time and again, your questions have been addressed but you try to deflect with new questions. Enough. The more you say things, the more I understand that you know nothing. I would love to argue but Satyam does not want this to become a political thread.
Hence I have to leave this for some other occasion (when Satyam permits a full analysis).
For the moment I leave for you the following link , which contains an extremely detailed analysis on insider trading by one of the world’s foremost finance journalist, Lars Schall. He is an authority on such matters (while you are a nobody). BTW if you read this, you will see a validation of this “insider trading theory” by James G Ricksrds (please don’t ask me who is he, but in case you need to know then http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_G._Rickards ):
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30870.htm
While figures like Lars and James acknowledge insider trader, it does not matter what you think.
Over and out.
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July 28, 2014 at 10:04 PM
Satyam
I addressed NyKavi, he just keeps on changing questions. Hence I posted a detailed analysis (link) by Lars Schall and validation by James G Rickards .
Unfortunately because I gave a link to James’s Wiki page and a link to Lars’ work, it went into moderation.
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July 28, 2014 at 10:59 PM
I let it through.
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July 29, 2014 at 5:21 AM
Bandra, since you love to cite links, here is one for you. And it is not been written by a nobody like me:
http://www.911myths.com/index.php/Put_Options
Kick up, read it and enjoy.
“The AMR put trading on September 10 further reveals how trading that looks highly suspicious at first blush can prove innocuous. The put volume of AMR on September 10 was unusually high and actually exceeded the call volume by a ratio of 6:1—again, highly suspicious on its face. The SEC traced much of the surge in volume to a California investment advice newsletter, distributed by email and fax on Sunday, September 9, which advised its subscribers to purchase a particular type of AMR put options. The SEC interviewed 28 individuals who purchased these types of AMR puts on September 10, and found that 26 of them cited the newsletter as the reason for their transaction. Another 27 purchasers were listed as subscribers of the newsletter. The SEC interviewed the author of the newsletter, a U.S. citizen, who explained his investment strategy analysis, which had nothing to do with foreknowledge of 9/11. Other put option volume on September 10 was traced to similarly innocuous trades.
Another good example concerns a suspicious UAL put trade on September 7, 2001. A single trader bought more than one-third of the total puts purchased that day, establishing a position that proved very profitable after 9/11. Moreover, it turns out that the same trader had a short position in UAL calls—another strategy that would pay off if the price of UAL dropped. Investigation, however, identified the purchaser as a well-established New York hedge fund with $2 billion under management. Setting aside the unlikelihood of al Qaeda having a relationship with a major New York hedge fund, these trades looked facially suspicious. But further examination showed the fund also owned 29,000 shares of UAL stock at the time—all part of a complex, computer-driven trading strategy. As a result of these transactions, the fund actually lost $85,000 in value when the market reopened. Had the hedge fund wanted to profit from the attacks, it would not have retained the UAL shares. ”
and much more in the article. You can either believe hogwash, or you can believe people who ACTUALLY trade. It is upto you.
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July 29, 2014 at 9:34 AM
Ok guys this will have to be the last comment on all this, it’s going nowhere.
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July 29, 2014 at 9:32 AM
NyKavi
I don’t care what your butcher, your baker and your toy maker thinks. These are clueless guys (like you on these matters). Like you, they will fabricate a claim that the market in general went up and when you show it went down by almost 7% (and was suspended), they fade away and ask another question. Nothing they say adds up because their statements are not a projection of facts, but a projection of their hate.
As against all the clowns you quote, Lars Schall is the best journalist in finance and the most respected entity on this subject (by officials). He has quoted the people in authority, the people in power, the very people who are responsible for the law and order (and related matter).
At the very least please understand that by showing me works of other fellow hate mongers, you subtract from your own credibility.
By ignoring statements from the authority (e.g. German Central Bank President, Ernst Welteke), you confirm your sickness of mind. Read Lars’ report and see for yourself who he quotes.
It appears that you want to say anything, even fabricate facts to fester hate. You want to do anything to ignore the truth that will actually dissolve hate. My only question is do you really think more hate solves anything ?
Ironically, life today has turned YOU into a minority. Tell me, when someone in US says anything to incite hate against you, how do you feel ? When someone tries to deny you anything (or even reduced access), how do you feel ? Hopefully you get it that a democracy is only as strong as it minorities.
But as I said, I cannot argue anymore. I also don’t want “research” from other hate mongers. I did my part, it is upto to you to shed hate.
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July 29, 2014 at 11:46 AM
LOL! So now the SEC is my “baker, butcher and toy maker”!!
Way to Go Bandra. You can keep wallowing in your conspiracies.
Congrats Satyam, we have a 9/11 truther on board here.
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July 27, 2014 at 5:04 PM
Scarlett Johansson Powers ‘Lucy’ to No. 1 at Box Office
By BROOKS BARNES JULY 27, 2014 12:49 PMJuly 27, 2014 1:33 pm
Scarlett Johansson punched out “Hercules” at the weekend box office. Her new science-fiction thriller, “Lucy,” was No. 1 at North American movie theaters, taking in an estimated $44 million and proving that her name on the marquee (and pouty picture on the poster) could anchor a wide-release movie. “Lucy,” which Universal Pictures marketed squarely on Ms. Johansson’s shoulders, cost about $40 million to make and was directed by Luc Besson. The film performed particularly well in theaters with screens marketed as Premium Large Format, which charge higher prices.
“Hercules,” which cost Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer about $100 million to make, sold an estimated $29 million in tickets, according to Rentrak, which compiles box-office data. This latest cinematic take on the Greek demigod — starring Dwayne Johnson and directed by Brett Ratner — raised entertainment industry eyebrows by receiving a PG-13 rating despite its depictions of visceral violence. Paramount and MGM expect “Hercules” to make most of its money overseas, where Mr. Johnson — a.k.a. the Rock — has a significant following. Paramount said on Sunday that “Hercules” took in an additional $28.7 million over the weekend in 26 foreign markets.
