Box Office: Saiyaara Is A Blockbuster

No
one
could
have
imagined
that

Saiyaara
would
do
the
kind
of
business
that
it’s
doing.

In
just
three
days,
the
film
has
surpassed
the
business
of

Student
Of
The
Year,
which
holds
the
record
for
the
highest
collections
ever
for
a
film
starring
newcomers
(since
the
100
Crore
Club
came
into
existence).

While
the
Varun
Dhawan-Alia
Bhatt-Sidharth
Malhotra
starrer
netted
Rs
70
crore
(Rs
700
million)
in
its
lifetime
run,

Saiyaara
has
already
left
it
behind,
what
with
Rs
80
crore*
(Rs
800
million)
in
its
kitty
so
far.

The
only
time
this
happened
before
was
back
in
2000
when

Kaho
Naa…
Pyaar
Hai
starring
one
Hrithik
Roshan
emerged
as
a
nationwide
sensation.
Back
then,
it
was
a
different
kind
of
box
office
era
as
there
were
no
multiplexes,
screens
were
20
percent
of
what
we
have
today,
and
ticket
prices
were
one
tenth
what
it
is
today.

Saiyaara,
starring
Ahaan
Panday
and
Aneet
Padda,
has
worked
well
not
just
with
the
youth
(at
which
it
was
targeted)
but
also
family
audiences.

The
film
was
supposed
to
arrive
with
a
lesser
count
of
screens
and
shows
but
looking
at
the
immense
demand,
the
screens
were
increased.

It
will
enter
the
Rs
100
Crore
(Rs
1
billion)
Club
by
Tuesday,
and
then
march
on.

The
other
two
releases
of
the
week,

Tanvi
The
Great
and

Nikita
Roy,
are
major
disasters.

Tanvi
The
Great
is
directed
by
Anupam
Kher
while
Nikita
Roy
is
Kussh
Sinha’s
directorial
debut.

Tanvi
still
got
some
sort
of
release,
aiming
for
a
Rs
3
crore
(Rs
30
million)
lifetime
collections
but

Nikita
Roy
saw
a
token
arrival
and
will
fold
under
Rs
2
crore
(Rs
20
million).

*Estimates.

Note:
All
collections
as
per
various
box
office
sources.