Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone starer Chennai Express has now became the 3rd most successful movie of 2013. On the 2nd Tuesday or its 12th Days, Chennai Express has crossed the collection of Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone starer Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. YJHD’s total box office collection was 190 crores. Before the 12th day, movie’s total collection was 185.70 crores and it was just 4.30 crores behind YJHD.
On the 2nd Tuesday 12th day, Chennai Express got good occupancy. Since the festival of Raksha Bandhan is around the corner so holiday of rakhi is proving beneficial for Chennai Express. According to some early estimation, Chennai Express has collected approx 5 – 6 crores on 2nd Tuesday or 12th 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 YJHD.
Now only 2 other movies Salman’s Ek Tha Tiger (194 crores) and Aamir’s 3 Idiot (203 crores) are ahead of Chennai Express. Since there are holiday of Rakhi is still to come so we can see Chennai Express go past these figures in this week. Next Friday, John Abraham and Nargis Fakri starer Madras Cafe is releasing so it will be tough for Chennai Express to sustain at the box office.