Third place went to the 20th Century Fox sequel “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” which took in about $16.4 million, for a three-week domestic total of $172.1 million.
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July 27, 2014 at 5:04 PM
Impressive!
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July 27, 2014 at 5:36 PM
Kick is good time pass, Salman and Hooda are pretty impressive…
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July 27, 2014 at 5:43 PM
Koi iss Bandar ko bida karo bhai …….yeh kisska rishteydaar hai???
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July 27, 2014 at 8:10 PM
Chodo Rocky, Paan Chabao..
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July 27, 2014 at 8:13 PM
Jai Ho Bambai Dham KI:
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July 27, 2014 at 8:44 PM
Mumbai has been put on high alert after the police received a letter purportedly threatening a terror attack in the city to “take revenge for Gaza” attacks
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/letter-to-mumbai-police-threatens-revenge-for-gaza-attacks-566202?pfrom=home-lateststories
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July 27, 2014 at 9:23 PM
Lo Kar Lo Baat!
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July 27, 2014 at 9:31 PM
Dont know if this ever got posted earlier, Mirchi tribute to BigB:
Most of these numbers were Kishore’s, so its really no comparison. Even so, Himesh and Pritam really screwed up their renditions.
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July 27, 2014 at 9:46 PM
Another gem:
Lata singing “Yeh Kahaan Aa Gaye Hum” with Amitabh, and a sheepish Rekha in the audience!!
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July 28, 2014 at 4:06 AM
I don’t think Rekha’s looking sheepish, but yes, quite self conscious. Almost like as if AB is reciting for her.
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July 28, 2014 at 5:11 AM
this has to be the most indirectly referred to-couple – every award function tries to bring in AB-Rekha angle – year after year – year after year – probably the most discussed romance in BW history…….must be very embarrassing for both of them each time….or probably they enjoy it 🙂 Rekha has got an endless career without starring in any movies now since many years :-0
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July 28, 2014 at 6:28 AM
taran adarsh @taran_adarsh · 5h
#Kick has a HUMONGOUS Day 3. Collects ₹ 30.18 cr nett on Sunday, thus crossing ₹ 83 cr nett mark in its opening wknd. WOW!
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July 28, 2014 at 6:28 AM
taran adarsh @taran_adarsh · 3h
With #Kick racing towards ₹ 100 cr mark, Salman Khan is the first actor to have the *maximum* 100 cr grossers to his credit: 7 films!
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July 28, 2014 at 10:42 AM
Top Ten All Time Opening Weekends – Kick Third
This seems like total dominance by Salman purely in box-office terms. Surprised to see Krish so low there. Though HR may change all this soon as he gets 5 national holidays at one go. Oct 2nd / 3rd dussehra / 4th and 5th weekend and 6th is eid al adha.
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July 28, 2014 at 11:01 AM
Krrish 3 was another film where the ‘official’ gross was exaggerated so much it became a standard joke. The film was just poor all round and the opening reflects this. There’s no way it should be bottom of that list. As for Salman the one thing one cannot debate here is that with all the other stars the opening depends on other factors too. Salman appears in nothing films and gets them going. But the other side of this is also true. The possibility of better trending and the highest possible grosses is also foreclosed for him. After this many films one can’t keep putting up this ‘imaginary’ (if he trended better he’d do this and that). Because that never happens. Given the kinds of films he does this is hardly surprising but the point is that here too a star’s judgment is in play. Now by and large this deal works for him because his films aren’t that expensive. But it’s different for ETT or even Kick. Here too the initial probably makes it safe for everyone but these can hardly be big successes with that box office trajectory (of course Kick might do better than ETT, don’t know yet). What this means is that red hot as Salman has been if you’re a producer you don’t want to try Ra One or anything super-expensive with him either. Because the chances of trending even decently are low. Which means you have to make most of it at the front end and there’s a limit to how much you can recover this way! Now in fairness most blockbusters these days follow this logic because they’re not designed to go the distance. Much easier to make a film with a star who can get people in and then throw everything at the wall and maximize that initial. To do more than this you actually have to attempt a better film so that even if the initial isn’t the highest possible you have a certain confidence about your film and moreover while you’re obviously looking for success you’re not just looking for headlines about 100 crore and 200 crore clubs and all the other junk everyone from Taran to Nahta to BOI or whoever throws out (records being broken every weekend everywhere!). But this sort of sincerity is rare in Bollywood. You have mostly Aamir doing this or Hirani, maybe a few others but not as consistently as them. And so these are films designed for ad campaigns at each end. Before release the film promises to be just the extension of all the advertising. Rather than a trailer working to enhance a film’s appeal it is the very opposite, the film becomes an afterthought to the advertising campaign. I look forward to the day when just trailers will be released and people will make a 100 crores this way (why not?!). We’re already doing this. The film releases and right away the other campaign starts about how many crores and records and what not. After a week, at the most two, the dust settles and everyone moves on. No one really cares about what kind of film it has been. The entire film just exists to support these two ad campaigns. Not surprisingly the films then are mostly junk. Utter junk. And one can then choose what kind of junk is somewhat more watchable than any other kind. Whether it’s a filmmaker like Hirani doing a film with Aamir or a film like Bang Bang the only conversation is about these campaigns. You incentivize junk this way. And this paradigm works best for Salman (or Akshay, though he’s mismanaged things royally over time despite being in the sort of position once where he could have done a Salman). Any other star still needs either a somewhat better film or at least cannot do this sort of thing regularly. With Salman there’s nothing more to it. No one wants him to do anything better. But let’s not just blame the stars or guys like Taran and Nahta. Consider how people discuss this stuff on blogs. They’re willing to support any kind of junk to support their stars, they too are not interested in anything besides the box office story, their entire discussion is about how many crores when the moment the film is launched and through the time when it’s released. Sadly even some of the Aamir fans have gotten into this game. And to the extent that when there’s something like Talaash everyone brings up ‘script problems’ (gimme a break!). So these fans try to convert Aamir into Salman. Every other star fan does this too but given Aamir’s choices it’s a particular travesty in his case. But in any case this entire conversation operates at this basement level. One shouldn’t only blame Taran and others like him. They’re playing to a clientele too.
