Box Office
Gadar was nominated for several awards. The film grossed an estimated 135 crore and is currently the seventeenth highest grossing Bollywood film. According to Box office India, around 40 million tickets of Gadar were sold during its theatrical run while other highly grossing films like 3 Idiots and Dabangg sold around 25 million tickets each. The film had grossed Rs. 75 lakh nett in Delhi/UP in its 10th week, which was higher than any second week nett gross at that time. The adjusted gross of the movie is Rs 2,865,500,000. It is also highest grossing movie of the year as well as decade. This was mainly due to the unparalleled business it gathered from B and C centres across India.
The turnout by the public at the theatres where the film was playing had not been seen before and also has not been seen since. Gadar Ek Prem Katha left the trade stunned. There had been mega blockbusters just a few years back like Hum Aapke Hain Kaun and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge but these were small releases and prints increased gradually but with Gadar it was a full blown release of 350 prints and never had anybody seen collections remain this high for such a big release. The first week opened to Rs 72,500,000 nett in collections around all of India with the exception of West Bengal where the film was not released at that time. While the film already had a massive release, prints had to be added in week two due to demand and with West Bengal seeing a release the collections went up to Rs 82,500,000 nett. The third week was Rs 75,000,000 nett. In its tenth week it was still bringing in around Rs 25,000,000 nett with most of its prints still in play. Never had a film with such a big release held up this strongly.
In its 10th week the film had a billing of Rs 7,500,000 nett in Delhi/Uttar Pradesh and this was higher than what most films did in their second week at that time. For example, a hit film which was released alongside, Lagaan, had Rs 7,500,000 nett billing in the third week of its run. At many centres, it still holds lifetime theatre records ten years after release.
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