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Dear Zindagi has done well on day grossing around 9-9.50 crore nett as per early estimates. The collections are actually very good for this type of film on day one but the difference is the presence of Shahrukh Khan. If it was not for him this film would hardly have done half the business. The film has been driven by the star power instead of the value of the film but that is probably enough as the film is a low cost film. The film is for high end multiplexes so there is a chnce it could grow from this which would mean job done as far as cost are concerned. Even if the film was notbto grow much it still would be through unless there is a huge crash in collections.






Box office success looks ensured but appreciation is another matter as the success is coming due to low costs not because of appreciation like so many films lately from a Queen to Neerja to Pink. Obviously the film can go to a higher level but that is a tough ask as the reach is not there and if you do push in those centres they tend to give losses. The footfalls are low but high ends multiplexes with high ticket rates drive these films to success as long as costs are restrained. This one has another plus with star power but all that means is the 50-60 lakh footfalls will come in a different way to the above films.



The opening day of the film is the bigger than a big film like Mohenjo Daro aand in the same range as a Shivaay.

 

Shah Rukh KhanVerified account ‏@iamsrk 1h1 hour ago
Thank u all for the love this small lil film is getting. I feel so proud that I could be a part of @gauris & @aliaa08 journey.#DearZindagi

 

Dear Zindagi has a good first day as it grossed 8.75 crore nett apprx. The opening day is enough to ensure the success of the film as the star power over powered the content initially to take a far higher opening than it would normally take. Obviously the film has to grow over the weekend for the content to work but commercially this sort of opening makes it safe even if the film was not to go grow over the weekend. The opening day figures of the film are similar to a big film like Mohenjo Daro released on around 2000 sites while this film came on around 800 sites.






The film performed best in South India where Mysore was huge topping the 1 crore nett mark while in Tamil Nadu / Kerala it took the fourth best initial of the year after Sultan, Dhoni and Fan. Mumbai circuit also did well as it grossed around 2.75 crore nett while Nizam / andhra was next best. North India was the under performer and this was always likely to happen due to the content as Shahrukh Khan can only take to a point where the content hold no appeal. English Vinglish was also rejected in the North while Mumbai and South were decent



It remains to be seen what sort of growth it takes on Saturday. Normally this type of film would be expected to have big growth on Saturday but here the opening is not normal so it may find it tougher to show big growth.