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Note: All box office figures come from Bollywood Hungama
After a significantly improved first quarter of 2018, compared to the whole of 2017, Bollywood continued its impressive run in the second quarter, this which led to The first half of 2018 has been vigorous. While the first quarter was marked by the coexistence of large and small films, the second quarter also experienced a similar evolution.
The biggest success of the second quarter Rajkumar Hirani Sanju with Ranbir Kapoor as Sanjay Dutt in the biopic of the latter. It was expected that the artist Hirani would be smooth, given his history of blockbuster as 3 Idiots and PK . But the black horse in question was Ranbir, since Hirani's previous successes were worn on the shoulders of a larger star in Aamir Khan. In addition, Ranbir was not exactly in the best commercial phase of his career, since it was its first release since last year's gigantic disappointment, the comedy of 39, action by Anurag Basu Jagga Jasoo .
Ranbir Kapoor in a distiller of Sanju
But with a lot of noise around the controversial life of Dutt and a stellar star molded on the spot, Sanju received tremendous word of mouth both before and after release. The film marked an opening of Rs 34.75 crore, the biggest of the year, surpbading that of the action thriller of Remo D'Souza Race 3 with a larger star in Salman Khan, who opened at Rs 28.50 crore. While critics criticized Sanju for being a propaganda film aimed at cleaning Dutt's image, it stung only the curiosity of the public who flocked to theaters throughout the weekend to to form an opinion. This led to a weekend opening collection of Rs 120.06. It became the first film after the spying thriller of Ali Abbas Zafar from last year, Tiger Zinda Hai to join the coveted Rs 100 crore club in his weekend. end of opening.
After the superlative opening weekend, there was no looking back for Sanju . Hirani's film continued to collect Rs 202.51 in its opening week, breaking the mark of Rs 200 crore. And within two weeks of his release, he has now reached the Rs 300 crore elite club. His current collection, as of July 15th, raises to Rs 306.11 crore. Sanju emerged as the greatest success of Ranbir's career, although he has not yet reached the milestones set by Hirani's last two films.
Two weeks before the release of Sanju another film of Rs 100 crore published in Course 3. On June 15, the group Salman-starrer launched its flagship festival of 39; Eid and won an opening of Rs 28.50 crore. The collective power of the Salman and Race brands contributed to the continuation of the [3] Race 3 box office while the film garnered Rs 103 crore during its opening weekend. . The critics were unanimously below average, but the great budget extravagance continued to slip without getting discouraged by adding another Rs 37 crore in the next five days. However, Race 3 soon gave way and its race peaked at Rs 166.32 crore.
Saqib Saleem, Jacqueline Fernandez, Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Daisy Shah and Bobby Deol in a picture of Race 3
Race 3 was not even an inch of what past Salman blockbusters collected at the box office. While he could not get to the crores Rs 200 crore and Rs 300 crore like many of his blockbusters, including his latest success Tiger Zinda Hai he managed to reinstate him as the go superstar -to for a version of Eid. The film surpbaded the collection of his last output of Eid, Kabir Khan Tubelight who underperformed severely for a release of Salman Eid. In fact, Tubelight was the only crore of 100 rupees in the second quarter of 2017, in addition to the magnum opus of SS Rajamouli Baahubali 2: The Conclusion.
As a refreshing change, the second quarter of 2018 recorded three crest thicknesses Rs 100, in Sanju, Race 3 and a rare film directed by women. The spy thriller Meghna Gulzar Raazi with Alia Bhatt, released May 11 at an opening of Rs 7,53. The Friday collection was very high for a film directed by a woman, going through the opening collections of other similar films like Rani Mukerji-starrer Hichki (Rs 3.30 crore) and Anushka Sharma Bet (4.36 crore). Karan Johar's film collected 32.94 rupees during the opening weekend
Rajit Kapur and Alia Bhatt in a still of Raazi
Despite competition from the Indian Premier League, Raazi continued to carry a weekly boxing collection of Rs 56.59 crore. He held firm in the following days, thanks to commendable word of mouth. The film crossed slowly and surely Rs 100 crore, becoming only the second film directed by a woman to achieve the feat, after Aanand L Rai's romantic comedy 2015 Tanu Weds Manu Returns with Kangana Ranaut . The lifetime collection of Raazi & # 39; stands at Rs 123.78 crore.
