Happy New Year has topped the all time list of Top 25 highest opening day collections in Bollywood. This is the second consecutive time that a Shahrukh Khan starrer has managed to top the list, his previous release Chennai Express was also the highest opening day grosser last year.
Khan has proved yet again that when he decides to do an out-an-out commercial entertainer, he is right up there at the top as the industry’s biggest crowd-puller. Happy New Year didn’t have any chartbuster songs, the promo of the film didn’t get the kind of response that Kick or Bang Bang received, nor did the film belong to a big franchise like Dhoom or Krrish. Farah Khan too was battling negativity and comparisons with her husband Shirish Kunder and brother Sajid Khan.
No wonder then that both SRK and Farah were extremely pleased with the response that Happy New Year has got from the audience. Khan tweeted “Thank u world for the love. What an enormous welcome to HNY all over. I hope team HNY made you all smile a lot. As cheesy as it sounds, post collections, Farah Khan I think Life, Movies & other such essentials, do start after 40! HNY team lets go!”
Farah replied saying “SHAH feeling so much love for you I can cry”
With a huge star cast led by Shahrukh Khan, Happy New Year got a favourable release period, and made the most of it – recording the highest opening and single day collections in history.
Full list of Top 25 Opening Day Collections below.
| Movie | First Day Collection | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Happy New Year | 44.97 cr | 24 October 2014 |
| Prem Ratan Dhan Payo | 40.35 cr | 12 November 2015 |
| Sultan | 36.54 cr | 6 July 2016 |
| Dhoom 3 | 36.22 cr | 20 December 2013 |
| Chennai Express | 33.12 cr | 9 August 2013 |
| Ek Tha Tiger | 32.93 cr | 15 August 2012 |
| Singham Returns | 32.09 cr | 15 August 2014 |
| Dangal | 29.78 cr | 23 December 2016 |
| Bang Bang | 27.54 cr | 2 October 2014 |
| Bajrangi Bhaijaan | 27.25 cr | 17 July 2014 |
| PK | 26.63 cr | 19 December 2014 |
| Kick | 26.52 cr | 25 July 2014 |
| Krrish 3 | 25.5 cr | 1 November 2013 |
| Agneepath | 22.93 cr | 26 January 2012 |
| Bodyguard | 21.6 cr | 31 August 2011 |
| Besharam | 21.31 cr | 2 October 2013 |
| MS Dhoni TUS | 21.30 cr | 30 September 2016 |
| Dabangg 2 | 21.1 cr | 21 December 2012 |
| Dilwale | 21 cr | 18 December 2015 |
| Singh Is Bling | 20.67 cr | 2 October 2015 |
| Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani | 19.46 cr | 31 May 2013 |
| FAN | 19.20 cr | 14 April 2016 |
| Ra One | 18.38 cr | 26 October 2011 |
| Jai Ho | 17.38 cr | 24 January 2014 |
| Ek Villain | 16.48 cr | 27 June 2014 |
| Ram Leela | 15.94 cr | 15 November 2013 |
| Gunday | 15.86 cr | 14 February 2014 |
| Don 2 | 15.27 cr | 23 December 2011 |
| Jab Tak Hai Jaan | 15.23 cr | 13 November 2012 |
| Housefull 3 | 15.21 cr | 2 June 2016 |
| Brothers | 15.20 cr | 14 August 2015 |
| Race 2 | 15.11 cr | 25 January 2013 |
| Rowdy Rathore | 15.1 cr | 1 June 2012 |
| Dabangg | 14.5 cr | 10 September 2010 |
| Welcome Back | 14.35 crore | 4 September 2015 |
| ABCD 2 | 14.3 cr | 19 June 2015 |
| Rustom | 14.11 cr | 12 August 2016 |
| Housefull 2 | 13.97 cr | 6 April 2012 |
| Talaash | 13.56 cr | 30 November 2012 |
i watched hny last night here srk was nt as popular as salman or aamir.so film nt got that big opening as d3 or kick. but film is good one time watch it can be compared with films like grand masti,dhamaal, golmal series not matter who is the hero other than hero everyone make u laugh. But i request all salman fans film is gd u should watch it one time. Because they did negativity at time of kick we should do the same it is nt level of our salman and his fans .he shown it again and again. Sr did 32.09 cr in 3600 screen on independent day hny did 44.95 crs in 5000 screens on 9 lakh per screen it means both r equal if u want to compare compare with ett 33crs in 3300 screens with less ticket price. kismat badi kutti cheez hoti hai jald hi palat jati hai so watit for pk, bajarangi bhaijaan and prdp waise toh d3 record is safe i said it for opening day records
King is king no more in the USA… HNY has done worse business than JTHJ let alone equalling CE… D3 overseas figure is now out of the Q..! Aamir for just 2 months must content himself with being called Overseas King until he reclaims his Donestic Crown in less than 2 months with PK…! Then come the New Year Aamir will once again be the BoxOffice trendsetter and supreme ruler.
Among Top 10 in above list :
Salman & Hrithik has 3 each
Srk 2
Aamir & AJ Devgan one each.
Hats off to Salman’s stardom & kudos to Hrithik too !!!!!!!!!!!
I couldn’t watch HNY today. Will watch tomorrow/monday!
Why this insecure moron @navin is tagging me in his comment again and again !
watched today.. loved d movie
audience wer laughing all the way…i am happpy farah didnt disappoint me.
