Box Office: 'Fighter' Opening Day Early Estimates

Mumbai, January 25 - Hrithik Roshan and director Siddharth Anand's third film together Fighter hit the big screens today. The film had underwhelming pre-sales for the opening day which left so much on-the-spot booking for the chances of a big opening at the box office.

The movie had a slow start in the morning with an average occupancy of around 10-15% before witnessing a minor jump in the afternoon and a further improvement in the evening and night shows, however, the big jump in the occupancy was missing throughout the day.



Fighter managed to cross the 20 crores net mark as early estimates suggest the opening in the range of 21-22 crores net. The opening can be called a decent though a much better start was expected from the combo of Hrithik and Siddharth. The business of the film mostly came from urban areas as mass centres remained on the lower side on the opening day.

The initial word of mouth seems to be on the positive side which is a must for the movie. The bookings for the second day, which also happens to be Republic Day, are much better and the film will look to score a big jump tomorrow. A jump of at least 50% is what the movie will need to get the advantage of the holiday.

The movie will target the opening of 100+ crores net over the 4-day weekend. The word-of-mouth effect will exactly be seen from Monday but the good thing for the movie is that there is not much competition for it for at least two weeks.

Stay tuned...