The
year was filled with some big releases such as Kick, Happy New Year, Singham Returns and PK. WhilePK has scored 95.21 crores over its opening weekend, it has
become the second highest opening weekend of the year. The Aamir Khan film inspite of being a non-holiday
release performed extremely well.
Topping the
list, of Top 5 Highest Opening Weekend Collections, is Shah Rukh Khan’s Diwali release, Happy
New Year which
crossed the 100 crore mark over its opening weekend itself by collecting 108.86
crores over the
first weekend. Coming third is Hrithik Roshan-Katrina Kaif starrer
romantic-thriller Bang Bang. The film made a collection of 94.13
crores on its
first weekend.
The highest
grosser of the year, Salman Khan’s Kick became the fourth highest opening
weekend grosser with a collection of 83.50 crores.
Also Ajay Devgn starrer Singham
Returns is the fifth
highest opening weekend grosser with a collection of77.55 crores.
Interestingly, among the Top five highest weekend grossers of the year, PK is the only film to have been a
non-holiday release and yet became the second highest first weekend grosser of
the year.