Neerja is Amongst Top Female Centric Openers

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Neerja Is Amongst Top Female Centric Openers By Joginder Tuteja - February 20, 2016 333 0 Neerja has exceeded expectations at the Box Office. The film was expected to open on a decent note and then see some gradual improvement on Friday, before seeing good jumps on Saturday and Sunday. However, the manner in which word of mouth has spread for the film, it is now quite apparent that this Ram Madhvani directed affair is here to stay for long. The film has been released on a good screen count and even though Sonam Kapoor is the only star value attached to it, there was good confidence shown by Fox in ensuring good returns. As a result, the film took good strides by evening shows itself and Friday collections read 4.70 crore. These are quite good numbers for the film which is a biopic and not a hardcore commercial entertainer. For a niche and offbeat subject, Neerja has surprised just like Airlift had done four weeks back. Moreover, the film's opening numbers become all the more important when looked at in light of the female centric flicks. Hence, if one counts out Sunny Leone's erotic affairs like Jism 2, Ragini MMS 2 and Ek Paheli Leela, each of which took decent to good opening, Neerja compares with some of the best. Here is the list: Mary Kom - 8 crore Piku - 5.3 crore Neerja - 4.70 crore Alone - 4.5 crore Jazbaa - 4.23 crore Mardaani - 3.46 crore NH10 - 3.35 crore Creature - 3.25 crore Khoobsurat - 2.75 crore Dolly Ki Doli - 2.5 crore Queen - 1.75 crore The film is set to take good jumps over Saturday and Sunday since the critical acclaim as well as word of mouth is unanimously positive. Fox had a task in hand to pitch the film well via marketing and distribution, which has paid off on Day One itself, hence resulting in Neerja turning out to be a success story. Meanwhile, Loveshhuda got a good release too as it got good screen count for itself. However, it was overshadowed by Neerja on the first day. The collections are around 1 crore mark. Direct Ishq and Ishq Forever got a minimal release in very few theaters, due to which collections are near to negligible. Note: All collections as per production and distributor sources Joginder Tuteja tweets @tutejajoginder

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Posted: 9 years ago
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First time ever industry was right! Such a great opening with 700-800 screens 🤪 🥳 party time.
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Alone, Creature & Khoobsurat are woman centric films? Didn't know that 😆
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^ I think what they mean is the biggest star in those films was a female?
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Originally posted by: PurpleAir

^ I think what they mean is the biggest star in those films was a female?



Maybe! Female stars helming newbies! But that's such an unfair comparison anyways! Fawad was known here & was awaited! While Bipasha has been doing horrex/eroticas for so long, if sunny leone's films were cast out here should have been cast out too!



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Posted: 9 years ago
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TWMR should've also been added if that was the case! Focussed more on the female!

Did Kahaani, TDP, English Vinglish not have good openings? I thought they worked really well 😲

Tbh I was actually expecting a much bigger opening for Neerja cause it's such a moving story, and it had the curiosity! Maybe it'll catch up on the weekend! Is the opening this much because of less screens? Because i feel it had so much more scope!!
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Posted: 9 years ago
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SO, so so so SO well deserving!
Love this movie to bits. Such an amazing tribute to angel Neerja..

Sonam you rock. ❤️
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Posted: 9 years ago
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What about the dirty picture?
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Originally posted by: Patronus

TWMR should've also been added if that was the case! Focussed more on the female!

Did Kahaani, TDP, English Vinglish not have good openings? I thought they worked really well 😲

Tbh I was actually expecting a much bigger opening for Neerja cause it's such a moving story, and it had the curiosity! Maybe it'll catch up on the weekend! Is the opening this much because of less screens? Because i feel it had so much more scope!!

with 700 screens madam aapko kitni badi opening chahiye thee?😆yes its because of 700 screens and in afternoon they opened 100 screens after the seeing the rush .5 movies released with neerja.
but I really hope they increase the screens, the shows are going housefull
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KS, Creature and Alone were all female centric cause the plot basically revolved around the female character and the male was just an eye candy and had nothing substantial to do. KS less so cause despite being a mere love interest (and not doing much else), his character did have an arc.

Thanks TM for sharing. 4.7 cr is good with only 700 screens.
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