Shahrukh
Khan's
most
awaited
film
of
the
year
Dilwale,
is
all
set
to
release
on
18th
December
and
the
actor
thinks
that
it
should
cross
1000
Crores
at
the
box
office.
Talking
about
Dilwale's
business,
Shahrukh
Khan
told
DNA,
"I
think,
1000
crore
is
closer
than
you
could
imagine.
Best
case
estimate,
10
crore
people
watch
films.
Films
like
Baahubali,
Bajrangi
Bhaijaan
and
PK
did
really
well
and
got
10
crore
eyeballs.
Inme
se
kuch
repeat
audience
bhi
hogi
par
chalo,
tab
bhi
10
crore
maan
lete
hain.
Ab
hamaari
country
ki
population
dekho
-
we
are
a
country
of
125
crore
people.
The
best
business
takes
place
in
a
two-week
time
frame.
There
is
scope
for
more."
Shahrukh
Khan
further
added,
"Once
you
have
theatres
near
you,
it
would
automatically
entice
you
to
watch
films
there.
There
are
at
least
100
Crores
people
who
are
not
watching
your
film
in
theatres.''
''So
let's
say
ki
hamein
aaj
ki
collections
double
karne
ke
liye
sirf
10
crore
log
aur
chahiye.
This
means
targeting
just
10
per
cent
more
people
to
step
out
from
their
house.
Woh
agar
kar
lein
toh
300-400
crore
aur
hai
picture
ke
revenue
mein
jodne
ke
liye.
As
theatres
increase
and
as
they
reach
out
to
more
B,
B
and
C-tier
cities,
business
will
naturally
increase.
Agar
filmein
bhi
badi
ho,
toh
yeh
possibility
hai," he
told.
"The
business
of
films
is
growing
manifold
in
China.
I
recently
met
a
Chinese
distributor
and
asked
him
ki
'wahaan
par
ek
badi
Hollywood
ya
Chinese
film
kitna
kar
leti
hai?'
He
said,
'To
the
tune
of
2,000
crore.
Ab
agar
hum
apni
population
ko
dekhein,
toh
we
are
not
far
behind
China,''
the
Dilwale
actor
said.
SRK's
Interview
"Aaj
India
mein
bhi
Hollywood
films
kitna
achcha
kar
rahi
hain.
40-50
crore
toh
araam
se
aa
rahe
hain.
Ours
is
the
only
country
which
is
very
loyal
to
cinema,
so
making
big
bucks
is
a
realistic
possibility.''
(In
Pics-Shahrukh
and
Kajol)
SRK
On
BO
Numbers
SRK
added,
''Whenever
we
manage
to
get
a
long-
running
film
and
there
is
a
free
run
to
that
as
well,
we
will
gain
very
good
numbers,''
(In
Pic-Shahrukh
and
Kajol
promoting
Dilwale)
Shahrukh's
Predictions
''I
think
teen-chaar
saal
ki
baat
aur
hai
and
we
would
have
a
realistic
shot
of
doing
the
kind
of
numbers
which
sound
unrealistic
today
to
some
out
there,'' he
said.
(In
Pic-Dilwale
promotions)
Movie
Screens
''I
hear
that
har
saal
40-50
naye
theaters
aur
ban
rahe
hain.
Aaj
hamaare
paas
5,000
screens
hain.
Do-teen
saal
mein
1,000
screens
aur
hongi," Shahrukh
revealed.
(In
Pic-Dilwale
team)
Varun-Kriti
Apart
from
Shahrukh
Khan
and
Kajol,
Dilwale
also
stars
Varun
Dhawan
and
Kriti
Sanon
in
the
lead
roles.
Directed
by
Rohit
Shetty,
Dilwale
will
hit
the
screens
on
December
18th.