Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone starer beaten the box office collection record of Ek Tha Tiger (194 crores). Chennai Express has done this on the 2nd Wednesday or 13th Day. Before the 13th day, Shahrukh’s movie’s total collection was 192.25 crores and it only needed 2.25 crores to cross Ek Tha Tiger. According to some early estimation, Chennai Express has collected approx 6 – 7 crores on 2nd Wednesday or 13th Days. The calculation is still going on and the final figure will be updated tomorrow. But one thing is sure that Chennai Express has definitely crosses the box office collection of Salman’s Ek Tha Tiger.
12 Day collection – 192.25 crores
13th day 2nd Wednesday collection – 6 to 7 crores (early estimation)
Chennai Express 13 days total collection – 198.25 to 199.25 crores
Shahrukh Khan utilized the holiday of Raksha Bandhan very well. The scheme of giving one ticket free with two ticket worked perfectly well in these 2 days. The collection of Chennai Express on 12th and 13th day is clearly indicating this. Normally in the 2nd week, movies does not collect this type of collection.
Chennai Express has one more day before the release of John Abraham starer Madras Cafe and the trade experts are saying that this movie will have a huge impact on Chennai Express. Now only Aamir’s 3 Idiot is ahead of Chennai Express and good news for Shahrukh fans is that Chennai Express is only 4 – 5 crores behind it.