Who managed to draw more audience on the first day of the release, Shah Rukh Khan’s Raees or Hrithik Roshan’s Kaabil?

Two major releases Shah Rukh Khan’s Raees and Hrithik Roshan’s Kaabil have released on the same day. There have been a big difference in collections on day one.

Raees has been much awaited because of its strong plot. Shah Rukh Khan is seen in a grey role after a long time. Also, the makers of the film have been engaged in impressive promotional techniques. Promotions on the social networking sites which has kept the recall value on.

On the other hand, Rakesh Roshan has a unique ability to give what will work at the box office. This time, he has come up with a unique romantic story. The film is about two visually impaired people, played by Hrithik Roshan and Yami Gautam. The film portrays a beautiful world of a blind couple and how their world is plunged into darkness after a shocking incident. Both the films stand strong with their powerful storyline.

But who managed to draw more audience on the first day of the release?

Shah Rukh Khan’s Raees witnessed the opening of around 55-60% in its morning shows. While Hrithik Roshan starrer Kaabil had opened to around 20-25% which is a huge difference. Shah Rukh Khan starrer film has crushed Hrithik Roshan starrer film and how.

Raees on it’s first day collected Rs 21 crore net approx.(210 million) While Kaabil collected Rs 7.85 (78 million) crore net approx. Seems Raees has wiped out Kaabil and how. Kabil needs to pick up big time in this week before it gets washed out.

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Take a look at the overseas collections of Kaabil and Raees on Day 1 (Wednesday):

Australia box office
Kaabil – 26,520 USD [Rs. 18.03 lacs] from 27 screens.
Raees -137,467 USD [Rs. 93.40 lacs] from 28 screen

New Zealand box office
Kaabil – 3,565 USD [Rs. 2.42 lacs] from 9 screens
Raees – 16,069 USD [Rs. 10.93 lacs] from 11 screens

U.K. box office
Kaabil – 26,570 USD [Rs. 18.07 lacs] from 56 screens
Raees – 108,808 USD [Rs. 74.00 lacs] from 62 screens

Today being a holiday for Republic Day, collections should improve in this long 5 day weekend.

Karan Johar has a winner on his hand in Ae Dil Hia Mushkil. After getting some decent numbers on first three days, the movie grossed a whopping INR 17.75 Crores on Monday – thus crossing the 50-crore mark. The movie has collected INR 53.35 Cr at the Indian box office till Monday. 

After collecting INR 13.30 Cr on Friday, INR 13.10 Cr on Saturday, INR 9.20 Cr on Sunday (Diwali), the film’s Monday collection of almost INR 18 Cr is great news for the producers.

Even in overseas market Ae Dil Hai Mushkil has been making presence felt – The movie’s international collection till Sunday had crossed INR 41.05 Cr mark. According to its makers, the film has amassed the second highest international opening weekend for a Bollywood film in 2016 and is the highest opening weekend for a Karan Johar project. 

In the US, “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” collected $2.1 million, while in Britain and Australia, the film raked in $752,000 and $307,045 respectively.

#ADHM is TERRIFIC… Mon HIGHER than Fri, Sat, Sun… Fri 13.30 cr, Sat 13.10 cr, Sun 9.20 cr, Mon 17.75 cr. Total: ₹ 53.35 cr. India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) November 1, 2016

The makers had to go through some real tough times as many controversies marred the film’s promotion. Also the Diwali festivities hampered box office numbers for both Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and Ajay Devgn’s Shivaay. Both the films released on October 28, two days before Diwali.

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Ae Dil Hai Mushkil was released in around 3000 screens in India. The film features Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Fawad Khan.

Ranbir Kapoor’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil has continued its remarkable run at the Indian box office. After collecting INR 13.30 Cr on the opening day, the ADHM pocketed INR 13.10 Cr. And despite Sunday being Diwali, still the movie garnered INR 9.20 Cr – a combined total of INR 35.60 Cr in three days.

With two days still to go in this long Diwali weekend, INR 50Cr mark in the first weekend does look a real possibility.

ADHM’s overseas collection on Day 1 has also been encouraging. Day 1 collection in USA and Canada is approximately 700,000 dollars. In the UK it has collected 200,000 pounds, overall a much better showing than Salman Khan’s Sultan.

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But weeks before the release of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, the makers went through a tough time, with the controversy of Pakistani actor Fawad Khan being part of the cast.

A political outfit from Maharashtra threatened to stall the release of the film for casting Fawad. In an unprecedented move, the Maharashtra government relented to the political party; asking the producers to pay INR 5 crores as a penalty to the army welfare fund. 

Looking at the stake involved, filmmaker Karan Johar finally bowed down and posted a video to clarify his stand. Later lead actress Aishwarya Rai’s absence from the promotional events also made head turn.

Indian Box Office Collection in (Rs) on Day 1 (Friday)

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil – INR 13.30 Cr

Shivaay                  – INR 11 Cr

The twin big Diwali releases lived up to the hype in terms of response from the audience but in terms of box office collection, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil comes up trumps. Ae Dil Hai Muskhil pocketed a cool INR 13.30 crore compared to Shivaay’s INR 11 crore at the Indian box office.

The critics giving Shivaay thumbs down must have played its part in the audience favouring ADHM. While Ae Dil Hai Muskhil has more presence in large number of multiplexes Shivaay has more number of single screens to its credit. If one looks at the advance-booking segment, Karan Johar’s ADHM scored in multiplexes and Shivaay got a better response in single screens.

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Both the movies suffered in South India as the release clashed with Tamil films Kaashmora and Kodi. But ADHM broke Ranbir Kapoor’s last release Tamasha’s record (INR 10.87) by quite a margin.