Dilwale has collected around Rs 22 crore and Bajirao Mastani has collected around 12 crore on its opening day at the box office, as per estimates based on collections from a few centres and circuits from India. Note: Final collections will be posted in the morning.
The film has performed extraordinarily well in West Bengal, where the first day business is set to be around 5 times more than Bajirao Mastani. Shah Rukh Khan is the king of the Bengal circuit, the advance booking here is excellent for the entire weekend.
The other ‘class’ circuit where SRK’s ‘massy’ films are doing well is Mysore and even other South states like Kerala and Tamilnadu. The collections in some of these South Indian centres are comparable to big films which release on national holidays without any competition.
Dilwale has surpassed Bajirao Mastani in the Gujarat / Saurashtra belt and the gap between the two films is surprising because Sanjay Leela Bhansali films, especially Ram Leela, perform very well in these circuits. The occupancy for the morning shows in Gujarat for Bajirao Mastani came as a huge disappointment, in fact even Dilwale was underperforming, but both films picked up towards the end of the day.
In Maharashtra, both films were neck and neck. Bajirao Mastani was ahead at quite a few centres, while Dilwale was leading at others. It was the only state where the competition was too close to call. In Rajasthan too, Bajirao Mastani was closer than expected.
In Bihar, Assam, C.I, C.P Berar.. it was Dilwale that was leading. At single-screens in general, it was a one horse race with Dilwale dominating and Bajirao Mastani remaining poor throughout the day.
Overall, it was fantastic day for film business for the industry. Remember, it was a non-holiday, so both films are expected to show good growth in business over the weekend.
The big plus for Dilwale is going to be its genre, entertainment value and mass appeal. Bajirao Mastani on the other hand, is not going to surrender like Saawariya did in 2007. The reports are mixed to positive for both films, which is good news for the trade in general.
Dilwale looking at 90 crs weekend and BRM at 45-50 crs weekend if all goes well for both the movies. The real battle will begin from Monday when content and wom comes into play, as of now Critics ratings are slightly higher for BRM compare to Dilwale !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will predict Lifetime after the weekend !!!!!!!!!
22 crores instead of clash. That’s awesome #halasrk
So, a 70-75 crore opening weekend for Dilwale..
Good going, as it lost about 40% screens to BM and only one holiday in first 3 days..
So Dilwale crushed BM on first day and i am sure this will be trend for many more days.
@Hrithik.. when your weekend prediction itself if unrealistic.. what will you predict lifetime? 90 crore first weekend after 22-23 cr first day?? You mean to say it’ll do average of 33 crore next two days? Impossible.
Your combined total is 140 crore for weekend.. don’t think films can collect so much.
So Babaji’s prediction of Dilwale opening day collection of 22.5crs will come right! ;)
Dilwale weekend tak chalega like Hny, ce.. Bajirao long run karega… Only #bajiraomastani no #crapwale
Ha ha ha. Without deepika srk’s limit is below 25 Cr and hense it proved once again. Now where are those loons who were barking that no one could break manipulated CNY opening record? See now on non holiday srk without deepika couldn’t break aamir and Salman’s opening day record. So its proved that aamir and Salman are much bigger than srk. I challenge srk to release his film on holiday without deepika and rohit, it will not break prdp and dhoom 3’s opening day record.
Watched Bajirao Mastani Today..
Short Review::–
*Backed by stellar performances by Ranveer Singh and Priyanka.Ranveer in particular brings in the energy and his marathi accent is quite likeable.Easily his best performance.
*The first war scene is epic,Ranveer’s entry scene got huge cheers n whitles and there are a lot of emotional scenes too.
*Well written dialogues,grand sets,fell in love with the amazing forts and costumes.
*On the negative side,the lot is a bit shallow,Deepika’s character is restricted to delivering straight faced one liners.The film looks stretched a bit in the 2nd half.
*Whenever,there were any war scenes or dialoguebaazi of Ranveer,it got huge cheers,wish the film had more of them.
Overall 3.5/5 from me..
Shahrukh fans don’t dislike my comment,I m watching Dilwale tomorrow ;)
22 crores is huge for dilwale in a non holiday and clash . So will srk top the star power ranking this year .
@Babaji Your comments are always interesting.
Brothers — First day Rajasthan — 1.09crs
Dilwale — First day Rajasthan — 1.01crs
They don’t need flying cars for momentum. They don’t need a young pair for support. They don’t need comic set pieces for relief. They don’t need Iceland and Bulgaria. They don’t need 360 degree cameras. And they certainly don’t need Rohit Shetty.
You don’t mess with Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol. Even if Shah Rukh Khan is paying for the mess. Even if Shah Rukh Khan will make money out of the mess.
Dilwale is a frustrating watch, just for the feeling of being in a SRK-Kajol film where everything else keeps snatching away the spotlight — and screen time.
There’s the love story of Varun Dhawan, who seems to be modelling for Gold’s Gym and Farex at the same time, and Kriti Sanon, who keeps walking in every song and scene like the film is a marathon.
