Punjab 1984 takes Box Office by storm
Punjab 1984 takes Box Office by storm

Punjab 1984 which released this week has set the Cash Registers ringing for it’s Producers as well as Distributors all over the world. The film has seen some fantastic collections throughout the weekend and even the film has held it’s own on Monday and Tuesday. The following table shows the collection comparisons between the 3 Biggest Openers of Punjabi Cinema in East Punjab Region. Rest of India figures are not shown due to complete data not available for Disco Singh.

Film/Day Friday Saturday Sunday Total
Punjab 1984 ? 1,02,00,000 ? 98,50,000 ? 1,30,00,000 ? 3,30,50,000  
Disco Singh ? 1,00,00,000 ? 90,00,000 ? 1,10,00,000 ? 3,00,00,000  
Jatt & Juliet 2 ? 1,15,00,000 ? 1,05,00,000 ? 1,40,00,000 ? 3,60,00,000

Interestingly all the 3 films have Diljit Dosanjh as the lead actor and Anurag Singh as Director. Also the 4th highest film is Jatt & Juliet which also features the same Actor-Director combo. No other Cinema throughout the country has seen such a combo.

Now coming to overseas business, Punjab 1984 as expected has done commendable business overseas throughout the world in its 1st weekend. The Business is 2nd only to Jatt & Juliet 2 which released on the same weekend last year. The following tables shows the overseas Box Office data comparison for Jatt & Juliet 2 and Punjab 1984.

United Kingdom

Particulars    Jatt & Juliet 2   Punjab 1984  
Screens 13 29
Gross in £ £ 82,756 £ 103,206
Gross in ? ? 74.94 lacs ? 1.06 Crores

North America (USA & Canada)

Particulars    Jatt & Juliet 2   Punjab 1984  
Screens 41 49
Gross in USD ($) $ 388,759 $ 248,484
Gross in ? ? 2.31 Crores ? 1.50 Crores

Australia & New Zeland

Particulars    Jatt & Juliet 2   Punjab 1984  
Screens 20 26
Gross in A$ A$ 244,139 A$ 181,112*
Gross in ? ? 1.33 Crores ? 1.03 Crores
*Aus/NZ Break UP [A$ 150,935 on 22 Screens and NZ$ 32,657 (A$ 30,177) on 4 Screens]
#The INR collections of Jatt & Juliet 2 were calculated at the point to release in June 2013. Now the collections may differ due to exchange rates.