Box Office: Weekend to Lifetime Multiple overseas analysis

 

Around the release of the film Dhoom 3, Aamir Khan had come up with an innovative way of measuring a film's success. According to this new metric, a higher multiple indicates strong content and therefore longevity at cinemas, which in turn signifies footfalls being attracted in subsequent weeks.

Box Office: Weekend to Lifetime Multiple overseas analysis

 

In this analysis, we compare some of the highest grossing films of recent years taking into consideration only their North America box office collections. Interestingly, the Overseas chart features the Kangna Ranaut starrer Queen as the topper with a Weekend to Lifetime multiple of 7.28. Vicky Donor and Kahaani take the second and third slots with multiples of 4.47 and 3.87 respectively.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Movie Name	Opening Weekend (USD)	Lifetime (USD)	Weekend to Lifetime Multiple
Queen	161,998	1,179,491	7.28
Vicky Donor	122,742	549,001	4.47
Kahaani	263,011	1,017,960	3.87
3 Idiots	2,149,227	6,533,849	3.04
OMG Oh My God!	340,028	923,221	2.72
Barfi!	1,061,713	2,804,874	2.64
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag	647,112	1,626,289	2.51
English Vinglish	745,414	1,862,086	2.50
Dabangg 2	1,019,213	2,519,190	2.47
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani	1,651,000	3,827,466	2.32
Chennai Express	2,416,513	5,306,729	2.20
Singham	161,064	345,125	2.14
Housefull 2	847,132	1,791,780	2.12
Krrish 3	1,049,560	2,191,343	2.09
Rowdy Rathore	381,784	777,373	2.04
Dhoom 3	3,880,000	7,846,872	2.02
Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-leela	1,449,174	2,674,134	1.85
Grand Masti	223,222	404,789	1.81
Golmaal 3	626,432	1,132,192	1.81
My Name is Khan	2,264,983	4,018,695	1.77
Ghajini	1,387,534	2,428,713	1.75
Agneepath	1,213,096	1,986,748	1.64
Ek Tha Tiger	1,484,404	2,347,774	1.58
Ra.One	1,654,023	2,511,689	1.52