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July 28, 2014 at 6:32 AM
BOI has 81:
http://boxofficeindia.com/Details/art_detail/kickfirstweekendterritorialbreakdown#.U9YmmVawjoA
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July 28, 2014 at 6:33 AM
Kick Has Outstanding First Weekend
Monday 28 July 2014 10.30 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Kick grossed a huge 82 crore nett in its third weekend as the business on Sunday went to around 30 crore nett approx as per early estimates. The collections are simply outstanding for pre Eid as they came with some territories performing below expectations.
Nizam/Andhra and UP have been worst hit as both these sectors have under performed and these areas should see a good pick up from Tuesday onwards. East Punjab which has little Ramadan affect and Rajasthan are best. East Punjab set an all time record on Sunday as it had the highest collections ever for a single day. Rajasthan was close to record business with weekend business just 10 lakhs nett less than Dhoon 3.
Gujarat was phenomenal on Sunday showing 1 crore nett higher collections than Saturday. The film will have excellent collections on the weekdays and how big they will be depends on the jump on Tuesday and it has chances to go towards the Sunday collections or at least close to it.
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July 28, 2014 at 6:33 AM
and earlier they were claiming Ahmedabad and Surat were affected by ‘pre-Eid’!
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July 28, 2014 at 6:34 AM
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July 28, 2014 at 6:50 AM
I’m guessing the first week could hit 150 crore but even from there it’s not easy to get to 200 crore. Salman’s films don’t usually trend well so it’s all about how big the first week will be. I’d be surprised if it goes past CE’s total.
Certainly a big first week, the 2nd biggest ever on the cards.
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July 28, 2014 at 9:44 AM
agreed, this could well be an ETT-like deal.
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July 28, 2014 at 10:03 AM
As per an update expect 15 cr earnings toda. Tomorrow likely to be 28-30 cr. The way things are placed and amount already earned until now this one is going to go past 200cr. It’s Eid/ festival time and there is more money in the pocket. A huge amount of money is still left to flow in as Eid prayers follows meet and greet and getting paid Eidee and heading to theaters…..though it may be more single screen.
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July 28, 2014 at 8:25 AM
This seems power packed with good production values. A nice start to HNY campaign !
SLAM!THE TOUR
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July 28, 2014 at 8:50 AM
I hope Bang Bang goes past Kick, and then HNY goes past Bang Bang, and then PK goes past HNY, and then the next big one goes past PK
If the above happens then in the shadow of such a success will blossom films like LunchBox, GOW etc.
The above scenario is good for the industry and is good for the audience.
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July 28, 2014 at 9:09 AM
Lol kick was such a joke even if you leave your brains behind as suggested by reviewer. Hope this will be the first and last directorial venture of Sajid Nadiadwala who was producer all his life until bhaijaan coaxed him into direction too. Sab chalta hai….
There are a lot of brain dead movies of sallu bhai but this one takes the cake for being so haphazard and nonsensical. For good 30 minutes he has hair issues and looked and acted like sunny paaji. Atleast bodyguard had good choreography by mudassar and vaibhavi merchant but here too he hired Ahmed Khan ..generally a loser except for that gem in 1995 for Rangeela.
If bhai really wants to do so many favors to people , why not use his stardom to hire top notch technicians like aamir does and make a 300 cr blockbuster and give 5 /10 cr to chawaanichaap directors like Sohail Khan and Sajid Nadiadwala as gift .
Positives: Randeep Hooda was a stark contrast to sallu’s chichorapan and much more manly and acted well within his own mean.
Nawaaz did extremely well and tried to do his Indian villain thingy well and loved him in his brief role….touak !!
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July 28, 2014 at 9:29 AM
Must mention Jacqueline was good and had a sensual husky voice….thought it was dubbed by someone else while watching the movie until heard her in interviews later and she sounds same. She looked and acted well in the movie.
Krish here had said the original Kick with Teja was terrible but I am sure this may be worse. The movie was flat with insipid dialogue and there was nothing except if you relate the movie to bhaijaan own life.
Got one update on twitter and Sajid has registered Devil under his name as sequel to Kick. On box-office no matter what this continues to be a monster……!!
Some of my acquaintances did not find the movie so bad ….and it got me thinking may be at my end the movie was so haphazard that I think the exhibitors/theatre may have messed up the sequences. I found the movie completely upside down or may be that was the movie……..
In the past they had screwed Jodha Akbar like this and I got to know this when I shared the movie with my friends…..not that it made any difference as I hated HR in that get up of Akbar…..
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July 28, 2014 at 10:56 AM
I havent seen the Teja one. But the Jayam Ravi one in Tamil is the pits..I have a feeling this has been revamped quite a bit in Hindi.
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July 28, 2014 at 9:33 AM
I would have been very very disappointed but walked out of the movie with a smile due to bhai coming on screen and saying – mere baare mein itna mat sochna dil mein aata hoon samajh mein nahi….
It made sense the way he said it and that just removed a lot of my bitterness instantly and once again I hold no grudges…..saat khoon maaf and looking forward to next one bhai !!
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July 28, 2014 at 11:47 AM
Wishing a very Happy Eid to everyone at SS!!
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July 28, 2014 at 12:01 PM
thanks.. the same to you as well..
