Top Ten Female Lead Driven Opening Days - Kareena Alia Dominate
Crew is the third highest opening ever as far as female lead driven films go only behind Veere Di Wedding and Gangubai Kathiawadi though final numbers can take it above Gangubai Kathaiwadi also. It is a holiday which has pushed the film to the levels of Gangubai Kathiawadi but even without that it would have been in the top ten.
The top ten list is dominated by films of Kareena Kapoor and Alia Bhatt who are probably the biggest female stars of the past two decades or so. There is also Heroine (Kareena Kapoor) sitting on 11th place. Crew is an ensemble cast with other female stars like Tabu and Kriti Sanon so its a package but Kareena Kapoor is the main driving force as far as box office goes. There is only one double digit film and that is also a Kareena Kapoor starrer Veere Di Wedding.
There have been five heroines in the Hindi film industry who would be in the all time great list and were undisputed in their times and they are Vyjayanthimala, Mumtaz, Hema Malini, Sridevi and Madhuri Dixit and post this opening of Crew Kareena Kapoor joins the list. Maybe the level of success is not as high as the other names above but the longevity makes up for that. If the success ratio of Alia Bhatt keeps up over the next few years her name will also be up there with the all time greats making it seven heroines.
The opening of the film is also boost the films featuring the heroines as central leads as today most of the top female stars want roles which makes it tough to get a top male star and a top female star in the same film catering to the mass audience as it will be male dominated.
The problem occurs that today films post pandemic have to cater to a wider audience to get an initial so have to be more commercial and cinematic which is tougher with females. It leads the heroines towards action and they play avenging angels or spy agents and basically become the heroes. But the fact remains that heroines become stars due to their songs and glamour but this all goes out of the window in an action / thriller film.
Obviously its action which is going to take these opening numbers higher but how do you do it retaining the essence of the Hindi film heroine with songs and glamour as presenting the heroine like a male will not cut it with the wider audience. The top ten opening days for heroine led films are as follows.
1. Veere Di Wedding - 10,42,00,000 (Kareena Kapoor)
2. Gangubai Kathiawadi - 9,62,00,000 (Alia Bhatt)
3. Crew - 9,50,00,000 apprx (Kareena Kapoor) (Holiday)
4. Dear Zindagi - 8,62,00,000 (Alia Bhatt)
5. Tanu Weds Manu Returns - 8,61,00,000 (Kangana Ranuat)
6. Mary Kom - 8,32,00,000 (Priyanka Chopra)
7. Ragini MMS 2 - 7,93,00,000 (Sunny Leone)
8. Manikarnika - Queen Of Jhansi - 7,66,00,000 (Kangana Ranaut)
9. Jism 2 - 7,46,00,000 (Sunny Leone)
10. Raazi - 7,33,00,000
(Alia Bhatt)
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Rewind - Ranbir Kapoor V Salman Khan Box Office Clash
God Tussi Great Ho was expected to do better before release.
Bachna Ae Haseeno was ahead from day one with more than double margin.
And it was shocking for the trade because end result can be anything
considering word of mouth but Bigger stars always takes more initial.
The Initial of this film can give you actual idea of Salman Khan Star Power
at that time.
Bachna Ae Haseeno remained ahead through the run and finished
with 36.19 crore nett almost three times more than God Tussi Great Ho 12.51cr.
Bachna Ae Haseeno also managed to fare much better in Overseas
despite God Tussi Great Ho having more Overseas Screens.
Top Actresses In The Popularity Stakes
The male star stakes have seen little changes in the last few years with the same names dominating the top places but its a different story as far as female leads are concerned as younger actresses like Alia Bhatt and Shraddha Kapoor have made fast inroads despite not being paired in big films with the reigning Khans. They are the most in demand actresses in the industry at the moment. Deepika Padukone still retains top spot but the peak was Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and Chennai Express and its not been the same since which huge flops like Finding Fanny and Tamasha and then there is a Bajirao Mastani where the second lead steals the show for many.
The only star who gets any mileage from a limited appreciation film like Kapoor & Sons is Alia Bhatt. In Udta Punjab, a more senior Kareena Kapoor is playing single fiddle which is another signal of the fast rise. Its a similar story for Shraddha Kapoor as a huge share in the successs of films like Aashiqui 2, Ek Villain, ABCD 2 and Baaghi, in fact barring ABCD 2 it can be said the bulk of the credit for the other films is going her way. This rise has also coincided with reigning stars like Katrina Kaif having a very bad phase with big duds like Fitoor and Baar Baar Dekho and it remains to be seen if this downward trend can be altered. The top ten female leads in terms of the popularity stakes at present are as follows.
1. Deepika Padukone
2. Alia Bhatt
3. Shraddha Kapoor
4. Katrina Kaif
5. Anushka Sharma
6. Kareena Kapoor
7. Priyanka Chopra
8. Sonakshi Sinha
9. Kangana Ranaut
10. Parineeti Chopra
The Alternative HITS - Barfi TOP
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Barfi the biggest hit out of these went to another level and even crossed 100 crore nett though that was through clever distribution which would have added 8-10 crore. Still the film going that far was a bit of fluke and this won't be repeated very often. It could have also been due to the presence of a star like Ranbir Kapoor but normally these types dont really work with the target audience with starcasts and examples are many from Haider to Bombay Velvet to Dil Dhadakne Do to Baar Baar Dekho. Below are a list of HIT films (only HITS listed) which have a 90% apprx contribution from multiplexes and around 60-65% business is coming from Mumbai and Suburbs, Pune, Delhi NCR / Chandigarh, Hyderbad, Bangalore and Kolkata. .
1. Barfi - 1,06,14,00,000
2. Piku - 77,78,00,000
3. Kapoor & Sons - 71,17,00,000
4. Neerja - 69,91,00,000
5. Pink - 63,83,00,000
6. Queen - 56,38,00,000
7. Kahaani - 53,74,00,000
8. Badlapur - 49,62,00,000
9. Kai Po Che - 48,58,00,000
10. Vicky Donor - 37,31,00,000
What is also common with all these films is that they only have a life as long as they are on the theatres as all were disasters on televisions.
Pay Disparity In Industry - Top Ten Actress Initials
2. Heroine - 6,82,00,000
3. Jai Gangaajal - 4,45,00,000
4. Akira - 4,30,00,000
5. Jazbaa - 4,23,00,000
6. Neerja - 4,13,60,000
7. Phillauri - 3,60,00,000 (Approx)
8. Highway - 3,47,00,000
9. Mardaani - 3,40,00,000
10. No One Killed Jessca - 3,22,00,000
