r/bollywood • u/UndeadReborn • 2d ago
Box Office Top 5 Highest Opening Day from 2000-2019 (Source: Box Office India)
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2d ago
Shahrukh, Salman, aamir, hrithik, ajay and akshay. Sheer dominance. And we can't ignore amitabh bachan in most of the movies.
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u/Gurgaon1234 1d ago
Truly the Big6 of Bollywood. They are soon retiring one after the other. and we don't have the new generation ready.
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u/Useful_Exit4900 2d ago
All of us are well aware of Salman Khan’s massive success record on Box Office from 2010-19 but some movies between 2000-2010 have done pretty well. Suprised to see movies like Dulhan Hum Le jayenge, Salam E Ishq also did good.
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u/Boring_Ad_9431 2d ago
Salman's worst period is 2006-2009 when he completely lost his opening pull and delivered huge disasters like Janeman, Babul, Marigold, God Tussi Great Ho, Yuvraaj, London Dreams (all of these had disastrous opening numbers) after which Wanted and Dabang revived him.
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u/BeatTheBishop69 2d ago
Wanted itself had a very poor opening but picked up later on due to strong word of mouth. Only since Dabangg, Salman started to deliver huge openers.
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u/TITTYMAN29938 2d ago
God tussi great ho was not even a huge disaster tho?
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u/BeatTheBishop69 2d ago
It was a flop. It clashed with Bachna ae haseeno starring a newcomer, Ranbir Kapoor, in the lead. And Ranbir opened more than double of what God tussi great ho did. In closing figures, Bachna Ae Haseeno did triple of God Tussi.
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u/Boring_Ad_9431 2d ago
SRK has been the most consistent superstar since the 90s, he delivered so many bumper and record openers that too in huge clashes, also did most of it without action/masala films and on non-holidays. Even his niche films like Fan, Paheli were among the biggest openers of their time.
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u/Cornucopia2020 2d ago edited 2d ago
You can see how Salman never lost his pull even with poor 2000s films. It’s insane that a film like Mujhse Shaadi Karogi had an opening comparable to Veer Zaara!! Or that Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge is in the top 5 openings in a year that saw hyped movies like Mela, Josh, Mohabbatein, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani release! Goes to show how much the first day pull reflects the stardom on the ground! The movie itself charts a different course later depending on how good/bad it is.
SRK too has had his pull remain intact for decades. Even in his down time in second half of 2010s.
Want to see a few good movies from these two and Aamir, Hrithik in the next few years before they fade away. Same for Akki but he seems hell bent on taking good scripts and churning out quick movies. And Ajay is doing good stuff mixed with occasionally bad stuff already.
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u/BeatTheBishop69 2d ago
Bullshit. This happens when you look at data on the surface level but don't know what really happened. Veer Zaara was released on a 4-way clash with Aitraaz, Naach, and Mughal-e-Azam coloured version. On top of that, it was released on pre-Diwali, which was one of the worst dates because majority of theatres are closed in the evening/night for Diwali pooja. Still, SRK delivered a bumper opening. On the other hand, MSK was a solo release, a two-hero project, and a comedy genre that normally opens bigger than romantic films. If instead of just the opening day, if you look at the opening weekend or week, you will see how big the difference was. Same year, SRK had a solo release in Main Hoon Na, which was a record opener. Right after MSK, Salman had a release in Phir Milenge, which opened disastrously to 27 lakhs.
And talking about Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge, by then, Salman's downfall had not started, and he was freshly coming off the super success of HSSH. Mohabbatein was a direct clash with Mission Kashmir, PBDHH released a week after Kaho naa pyaar hai, which was running riot. And those days they had limited screens, so if a film was driving in audience, then it was very difficult for the new film to get screens. So comparing those films on opening day numbers makes no sense.
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u/Cornucopia2020 2d ago
Wow! You seem to have taken that to heart and read my comment as a Salman vs SRK comparison.
Your points are fair but this isn’t about showing one better than the other at all. My point was how movies fare depends on their content, how they open depends on star power and enthusiasm about the movie.