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July 28, 2014 at 4:58 PM
Thank you. Wishing you the same.
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July 28, 2014 at 12:41 PM
PK released on 19th Dec”14 (FF to 28th Dec’14):
19th – 45 cr
20th – 50 cr
21st – 53 cr
22nd – 30 cr
23rd – 25 cr
24th – 20 cr
25th – 15 cr
26th – 15 cr
27th – 30 cr
28th – 35 cr
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The movie has done 312 cr in 10 days 🙂 and it is still going strong.
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July 28, 2014 at 1:08 PM
Hope Hirani and Aamir haven’t made an excellent film to distract us from all this more important stuff.. They pulled this dirty trick the last time around.
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July 28, 2014 at 10:04 PM
🙂 🙂
btw satyam – aamir’s next is sarfarosh 2 – release date xmas’15
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July 28, 2014 at 12:54 PM
Akshay Kumar’s films are better than anyone films nowadays.
Special 26 is best film of 2013.Holiday is the best film of 2014.His films are trending well.Aamir Khan’s films are not liked and not trending well.
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July 29, 2014 at 2:29 AM
yeah akki is the finest actor ever since the stone age and special 26 will be the new name of academy awards. who is aamir khan btw? Holiday will win at-least 10 oscars.
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July 29, 2014 at 10:43 AM
idea,satyam knows your secret,
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July 28, 2014 at 12:56 PM
Bang Bang will overtake dhoom 3 but the question is whether it can get the highest singloe day gross.I think given the market, bang bang will get that record.
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July 28, 2014 at 3:04 PM
Comment of the day goes to nykavi (who is in top form-cheers)
Brilliant summation of paranoid psychosis (& its deliberate ‘misuse’ as a defense mechanism!).
Xxxxx
The BOI -taran bonhomie (in kick)
As for kick–note that (& this hasn’t been mentioned anywhere)– the BOI numbers as nearly same as taran–which may mean taran has suddenly turned a new leaf (!) or that BOI haven suddenly ‘upped the ante’ since the Indian box office reporting can’t suddenly become accurate.
Perhaps the answer lies in the producer numbers which are suddenly finding BOI portals .. Sajid nadiadwala is the ‘gold standard ‘anyways …
Anyhow all the best to kick
Xxxxxx
Song of the day–
Haven’t seen kick & unlikely to see it-But liked this innoncent harmless track
Salman negotiates the notes better than expected …jus like Jacqueline (there’s something ‘smouldering’ & semi deprived about her here)
Maine dekha tujhe bhula ke
Har ek tarqeeb laga ke
Har nuskhe ko aazma ke
Par dil se kabhi na utre (utre.. utre..)
Hangover teri yaadon ka
Hangover teri baaton ka….
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July 28, 2014 at 5:12 PM
Kick Holds Steady on Monday
Monday 28 July 2014 23.00 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
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Kick has held steady collections on Monday with collection likely to show a 50% drop from Friday and be around the 13 crore nett mark. Despite it being pre Eid the Monday will the third or fourth highest ever when a film has not had a holiday on Monday. .
The film is the biggest hit of 2014 but it will be the Tuesday to Friday period which will decide where the film is going in terms of lifetime business. It is possible that the film can remain above the Monday figure for the next three days.
Rajasthan was fantastic on Monday hitting the 1 crore nett mark while UP was again worse hit due to pre Eid sd the UP contribution to the Delhi/UP circuit will just be 1 crore nett. That should change from tomorrow and UP should be the best performing area across India.
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July 28, 2014 at 5:21 PM
LOL, the film might have its entire run before this ‘pre-eid’ period ends!
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July 28, 2014 at 8:51 PM
CE total is in danger for sure. But HNY will retake the lead.
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July 29, 2014 at 12:44 PM
I doubt Farha Khan will pull of a heist movie. It will open big for sure as starcast is superb, but a tight script will be a surprise.
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July 29, 2014 at 6:34 AM
taran adarsh @taran_adarsh · 5h
#Kick rules the BO and has a SUPER-STRONG Monday. Collects ₹ 14.41 cr on Day 4. Total: ₹ 98.14 cr nett in India. SUPERB!
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July 29, 2014 at 9:04 AM
Quite a decent monday. If it can get to Friday with 10crs + numbers then Dhoom 3 is in danger I would think
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July 29, 2014 at 10:19 AM
I gave no chances to Chennai Express but it kept going on weekdays and then on weekends too, so I may be wrong here again but it does not seem to me this will do D-3 or even a CE.
Sometime back after watching a movie I could soundly predict its fate but last couple of years I have lost complete taste and can’t tell good from the bad. Not only that, few of the recent movies of younger actors which were acclaimed and did very well at the box-office and I had missed were disappointments when I saw them. So its very difficult to say anything with certainty these days on movie outcome and the only thing common is that big numbers can be put up only during festive season; otherwise it’s a max 90-110 cr deal even for a well liked movie.
Incidentally as I pointed out BOI too here says Oct 2nd is the best date/week of the year 2014 so Bang Bang is on solid footing.
But here too I have serious doubts on content as Indian movies cannot get their act together in this genre. D-3 was the closest to some sort of reasoning….. If you are trying to make clever/smarty pants movie show us some of the background /planning…
Q. Why is it that Bang Bang and Haider are still clashing?
Ans. There are so many holidays in that week that none of the makers are prepared to let go which is actually the best week in 2014 as far as potential business is concerned.
N. Shah
Box Office India
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July 29, 2014 at 11:21 AM
that is a steep drop I would say, along the lines with a CE. Pretty sure D3 total is out of the question unless tomorrow is like a 30cr day…which would be insane! D3 had a 21cr first monday (non holiday I think). CE had a 12cr. Still very impressive numbers.
