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Dangal

2016 • Not Rated • 2h 41m • Action, Biography, Drama • UTV Motion Pictures

🍅 89% 93%

3.95

8.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$3.2M

Limited · 331 theaters

Domestic Total

$12.4M

Final

Worldwide Total

$305.1M

$292.8M international

Domestic Legs3.8x

Budget$9.5M

2016 Rank#156

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Cast & Crew

Directed byNitesh Tiwari ScreenplayNitesh Tiwari, Piyush Gupta, Shreyas Jain, Nikhil Mehrotra Produced byAamir Khan, Kiran Rao, Siddharth Roy Kapur CinematographySatyajit Pande Music byPritam StarringAamir Khan, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Zaira Wasim, Suhani Bhatnagar StudioUTV Motion Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 23-25 11 $3.2M — 331 $9,814 $4.1M

2 Dec 30-Jan 1 14 $2.1M −35.3% 338 $6,217 $9.2M

3 Jan 6-8 18 $807.3K −61.6% 237 $3,406 $11.2M

4 Jan 13-15 25 $373.2K −53.8% 95 $3,929 $11.8M

5 Jan 20-22 29 $196.2K −47.4% 62 $3,164 $12.2M

6 Jan 27-29 42 $80.0K −59.2% 30 $2,667 $12.3M

7 Feb 3-5 44 $37.2K −53.5% 16 $2,327 $12.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Dec 21 #11 $328.2K — $328.2K 331 $992 1

Thu Dec 22 #11 $504.4K +54% $832.7K 331 $1,524 2

Fri Dec 23 #12 $888.7K +76% $1.7M 331 $2,685 3

Sat Dec 24 #7 $1.0M +14% $2.7M 331 $3,062 4

Sun Dec 25 #11 $1.3M +33% $4.1M 331 $4,067 5

Mon Dec 26 #13 $996.0K −26% $5.1M 331 $3,009 6

Tue Dec 27 #13 $838.9K −16% $5.9M 331 $2,534 7

Wed Dec 28 #13 $629.6K −25% +92% $6.5M 331 $1,902 8

Thu Dec 29 #13 $578.9K −8% +15% $7.1M 331 $1,749 9

Fri Dec 30 #14 $679.2K +17% −24% $7.8M 338 $2,010 10

Sat Dec 31 #14 $550.9K −19% −46% $8.4M 338 $1,630 11

Sun Jan 1 #13 $871.2K +58% −35% $9.2M 338 $2,577 12

Mon Jan 2 #14 $590.7K −32% −41% $9.8M 338 $1,748 13

Tue Jan 3 #14 $270.3K −54% −68% $10.1M 338 $800 14

Wed Jan 4 #- $149.8K −45% −76% $10.2M 338 $443 15

Thu Jan 5 #- $108.0K −28% −81% $10.3M 338 $320 16

Fri Jan 6 #- $210.0K +94% −69% $10.6M 237 $886 17

Sat Jan 7 #- $340.8K +62% −38% $10.9M 237 $1,438 18

Sun Jan 8 #- $256.5K −25% −71% $11.2M 237 $1,082 19

Mon Jan 9 #- $63.4K −75% −89% $11.2M 237 $267 20

Tue Jan 10 #- $147.8K +133% −45% $11.4M 237 $623 21

Wed Jan 11 #- $57.8K −61% −61% $11.4M 237 $244 22

Thu Jan 12 #- $49.9K −14% −54% $11.5M 237 $211 23

Fri Jan 13 #- $71.6K +44% −66% $11.5M 95 $754 24

Sat Jan 14 #- $151.8K +112% −55% $11.7M 95 $1,598 25

Sun Jan 15 #- $149.8K −1% −42% $11.8M 95 $1,577 26

Mon Jan 16 #- $83.5K −44% +32% $11.9M 95 $879 27

Tue Jan 17 #- $44.5K −47% −70% $12.0M 95 $468 28

Wed Jan 18 #- $19.7K −56% −66% $12.0M 95 $208 29

Thu Jan 19 #- $16.6K −16% −67% $12.0M 95 $175 30

Fri Jan 20 #- $41.5K +150% −42% $12.0M 62 $670 31

Sat Jan 21 #- $93.6K +125% −38% $12.1M 62 $1,510 32

Sun Jan 22 #- $61.0K −35% −59% $12.2M 62 $984 33

Mon Jan 23 #- $9.7K −84% −88% $12.2M 62 $156 34

Tue Jan 24 #- $21.0K +118% −53% $12.2M 62 $339 35

Wed Jan 25 #- $5.9K −72% −70% $12.2M 62 $94 36

Thu Jan 26 #- $5.7K −2% −66% $12.2M 62 $92 37

Fri Jan 27 #- $18.0K +215% −57% $12.3M 30 $600 38

Sat Jan 28 #- $38.2K +112% −59% $12.3M 30 $1,274 39

Sun Jan 29 #- $23.8K −38% −61% $12.3M 30 $792 40

Mon Jan 30 #- $3.6K −85% −62% $12.3M 30 $121 41

Tue Jan 31 #- $8.4K +132% −60% $12.3M 30 $281 42

Wed Feb 1 #- $3.2K −62% −45% $12.3M 30 $108 43

Thu Feb 2 #- $3.1K −3% −45% $12.3M 30 $105 44

Fri Feb 3 #- $8.7K +178% −52% $12.4M 16 $546 45

Sat Feb 4 #- $19.8K +126% −48% $12.4M 16 $1,235 46

Sun Feb 5 #- $8.7K −56% −63% $12.4M 16 $546 47

Mon Feb 6 #- $1.5K −82% −57% $12.4M 16 $97 48

Tue Feb 7 #- $3.7K +142% −56% $12.4M 16 $234 49

Wed Feb 8 #- $2.2K −42% −33% $12.4M 16 $135 50

Thu Feb 9 #- $2.0K −6% −35% $12.4M 16 $127 51

Cumulative total$12.4M

Dec 21Jan 3Jan 15Jan 28Feb 9

Weekend grossWk 7 · $37.2K

$3.2M

$2.1M

$807.3K

$373.2K

$196.2K

$80.0K

$37.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 338 → 16 −95.3%

331 open16 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −53.5%

−35.3%

W1→2

−61.6%

W2→3

−53.8%

W3→4

−47.4%

W4→5

−59.2%

W5→6

−53.5%

W6→7

Steepest −61.6%Best hold −35.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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