Then there’s yet another love story featuring yet another Varun — Varun Sharma (Fukrey). Now add parallel comedy tracks featuring Johny Lever as Money Bhai, Boman Irani as King and Sanjai Mishra as Oscar. As their names suggest, it’s farce incarnate.
As for the plot, it’s yet another rehash of an Amitabh Bachchan film for SRK after Don. This time the source is Mukul Anand’s Hum, where a gunda leaves behind his life of crime to bring up his stepbrother in a clean environment and how the past returns to haunt him. Bachchan’s Tiger there is Shah Rukh’s Kaali (Joy Maa!) here, the man with the golden gun in Bulgaria 15 years ago.
Kajol is the Kimi Katkar of the piece with such a forced twist that her character has to change heart in every scene for the story to move ahead. Anyway they blow up so many cars in the flashback that Kaali becomes a “car modifier” (new Bolly term for mechanic who works on imported cars) in Rohit’s rainbow-framed backyard in Goa.
And you thought Raj and Simran would be allowed to RIP — Romance In Peace. Only in a couple of scenes and a couple of songs. And the tragedy is they are still pure gold. The look into each other’s eyes, her running towards him and holding him from behind, him breathing all passion down her neck… Iss se zyaada pyaar aur koi nahin kar sakta….
Isn’t Gerua just a reprisal of Suraj hua maddham in a different setting punctuated with memories of Tujhe dekha toh yeh jaana sanam and Kuch kuch hota hai? Doesn’t time stand still when Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol swing into a frame? Doesn’t it stir up your own love stories, don’t they reinstil the ‘R’ in romance?
Dilwale is where “a SRK-Kajol film” battles “a Rohit Shetty film” and comes out second. How much you care for the film will depend on which film you’ve gone in to watch. The title’s a cheat, though. If the original ‘Dilwale’ hadn’t got his ‘Dulhania’ that day at Apta Station, he wouldn’t have wasted so many years to win back his lady love.
In the scene where the two realise that they were part of such a plot and they just lost 15 years because they couldn’t check facts for 15 seconds, SRK tells Kajol the one line of the movie which, ironically, makes sense: “Kasoor tumhara nahin, kasoor mera nahin, kasoor haalaat ka hai.”
Yes, we are at this precarious point in Indian cinema where one of the greatest screen couples of all time has to feed on the crumbs left over from an all-you-can’t-eat Rohit Shetty buffet. You go help yourself to a serving of Gerua, a spoon of Janam janam and that eternal DDLJ line thrown in the last shot for dessert. Some love stories don’t die, even if they are sideshows in a car porn
Rating-2/5
Bajrangi bhaijan non holiday plus Ramazan plus competition from THE bahubali was 28 cr and Dilwale with smaller competition is 22 cr and they call SRK a megastar. Lol. He is just a star.
See reason why I hate some salmon fans, Seriously? A clash with a big budgeted film and it still manage to collect 22cr as per estimate,
Weekend should be around 72crs
btw I know who’s this @Nipun Returns this time..It’s definitely not @Sambuddha aka Ved Bajirao fan coz he has’nt watched Dilwale yet.
@Hamza Khan: Thanks Man :)
Even Pk wich went on to become huge collected 25cr first day with no clash
22 crores on 1st day is decent.If the movie doesn’t suffer a huge drop on Monday it can have a glorious run at the BO
I’m just praying to God that I manage to watch it this Sunday:)
SRK-KING OF BOLLYWOOD
Common haters, kip hating
Really waiting for the mother of all clashes(Raees and sultan)dats wen we will truly knw d number 1 star, am damn sure my SRK will slap salmon film real hard like he always do
Boi will be 18 to 20 mark my words, Bm wom in metros is excellent and Dilwale reports in metros is mixed but masses are loving it. Both these films will sustain till wazir releases as their is no competition.
Dilwale lifetime 217cr
Bm 132cr
Overseas Dilwale 21m$
Bm 65m$ good night friends best wishes for both films.
Insha Allah, the movie will become All time blockb.
Go cllect ur refund money @heaven haters
dilwale is 3 din ka mehman..after weekend it will be only empty theatres will be left..below average film..will be HUGE FLOP…CARWALE…
So Dilwale lost 9to 10cr due to clash on its 1st day n 25-30cr in weekned but Dilwale will recover its damage during weekned because higher screen won’t garented more footfall n lower screen won’ cut adience
Boi is 21-21 as per early estimate
So actual figure will be 24-25 by morning
Lolz! Where are doze haters that said dilwale won’t even touch 20upwards crore, RIP them
If Dilwale performed well in Maharastra n Rajistan then 1st day comes 25cr plus althouh 22cr isn’t bad either in 2750scree with clash plus non holiday now positive word of mouth boast Dilwale in long run
They have even forgot their star prdp underperformed @BO while dey predicting 300cr life, d movie only achieved Hit status, LOLZ now they hating SRK, sorry why u all sooo insecure
Salman Amir fans don’t trol Dilwale openning day collection as opening not matter only lifetime matter Dilwale i rohit shetty best film n it will break records in long run pk did 27cr in 4200screen where Dilwale did 22cr in 2750screen