Bollywood Actors: Opening Day Collections of Last Movie Release

They say star power is all about the opening day and opening weekend collections of a film. So we decided to list the first day collections of every lead actor's last movie release, along with factors surrounding the release of their film.

With a solo Diwali holiday release, Shahrukh Khan leads by a distance. In fact, the first day collections of SRK's Happy New Year is higher than the combined first day collections of films starring Emraan Hashmi, Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham, Shahid Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor and Varun Dhawan! Same goes for the opening that films like Ek Tha Tiger, Kick, Dhoom 3, PK have taken.

The biggest crowd pullers at the box office

It also goes to show that the Khans (SRK, Salman, Aamir) are the biggest crowd pullers in the industry and festive holiday releases have a huge advantage over normal releases.

Hrithik Roshan comes second in the list, the only actor who can consistently deliver a 25 crore+ opening day, even though his film released with another keenly-awaited film like Haider. Bang Bang also had lower ticket prices as compared to Eid, Diwali or Christmas releases.

Akshay Kumar needs to up his game and take PR / Marketing of his films more seriously. His latest release Baby was trending non-stop on social media websites like Twitter, but there was hardly any real buzz outside the internet world. The opening day business of Baby has sent shockwaves in the trade, as it was among 3 of the biggest releases in the first half of 2015. A 9 crore opening is simply not good enough, considering the costs and what Akshay charges for his films.