BOI Answes - Will the Christmas Clash Be The Biggest Ever in History?

Q. You have said Dhoom 3 grossed 261 crore nett and has set records in every circuit apart from Mumbai so is the distributor share also over 150 crore as 60% gone to distributors?

Ans. No the share will not hit 150 crore, it will be around 140-145 crore. It is still the highest share by a distance

J. Nirmal

Q. Will the Christmas clash between Peekay, Bombay Velvet and Welcome Back be the biggest clash ever in history?

Ans. P.K. will probably release on 19th December as it will be more beneficial to have the holiday on day seven rather than day one as a mega opening can be taken for granted. Bombay Velvet and Welcome Back can come on Christmas but there will be a screen problem for both as they will not only be clashing with each over but P.K. will be a strong holdover as well. Also Bombay Velvet and Welcome Back do not have a lot going for them to release in the vicinity of P.K. Bombay Velvet has a star like Ranbir Kapoor but a director who has a disastrous record at the box office which could override the Ranbir factor and Welcome Back is sequel to Welcome (2007) but without Akshay Kumar which takes it down a notch or two despite it being a sequel of a very big hit film.

K. Mathur

Q. In the hit count there is Shahrukh Khan with Billu and Salman Khan with Baghban, both had extended special appearances but one flopped and the other hit so does this not favour Salman Khan and special appearances should not be counted?

Ans. That is just luck of the draw, both these films were promoted through musical trailers with heavy presence of the Khans to get initial and both failed on that count but Baghban managed to succeed on word of mouth. Special appearances are like Dulha Mil Gaya or Chillar Party, both the films you mentioned had a heavy presence of Salman and Shahrukh Khan.

R. Miyan