Welcome Back records 3rd highest opening day of 2015

Welcome Back has recorded the 3rd highest opening day of 2015, beating films like ABCD 2 and Gabbar Is Back. The film starring John Abraham in the lead, opened well because the first film in the series was hugely popular and had tremendous recall value even though the last film released in 2007.

Only two films – Salman Khan’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Akshay Kumar’s Brothers – both of which released on significantly higher number of screens, were ahead on Day 1 at the domestic box office.

MovieScreenFirst DayResponseStars
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo450041.75BumperSalman Khan, Sonam Kapoor
Bajrangi Bhaijaan410027.25BumperSalman Khan, Kareena Kapoor
Dilwale-21.00ExcellentShah Rukh Khan, Kajol
Singh Is Bliing315020.67Excellent Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson
Brothers350015.20GoodAkshay Kumar, Sidharth Malhotra
Welcome Back310014.35Very GoodJohn Abraham, Anil Kapoor
ABCD 2260014.30ExcellentVarun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor
Shaandaar260013.1GoodShahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt
Gabbar Is Back305013.05GoodAkshay Kumar, Shruti Haasan
Bajirao Mastani305012.81Very GoodRanveer, Deepika, Priyanka
Fast and Furious 7210012.38ExcellentVin Diesel, Paul Walker, others
Airlift230012.35Akshay Kumar, Nimrat Kaur
Avengers155010.98ExcellentRobert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo
Tamasha200010.87AverageRanbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone
Dil Dhadakne Do230010.53GoodRanveer, Farhan, Priyanka, Anushka
Roy240010.41GoodRanbir Kapoor, Jacqueline, Arjun Rampal
Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon170010.15Excellent Kapil Sharma,Manjari Phadnis
Hate Story 326009.72ExcellentZarine Khan, Karan Singh Grover
Baby26509.3Above AverageAkshay Kumar, Tapsee Pannu
Tanu Weds Manu R22008.75Very GoodR. Madhavan, Kangana Ranaut
Phantom26008.46Good Saif Ali Khan, Katrina Kaif
Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 38.15Tushar, Aftab, Mandana Karimi
Badlapur 16507.2Good Varun Dhawan, Nawazuddin
Tevar29007.05Below AverageArjun Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha
Hero22006.85GoodSooraj Pancholi, Athiya Shetty
Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 14006.8ExcellentKartik Aaryan, Nushrat Bharucha
Drishyam23505.8AverageAjay Devgan, Tabu, Shriya Saran
Wazir5.61Amitabh Bachchan, Farhan Akhtar, Aditi Rao Hydari
Piku13005.32AverageAmitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Irrfan Khan,
Ek Paheli Leela19705.30Below Average Sunny Leone, Jay Bhanushali
Jurassic World18505.3GoodChris Pratt
Katti Batti13005.28AverageKangana Ranaut, Imran Khan
Bombay Velvet26005.2DisastrousRanbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma
Baahubali15005.15Excellent Prabhas, Rana, Anushka
Mission Impossible 513005.10GoodTom Cruise
Hamari Adhuri Kahani22005.04PoorEmraan Hashmi, Vidya Balan
Mr X19004.5PoorEmraan Hashmi, Amyra Dastur
Jazbaa1700 4.23AverageAishwarya Rai, Irrfan Khan
Detective Byomkesh Bakshi 12504.2PoorSushant Singh Rajput, Anand Tiwari
Alone17003.50AverageBipasha Basu, Karan Singh Grover
Shamitabh16003.5PoorAmitabh Bachchan, Dhanush, Akshara
NH1014003.35PoorAnushka Sharma
Talvar7003Average Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma
MSG The Messenger16003AverageGurmeet Ram Rahim
All Is Well15002.9PoorAbhishek Bachchan, Asin
Dolly Ki Doli16002.55AverageSonam Kapoor
Khamoshiyan13001.92Below AverageGurmeet Choudhary, Ali Fazal, Sapna Pabbi
Guddu Rangeela10001.51Below AverageArshad Warsi, Amit Sadh, Aditi Rao Hydari
Welcome To Karachi11501.5PoorJackky Bhagnani, Arshad Warsi, Lauren Gottlieb
Ab Tak Chappan 214001.42PoorNana Patekar, Tanmay Jahagirdar
Manjhi6001.4Below AverageNawazuddin Siddiqui, Radhika Apte
Dharam Sankat Mein8001.30 Below AverageParesh Rawal, Naseeruddin Shah, Annu Kapoor
Hunterrr10001.23Poor Gulshan Devaiya, Radhika Apte, Sai Tamhankar
Dum Laga Ke Haisha8001.12PoorAyushmann, Bhumi Pednekar
Bangistan7001.1DisastrousRitesh Deshmukh, Pulkit Samrat, Jacqueline
Hawaizaada6500.61DisastrousAyushmann Khurrana
Sharafat Gayi Tel Lene2000.09DisastrousZayed Khan, Rannvijay, Tena Desae
Crazy Cukkad Family2000.07DisastrousSwanand Kirkire, Shilpa Shukla
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82 Comments