In addition to the three successes of Rs 100 crores, the second quarter was also populated by small films that made a large number for three months. The first film of Shoojit Sircar, October with Varun Dhawan and newcomer Banita Sandhu. Dhawan has not yet a single flop in his career. However, he took a break from Judwaa s and the Badrinaths to make an unconventional novel as October . The film earned Rs Rs 4.25 on the opening day, Rs 18.25 in the opening weekend (due to the good word of the mouth) and Rs 26.55 crore in the first week. The numbers are well below those of a Dhawan commercial artist, but the film managed to recover its estimated budget of Rs 40 crores for a lifetime of Rs 39.06 crore.
Varun Dhawan in an Even October
While Raazi proved that an actress could ensure a large number , the comedy of Umesh Shukla 102 Not Out also ensured that the commercial pundits did not annul their actors. The father-son comedy, with Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor, recorded an opening of Rs 3.52 crore on May 4th. He probably appealed to the largest section of Indian films listening to the family audience while he continued to make Rs 16.65 crore during his weekend break. opening. After a magnificent opening week of Rs 27.70 crore, the film has made sure he stays in the movie theaters for weeks. After almost a month of racing, his box office culminated in a crisp Rs 52.04 crore. A short film, directed by two main actors, exceeding the mark of Rs 50 crore is rather unknown.
Rishi Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan in an image of 102 Not Out
The drama of the time of John Abraham Parmanu: l & # The story of Pokhran directed by Abhishek Sharma, finally came into being on May 25. He has pioneered through incessant delays and an endless court battle with former co-producer KriArj Entertainment. Once the release date set after the verdict of the Bombay High Court on May 15, John and his team had only 10 days to educate their target audience on the technical jargon that dominates the film's dialogues. It looks like he's managed to achieve the feat while the movie opened at Rs 4.82 crore and then raised Rs 20.78 crore at the end of the weekend of the year. 39; opening. After making Rs 35.41 at the end of his opening week, Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran, just as 102 Not Out saw almost a month of wicket, courtesy the word of the mouth of all quarters. He collected Rs 65.79 crore in his life affairs
A Distiller of Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran
No doubt hit the More surprising came on 4 June in the form of Veer Di Di, with Kareena Kapoor Khan, Sonam K Ahuja, Swara Bhasker and Shikha Talsania. The film of Ekta Kapoor seized eyeballs before and after the release for controversial reasons. Before the release, he was in the news for the warmth he was getting for his casting's commentary on feminism and their involvement in the Kathua rape controversy.
As they say, all advertising is a good advertisement. Veere Di Wedding opened at Rs 10.70 crore, unprecedented for a film directed by women. The collection of the opening day was higher than the other great successes of the year with actors like Akshay Kumar Padman and Ajay Devgn-starrer Raid . He crossed Rs 36.52 crore in his opening weekend and Rs 56.96 in his opening week. Although her lifelong collection remained shy of Rs 100 crores unlike Raazi she managed to hit Rs 81.37 crore.
Swara Bhasker, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Sonam K Ahuja and Shikha Talsania in an image of Veere Di Wedding
The above movies can paint a pink image of the second quarter of 2018, but that's not right without a chain of misfires, including Irrfan Khan-starrer blackmail, Abhay Deol-starrer Nanu Ki Jaanu, Rajkummar Rao-starrer Omerta and Harshvardhan Kapoor-starrer Bhavesh Joshi Superhero . But the grbad looks greener in the third quarter of 2018 which will see much-awaited releases like Anil Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan-starrer Khan Fanney Irrfan Khan, Dulquer Salmaan and Mithila Palkar-starrer Karwaan Akshay Kumar-starrer Gold John Abraham-starrer Satyamev Jayate the Deols & # 39; Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se Kajol-starrer ] Helicopter Eela and Varun Dhawan, Anushka Sharma-starrer Sui Dhaaga: Made in India
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