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July 29, 2014 at 11:59 AM
Tuesday is sure to go 30+. Its not really a steep drop considering a working Monday and a day before Eid.
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July 29, 2014 at 11:33 AM
some recent numbers (arbitrary) to compare with:
http://www.koimoi.com/box-office-10-days-comparative-report-of-top-5-highest-grossers-of-bollywood/
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July 29, 2014 at 12:09 PM
useful table except that it of course (like all the others) also includes suspect numbers. I have always doubted CE’s 225 number. I personally doubt it did much more than 3E. But the real joke here is K3! This make a joke for everyone else too but 240? Gimme a break! I think ETT is a bit higher too here. ETT and YJHD were both probably in the same 180-190 range. CE I’d say has an upper 210 limit. But krrish is a flagrant violation as they say in sports while CE is let’s say highly questionable.
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July 29, 2014 at 12:36 PM
Satyam, looks like u missed questioning the final figures of D3 which at 280cr+ is equally unbelievable.
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July 29, 2014 at 12:42 PM
not really.. it might be overstated by 5-7 crores at the most.
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July 29, 2014 at 12:41 PM
Funny, so all actors boxoffice collections are questionable except aamirs, lol…
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July 29, 2014 at 12:48 PM
not so funny as you misreading my comment.. I think YJHD is more or less accurate. Not really as bothered with a 5-10 crore margin here. Even ETT is ok for the same reason. But when you get into 20 crores or more, that sort of margin, then things become problematic. K3 is probably the most exaggerated number here.
In any case I think most people have a fair sense of what the numbers are. It’s just if you’re a fan of a particular star and have that agenda you’re interested in the most jacked up numbers possible without really caring whether they’re true or not. if CE were at 270 you’d still accept the number (or you’d ‘want’ to accept it)! This is where these things become like those right/left political debates where each side is always pointing out the problems with the other side and refusing to question one’s own. I’ve said more on this before but it’s a way of avoiding responsibility and playing this game where the other has to go first. Since no one does that one can keep hiding behind this logic! Similarly with box office grosses whether I say what I sincerely believe or if I’m pursuing a pro-Aamir agenda or whatever shouldn’t matter to what ‘you’ believe. And it cannot also be the convenient ‘I’ll believe whatever Taran (or whoever) does’. I actually don’t believe most SRK fans or most Hrithik fans are persuaded by those numbers. But yes there are always authentic delusional types who probably do sincerely believe them. Hard to say who falls in what category!
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July 29, 2014 at 12:50 PM
Hehe..Satyam like your unbiased dishonesty 😛 and agree with Z here. IMO, all figures are inflated by 10-20 CRs, and more for those that are above 200 Crs.
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July 29, 2014 at 12:51 PM
well that suspiciously reads like a formula for an Akshay Kumar fan! Being at 120 might be the safest position!
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July 29, 2014 at 12:58 PM
Hehe..nicely dodged. But not assuring enuf as you also know that figures are enormously inflated for movies above 200cr. Sometimes accepting a mistake makes a good comment.
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July 29, 2014 at 1:28 PM
the one thing I have no gift for is unfortunately (for me) dodging things..!
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July 29, 2014 at 2:28 PM
Satyam does have a point. CE’s distributor version of total is 208 crores, producers number is 226 crores. So that range is acceptable. Krrish 3 is a blatant lie. Dhoom 3’s Hindi version is 260 crores, 280 is all versions put together. And CE never had a regional version release so CE total is All hindi. This goes back to my post the other day where I was saying difference between CE and D3 is only around 50 crores Hindi to Hindi comparison and not 75 crores.
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July 29, 2014 at 3:18 AM
LRM was written for aamir and then it changed!!1 http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-hirani-had-planned-lage-raho-with-aamir-khan-as-gandhiji-1315179
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July 29, 2014 at 6:19 PM
Robert Mugabes “free & fair” elections–
thats what one is reminded of when one reads some of the ‘expert panel’ here
Now look at the hilarity of these box office utterances
we have two guys
satyam–who created a record of box office predictions gaffes for eg chennai express missing the mark by more than 100 crores–that and many such misdaventures and sat yam has refrained predictions altogether lol
‘krish’-who created a record in that the number of wrong predictions are more than the actual number of predictions-bollywood, football et al
good to see krish up there with nearly 250 crores 🙂
xxxxx
finally came across the nargis fakhri –kick number..
for starters—in the world of yoyo honey singh, “pyaar” is an all-encompassing term covering both ‘love” and “sex” quite interchangeably
with that background, one should appraoch the intentions of this track, which otherwise isnt bad given the pitch
go folks—-throng the theatres and enjoy….
As for nargis fakhri–
im not one of those ‘blind fans’ frequenting this blog and others.
lemme be brutally honest
u pick up ANY girl from the street and she will dance/move better tot this rhythm and after all the rehearsals and hard work, is this the best she can come up with ?
to me the “nargis” of rockstar is a distant memory…
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July 30, 2014 at 4:12 AM
Satyam / Krish
The trick to accurate prediction is to wait till the results are known, and then, and only then fake a “prediction”.
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July 30, 2014 at 6:24 AM
Ha! True!
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July 29, 2014 at 8:13 PM
As per BOI, Tuesday is same as friday …25-26 cr.
Just checked BMS, i am sure Wednesday will be below 10 cr. Any one wanna have a bet on wednesday figure ?
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July 29, 2014 at 11:44 PM
hmmm…i’ll be optomistic and say wednesday number will be 11cr all India.
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July 29, 2014 at 11:48 PM
Between 14 and 16 crores.
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July 29, 2014 at 11:29 PM
http://www.mid-day.com/articles/aamir-khan-and-family-celebrate-eid/15489186
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July 29, 2014 at 11:47 PM
Reena is looking beautiful and dignified. A tension free life.
