The year 2019 has ended with a 'Good Newwz' for all trade analysts, theatre owners in the Bollywood circuit. Good Newwz the film is doing some rocking business at the box office. The film, directed by Raj Mehta and produced by Karan Johar, is all set to enter Rs 100 crore club on January 1, having earned Rs 94.60 crore on December 31. Good Newwz's success continues its lead star Akshay Kumar's stunning streak of hits. In 2019 itself, Akshay has given four major hits in Kesari, Mission Mangal, Housefull 4 and now Good Newwz. The movie also stars Kareena Kapoor Khan, Diljit Dosanjh and Kiara Advani. Good Newwz Box Office Collection Day 5: Akshay Kumar’s Film to Do a ‘Simmba’; Guaranteed to Enter Rs 100 Crore Club on New Year’s Day.

As a producer, Karan Johar had a very okayish year with Kalank and Student of the Year 2 disappointing, and Drive releasing straight to Netflix to critical derision (even though it was one of the most-watched titles on the OTT platform). His big hits of the year came courtesy through Akshay with Kesari and Good Newwz. Interestingly, Karan Johar earned a similar box office success last year with Simmba, that starred Ranveer Singh and Sara Ali Khan in the lead, with Ajay Devgn appearing in an extended guest appearance. Good Newwz Movie Review: Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor Khan Are in Sparkling Form in This Feel-Good Entertainer.

If you look closely at both Simmba and Good Newwz, you can find some very uncanny similarities between both the films that go from the casting and crew to its box office run. Here are ten of them:

#1 Karan Johar acts as the producer in both Simmba and Good Newwz.

#2 The producer also appears in a cameo in songs of both Simmba ("Aankh Maarey") and Good Newwz ("Chandigarh Mein") in similar capacities.

#3 Simmba has Akshay Kumar, the lead actor of Good Newwz in a cameo. He appears towards the end as ATS officer Veer Sooryavanshi, teasing his role in Rohit Shetty's upcoming film Sooryavanshi.

#4 The Saif Ali Khan factor - Simmba has Saif's daughter, Sara Ali Khan, as the female lead. Good Newwz has Saif's wife, Kareena Kapoor as the female lead.

#5 The names of directors of Good Newwz (Raj Mehta) and Simmba (Rohit Shetty) begin with the letter 'R'.

#6 Both the films were released in the last week of the year on the same date. Simmba came out in December 27, 2018 and Good Newwz came out in December 27, 2019.

#7 Both went on to win the critics and the audiences, and turned out to be big hits.

#8 Both the films entered the Rs 100 crore club on January 1, that is New Year's Day.

#9 Interestingly, both Simmba and Good Newwz did so by trouncing the previous week's big releases, both starring Khans. Simmba outperformed Shah Rukh Khan's Zero, while Good Newwz is all set to take over Salman Khan's Dabanng 3.

#10 Bonus - Both Good Newwz and Simmba had one remix that brought back the star of the original music video. In Simmba, it was the "Aankh Maarey" song that featured Arshad Warsi (along with his Golmaal gang minus Ajay Devgn). In Good Newwz, the "Sauda Khara Khara" remix brought back singer Sukhbir in the video. However, this was done for promotional purposes, as the song was played in the background of the film, instead of the video being featured in the film.

Simmba went on to do make more than Rs 200 crore at the box office. Can Good Newwz do something similar with its theatrical run? With no major releases this week and the movie earning in double digits on a daily basis, we say, 'Why not?'!

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jan 01, 2020 01:44 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).