  • peoples always underestimate anees bazmi because he directed no entry and ready kind of masala but both of them were huge grosser. what do you think guys it is easy to making masala movies?

  • Hahaha couldn’t cross BROTHERS’ opening day collections even though brothers was facing huge negativity and the genre was not family and female audience friendly!!

  • 3 mistakes of welcome back makers otherwise it would hve been big hit

    1. Akshay Kumar ..the name Iz enough, no explanations on this
    BT still I will give
    Hera pheri was a moderate success BT its sequel became SUPERHIT .
    Housefull Was a Hit BT its sequel bacame SUPERHIT ..
    Aur welcome toh blockbuster thi so u can imagine yourself wht would hve been verdict …!

    2. Budget ..anything above 80 crs on this movie Iz a total waste of money nd due 2 high budget , it might not even get hit verdict …!

    3.) Release date
    U r making a movie of 100 crs & releasing it on a non holiday ?? Waow .. from an opening of 14 crs , u can’t recover ur cost until the WOM Iz extraordinary which iz not in the case of welcome back …!

    Now they hve 2 settle from an average verdict nd few crores loss …! It will not touch 100 crs . it’s asli prediction not hatred prediction …!

  • Those saying Anil and Nana were the real stars of Welcome! Yeah they were just like Harshaali and Nawazuddin in Bajrangi bhaijaan.

    So if Bajrangi Bhaijaan sequel is made without Salman starring Harshali and Nawaz and some other actor after few years ..won’t it take huge opening??
    And won’t these lallutards cry that this opening due to the deeds of our bhai who is now sitting in jail??

  • Shows in 300 screens were cancelled bcz of technical reason.so the opening is in just2800 sscreens.superb

    My team had predicted 14.3cr if you all remember correctly. So v have done it again

    now todays prediction is 17.8cr

  • Ratings of welcome back on book my show ? 64% ?????
    It’s too low …!

    Nd abcd2 was released in much lower screens then WB bt still same collection ..! Nd note :- welcome was a much bigger hit then abcd nd much popular BT still abcd2 did better business then WB on opening day despite average trailers nd songs …!

    Its a good opening looking at star cast BT considering huge budget of 100 plus nd Sequel 2 biggest hit, its little low …!

  • with John & Shruti #WelcomeBack is 2nd biggest opener … Imagine with Akki + KAT + One Hit Song = 30cr Opener was Guaranteed

  • opening is indeed impressive
    hope it should do good bussiness over the weekend.
    saturday should be in the same range..14-15 crs and sunday should be around 17 crs…so weekend-45-47crs which is decent.
    lifetime will depend on the weekdays..but i have a feeling that this movie will be a sureshot 100cr grosser

  • WE 150 cr. Jani chahiye, taki akshay ko pata chale ki usne kya choda hai.
    Or abhi to HP 3 bhi aani hai.
    Hp3 to aise 25 cr. Ki Opening tak le sakti ;jab welcome ne hi 15cr kama liye.