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July 30, 2014 at 2:28 AM
I don’t see how the wom is any good. Monday it was 14cr. ( drop of 16 cr from Sunday, a holiday) Tuesday should have added three fourth of of that drop , 12cr at least because it was a national holiday. Assuming a pent up Muslim viewership of 10 cr over the three days, and at least 3/4th of them turned up on Eid, that should have added another 7.5cr. The total should have been : 33.5. If it does only 26cr, then it means, one or all three of these factors: 1. The wom not so good. A drop from Monday to Tuesday. 2. The wom not so good. Jump due to holiday, not much. 3. The lost Muslim viewership due to Pre-Eid not much. So their coming to see the film on Eid hasn’t added all that much.
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July 30, 2014 at 5:20 AM
Stranger things have happened, but I don’t see this getting past CE let alone D3.
The key really is the next 3 days (to beating CE) but even Eid national holiday was not incredible.
If you compare D3 up till Monday, it was around 115 crore (Hindi only) vs. Kick’s 95 crore. That’s a 20 crore shortfall and some of this can be explained by EID, but how much is very debatable and almost answered by EID holiday business.
Tuesday for D3 was Xmas Eve and it went to 21 crore whereas Xmas day (its 6th day of its run) made 24 crore. EID holiday (5th day) is coming in at 26 crore just ahead of D3 6th day Xmas Day. However, EID Holiday “should” have the distinct advantage of an additional 15% of Indians who till that point could not see the movie and now can (and many assume this segment is Salman’s core fanbase!). But it is only producing a figure marginally ahead of D3’s Xmas day (8% ahead) and that too a day “earlier” (6th day vs. 5th day) i.e. D3 is more saturated by the 6th day than Kick is on the 5th day. EID holiday needed to be out of the park, at least 30 crore but its produced a total similar to Friday/Saturday with the added advantage of first time viewers.
I’m sure today will be pretty big but at this point after 5 days its 136 crore vs. 121 crore and D3 will have 24 crore on 6th day. That gap widens more as there is no way Kick is doing business today close to EID holiday today.
CE is more plausible to beat but for that it will really need to post a big 2nd week of 40 crore+ – that is possible but I think that would be the biggest 2nd week for a Salman film so it’s questionable whether that can be achieved.
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July 30, 2014 at 5:49 AM
kick-mania shd take a steep downturn from today onwards – only sat/sun will have some good collection – but still an outside chance to reach 175 cr?
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July 30, 2014 at 8:03 AM
I was expecting a 30 plus total. 26 crores is not so great. It needs to stay at 10 crore plus even on Friday to have a chance of getting to 200 crores.
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July 30, 2014 at 4:26 AM
The Salman magic works because he is a robotic superhero with a human face who can do all the tricks and yet remain human(pun intended) with a friendly face and good looks. While the others have to struggle to make the movie a hit. The other day I was watching a much acclaimed movie which trended well on the lower side. It was dull, plodding and a huge bore.
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July 30, 2014 at 6:35 AM
taran adarsh @taran_adarsh · 2h
#Kick day-wise actuals: Fri 26.40 cr, Sat 27.15 cr, Sun 30.18 cr, Mon 14.41 cr, Tue 28.89 cr. Total: ₹ 127.03 cr nett. India biz. WOW!
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July 30, 2014 at 6:36 AM
Kick Is Top Grosser Of 2014 In Five Days
Wednesday 30 July 2014 11.30 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Kick was fantastic on Eid as it collected a huge 26 crore nett with some circuits recording the highest numbers for the film on Tuesday out of the first five days. Nizam / Andhra which had collected just 55 lakhs on Monday zoomed up to 1.75 crore nett. UP which had just 1 crore nett on Monday went up to 2.75 crore nett. Both these areas were better than day one and Sunday
Gujarat was hit by rains which meant Mumbai circuit did not collect to potential but the rest of the country was excellent. The film has now gone over 120 crore nett in five days and is already the biggest grosser of year.
The film is doing extraordinary business in Rajasthan which is around 9 crore nett in five days and East Punjab which is 12.50 crore nett in five days. In Rajasthan it is heading to be the biggest nett grosser ever but entertainment tax which will be 30% from next week onwards may play spoilsport. Still it will emerge number one in terms of gross business.
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July 30, 2014 at 9:35 AM
Is 26 Cr the most that a movie had collected on EID ?
Regardless of whether it is the top EID collection or not, KICK has done extremely well. For Sajid and Salman it is an achievement that comes with “bragging rights”.
One thing about KICK that I disagree is Nawazuddin. His act did not seem natural to me, Hooda instead seemed very relaxed & natural. I know that Nawazuddin is a good actor, and that people loved him in Kick, but he has a small role which is quite irritating.
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July 30, 2014 at 1:03 PM
it’s been defined as a success everywhere. As I’ve said many times you put up the big numbers, you stay stable for 5 days or so, no one cares about the rest. It’s an academic discussion at least in terms of popular media outlets.
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July 30, 2014 at 12:12 PM
dont know how true is this http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Btw99NGCEAEAUMh.jpg
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July 30, 2014 at 12:28 PM
YUK NEWS!
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July 30, 2014 at 1:00 PM
could be a subject to be decided later. Something more commercial obviously but also more narrative-oriented. Johar too has diversified like Yashraj. He still isn’t doing the smaller, rooted film like the latter but he’s also not the KKHH guy anymore. And so I wouldn’t be surprised to see a film much better than even Fanaa (which I didn’t mind in the first place).
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July 30, 2014 at 1:02 PM
of course there are always larger undercurrents to any such move.. shifting alliances, unstable older ones, so on and so forth. Not just referring to these two but some others as well in a variety of related contexts.
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July 30, 2014 at 2:02 PM
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July 30, 2014 at 2:36 PM
200cr now seems to be achievable for Kick with quite ordinary trending. Expect it to cross CE but very much still fall short of D3’s record.
