New Delhi: The box office figures and screen counts are just the numbers for the three biggest Khan of Bollywood but as its our duty to tell you so here it is- after Shah Rukh and Salman, it's now turn for another Khan, Aamir to add his midas touch at box office with this week's release ‘PK' which is going to enjoy a massive 6000 screens all over.
The screen count is similar to what Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone starrer ‘Happy New Year' and Salman Khan's ‘Kick' had earlier this year but it's all together a different game for PK.
Looking at the former two flicks, both entered into Rs 200 cr club while Kick is far ahead of Happy New Year with its collection of Rs 234 cr nett in India.
Now what's different for Aamir Khan's PK. Well, we don't need to ponder much over the fact that its Mr Perfectionist movie who has a record of setting new benchmark when it comes to release in December.
It may be recalled that his ‘Ghajini' was the first film in Indian Cinema's history to cross the Rs100-crore mark, however, as the time progressed it became an outmoded task.
So, if Rs 100 cr club became a cake walk for any second movie, Aamir Khan once again came to up the level with Rs 200 cr club. The same was the time of December and it was 3 Idiots which gave box office the first Rs 200 cr movie.
Lastly, if not one but two movies namely Chennai Express and Krrish 3 destroyed the record set by 3 Idiots, then it was once again Aamir Khan whose Dhoom 3 set an untouchable target with Rs 280 cr lifetime collection.
Rs 300 cr club is what now is highly expected from Mr Perfectionist. ‘PK' is all set to flex over 5200 screens in India and in 800 screens at overseas.
The movie starring Anushka Sharma, Sanjay Dutt, Sushant Singh Rajput among others has already earned massive Rs 85 cr just by selling its satellite rights while worldwide distribution rights are sold for Rs 145 cr including Marketing & Prints Costs. But similar sort of application is applicable to every big movie released in recent times including Lingaa.
What is different here is the bundle of chilly X-Mas and The New Year holidays alongwith social message which one could expect from Rajkumar Hirani movie. Besides going serious in terms of the storyline in his movies, the director has always tried to never make his audience get serious over the content. The viewers enter the theatres to have a good time during the holidays and want to welcome the New Year with a smile on their faces. The genuine moral is always loved by the audience on a condition it is served in a light-hearted way. Something which is goes missing in SRK and Salman Khan's movie.
Moreover, his movies are mostly a family entertainer which also includes both the classes and the masses. With all these things rolled in together, PK is surely going to hit the bull's eye.
As far as advance bookings are concerned, in Mumbai, Delhi-NCR and Pune the ticket counters are open while in Bangalore and Chennai the viewers have to wait and it may be because of the regional movie Lingaa starring Rajinikanth.
Mumbai has shown a good response for the first day evening shows on the other hand, Saturday's morning shows are also picking up, according to a leading daily.
With goodie-goodie things happening around PK, we are sure the movie will set a new benchmark at the box office. So, just let's wait and watch.
