Raees saw a drop in collections on day three and though the drop is always expected after a big holiday it is more noticeable here with a 50% drop, a 35-40% drop would have been good. Nevertheless its a similar trend to Agneepath released four years back (its coincidence that it was a Hrithik Roshan starrer and now Raees is clashing with a Hrithik Roshan starrer) which had a similar drop after the same holiday and then picked up again over the weekend. Not only is the trend the same but Raees is doing its best business in the same markets where Agneepath was best. North India was the lag on Agneepath and its the same story here and for both films Mumbai was and is driving. The first three day business of Raees is as follows. Wednesday - 20,25,00,000 Thursday - 26,25,00,000 Friday - 13,00,00,000 apprx TOTAL - 59,50,00,000 apprx Raees won't get 100 crore nett over the weekend due to this drop on day three but it is important that it has solid growth over the next two days which will give it a chance of being a HIT depending on what happens on Monday and thereafter.
Raees became the sixth film to top 50 crore nett over the first three days for Shahrukh Khan. Only Salman Khan has more films to top 50 crore nett in three days with eight films achieving the feat. Aamir Khan has three while no other actor has more than one release to top the 50 crore nett mark over three days. Shahrukh Khan does not have a 100 crore nett weekend as recently the dates have not been correct. Happy New Year was a chance but at that time no film had touched the 100 crore nett mark. Raees is the fourth highest opener for Shahrukh Khan and its a good total for the film as its not that big budget tent-pole event film The top ten opening weekends (3 Days) for Shahrukh Khan are as follows. 1. Happy New Year - 93,16,00,000 2. Chennai Express - 86,28,00,000 3. Dilwale - 63,28,00,000 4. Raees - 59,50,00,000 apprx 5. Ra.One - 52,65,00,000 6. Fan - 52,34,00,000 7. Don 2 - 46,39,00,000 8. Jab Tak Hai Jaan - 40,51,00,000 9. Dear Zindagi - 32,03,00,000 10. My Name Is Khan - 30,63,00,000
@KomalNahta 3m So u thot, SRK is huge overseas simply coz of his romantic image? But #Raees , without romance, grosses a phenomenal $5.6 million in 3 days! MASSIVE Mid wk Rlz, Clash Still
