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Critically -
Gangs of Wasseypur
Udaan
Ankhon Dekhi
Mukti Bhawan
Haider
Lootera
Thappad
Mulk
Tumbbad

Audience wise in terms of mainstream with vast reach -
Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Dangal
PK
Sultan
Bajirao Mastani
Padmaavat
Tanhaji - The Unsung Warrior
Uri - The Surgical Strike
Dabangg

Just wondering where would Mission Mangal be ranked. We might get to know at the end of this decade for sure. Or probably Kesari would find a spot. Yrf might chip in Jab Tak Hai Jaan as a tribute to Yash Chopra.

I am pretty sure Kabir Singh won't be part of the list.

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very few like udaan , gow, piku and andhadhun.

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Won't be commenting on any of others but why were Mission Mangal and Kesari mentioned?

Both of them are already forgotten.

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@Jatinder wait for the decade to end.

Answer 1

there will be a difference between what social media deems a classic (Gangs of Wasseypur), what a small batch of critics deems a classic (A Death in the Gunj), what the multiplex audience deems a classic (ZNMD), and what the mass audience deems a classic (Singham).

there are very few movies that will be universally deemed classics, and I can't for sure say what those will be.

Answer 2

The likes of PK, BB, ZnMD, Dangal, MNIK, Sultan, Tanhaji, Uri etc. Amongst the off beat ones, Lootera, Udaan, Haider, Mulk, Tummbad, Ship of Thesus, Thappad etc.

Answer 3

thats an easy one.....

Bajrangi Bhaijaan, easily
Dangal easily
ZNMD
Dabangg
Sultan , wont be considered a classic but it will be remembered for ages .like coolie of amitab.
... for its unbroken... records ..... possibly lasting a decade or above. (worldwide weekend, week 1, first 5 days, worldwide week....all are still unbroken....these are unadjusted, adjusted ki baat karein to forget it...... bollywood k reach se bht door hai)

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War was right film at the right time ( 6/7 holidays in first week )
Still failed to beat week1 numbers of sultan despite of highest national average ticket price.

ITS ALL ABOUT INITIAL PULL OF A STAR & YOU KNOW WHO IS THE KING OF IT.

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Well that boat tied itself ....

if market potential is "that" why no one from Bollywood crossed these numbers

If sultan's day 4 (36cr) was a holiday for eid .... why was CE's day 4 (13cr) not?

If Salman Khan's eid releases got benefit of back to back holidays ... ce and Hny were mere 50cr weekend equivalent..that's lower level than a tier 3 star Akshay Kumar.

Going more further ... Where was all that Holiday audience when tubelight zero dabangg 3 had national holidays

Right film at right time ... Isn't that every mega blockbuster

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@Grand Nova

If sultan's day 4 (36cr) was a holiday for eid .... why was CE's day 4 (13cr) not?

CE Monday was ₹13cr yeah, so was Sultan's ₹15cr. Sultan Day 4 was Saturday.

If Salman Khan's eid releases got benefit of back to back holidays ... ce and Hny were mere 50cr weekend equivalent..that's lower level than a tier 3 star Akshay Kumar.

Well CE had ₹37cr opening day (including PP) which without Eid would have been ₹25-27cr perhaps and then a bit better Saturday & regular Sunday of ₹25cr and ₹30cr. So not exactly ₹50cr, but somewhere around ₹80cr instead of ₹94cr

Where was all that Holiday audience when tubelight zero dabangg 3 had national holidays

Well Tubelight Monday was ₹18cr and Tuesday was ₹12cr iirc. Wednesday had some advantage again with ₹7cr ish to eventually ₹5cr on Thursday. Without those Eid weekdays would have been 9 7.5 6 5 ish. Zero ffs had ₹9-10cr Monday. Fan did ₹6cr after ₹17.7cr Sunday and ₹18cr in weekdays. Zero was able to score ₹28cr after 17cr Sunday. In normal release, without Xmas, Zero would have wrapped under ₹70cr. And similarily Dabangg 3 around ₹105cr.

@Invincible

War was right film at the right time ( 6/7 holidays in first week)

film barely crossed 2cr footfalls and barely crossed ₹50cr on its opening day. Is that right film?

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Lol @charlie 2.3cr footfalls film war is not a right film ?

Indirectly u are saying that , not everyone is salman who can deliver 3cr footfalls with average to good film ( Sultan - tzh )

War was much hyped film of the year , had a 52cr opening day still fails to beat week of sultan 209cr

Week 1 footfalls of sultan were 2.2cr acc to BOI , with war atp its adj will be more than 300cr.

Answer 4

Probably MNIK, DON2, OATIM, Gangs of wasseypur, Shahid, Haider, Bhajrangi bhaijaan, Dangal, etc....

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What about the best movies Ankhon Dekhis and Udaans of the professional critics?