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2013 • NR • 2h 21m • Action, Comedy, Romance • UTV Communications

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🍅 57% 54%

45

6.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$2.22M

Limited · 196 theaters

Domestic total

$5.31M

Final

Worldwide total

$67.28M

$61.98M international

Domestic legs2.4x

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Cast & crew

Directed byRohit Shetty ScreenplayRobin Bhatt, Yunus Sajawal Produced byGauri Khan, Karim Morani, Ronnie Screwvala, Siddharth Roy Kapur CinematographyDudley MusicShekhar Ravjiani, Vishal Dadlani Prod. DesignNarendra Rahurikar StarringShah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Nikitin Dheer, Sathyaraj, Mukesh Tiwari, Kamini Kaushal StudioUTV Communications

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 9-11 13 $2.2M — 196 $11,329 $2.4M

2 Aug 16-18 17 $893.5K −59.8% 190 $4,702 $4.0M

3 Aug 23-25 25 $387.9K −56.6% 144 $2,694 $4.7M

4 Aug 30-Sep 1 38 $232.0K −40.2% 93 $2,495 $5.1M

5 Sep 6-8 48 $66.1K −71.5% 53 $1,247 $5.2M

6 Sep 13-15 55 $30.1K −54.4% 30 $1,005 $5.3M

7 Sep 20-22 60 $21.9K −27.5% 20 $1,093 $5.3M

8 Sep 27-29 68 $8.4K −61.6% 9 $932 $5.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Aug 8 $196.0K — $196.0K 196 $1,000 -1

Fri Aug 9 $759.7K — $955.7K 196 $3,876 1

Sat Aug 10 $838.2K +10% $1.8M 196 $4,277 2

Sun Aug 11 $622.6K −26% $2.4M 196 $3,177 3

Mon Aug 12 $171.1K −73% $2.6M 196 $873 4

Tue Aug 13 $250.3K +46% $2.8M 196 $1,277 5

Wed Aug 14 $166.2K −34% $3.0M 196 $848 6

Thu Aug 15 $117.1K −30% $3.1M 196 $597 7

Fri Aug 16 $242.6K +107% −68% $3.4M 190 $1,277 8

Sat Aug 17 $374.7K +54% −55% $3.7M 190 $1,972 9

Sun Aug 18 $276.1K −26% −56% $4.0M 190 $1,453 10

Mon Aug 19 $60.5K −78% −65% $4.1M 190 $319 11

Tue Aug 20 $108.6K +79% −57% $4.2M 190 $572 12

Wed Aug 21 $63.0K −42% −62% $4.2M 190 $332 13

Thu Aug 22 $53.0K −16% −55% $4.3M 190 $279 14

Fri Aug 23 $108.3K +104% −55% $4.4M 143 $757 15

Sat Aug 24 $171.0K +58% −54% $4.6M 143 $1,196 16

Sun Aug 25 $108.7K −36% −61% $4.7M 143 $760 17

Mon Aug 26 $32.9K −70% −46% $4.7M 143 $230 18

Tue Aug 27 $58.2K +77% −46% $4.8M 143 $407 19

Wed Aug 28 $29.4K −49% −53% $4.8M 143 $206 20

Thu Aug 29 $26.6K −10% −50% $4.8M 143 $186 21

Fri Aug 30 $51.3K +93% −53% $4.9M 93 $551 22

Sat Aug 31 $86.3K +68% −50% $5.0M 93 $928 23

Sun Sep 1 $94.4K +9% −13% $5.1M 93 $1,015 24

Mon Sep 2 $55.5K −41% +69% $5.1M 93 $596 25

Tue Sep 3 $15.5K −72% −73% $5.1M 93 $167 26

Wed Sep 4 $9.8K −37% −67% $5.1M 93 $106 27

Thu Sep 5 $7.2K −26% −73% $5.2M 93 $78 28

Fri Sep 6 $18.3K +153% −64% $5.2M 53 $346 29

Sat Sep 7 $32.2K +75% −63% $5.2M 53 $607 30

Sun Sep 8 $15.6K −52% −84% $5.2M 53 $294 31

Mon Sep 9 $2.3K −85% −96% $5.2M 53 $44 32

Tue Sep 10 $6.7K +189% −57% $5.2M 53 $127 33

Wed Sep 11 $3.5K −47% −64% $5.2M 53 $67 34

Thu Sep 12 $2.7K −24% −63% $5.2M 53 $51 35

Fri Sep 13 $7.2K +169% −61% $5.2M 30 $240 36

Sat Sep 14 $15.3K +112% −53% $5.3M 30 $509 37

Sun Sep 15 $7.7K −50% −51% $5.3M 30 $255 38

Mon Sep 16 $1.6K −79% −31% $5.3M 30 $54 39

Tue Sep 17 $2.7K +66% −60% $5.3M 30 $89 40

Wed Sep 18 $898 −66% −75% $5.3M 30 $30 41

Thu Sep 19 $1.5K +66% −44% $5.3M 30 $50 42

Fri Sep 20 $6.6K +344% −8% $5.3M 20 $331 43

Sat Sep 21 $9.5K +44% −38% $5.3M 20 $477 44

Sun Sep 22 $5.7K −40% −26% $5.3M 20 $284 45

Mon Sep 23 $822 −86% −49% $5.3M 19 $43 46

Tue Sep 24 $689 −16% −74% $5.3M 19 $36 47

Wed Sep 25 $819 +19% −9% $5.3M 19 $43 48

Thu Sep 26 $1.2K +41% −22% $5.3M 19 $61 49

Fri Sep 27 $2.3K +102% −65% $5.3M 9 $260 50

Sat Sep 28 $4.1K +75% −57% $5.3M 9 $455 51

Sun Sep 29 $1.9K −52% −66% $5.3M 9 $217 52

Mon Sep 30 $259 −87% −68% $5.3M 9 $29 53

Tue Oct 1 $597 +131% −13% $5.3M 9 $66 54

Wed Oct 2 $158 −74% −81% $5.3M 9 $18 55

Thu Oct 3 $217 +37% −81% $5.3M 9 $24 56

Cumulative total$5.3M

Aug 8Aug 22Sep 5Sep 19Oct 3

Weekend grossWk 8 · $8.4K

$2.2M

$893.5K

$387.9K

$232.0K

$66.1K

$30.1K

$21.9K

$8.4K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 196 → 9 −95.4%

196 open9 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −61.6%

−59.8%

W1→2

−56.6%

W2→3

−40.2%

W3→4

−71.5%

W4→5

−54.4%

W5→6

−27.5%

W6→7

−61.6%

W7→8

Steepest −71.5%Best hold −27.5%

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