44 years ago this Bollywood film had earned Rs 100 crore and ran for 135 weeks in theatres.

First Indian Movie collects 100 Crore at Box Office: When a big budget movie of Bollywood and South is released in theatres, predictions start about its earnings that a particular film will earn Rs 200 crore or Rs 500 crore. ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ and ‘Ustaad Bhagat Singh’ are among those films about which huge speculations are being made today.

With this, the memory of an old film of the eighties has become fresh, which during its time had defeated even the best films at the box office in terms of earnings. However, if you do not know about that film then do not worry, here we will tell you that 44 years ago an Indian film had made history by earning Rs 100 crore. At that time it was no less than a miracle.

Which was the first film to earn 100 crores

In the 70-80s, Bollywood superstar Mithun Chakraborty had given many hit films. However, when his film Disco Dancer was released, it had a different craze. The film which created history by earning Rs 100 crore worldwide was Disco Dancer. At that time, it was not easy to break its record because at that time even a hit film could hardly earn even Rs 25-30 crores. But Mithun’s disco dancer held this record for more than 10 years. When Salman Khan’s ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun’ was released in 1994, the record of disco dancer was broken. This film had collected 128 crores worldwide.

Let us tell you that at that time there was neither social media nor big marketing like today, yet this film settled in the hearts of people. The special thing was that the film got tremendous love abroad, especially in Russia, due to which its earnings increased a lot.

It ran in theaters for 135 weeks.

The biggest feature of this film was that it continued to run in theaters for a long time. This film remained in theaters for about 135 weeks. In today’s times where films are released within a few weeks, running for such a long time is a big record in itself.

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How different was that era from today’s films?

Nowadays, films are released with big budgets, big stars and heavy promotions and there is talk of earning Rs 100-200 crores on the opening day itself, but earlier it was not so. In the 1980s, the earnings of films increased slowly. At that time earning even Rs 1-2 crore was a big deal.

The game of box office has changed

Now the film industry has completely changed. Things like multiplex, advance booking and global release have become common.

Whereas earlier a film used to become a hit gradually, now only the opening day decides whether the film is a hit or not. This is the reason why films like ‘Dhurandhar 2’ are kept under watch since the beginning.

Ghajini earned Rs 100 crore in the 2000s

Let us tell you that Aamir Khan’s film Ghajini was the first film of the 2000s, which earned Rs 100 crore at the domestic box office. To remove the confusion, it is important to understand that 44 years ago, Disco Dancer was the first Indian film to earn Rs 100 crore worldwide. Whereas ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun’ became the first film of the 90s, which crossed the Rs 100 crore mark at the domestic box office.

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