This day has seen the release of some huge hit films. It is coincidence but August 8th has been a very lucky day for films at the box office over the last 20 years. There could be other big releases earlier but our database is not picking them up yet. The list of films that have been released on August 8th in the last 20 years are as follows. They are listed in their inflation adjusted gross.

BLOCKBUSTER

1. Chennai Express (2013) - 2,33,65,24,740

The biggest blockbuster of Shahrukh Khan in the last fifteen years. The film released on Eid 2013 and became the highest grossing film ever beating the record of 3 Idiots. The film more than doubled the previous highest Shahrukh Khan opening.

SUPER HIT

2. Pardes (1997) - 1,89,63,94,500

The Subhash Ghai directed love story was a slow starter barring a few big cities but picked up well in the later weeks to emerge a huge hit. the opening day was just 61 lakhs nett which was 50% of a big opener like Border released a few months back.  Also benefited from tax exemption in Maharashtra

3. Koi Mil Gaya (2003) - 1,79,97,91,840

The film which established Hrithik Roshan as a major star after a poor period. The film opened at 2.25 crore nett on day one which was the second highest opening of the time and there was no looking back as the film did well across the board.

4. Singh Is Kinng (2008) - 1,29,92,73,360

The film still remains the only Akshay Kumar film to set an opening day record although Welcome (2007) would also be there if there was not issues with the release. The film set an All Time Record in East Punjab by becoming the highest nett grosser beating Gadar but the share and gross figures remained lower than Gadar.

HIT

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SEMI HIT

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AVERAGE

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BELOW AVERAGE

Entertainment (2014) - 76,48,55,960

The Akshay Kumar starrer did not open well which hits its chances. The collections okay after the first week but remained a poor performer. The film score big on television picking up the second highest rating in 2013 ahead of the likes of Dhoom 3 and Kick.

FLOP

Gangs Of Wasseypur 2 (2012) - 26,98,02,060

The film is a second part of Gangs Of Wasseypur which was a poor performer a few months earlier. The first film was said to have gained appreciation but the initial of this one which was even lower that the first one put that fake theory out of the window. If only we had second parts of all these so called appreciated films it would help the truth come out.

Dadagiri (1997) - 26,85,98,000

A Mithun Starrer which was released at a time when the best days were over for the dancing star.

DISASTER

Basti - 2,14,87,840

A low budget film featuring Aamir Khan's brother Faisal Khan. The film had no chance at the box office.