My prediction for what will the biggest box office grosser of 2016!

Before I write my prediction, I will post the top grossing film in India of each year from 2008 onwards:

2008: GHAJINI (Aamir Khan, Christmas)

2009: 3 IDIOTS (Aamir Khan, Christmas)

2010: DABANGG (Salman Khan, Eid)

2011: BODYGUARD (Salman Khan, Eid)

2012: EK THA TIGER (Salman Khan, Eid)

2013: DHOOM 3 (Aamir Khan, Christmas)

2014: PK (Aamir Khan, Christmas)

2015: BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN (Salman Khan, Eid)

Notice the trend? Every film has been a film starring either Salman Khan or Aamir Khan, and on either Christmas or Eid. This year, Salman has an Eid release again, while Aamir has a Christmas release again. The question is, which of the two films will be the biggest grosser of the year in India: SULTAN or DANGAL?

If SULTAN clashes with RAEES, then SULTAN's business will face a dent to some extent. However, after the failure of FAN, reports suggest that the clash is no longer going to happen. In all likelihood, SULTAN will enjoy a solo release date this Eid.

Therefore, in order to determine which film will be the biggest grosser of the year in India between the two leading candidates SULTAN and DANGAL, one major factor comes into play: Word of Mouth (public feedback).

SULTAN may have decent WOM, but I don't think it will be much higher than that. Director Ali Abbas Zafar's last film GUNDAY had WOM that was just good, not excellent. MERE BROTHER KI DULHAN did not have excellent WOM either. Truth be told, I think DANGAL will have better WOM than SULTAN. Let's face it, Aamir and Christmas is a combination that is simply unbeatable. When Aamir decides to release a film on Christmas, it means that it will be a universally-appealing film. His only non-Christmas release in recent years has been TALAASH, which was more of a darker, niche film. Aamir has already talked about how DANGAL is not just based on wrestling, but also based on women empowerment and has emotions dealing with father-daughter relationship, etc. Aamir puts his heart and soul into not just his performances, but also looks into the film-making process as well while being apart of a film.

I strongly feel that DANGAL have a better universal WOM than SULTAN, which is why I am predicting that DANGAL will be the biggest grosser of 2016 in India!

Is the director of Dangal reputed or should we assume AK will br ghost directing??

Dangal seems story is good and no other actor famous exept Aamir

Heroine does part a major role as well. Sultan has A lister actress, whereas dangal got none. For example if we see, CE and HNY- deepika in it made huge difference than Fan, which had no actress. No actress mean not much single screen ppl come to enjoy the movie unless it is too entertaining with comedy or too much action sequences. (I dont see dangal having anything of both). So sultan leads according to me.

Next comes, Raees or Mohenjodaro(very few chances) depends on how well they made.