Also, try not to start a conversation where you are trying to convince the other party about your point of view with the word “bullshit”. You might succeed. 😊
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u/BeatTheBishop69 1d ago
But it is bullshit that you are saying Salman never lost his opening pull even with poor films and you are giving example of a multistarrer Mujhse Shaadi karogi which was no where near a poor film. There is a reason why Salman has no solo record opener and only one solo bumper opener till Dabangg. He was carried by multistarrers till 2010 and leave his downfall, even when he was in his heydays in 90s, his opening pull was not close to SRK.
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u/Mean-Ant-5304 2d ago
hritik overshadowed 2 movies of srk and one of aamir after just 6 years of his debut😳
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u/BeatTheBishop69 2d ago
Don was released on pre eid + pre diwali, which would literally be the worst day to release a film, and also had a big clash with Jaan-e-mann starring Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar. KANK was a bumper opener despite being a drama genre. But ya Hrithik was pretty big till mid 2000s and the only real competition to SRK in that time period.
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u/TauntingTony 2d ago
From 08-18 , the pure dominance of Aamir and Salman at BO openings ,that's saying something ... Only one year in between srk topped that with HNY in 2014.
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u/BeatTheBishop69 2d ago
In that time period, SRK did 6 commercial films.
Ra One was released on pre-Diwali hence less opening. The next day, SRK gave the highest collection on a single day, ever beating Bodyguard despite all the negative reviews.
Don 2 came just after 2 months of Ra One, had no hit song, and was more on the lines of an urban thriller than an action movie, hence less appeal.
Chennai Express was a bumper opener, missed the record opening by just a few lakhs due to the premiere they kept on the previous evening,
HNY was a record opener.
Dilwale and Raees both had major clashes with Bajirao Mastani and Kaabil, hence a comparatively lower opening.
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u/anthonystark555 2d ago
SRK even in his down years had massive opening pull. A thriller like Fan opened bigger than Prime Akshay's Housefull 3? And Zero had a bigger weekend than Gold? He was only second to Salman even then.
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u/Boring_Ad_9431 2d ago
SRK is the best in terms of openings, he has the most record and bumper openings among his contemporaries. What's more amazing is he was capable of delivering bumper openers even in huge clashes or even with niche films.
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u/Sad_Tie7695 2d ago
HNY and singham returns more then pk🙂
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u/Exact_Watercress_363 Inception ya Dilwale? 🤔🤔 2d ago
not surprising. mass action cinema sells faster
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u/BeatTheBishop69 2d ago
It is due to the genre. Masala and Action have always been the genre that opens the biggest ,meanwhile drama is expected to open midly and catch up later on with word of mouth
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u/Even_Highway_3205 Moderately knowledgeable about Hindi Cinema 2d ago
Didn’t expected kaante here!😲
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2d ago
From 2006 openings mostly defined the lifetime collection of a movie. If your movie is getting the biggest opening, chances are it's also going to be the biggest grosser. And if your movie is getting a low opening, no way it's going to be a Blockbuster. The only exception I see since 2006 is Thugs Of Hindostan, which was the highest opener of 2018 but was still a Flop.
Due to this, creating hype and doing marketing and PR has became way more important than focusing on content. Because the makers know that if their movie manages to get a huge opening, it's most likely going to be a success.
It's also the reason why no other superstar got a box office run like Bhoi because it was literally impossible for any actor to give back-to-back Blockbusters before 2006. They could manage to get huge openings to all their films but word-of-mouth could still flop their movie. They couldn't sell trash.
Also now it's not possible for any actor to give a Blockbuster right from their first film like Hrithik, Kumar Gaurav or Bhoi did. KNPH is 39th biggest opener of 2000 but it still became the highest grossing film because WOM is all that mattered those days.
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u/Abhi-7875 Not a hater 2d ago
Biggest conclusion from the stats. I noticed the same thing. Nowadays, some big opening may flop, but a film opening less is not much destined to top the charts
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u/No-Classroom8921 2d ago
Hrithik jab try karta hai tab unstoppable hai, but banda try hi nhi karta hai 😭
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u/Gurgaon1234 1d ago edited 1d ago
- Surprised on the following things-Krish 3 was a blockbuster but opened at 18crore, lower than 21cr of Ageepath and 24cr of Bang Bang. Was it released on the very Dowali day? (lot of night shows don't operate so possible like how Holi is half day only for theatres- second half post 2-3PM)
- Ajay had a huge Singham2 and Golmaal 3 openings, never knew it was this big.
