Source: BOI
Date: January 26, 2012
By: Shabdita Shrivastav
It has ‘blockbuster’ written all over it. Yes, the much hyped Agneeapath released today, mesmerizing audiences across territories. A remake of the cult classic, the film has taken a historic opening and is gaining momentum with every successive show.
In Mumbai, Rajesh Thadani of Multimedia Combines is jubilant. “Agneepath has received an opening of 100 per cent all over India and in Mumbai too. All the shows are housefull in most cinema halls here.”
In Punjab Surendra Saluja of Lakshya Movies says the film opened on a grand note. “The response to Agneepath is overwhelming. All the shows are housefull today and the film will do great business at the weekend.”
The film is running housefull in CP as well. Sarang Chandak of Shri Rang Films says, “The opening shows in our region are all housefull. This film will definitely be a huge hit.”
In CI, Aditya Choksey of Neha Movies says Agneepath has opened “like a rocket”. “Most cinemas all over India are housefull. The film’s weekend too is expected to be strong.”
In West Bengal, Sunit Singh of Aum Moviez adds, “The opening of Agneepath has been great. It’s a brilliant movie and the audience loves it. The shows have 100-per cent occupancy.”
In Rajasthan Vasudev Chachan of Sunny Films says Agneepath has taken an opening of 80 per cent in the territory. “Since it is an action film, it will do better in single-screens than multiplexes.”
In Orrisa, Jeetu Khandelwal of Pioneers Movies is in an upbeat mood, “Agneepath has 100 per cent occupancy here. The audience response is overwhelming.”
In Mysore, B H Basha of Bahar Enterprise says the response to the film is “very good”. “The opening-day collections here are expected to be Rs 1 crore. All shows are houseful as of now.”
In Gujarat, Ajay Bagbai of Rajvi Trade Link concludes, “The opening is between 90 and 100 per cent all over India as well as in Gujarat. All shows are housefull.”
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Source: BOI
Date: 26th January 2012
Agneepath has taken an extraordinary opening all over India and is on course for a record first day going by the unbelievable initial. The film has taken the biggest start in recent history in Mumbai city.
Mumbai city never opens to huge occupancies at multiplexes as there are too many multiplexes in the city but Agneepath has managed a 80-85% opening which is huge for the city as Bodyguard was in the 70% region.
The rest of the country has seen a huge 95-100% opening be it North India or South India. Its the first time a Hrithik Roshan starrer has taken a bumper opening since Dhoom 2 released in 2006.
The Bodyguard first day record is 20.60 crore nett and the advantage for Bodyguard was that its second day was a holiday at places and these places showed big collections in late evening and night shows.
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Source: Koimoi
By: Komal Nahta
Karan Johar’s Agneepath, which released today (January 26, 2012) has taken a bumper opening at the box-office.
With audiences lining up in huge numbers at multiplexes and single screen cinemas all across India on the Republic Day holiday, the opening of the Hrithik Roshan-starrer has been terrific. This kind of a huge initial was expected because the advance booking, which opened on Sunday/Monday, was outstanding, from North to South and East to West. Cinemas witnessed an excellent 95 - 100 per cent occupancy in the opening shows.
Trade sources are saying that the first day’s collections of Agneepath could be Rs. 20 crore. The film has a four-day weekend (Jan 26 – 29), which will draw in many more audiences. The film’s producers and distributors are slated to make a lot of money; profits will start coming in from the first weekend itself.
However, it remains to be seen if Agneepath will break the opening day record of Salman Khan-starrer Bodyguard (Rs. 21 crore).
Koimoi.com predicts that Agneepath has super-bright chances of surpassing every previous opening day record, including that of Bodyguard. Needless to add, this would be Hrithik Roshan’s highest ever initial.