Bajirao Mastani Official Collections on 18 December

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani has done very well on Day 1 at the domestic box office, by collecting Rs 12.81 crore net. The officially reported screen count is 3050.

The film faced tough competition from Dilwale, which had a massive star cast featuring the likes of Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Varun Dhawan. But the boost that ‘Baahubali’ gave to this genre, along with the fact that the second theatrical trailer was unanimously liked, helped Bajirao Mastani withstand competition from one of the biggest films of 2015.

However, like we have mentioned in other box office reports, Bajirao Mastani is an expensive film. A film made on a budget of Rs 120 crore, has to collect 15 crore plus at the very least. Factors aside, Bajirao Mastani is about 20% less than where it should have been on Day 1 and the business that it lost because of competition, has to be recovered in the coming days.

Which is why, Saturday will be extremely crucial for the Ranveer Singh – Deepika Padukone starrer. It has opened well in the morning today, but anything less than 15 crore will mean the film will find it extremely difficult to recover costs.

#IndicineFBO: We predicted that Bajirao Mastani would collect somewhere around 11.5 crore on Day 1, the film has collected Rs 12.81 crore net. It’s an accurate prediction, the difference between official figure and our prediction is 10%.