  • U were correct, audiences are fed up of watching akshay Kumar in many movies every year, and it’s not just about brand welcome working. If it was so then y didn’t ouatim2 work, it had akshay, better songs and even holiday. Don’t know what’s wrong with his film underperforming whether classy like baby or massy like brothers!!

  • some fake intellectual people criticised welcome when its released. later it became super hit

    same will hapen for welcome back

  • Good Collections…Even though it just 5 lakh ahead of ABCD 2..
    ABCD-14.30 in 2600 sc
    WB-14.35cr in 3100 screen…
    But the question is Can WB goes 100 crores??
    Will watch it later for Majnu,Uday and Comedy…

  • It’s all possible only due to the absence of flopshay Kumar. If he was there instead of John then welcome back would not have collected even 12cr…

  • Buddhaji:
    Brothers had much bigger star Sid whose previous movie collected huge 16cr nett. And flopshay’s previous movie collected only 12cr that too on holiday. So, its Sid’s contribution was more for brothers’ opening…

  • @babaji ka thullu Lol on u welcome back has beaten partial holiday release gabbar is back which was full on masala starring akki and now laughing by comparing just 1day before independence release brothes which was multistarrer. I mean now john is beaten akki kumar and akki kumar is already fed star who is looking too old to call hero now.

  • Actually surprised to see reviews haven’t been that bad for Welcome back.
    Moron Rajeev masand gave 1 star to Welcome and his last sentence of Welcome review was
    “If you do end up enjoying it, I’ll pay your psychiatrist’s bill.

    Rating: 1 / 5 (Poor) ”

    And now he’s the same Rajeev masand who enjoyed WB and gave 2.5 star and almost for everyone Welcome 1 was better.!!!

    If Akki would have been in the movie,critics would have thrashed it left right centre!
    Wait for Singh is Bling reviews,it won’t get more than 2 stars by any of these biased critics.

  • By Assuming Positive Word of Mouth Score and 4500+ Screenings,

    My Standard Box office Prediction for
    Salman Khan Starrer #PRDP is Here :

    ( All Figures R in Nett Crores Rs. )

    Thursday 39
    Friday 29
    Saturday 29
    Sunday 33

    4-day Holiday Weekend = 130

    Monday 15
    Tuesday 13
    Wednesday 11
    Thursday 9

    1st week Total = 178

    2nd Friday 6
    2nd Saturday 9
    2nd Sunday 12

    2nd Weekend = 27

    2nd Weekdays = 14

    2nd week Total = 41

    3rd week = 14
    4th week = 4
    Rest weeks = 1

    Total Lifetime Business in India = 238 cr nett
    Verdict = Blockbuster in Domestic Market ( Due to LOW budget , Otherwise it might be Losing Fair )

    Total Overseas Business = $15 million
    Verdict = Super Hit in Foreign Countries !

  • @babaji ka thullu oh really you mean bumper of bajrangi bhaijaan in pre eid with baahubali was due to harshaali and nawaz rofl i know your back is in fire and ur money is already gone by buying so many burnols then pls take loan and buy some more burnols.

  • First day never ever matter for any film. Any film can bring good first day and first weekend with huge promotion and hits songs funda like SRK does with every film.

    For example HNY did 40cr on day one and 100cr on weekend with huge promotion and more songs on Diwali and weekend. But after first weekend HNY got down at that level the film should earned. And same are happening/ will be happening with PHANTOM and WELCOME BACK.

    Films Lifetime collections always matter, after that nothing matters.

  • I watched it yesterday good movie nana patekae and anil kapoor r superb and john abraham is in supporting role not main lead.main hero of movie is uday bhai and majnu bhai

  • It’s Anil & Nana who steal the show in both welcome….
    In 1st part akki was lead actor but the fact akki overshadowed by Nana n anil….in 2nd due to popularity of Anil n nana…. anees gives John side actor role….
    Awesome collection…

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