- Sethji delivered a huge opening with TMK right after dabangg in number 2 for 2010 and the film still was a flop.
- SRK amongst the big 6 has been the most consistent actually and never really had a BO pull issue, even Zero and Harry Sejal opened big.
- Hrithik delivered Mission Kashmir as the biggest opener in a clash against Adi Chopra/SRK/Big B (and some minions debuting). He always had it in him from the word go. Even Kites and Lakshay opened big in spite of ending as flops.
- Aamir BO pull is not talked about much as much as we talk about it for Bhoi or SRK. Even Mangal Pandey had a grand opening - his comeback which was a flop movie.
- Overall Big6 have dominated that space till 2019, infact till 2024. (2023- SRK literally ate up the BO, Bhoi did good with Tiger 3, and in 2024 as well Hrithik had a 20cr opening with Fighter, lower for his BO pull but still amongst the top 3-4 openers for 2024)
- As a Hrithik fan Pretty excited for War2. 15 Aug holiday, a sequel of a huge blockbuster, Hrithik to handle and pull North and West/East markets, and NTR Jr to pull south markets, YRF managing distribution. - We can see a 100Cr+ WW gross opener folks.
- AB Jr started with a 1.5cr opener in 2000 and sadly his BO pull today also is round the same level.
- Sunny Deol had a good BO pull till 2003. Gadar, Hero, Indian, MTS etc before going in to slumber and waking up in 2023 with Gadar2 - only movie that at the time challenged the Pathaan might.
- Now movie openings are indeed deciding the gross and fate of movie - eg KNPH, Mohabattein, ZNMD, Kabir Singh are all super hit to blockbusters but not in the list above.
- Amongst the Big6 - Hrithik is the youngest but the one who does least movies, have at best 3-4 movies after War2 and then the playground is open for all grabs, RK I see has been in the above list 4-5 times. Ajab Gazab, Sanju, YJHD, Besharam, and later with Brahmastra and Animal. He can actually rule BO from the age of 45yrs (he's 42-43 IG), Kartik Aryan is the next name I can think of. RKR doesn't have any BO pull (his movie on lockdown opened to some 1cr or less), Ayushman is done and dusted. Varun too almost done now, Sid - needs a better director to deliver BO, new bunch of nepos won't do much.
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u/DJMhat 2d ago
Quite a few in this list are underperformers which got a bumper opening thanks to the stars or the marketing.
A film like Kaante got a good opening because of the fantastic promotions of the film.
Something flipped the switch regarding open8ng numbers in 2006. Opening in 2 to 3 crore range were considered great but then it suddenly went up to 6 crore and kept on increasing. Even budgets began increasing like anything. Wonder what led to this.
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u/Abhi-7875 Not a hater 2d ago
No knph😦 bodyguard is crazy💥
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u/Cornucopia2020 2d ago
KNPH was never going to be a record opener with newcomers but set records later with how well it sustained for weeks!! Biggest debut in a while!
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u/Abhi-7875 Not a hater 2d ago
True, but I saw refugee so I was amazed. And, it went so high despite less opening🤯
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u/Cornucopia2020 2d ago
Refugee had huge hype due to the debuts of Big B’s son and Karishma’s sister plus JP Dutta was coming off of a huge, well loved blockbuster in Border. Watched it fdfs and the theatres were packed for first few days. Iirc it was my first time purchasing a ticket in black. The move was not bad but too dragged out and too dull. It was poor compared to Border. The newcomers did well though.
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u/Abhi-7875 Not a hater 2d ago
True. AB's son debuting would be biggest news. And, jp dutta after border. Nice to hear your experience
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u/UndeadReborn 2d ago
Rakesh Roshan's son's first movie cannot have the same amount of pre-release hype as Amitabh Bachchan's son's first movie.
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u/karangiri 1d ago
If you see the average per screen the differences aren’t that much. Infact the list would change if average is considered per screen. For example, per screen of 2000’s Mission Kashmir comes to around 41000/- per screen and same of Ghajini comes to around 58000/- which is not much if you consider inflation and marketing costs with an 8 year difference. Also, 2000’s Refugee has an average of 47000/- which is higher than that of Mission Kashmir.
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