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July 30, 2014 at 3:19 PM
Irrespective of where it lands, SalluBhai has regained his footing, much to the chagrin of those who wrote him off after JaiHo. With an apparently pedestrian movie, a minm 180+ cr total is nothing to be ashamed of.
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July 30, 2014 at 5:16 PM
“With an apparently pedestrian movie, a minm 180+ cr total is nothing to be ashamed of.”
…except for the pedestrian movie part.
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July 30, 2014 at 8:45 PM
LOL, exactly my thoughts!
But more seriously the ‘pedestrian’ is precisely what is expected from Salman. It’s not as if he’d do better with a stronger narrative. Akshay is in the same category.
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July 30, 2014 at 2:41 PM
Amazing , unbelievable-
Wednesday kanpur is better than tuesday(20.7 lacs).
Girish Johar @girishjohar · 10m
Wednesday Kanpur #KICK 22.3lacs aprox
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July 30, 2014 at 2:50 PM
It was expected that in UP it is going to collect very well on Tuesday till end of week. THe overall national numbers will be around the Monday mark I would think.
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July 30, 2014 at 3:04 PM
Fifty Shades Of Grey Trailer The Most Viewed Of 2014
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July 30, 2014
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The ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ trailer has amassed more first-week views than any other this year. Who’d thought?
Released just six days ago, it has been seen 36.4 million times in its opening week, smashing the year’s previous best of 31 million for ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’, according to figures from tech company Zefr.
If you’re one of the few people who haven’t yet seen the trailer, watch it below.
‘Godzilla’ and ‘Transformers: Age Of Extinction’ both notched up 26 million views in their first weeks.
A successful trailer often translates into a box office success: ‘Godzilla’ and ‘Transformers’, for example, were both big hits, making £293 million and £571 respectively.
https://uk.yahoo.com/movies/steamy-50-shades-of-grey-trailer-the-most-viewed-of-93298273086.html
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July 30, 2014 at 6:58 PM
BOI is talking about 19-20 cr wednesday, looks like it hasnt lose steam. 200+ is still within reach.
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July 30, 2014 at 8:00 PM
damn…200cr and CE is well within reach…will be interesting to see how badly it crashes from next monday onwards.
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July 30, 2014 at 11:21 PM
Nolan’s interstellar trailor is out – tried posting the video here – no luck
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July 31, 2014 at 1:55 AM
This is random but does anyone know what every happened to Rahat Fateh Ali Khan? I haven’t heard a bollywood song from him since I think Dabangg 2. I’m surprised Salman hasn’t taken him in Jai Ho/Kick like he always does…
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July 31, 2014 at 7:55 AM
Well he is touring in the UK late August from what I know. Not sure on the movie front.
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July 31, 2014 at 2:11 AM
Absolutely loved Kangana here-
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July 31, 2014 at 3:24 AM
Saw this couple of days back and must say she comes out a better person.
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July 31, 2014 at 5:58 AM
even the interview with srk was too good on the same show
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July 31, 2014 at 3:25 AM
http://www.koimoi.com/box-office/dhoom-3-rakes-in-1-35-million-in-3-days-in-china/
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July 31, 2014 at 4:25 AM
karanjohar @ DM FAV RT ? 44 mins ago
Apparently I have paid 300 crores to 2 major super stars…yes!! If this is true then I am also looking for a job,a house,and a LIFE!!
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July 31, 2014 at 6:16 AM
Haha!
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July 31, 2014 at 6:24 AM
Kick box office collection: US, UK, Canada figures of Salman Khan’s film revealed!
Salman has triggered a craze not only in India, but also around the world
Salman Khan’s recently released film, Kick opposite Jacqueline Fernandez has become a hit not only nationally, but also globally. While the film has made more than Rs 126.89 crore till date in the domestic markets, it’s going rock steady at the international box office as well.
Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh revealed on Twitter that the business of Kick multiplied rapidly in the international markets on Tuesday on the occassion of Eid following which he gave the date-wise international box office figures in a series of tweets.
The Sajid Nadiadwala directorial has raked a total of Rs 6.68 crore in the USA, Rs 1.83 crore in Canada, Rs 6.5 crore in the UK, Rs 2 crore in Australia and finally Rs 54.88 lacs in New Zealand.
just got to show that salman has broken srk monopoly in uk..
http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/kick-box-office-collection-us-uk-canada-figures-of-salman-khans-film-revealed/
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July 31, 2014 at 6:26 AM
taran adarsh @taran_adarsh · 3h
#Kick continues its victorious march, collecting ₹ 21.66 cr on Wed, taking the 6-day total to ₹ 148.66 cr nett. PHENOMENAL!
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July 31, 2014 at 6:28 AM
Kick Goes Over 20 Crore Nett Again On Wednesday
Thursday 31 July 2014 11.00 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Kick had another day where its collections went over 20 crore nett. It was the fifth time that the film went over 20 crore nett which is a record as it collected 20.50 crore nett. The business of the film in six days is nearly 141 crore nett
There are many circuits playing catch up as they missed some business pre Eid and Mumbai was fantastic as it grossed 6.50 crore nett on Wednesday just 50 lakhs nett less than the day before. Some stations even had a better collections than Monday.
There will be a drop today but the film is sure to go over 150 crore nett in week one and will be the second film to achieve this feat after Dhoom 3.
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July 31, 2014 at 6:52 AM
Hindu group writes to the Censor Board claiming ‘Singham Returns’ insults saints; Directors say there’s nothing controversial in the film
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hindu-group-writes-to-the-censor-board-claiming-singham-returns-insults-saints-directors-say-theres-nothing-controversial-in-the-film/489337-8-66.html
These hindu groups did little when
Paresh Rawal insulted hindu gods in his film OMG.
