Baby, Jai Ho, Race 2 and Agneepath
'Baby', 'Jai Ho', 'Race 2' and 'Agneepath'Collage of photos taken from Facebook pages

While Akshay Kumar's latest outing "Baby" has done superb business at the worldwide box office in 10 days, the movie has failed to beat the records of previous Republic Day releases "Agneepath", "Race 2" and "Jai Ho".

Movies released on Republic day have proved to be big hits at the domestic as well as overseas box office in the recent years. The success of "Agneepath" (2012), "Race 2" (2013) and "Jai Ho" (2014) have made the Bollywood filmmakers believe that this is another auspicious occasion to release films after Dussera, Diwali, Christmas and Independence day.

"Baby" has a good storyline that suits the mood of patriotism. The film has an ensemble cast, superb production values and was massively promoted. Moreover, it has been creating positive buzz in the media, ever since it went on floors. Hence, trade experts in B-Town had predicted that it would smash the records of previous releases.

Released in a large number of screens across the globe, "Baby" opened to good response and showed decent growth on the following days. The Akshay Kumar starrer has collected approximately ₹85 crore nett at the worldwide box office in 10 days. But the collection of the film is far below the benchmarks set by previous Republic day releases - "Agneepath", "Race 2" and "Jai Ho".

Below is the comparative picture of collection of "Baby", "Agneepath", "Race 2" and "Jai Ho" in different areas. The numbers are based on the details provided by Bollywood Hungama

INDIA

Movie Release Date Day 1 Weekend 1 Week 1 Weekend 2
Agneepath 26 Jan 2014 ₹23.00 cr ₹67.50 cr ₹91.05 cr ₹107.3 cr
Race 2 25 Jan 2013 ₹15.12 cr ₹51.35 cr ₹76.10 cr ₹91.6 cr
Jai Ho 23 Jan 2014 ₹17.75 cr ₹60.68 cr ₹88.78 cr ₹102.68 cr
Baby 23 Jan 2015 ₹09.30 cr ₹36.07 cr ₹63.82 cr ₹76.47 cr

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Movie Weekend 1
Weekend 2
Agneepath $1,213,096 $1,750,843
Race 2 $884,757 $1,371,815
Jai Ho $840,506 $1,175,000
Baby $434,951 $694,509

UNITED KINGDOM

Movie Weekend 1 Weekend 2
Agneepath £346,460 £91.05 cr
Race 2 £356,258 £706,159
Jai Ho £245,246 £413,059
Baby £67,931 £115,369

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Movie Weekend 1 Weekend 2
Agneepath NA NA
Race 2 AED970,000 NA
Jai Ho AED4,800,000 AED6,600,000
Baby AED1,785,363 NA

AUSTRALIA

Movie Weekend 1 Weekend 2
Agneepath A$279,001 A$420,243
Race 2 A$183,750 A$369,038
Jai Ho A$243,778 A$426,310
Baby A$104,238 A$176,778

NEW ZEALAND

Movie Weekend 1 Weekend 2
Agneepath NZ$43,914 NZ$89,667
Race 2 NZ$71,341 NZ$131,558
Jai Ho NZ$71,766 NZ$127,882
Baby NZ$26,195 NZ$45,415