Vikram Vedha Opening Day Early Estimates

Mumbai, September 30 - The big box office release of the day "Vikram Vedha" starring Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan in title roles has been released in theaters. Vikram Vedha has been released on over 4000 screens in India and close to 2000 screens overseas, making it one of the biggest releases ever in terms of size for the Hindi film industry.

There was huge anticipation for this film in core Hindi belts due to being an action genre film with Hrithik Roshan who excels in this genre like very few stars. If we go by the records then Hrithik Roshan is probably the 2nd biggest star in the action genre after Salman Khan but the action in Vikram Vedha is different from the likes of War, Bang Bang, and Dhoom as they catered to a universal audience and had the backing of huge production value, great music, excellent publicity, and big production house. Here, Vikram Vedha is devoid of such things.



The morning occupancy suggested that the film will be a nonstarter but it grew in the evening and if the pace continues in the night shows then it will be a positive result for the film due to its upward trajectory. The early estimate collections suggest 11.50 crores net but as said if night shows outperform then even a 12 crores opening could be achieved.

Hrithik Roshan's last film War took a record-breaking start and the expectations from this film were more as he was coming after almost 3 years at the box office. If we compare the good old days then Hrithik Roshan's Kites had collected similar numbers on the first day in 2010 and that was on nonholiday too.

There are no centers that recorded big audiences but if you compare standalone then West Bengal has done good business on the first day probably due to festivities and Hrithik Roshan. Surprisingly Delhi/UP has done better than Mumbai despite the content catering more to the Mumbai audience due to being a dark action thriller film. The film needs to show big growth on Saturday and eventually have its best day on Sunday to record a healthy first-weekend collection.

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