I think it wil sustain.. saturday wil b around 37 crore in sha Allah.. n xpecting sunday to cross 40 crores again.
Salman has 6 movies out of 25….he rules the list.
srk’s pr machinery is playi ng dirty games…. this is real…. open your twitter and search these people….@shahrukhkk123, @AllIndiaContest and like these other 7,8 people are continuously tweeting every seconnd….. if you open twitter and search happynewyear…. you will find same patterned tweets and same persons repeating by hundreds ti mes… and see one of those’s profile … you will get to see them tweeting every second…. it looks like some ten 12 machines are active trending the film in twitter….. everyone you can check and find out urself … how dirty publicity is srk doing…. indicine you can check it too…. and tell me is that correct?
what about overseas collection?
THIS IS what called as SUPER STARDOM OF BOLLYWOOD KING.1ST AND 3RD HIGHEST COLLECTION IS KING SRK’S that also with out HIS SELF MADE YRF.but look at salman-amir,both of their highest collection only due to KING SRK’S MADE YRF.THAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KING OF BOLLYWOOD and ordinary khans,lol.
salman fans—-when WE said SRK’S FILM couldn’t get so much screen during JTHJ AND CE,they said KING KHAN is not a big star,so HE couldn’t got screens.but now their statement changed —- HNY GOT HUGE SCREEN that’s why it surpassed d3.but remember when WE said the same thing during d3 as it got huge screens than CE that’s why it surpassed CE.but they made fun at that time.this is what called double standard!NOW WHAT HAPPENS?LAUGH NOW..LAUGH AS MUCH AS YOU CAN..
@navin,kindly don’t make any joke of yourself.how you know HNY COLLECTE VER GOOD IN US,after all WE have to see THE FINAL OVERSEAS COLLECTIONS so don’t worry.KIBG SRK NEED MINIMUM 22.5MILLION USD AND odyCR MINIMUM in DOMESTIC to become NO.1 IN OVERSEAS as well as DOMESTIC.so no chance for sallu/amir.nobody is interested in that copy of barfi type wannabe classic overacting movie pk oops sorry talaash2.you made joke enough on jadoo of poor hr fans.but now make fun of your complan star he himself as a alien,so much interesting to see this little ape oops smeagol in this CHRISTMAS.KING SRK-FARAH JODI always gave HIGHEST GROSSER ,so no chance for new jadoo of bollywood pk aka thelaash2.btw happy news for you is next year there is no amir/hr movie is releasing.AS WE all know very well bhai unable to make/break any record.SO HNY RECORD WILL BROKE BY FAN OR RAEES.
KING KHAN RULES BOLLYWOOD.300CR+ COLLECTOIN IN DOMESTIC BO IS COMING VERY SOON.
CHARLIE HAS ARRIVED.
duniya me do tarah ke log hote hai. festive release pe records todne wale aur non holiday pe bhi sabki band bajaate ne wale. reference to you know who i am refering. can’t wait for 19th december.
@indicine plz mention the holiday & non holiday release and screen count as well so that the above list would be better.
And one thing i liked many of srk’s movie but HNY is completely worst case in his movie list..really guys movie was not good it seems like another TMK
Dhoom 3 vs HNY overseas collections:-
USA:
Dhoom 3 – 6.3 crore HNY- 2.21 crore
UK:
Dhoom 3 – 2.6 crore HNY- 1.9 crore
Australia:
Dhoom 3- 0.87 crore HNY- 0.6 crore
New Zealand:
Dhoom 3- 0.35 crore HNY- 0.1 crore
Inspite of doing huge overseas promotion with along with SLAM tour, HNY fails to beat Dhoom 3 at overseas box office.
In the USA, Dhoom 3 opening day is 3 times HNY opening day.
@ Arjun kapoor next year Salman has 2 biggest movies on biggest release and i m sure u wil change ur color that time.
@SSS- CHADDIWALE. beta yeh to kuch bhi nahi hai. 4500 screens, biggest holiday of new year, and remake of oceans 11 with deepika and multistarrer cast helped the third khan to get hit. chennai express and HNY both have something in common. guess what???? and don’t bounce like a crazy ball, wait for 2 months. PK will shatter all these shit records on non-holiday. lungi express and shitty eww year, both released on big holidayy. dhoom 3 released on non holiday and still kicked your struggling star’s opening day on non holiday. big shame on FAKING khan. PK will easily beat all these records as it’s cup of tea for PERFECT KING aamir. PK will be 1st and only movie to cross 300 crores just in india. and wait, why are you shouting so much? this is just opening day record. it won’t brake lifetime record of dhoom 3 even in your dreams. POOR srk always depends on deepika or other big names. i will see next year how far he goes as there is no deepika or other big star in his unnown next crap.
After pk its 50cr biggest opening after trailer looking anada 3idiots damn eagerily waitin fo pk
For all the people who are saying HNY is going to break boxoffice records of Dhoom-3, HNY is released in total 5300 screens (4500 in India and 800 in abroad) compared to Dhoom-3 which was released in total of 4500 screens (4000 in India and 500 in abroad). So with 800 additional screens, 7 crores of additional opening revenues is very much expected. Just think what is going to happen to these numbers when PEEKAY, with lot better content is going to be released with similar or more no. of screens than HNY…..Also better content will prolong its run (just like 3-idiots) which will not be the case with HNY which carries below average content….