'Fukrey Returns' Set To Be Amongst Top-10 Comedies Of All Times

Fukrey Returns has completed two weeks at the Box Office and with this it has already collected 73.81 crore at the Box Office. The film has emerged as one of the biggest Superhits of 2017 and is now challenging the lifetime of 78 crore which it would comfortably surpass.

However, in the process of doing that it would also go past the lifetime number of another comedy, Housefull <78 crore>. Once that happens, it would find itself in the record books all over again. Reason being that this milestone would place Fukrey Returns amongst Top-10 comedies of all time (ever since the 100 crore club came into existence and the collections were being tracked much more closely than ever before).

Here is the list of Top-10 grossers amongst comedy films and as can be seen, three of the films that feature here have released in 2017 - Golmaal Again, Judwaa 2 and Fukrey Returns:

Golmaal Again - 205.70 crore

Judwaa 2 - 138.61 crore

Housefull 2 - 116 crore

Housefull 3 - 109 crore

Golmaal 3 - 106 crore

Bol Bachchan - 103 crore

Grand Masti - 102 crore

Welcome Back - 97 crore

Singh Is Blinng - 89.50 crore

Housefull - 78 crore

Welcome - 75 crore

Singh Is Kinng - 74 crore

Fukrey Returns - 73.81 crore (still running)

The film should go past Welcome and Singh Is Blinng by the third weekend and then Housefull should be surpassed too in the fourth week at least. Once that happens, it would be next only to Singh Is Bliing and in the process emerge as the tenth biggest comic grosser ever.

Another interesting factor here is that except for Bol Bachchan, every other film in the list is a sequel/franchise affair which goes on to show that a first time comedy may not find immediate attention but once it is established, there is no stopping that.

Point to ponder for those who may want to invest in comic outings between 2018-2020!

Note: All collections as per production and distribution sources