Wednesday, 12th August 11:55 AM IST








BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN Approaches 312 Cr Nett After 4th Weekend In India, 585 Cr Gross Worldwide

2015 is now ready with first big release, Salman Khan starrer ''Bajrangi Bhaijaan''. As usual film was expected to do huge business and film has opened to extraordinary numbers and going by the initials, it seems that it will break few records in coming days.

 Film released in 800 screens in overseas and 4500 screens in India. Film lost few shows to ''Bahubali'' in multiplexes especially in south. But overall film was not affected by this as this is big ticket occasion release and audience flocked to cinemas no matter what. 

As we mentioned in our prediction article, film opened to full houses and historic numbers today morning. Advance bookings were humongous and at places it was better than ''Kick'' and ''Ek Tha Tiger''. Film was close to 75% in smaller towns and metros were also close to 60%. This went up as the day progressed and evening to night shows were packed to capacity.

Film collected 27.25 cr nett on day one which means it is highest number for pre Eid day, better than 26.40 cr nett of ''Kick''. ''Bahubali'' factor in south and pre Eid might dent it by 1.5 - 2 cr nett on day one. Film has got rather better reviews than other Salman starrers so it should trend good in coming days. Film had 102 cr nett plus weekend business which was 3rd highest ever and with super solid weekday trends, it collected 184 cr nett plus in week one which was 2nd best ever.

Film took a good start on 3rd Friday and collected 4.11 cr nett. Film jumped by 60% on 3rd Saturday and collected 6.80 cr nett. Film added 9.07 cr nett on Sunday and that means 20 cr nett 3rd weekend. Film collected 2.75 cr nett on 3rd Monday which was only 35% drop from Friday. Film added 2.63 cr nett on Tuesday, 2.45 cr nett on Wednesday and 2.25 cr nett on Thursday. Film collected 30 cr nett plus in 3rd week which is 3rd best behind ''PK'' and ''3 Idiots''.

Film dropped on 4th Friday and collected 1.45 cr nett and 2.73 cr nett on 4th Saturday followed by 3.51 cr nett on 4th Sunday. Film is heading for 11 cr nett in 4th week after 7.75 cr nett in 4th weekend. Film had huge jumps over 4th weekend which suggests it has legs to to score some more numbers in coming weeks. Film added 1.05 cr nett on 4th Monday and 1 cr nett on 4th Tuesday. Film will add 12 cr nett in 4th week.

Film has outside chance to reach 320 cr nett lifetime though it has no chance to challenge lifetime record of ''PK''. Film has worldwide gross of 585 cr in 25 days. Film is unstoppable in overseas too as it has crossed 166 cr (26 million $) in 24 days. Film will finish with 600 cr worldwide gross.

Below are the collections for the film -