Sachin - A Billion Dreams grossed 43 crore
nett in Hindi Versions. These collections are excellent for what the
film is which is basically a doco drama. No other documentary film has
ever done business like this in the history of Hindi cinema.
There
was Cinema Cinema in 1979 which did well initially but that was driven
by faces of huge stars like Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Amitabh Bachchan
and Zeenat Aman on the posters so the audience came in expecting the
regular Hindi film when it was not.
Here it
is the Sachin Tendulkar factor which has made the audience come in. The
film has fared best in Mumbai and South. The film had a regional version
in these areas with Marathi, Tamil and and Telegu but still the best
collections have come in Mumbai, Mysore and Nizam / Andhra.
The
business has basically come because of one reason and that is Sachin
Tendulkar. Last year M.S. Dhoni - The Untold Story had taken a huge
opening but that was a proper feature film which is not the case here.
The
film is easily the highest grossing documentary ever as it beat the
long standing record of Cinema Cinema (1979). That film had a
distributor share of 33 lakhs across in India which would equate to
around 70-75 lakhs nett. The 43 crore nett of Sachin - a Billion
Dreams is higher than that film in terms of inflation adjusted figures also.
The film also released in Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and English. Film grossed around 8 Crore Nett in these versions combined.
Hindi Nett - 43,00,00,000 (Approx)
Other Versions Nett - 7,50,00,000 (Approx)
All India Nett - 50,50,00,000 (Approx)
Other Versions Nett - 7,50,00,000 (Approx)
All India Nett - 50,50,00,000 (Approx)
The
film has fetched a big price for a Documentary Genre so despite such
good numbers for this genre movie is just AVERAGE Success.
