Trade rejoice as business in Bollywood soar riding on
Bang Bang
Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif's Bang Bang has been
smashing box office numbers. It made 175.61 crore
gross worldwide in four days. The film has made
22.41 crore net on Sunday taking the total India tally
to 94.13 crore (134.47 crore gross).
Bang Bang has created records in the overseas
territories as it collected 41 .14 crore in the overseas
territories over the weekend - becoming the highest
opener of 2014 beating Kick in Middle East, UK and
US by a huge margin.
The huge collections of Bang Bang have got the trade
very excited.
Vajir Singh, Editor of Box Office India magazine,
India's top Bollywood trade magazine, is excited that
the industry has boomed riding on Bang Bang. "The
business has been phenomenal. The jodi of Hrithik
and Katrina has worked its magic again. Bang Bang is
holding supremely well. It is a full family entertainer
and a total masala movie. Audiences are loving the
film."
Top trade analyst Komal Nahta is delighted about
Bang Bang's record breaking collection. He says,
"Bang Bang has done remarkably well and has
become the highest opening film in hrithik's career so
far. A 4-day net total of Rs. 94 crore is huge! What's
also very creditable is the $6 million weekend
overseas! B.O. figures like these are not seen very
often."
Editor of leading trade site KoiMoi.com Nikita Wagh
says, "Bang bang was expected to bang the box office
charts. And yes it did and how! Being a complete
mass entertainer, the film has been liked by one and
all! The makers quite intelligently chose the extnd
weekend, and that helped this flick to soar even
more. Multiplexes and single screens are seeing an
upswing today. One wonders, if it were a solo release
it would have shattered all previous major box office
records."
"Bang Bang has succeeded as it is unpretentious,
unabashed and delivers as promised. It was meant to
be a joy ride with superstars with high dose of cool
quotient and that is what has paid off. Despite
competition with a critically acclaimed film and loss
of some screen count, it has maintained its hold with
the masses which is a high indeed for Hrithik, Katrina
and of course Siddharth. With the next big release
(Happy New Year) more than 15 days away, the stage
is set for Bang Bang to consolidate," says senior trade
journalist Joginder Tuteja.
Bang Bang, directed by Siddharth Anand and
produced by Fox Star Studios, has made multiple
records in India and overseas territories over the
weekend. On day one, it blasted itself into the top 5
openers of all time in Bollywood.
The out-and-out entertainer has maintained it's
dominance at the counters through the weekend. The
film's opening marked Hrithik Roshan biggest opening
of his career and Katrina Kaif now has three movies
in the top 5 openers of all time.
Bang Bang is being appreciated widely by audiences.
The film is complete masala, family entertainer.
Vijay Singh, CEO, Fox Star Studios, says, "Bang Bang
has smashed many records and is now the top 5
Bollywood openings of All Time in India &
Internationally. The film has held strongly through
the weekend and has opened bigger than Krrish 3,
making it Hrithik's biggest film to date. It's a complete
family entertainer & paisa vasool film & has action
like Bollywood has not seen before. The word of
mouth on the film is great & Bang Bang looks poised
to have a great run through the week and the second
weekend."
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