Dhoni takes 2nd best start of 2016

M.S. Dhoni - The Untold Story Takes Second Best Start Of 2016
Friday 30 September 2016 12.30 IST
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M.S. Dhoni - The Untold Story has taken the second best initial of year after Sultan. The film is even better than the Shahrukh Khan starrer Fan which came on a partial holiday in terms of occupancy. There is a difference in the number of screenings as Fan was a 140 minute plus film while M.S. Dhoni - The Untold Story is at 180 minutes plus. Still barring Sultan which had a bumper initial (the only one of the year) it is still considerably ahead of the rest in terms of ocupancy though that long running time will have an affect on collections. The best initials on the morning of release in 2016 till date are as follows.




1. Sultan - 70% (4350 Screens)
2. M.S. Dhoni - The Untold Story (3800 screens) - 50% (Hindi)
3. Fan - 42.5% (3400 Screens)
4. Rustom - 40% (2350 screens)
5. Baaghi - 37.5% (2700 Screens)
6. Housefull 3 - 32.5% (3600 Screens)
7. Dishoom - 30% (3000 screens)
8. Airlift - 27.5% (2000 Screens)
9. Mohenjo Daro- 25% (2700 screens)
10. Udta Punjab - 25% (2200 screens)

Note - These occupancy are for morning shows before noon only and do not reflect how the final day will end up as the trend is sometimes different in the evening. If the occupancy is the same then it is differentiated by the screen count with the higher screen count given benefit.

Isn't it bit unexpected and too early to predict?

Dhoni might be in top 3 highest grossers of 2016

Originally posted by: Ranbirrocks

Isn't it bit unexpected and too early to predict?

It's only the opening

As I said the only things Sushant Singh Rajput may benefit is best actor award and his careers biggest hit. Superstardom is far from what he may achieve


This will be only biopic where star would get limited credit for it success and mostly credited to the legend himself MS Dhoni

SSR will get eyeballs and bums in the seats..and if janta loves him..It is going to give great recall,when his next film arrives.Directors already love him.

SSR was fab even in the small role in PK.

The chaar kadam song may be threason,Homi signed him for two projects.Dinesh Vijan has a good eye..and his production company Maddock films will benefit a great deal.

I'm so happy as I love Dhoni 🥳

Who wants him to be a superstar?? I just want him to take up good roles, keep working hard! So that ppl remember him as a good actor... Thumbs up sushant! He has really worked hard for the movie... I wouldn't like to pull him down by calling that he won't be a superstar ... Maybe he won't, but me as his fan is happy 😃

Happy for Sushant, the hard work he did for this film is finally giving result.