Shahrukh Khan is a happy man after his latest flick “Raees” hit the box- office bullseye and is racing towards the magical Rs 200 crores gross mark.
Till 6th February 2017, the movie had raked in Rs 150 crores from the domestic market and Rs 250.56 crores from the overseas market. The film was released in 2700 screens initially but came down this Friday.
“Raees,” made on a budget of Rs 850 million was directed by director Rahul Dholakia and produced by Ritesh Sidhwani. The film based loosely on bootlegger Abdul Lateef from Gujarat is set around the early 1980’s.
Unlike Aamir Khan and Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan’s films have never entered the Rs. 3000 million club. His previous flicks like "Chennai Express" and "Happy New Year" had done Rs 2270 million and Rs 2030 million respectively. It will be interesting to see if the big Khan can enter the exclusive club.
"Raees" has done exceptionally well in Singapore which has a large population of people of Indian origin. According to trade analysts Tarun Adarsh, the flick has collected $226,000! Highest ever weekend for any Bollywood film.
Public response
What is being applauded is the return of Shahrukh as the brooding and angry young man after more than two decades of acting in soft romantic or social films.
Day-wise box-office details
After 4 days, RAEES Overseas GBO is USD 6.7 million approx. (INR 45.56 crore approx.) with some screens & territories yet to report.
— Komal Nahta (@KomalNahta) January 29, 2017
1 Day Rs 20.42 crore
2 Day Rs. 26.30 cr
3 Day Rs 13.11 crores
4 Day Rs 15.61 crore
5 Day Rs. 17.80 crore
6 Day Rs 8.25 crore
7th Day Rs.
7.52 cr
8th. 9th and 10th day: Rs 7.10 crore, 6.25 cr and 6.60 cr.
#Raees nears ₹ 100 mark in its extended 5-day weekend... Will be SRK's 7th film in ₹ 100 cr Club... Day-wise data in next tweet...
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) January 30, 2017
'Raees' overseas box-office collection
The flick released on January 25, is doing good business overseas and has raked in Rs 62.56 crores in the first six days.
The total collection till date has been Rs 245 crores, and details from many territories are still awaited.
#Raees Wed 20.42 cr, Thu 26.30 cr, Fri 13.11 cr, Sat 15.61 cr, Sun 17.80 cr. Total: ₹ 93.24 cr. India biz... Weekdays are crucial!
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) January 30, 2017
The King has also broken a January Jinx and has crossed the Rs 100 crores mark. It is only the second film after Akshay’s “Airlift” 2016 release to have crossed the 100 crores mark. It will be the Shah Rukh Khan movie to cross the 100 crores mark.