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July 31, 2014 at 9:33 AM
The loons have come out of the woodwork in the last couple of months. A couple of state poll setbacks will convince BJP to put them all back into their cages.
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July 31, 2014 at 9:41 AM
yeah it’s three per week. And on every subject possible.
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July 31, 2014 at 7:01 AM
http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/television/amitabh-bachchan-endorses-horticulture-for-free/article1-1246288.aspx
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July 31, 2014 at 12:43 PM
When you look at the latest Kick figures, 210cr lifetime seems to be the bare minimum now. It will comfortably be the second highest grosser behind Dhoom 3.
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July 31, 2014 at 12:48 PM
I don’t see any difference between Kick and Jai Ho – the movie and yet kick ends up with a much bigger total. If pressured to make a choice I would say Jai Ho was better in terms of construction and coherence to the plot…whatever it was the director trying to say….
I think the only difference here is timing of release and the hype related to it due to festivities where everyone seems chortling…. Jan 26th was a holiday but next day folks needed to get back to books and studies as Feb / March is mostly exam period.
That initial hype of 4 to 5 days is what all the fuss is about and that’s where Taran, Komal and the Joginders come into play. They come with these big figures and the hyperbole associated with it which is immediately caught on by the news channel / printed media looking for movie masala. The actors are then brought on these channels on 2nd day for interviews on the big opening and success, fans are shown celebrating and with that a lot many stories are created for content and kill time and get free TRPs.
The procrastinating lot then decides to get on the bandwagon or alternately there is so much hoopla on all the channels created that the family members as if they were waiting for this affirmation make it difficult to wait any longer……and the blockbuster is created.
This brings me to the main point – the usual crowd who has gained some sort of respectability like Taran , Komal and BOI who are quoted all over have a lot of say
in the final outcome of box-office and it is not for nothing that they invent these hyperbole of spectacular / unbelievable / monstrous / astounding / astonishing / stunning…..
Anybody here feels there are monetary favors exchanged for this hyperbole or if it is done due to bhaichara and supporting the industry / camp. If yes what is the price on it? is it for just a few bundles of thousands or lacs or does it go into crores as now in India crore se kam toh aajkal koi baat nahin karta…..
Creating an industry within industry is what most of us Indians excel in ….lol !!
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July 31, 2014 at 1:24 PM
Now that we have the secret ingredient, all movies should be blockbuster going forward 🙂
There’s no doubt that Taran, Komal, etc are getting monetary rewards from producers/distributors/exhibitors. But I don’t think movies will become hit just by them hyping a movie.
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July 31, 2014 at 2:05 PM
No I don’t say they make movies hit or flop but this stuff works only with big movies and helpful in kick starting the campaign on a good note. Couple of wrong reports by these will have a severe adverse effect.
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July 31, 2014 at 12:54 PM
PK poster?
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July 31, 2014 at 1:02 PM
Perhaps the Hindi version of Terminator.
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July 31, 2014 at 1:56 PM
Or E.T?
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July 31, 2014 at 2:12 PM
Hate Story part 3 🙂
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July 31, 2014 at 12:58 PM
One word – WOW!!
Not only amused but intrigued !!
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July 31, 2014 at 1:06 PM
Is it for real or something fake ? Is it trying to substantiate the rumored news article circulating the media….
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July 31, 2014 at 1:21 PM
It’s real- the link I put up cut off the bottom which said “UTV Productions” “December 19”, “T-Seriess” and all the usual stuff found at the bottom of posters.
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July 31, 2014 at 2:06 PM
Yes its seems so as it is all over net now.
I am one of them who feel the real fight for the movie of the year is between PK and Bombay Velvet. If BV is commercially viable Ranbir will score heavily.
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July 31, 2014 at 2:14 PM
hmmmm……earlier I posted this:
PK released on 19th Dec”14 (FF to 28th Dec’14):
19th – 45 cr
20th – 50 cr
21st – 53 cr
22nd – 30 cr
23rd – 25 cr
24th – 20 cr
25th – 15 cr
26th – 15 cr
27th – 30 cr
28th – 35 cr
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The movie has done 312 cr in 10 days 🙂 and it is still going strong.
Koi shaque? 🙂
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July 31, 2014 at 2:15 PM
http://www.boxofficecapsule.com/news/Aamir-Khan-Starrer-PK-To-Have-25-Crore-Marketing-Campaign-3399
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July 31, 2014 at 2:18 PM
The poster pretty much confirms that Aamir is an alien in the movie. This must be his introduction scene when he lands from outer space.
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July 31, 2014 at 1:18 PM
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/07/23/potterhood_trailer_a_boyhood_harry_potter_mashup_12_years_in_the_making.html
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July 31, 2014 at 2:51 PM
PK poster??!! LOL!!!
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July 31, 2014 at 3:10 PM
Is this a Period movie set in an era before the Extra Large Boom Box were the norm ?
Or is the pre-historic small cassette player a hint that Aamir is an alien from a small planet ?
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July 31, 2014 at 3:18 PM
Well he does look like Dr Spock.
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July 31, 2014 at 3:30 PM
I wish Aamir the best, but there is a definite ridiculous quotient to this poster.
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July 31, 2014 at 5:55 PM
http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/hrithik-roshans-estranged-wife-sussanne-demands-rs-400-crores-in-alimony/
Hmm now I know why hrithik is getting his act together and signing some films at a decent pace.
Yup do some work maan…
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July 31, 2014 at 6:23 PM
After watching kick I fel like kicking some butt
It is such a kick ass movie. In football we kick goals but in kick salman kicked his role. The movies has more holes than the Brazillian defense.
2014 Predictions
Singham 2 125 crores
Entertainment 85 crores
Haider 70 crores
HNY 230 crores
Bang Bang 299 crorea
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