A still from Happy New Year
Shah Rukh Khan's Happy New Year has made it a very happy Diwali at the box office. His production house Red Chillies Entertainment puts the weekend collections of the film at Rs 108.86 crores.
A press release from Red Chillies said: "Happy New Year continued to break records by having the biggest Box Office collection in India for the opening weekend. It has collected Rs. 108.86 crores on the opening weekend all India, with Rs. 104.10 crores in Hindi, Rs. 2.92 crores in Telugu dub and Rs. 1.84 crores in Tamil dub. Happy New Year has become the highest opening weekend ranker in Indian films so far."
Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweets:
However, figures from Box Office India place the weekend collections at Rs 97 crores, just short of the 100 mark.
"We are thrilled that after 'Chennai Express' had set a new record in 2013, 'Happy New Year' has set another new benchmark. We are grateful for the ongoing love and support of audience," said Venky Mysore, CEO of RCE.
Gaurav Verma, chief revenue officer, RCE, said: "We are thankful to all our partners, exhibitors and especially YRF (Yash Raj Films) for helping us achieve this significant milestone."
Happy New Year has already broken opening day records set by superstars Aamir and Salman Khan's film by raking in Rs 45 crores on day one, October 24.
The film also stars Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani, Sonu Sood and Vivaan Shah as a group of 'losers' who enter a dance competition but actually intend to rob a bank of diamonds.
Happy New Year is directed by Farah Khan, who previously directed Shah Rukh in
Main Hoon Na and both SRK and Deepika in
Om Shanti Om.