Kick crosses Chennai Express in Bollywood’s box-office pecking order

In quick succession, Bollywood seems to be breaking its own records. In 2013, Rohit Shetty's Chennai Express was met with much jubilation when it became the highest Bollywood box-office earner in India.

Chennai Express had broken the record held by Rajkumar Hirani's 3 Idiots for four years. A trade source says, "Chennai Express took four years to break the record held by 3 Idiots, but now, Hindi film box-office records are being broken with alarming regularity." Four months after Chennai Express, Vijay Krishna Acharya's Dhoom 3 crossed the `250-crore mark and it continues to sit there in the enviable number one slot. What's interesting is that the box-office shenanigans continue unabated. According to recent collection reports, Sajid Nadiadwala's Kick has beaten Chennai Express's box-office records and is in the No.2 slot. Even as Kick continues to count its monies at the ticket windows, trade sources say it will remain in the No.2 slot, followed by Chennai Express in the third position.