Zero Box Office Collection Day 1: FANTASTIC!

Zero is one of the biggest films to have been made in 2018 and it is rather obvious that the buzz around it is due to its star cast. Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma star together in the film and Aanand L Rai has directed it. Zero has hit the theatres today amidst a lot of expectations and the fans are surely flocking to the theatres to catch the film. This SRK, Anushka and Katrina starrer promises to show these stars in a light that they've never been seen in before. Zero has also created a stir because of the amount of money and effort the makers have put so that the VFX turns out to be great.

Today on the first day of the release, the film was received extremely well by the audience as early reports suggest that there was a 80% occupancy in the theatres. The numbers for the first day are out and it is definitely huge. The film is expected to collect approximately Rs. 30 crores on its opening day and that surely is massive. Keep watching this space for more updates.

Box office occupancy report: Despite the fan buzz, the Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif film Zero loses to Salman Khan's Race 3 and Aamir Khan's Thugs of Hindostan details inside.

The much-awaited Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Zero has finally hit theatres and while the critics have given the film mixed reviews, fans can't seem to stop gushing over it. Despite a number of negative reviews, Zero has managed to pull a fairly decent box office occupancy in it's first day of release. The film got 45-50% occupancy on an average in the entire country with some regions like Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Kolkata getting 75-80% occupancy, according to a film trade analyst. Now, usually, this would be a mammoth achievement, but then the Khans do it with every film of theirs, ever year.

Unfortunately for SRK, despite the good start, Zero is behind Salman Khan/s Race 3, which released earlier this year and Aamir Khan's Thugs of Hindostan, which released a day after Diwali. According to BOI, the occupancy report of Race 3 on its opening day (morning shows) was 50-55% while Aamir Khan's Thugs of Hindostan was even further ahead with 70% occupancy. (Also Read: Zero movie review: Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif starrer is a reflection of its title)

While, both films were critically-panned, but their opening weekend collections were considerably mammoth. Unfortunately for Shah Rukh, neither did his film beat his contemporaries in occupancy nor is it likely to beat them with its opening weekend collections. Add to that, the negative word of mouth because of critics will surely hamper the film's chances to become a huge box-office success. (Also Read: Zero SPOILER ALERT! There are a total of 11 cameos in Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma's film)

According to film trade analyst, Akshaye Rathi, Zero is expected to open at Rs 30 crore as its day 1 collection at the box-office. The film opened at a total number of 5965 screens 4380 in India and 1565 worldwide. However, SRK will need the fan support on this one if Zero has to be a hit. One can recall that his 2014 film Happy New Year was also critically-panned but did huge box-office business nevertheless.