Tiger Zinda Hai has taken a huge opening across India which is a rarity for a film releasing on a non holiday. The morning collections are far greater than last years Christmas release Dangal which was released exactly one year ago in the same week. The best opening has come in North India which at places in UP saw full houses and collections on par with Bahubali - The Conclusion which has best opening ever in terms of volume of collections. The film already had pocketed around 12 crore nett for the first day (23.50 crore nett in total) in advances and by noon the film had added another 5 crore nett.
The evenings will be strong no doubt but being a non holiday it is the afternoon which usually sees a dip for a film that opens so well. Last year Dangal was also a non holiday release but did not have the dip as collections in the morning were not as strong so the afternoon went at a similar or little bit higher level. If this does the same then it will a 40 crore nett plus total but its very tough for a film that takes a huge opening in the morning to maintain that level in the afternoon on a non holiday. Yes Bahubali - The Conclusion did it and that gives hope for 40 crore nett on a non holiday which was a number which could only be dreamt about if the film was not on a national holiday before Bahubali - The Conclusion. Ek Tha Tiger grossed 31 crore nett in 2012 on a national holiday and Dhoom 3 was 32.75 crore nett which is the highest non holiday opening barring Bahubali - The Conclusion and these are the numbers which Tiger Zinda Hai has to beat on this start.
Again its been proven there is no need for heavy promotion as the trailer and two good songs have done the job and the audience has come to the theaters in a big way. The biggest openings of the year Bahubali - The Conclusion and Tiger Zinda Hai have come where its the trailers doing the job rather than the promotion and shouting that goes on to bring the audience into the theaters.
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