Trade rejoice as business in Bollywood soar riding on 'Bang Bang'

Mumbai: Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif's Bang Bang has been smashing box office numbers. It made 175.61 crore gross worldwide in four days. The film has made 22.41 crore nett on Sunday taking the total India tally to 94.13 crore (134.47 crore gross).

Bang Bang has created records in the overseas territories as it collected 41 .14 crore in the overseas territories over the weekend - becoming the highest opener of 2014 beating Kick in Middle East, UK and US by a huge margin.

The huge collections of Bang Bang has got the trade very excited.

Vajir Singh, Editor of Box Office India magazine, India's top Bollywood trade magazine, is excited that the industry has boomed riding on Bang Bang. "The business has been phenomenal. The jodi of Hrithik and Katrina has worked its magic again. Bang Bang is holding supremely well. It is a full family entertainer and a total masala movie. Audiences are loving the film."

Top trade analyst Komal Nahta is delighted about Bang Bang's record breaking collection. He says, "Bang Bang has done remarkably well and has become the highest opening film in hrithik's career so far. A 4-day net total of Rs. 94 crore is huge! What's also very creditable is the $6 million weekend Overseas! B.O. figures like these are not seen very often."

Bang Bang, directed by Siddharth Anand and produced by Fox Star Studios, has made multiple records in India and overseas territories over the weekend. On day one, it blasted itself into the top 5 openers of all time in Bollywood.

The out-and-out entertainer has maintained it's dominance at the counters through the weekend. The film's opening marked Hrithik Roshan biggest opening of his career and Katrina Kaif now has three movies in the top 5 openers of all time.

Bang Bang is being appreciated widely by audiences. The film is complete masala, family entertainer.

Vijay Singh, CEO, Fox Star Studios, says, "Bang Bang has smashed many records and is now the top 5 Bollywood openings of All Time in India & Internationally. The film has held strongly through the weekend and has opened bigger than Krrish 3, making it Hrithik's biggest film to date. It's a complete family entertainer & paisa vasool film & has action like Bollywood has not seen before. The word of mouth on the film is great & Bang Bang looks poised to have a great run through the week and the second weekend."