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Q. Can Phata Poster Nikla Hero be the comeback of Shahid Kapoor?

A. It can if the content is good. The opening numbers should be best for a Shahid Kapoor starrer but mainly because his last release was over a year back and business is higher today but its unlikely to be that 10 crore plus opener so will depend on word of mouth.

S. Yadav

Q. Is Shahrukh Khan the number one star after Chennai Express?
A. Worldwide there is no doubt he is number one. In India the issue was pretty clear cut before Chennai Express with Salman Khan leading but now it is debateable. Basically it seems to depend on the better release dates, Salman Khan got excellent release dates with Bodyguard and Ek Tha Tiger and this year Shahrukh Khan got it with Chennai Express.

M. Qazir

Q. Has the business of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag crossed Barfi?

A. Nett collections have but gross collections have not.

R. Malhotra

Q. Are there not enough screens in India because there is so much competition for screens?

A. There are more than enough screens and its only when two big films release together or a week apart that problems occur and even that has a lot do with the short life span of a films today and everybody wants the maximum and best screens in their first week. Most of the year there are low occupancies and more screens will mean they get even lower. The need for extra screens will be if there are two releases a month that can do 150 crore nett but we struggle to get one film a month that can even do 100 crore nett.

Ram Bhargav

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Chennai Express has crossed the worldwide business of Ek Tha Tiger in just ten days plus its paid previews. The film is already the second highest grossing film Worldwide with 314 crore gross after its second weekend. Ek Tha Tiger had grossed 310 crore in its lifetime run.

1. 3 Idiots - 392 crore

2. Chennai Express - 314 crore (after 2nd weekend)

3. Ek Tha Tiger - 310 crore

4. Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani - 301 crore

5. Dabangg 2 - 250 crore

How do we get 314cr figure acc to BOI?

After 2nd weekend i.e. after 10 days

India nett - 168

India gross - 224

Overseas nett or gross - 14.2m USD - 90cr

Worldwide nett - 258

Worldwide gross - 314

According to official figures

India nett - 182

India gross - 243

Overseas nett or gross - 90

Worldwide nett - 272

Worldwide gross - 333

In India,

nett = gross (earned from ticket sales) - entertainment tax

Roughly gross = 4/3 * nett

In overseas,

nett = gross

Official ww - 333

BOI ww -314

only after TEN DAYS 👍🏼

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Chennai Express has simply crushed the old Worldwide opening figure by a mind boggling 60 crore. Dabangg 2 had been the first film to hit a 100 crore Worldwide in three days followed by Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani but Chennai Express has gone all the way to 167 crore. Below are the top ten Worldwide opening weekends.

1. Chennai Express - 167 crore

2. Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani - 107 crore

3. Dabangg 2 - 101 crore

4. Ek Tha Tiger - 96 crore

5. Ra.One - 95 crore

6. Bodyguard - 90 crore

7. Don 2 - 89 crore

8. Talaash - 88.50 crore

9. Race 2 - 82.50 crore

10. Dabangg - 78 crore

Note - The collections are for the first three full days be it India or Overseas and do not include paid previews or extended weekends. All figures are GROSS as there are no nett figures Overseas.