Sanju had the second highest non holiday opening day for an outright Hindi film and is the fifth highest opening ever if we count outright Hindi films and the sixth highest ever if we count Bahubali - The Conclusion. It is also the highest non Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan opening again not including bahubali - The Conclusion.
The other film that is is competing with like Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Sultan , Happy New Year or Tiger Zinda Hai took bumper starts in the morning be it due to holiday or big action films while this started lesser in many areas but made ground to be very strong in the evening and this is why the film could be a really big one with a long run at the box office. The opening day is 70% better tha the previous best of Ranbir Kapoor which was Besharam at a little under 20 crore nett.
The top twenty opening day collections are as follows.
1. Bahubali - The Conclusion - 40,73,00,000
2. Prem Ratan Dhan Payo - 39,32,00,000 (holiday)
3. Sultan - 36,59,00,000 (holiday)
4. Happy New Year - 36,41,00,000 (holiday)
5. Tiger Zinda Hai - 34,12,00,000
6. Sanju - 33,75,00,000 apprx
7. Dhoom 3 - 32,48,00,000
8. Singham Returns - 31,68,00,000 (holiday)
9. Ek Tha Tiger - 30,61,00,000 (holiday)
10. Chennai Express - 30,48,00,000 (holiday)
11. Golmaal Again - 30,10,00,000 (holiday)
12. Dangal - 29,16,00,000
13. Race 3 - 27,69,00,000 (Pre Eid)
14. Bajrangi Bhaijaan - 26,68,00,000 (Pre Eid)
15. PK - 25,45,00,000
16. Baaghi 2 - 25,00,00,000 (holiday)
17. Kick - 24,97,00,000 (Pre Eid)
18. Bang Bang - 24,40,00,000 (Holiday)
19. Agneepath - 21,72,00,000 (holiday)
20. Bodyguard - 21,17,00,000 (holiday)
Note - The territory figures of Sanju will be update later and the could make it the highest non holiday opener ever or maybe bring it down a little.
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