Shah Rukh Khan’s Ra.One Nets Rs 25 Cr; Breaks Salman Khan’s 2-Day Record
Great news for the industry! History has been created!! Shah Rukh Khan’s Ra.One has crossed the Rs. 25 crore mark (net all-India collections) in a single day (Thursday, October 27). The superhero film, which made Rs. 15 – 16 crore on the opening day, has now effectively breached the 2-day collection record of Salman Khan’s Bodyguard. While Bodyguard had netted Rs. 39 crore in its first two days, Ra.One has already made Rs. 40 crore at least. The final number is likely to go up as collection reports are still coming in.
Day One Figures: Unfair Comparison
In many ways, the comparison being made by the media and sections of the trade between the first day collections of Bodyguard and Ra.One was unfair. While both the films released on Wednesdays and public holidays, the Salman Khan starrer, Bodyguard, had released on Eid day, which is generally considered to be extraordinary at the box-office. On the other hand, Ra.One released on Diwali (Laxmi Pooja day), a day which is dull at the box-office because many Hindus stay indoors to participate in the festivities including poojas.
In that sense, the day after Diwali (i.e. Thursday in the case of Ra.One) proves to be the real ‘Diwali’ for the film industry because people come out in hordes to the cinemas on the second day of Diwali. The wonderful second day collections of Ra.One just go to prove this.
Shah Rukh Khan's Ra.One: Breaking records.
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Day One Figures: Unfair Comparison
on�[ ye� ڀ ‘>Bodyguard and Ra.One was unfair. While both the films released on Wednesdays and public holidays, the Salman Khan starrer, Bodyguard, had released on Eid day, which is generally considered to be extraordinary at the box-office. On the other hand, Ra.One released on Diwali (Laxmi Pooja day), a day which is dull at the box-office because many Hindus stay indoors to participate in the festivities including poojas.
In that sense, the day after Diwali (i.e. Thursday in the case of Ra.One) proves to be the real ‘Diwali’ for the film industry because people come out in hordes to the cinemas on the second day of Diwali. The wonderful second day collections of Ra.One just go to prove this.
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completely agree wid ya sir…noone in my family allwed 2 me go in 1st day..ofcourse deewali puja affected.despite of puja Raone collected 18.5 cr. net.this moviee rockkss..absolutely entertaining
GREAT NEWS …… SRK ROCKS …
awesome. will be even bigger
The visual effects of the movie is wonderfull,and the technology is awesome too, but the story is not so strong like bodyguard,,any ways ra one rocks well done sharukh , from the commencement i was excited for don 2. .
story story in bodyguard????lol, hahahahaha, thats the biggest joke of 2011.
I was search for person like you since i watch bodygurd please please tell me where is story in bodyguard?????????????
Wat’s going on humourless movie made yet now waste of time also money people are not aware from the review nd visited
Bakwass movie ever
srk is always the no.1 actor
Flop or hit is not decided by the actual collections but the relative collections that is in relation to the money spent on it. A small budget movie may become a huge hit with Rs10 crore collections. Considering the huge cost of Ra.One it’s very far in the safe zone. And on top of that, there a too much negative criticisms pouring in and SRK lovers are terming these people as SRK haters or Salman’s fans which is not necessarily true or not true at all.
If that was the case then Blair Witch Project is the best film in the history of mankind. It was made by a merely 10 lakh rupees and had collection of about 1750 crores.
It is a hollywood film released in 1999
Yes you are right speaking striclty in terms of flop or hit status. If the movie is good or not that’s another thing. BTW, collections also include money gained from selling DVDs, rights to TVs etc and not only money gained through selling of cinema tickets.
Dear P.One..
Lets take a look at your analogy.. say a film is made at 400 crores and it earns 500 crores.. Theres another which is made at 5 crores and say it earns 110 crores.. Net profit for the first is 100 crores and the second is 105 crores.. so on the surface it looks the second one is a bigger hit.. isnt it.. But dear.. you are forgetting one thing.. For the first to earn 500 crores, te number of people who have seen it is 5 times the movie which earned 110 crores..So a hit/flop is relative and differs by definition..thing is SRK makes big movies as he is confident his movies will recover the cost.. Until dabbang salman didnt have the guts to invest such money
I am speaking of the definition of hit or flop as given by the box office, it’s not my personal definition. In your example the 2nd movie has made profits of 2100%, the movie with the bigger budget has made profits of 25% only. The film with lower budget will get the status of “All Time Blockbuster” and the one with higher budget”Average” or “Hit”. That’s the risk of making a film with a huge budget. Hrithik’s Kites is a flop because of this definition though it did have a good collection per se. Ra.One will be unsafe until it crosses the 150 crore mark, and will be a Blockbuster until it reaches 300+ crore.
Dabbang was produced by Salman’s brother not Salman himself. And I don’t see why each time comparison has to be made between an SRK movie and a Salman’s movie; am not fan of any of them. And for me this rivalry is a media invention, one it makes news sell easily, and on the other it serves both stars since their faithful fans will be show even more support to their heroes whether or not they come with crap movies as their aim is to show which clan is superior, so their movies will always be successful.
wht do u wnt to say…
hey buddy what do you mean to say..yeah raone is not as expected but i can proudly say that it is far bettet than body guard. in every aspect..its not that i hate salman .i like him though..
like one & only one ra one
finally he made it………..srk is always no.1……..thnks sir
King Khan rocks!! sallu is a lallu!!
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