Friday, 17th July 11:25 AM IST
BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN Takes Bumper Start On 1st Day Morning
2015 saw some small budgets and off beat films doing really well and 'Tanu Weds Manu Returns' exceeded every expectation with mind blowing 150 cr nett biz in India itself. Now the big Bollywood season starts and Salman Khan will kick this off with 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' on his favorite festival Eid.
Film released in 800 screens in overseas and 4500 screens in India. Film lost few shows to 'Bahubali' in multiplexes especially in south. But overall film will not be affected by this as this is big ticket occasion release and audience will flock to cinemas no matter what.
As we mentioned in our prediction article, film opened to full houses and historic numbers today morning. Advance bookings are humongous and at places it is better than 'Kick' and 'Ek Tha Tiger'. Film is close to 75% in smaller towns and metros are also close to 60%. This will go up as the day progresses and evening to night shows will be packed to capacity.
We can easily assume that 23 cr nett plus is almost secured from here for day one which means it should be around or equal to day one of 'Kick' (26.40 cr nett). 'Bahubali' factor in south and pre Eid might dent it by 2 cr nett on day one. Film has got rather better reviews than other Salman starrers so it should trend good in coming days.