AKIRA had a poor opening day of around 4.25 crore nett. There was slight improvement as the day progressed as the morning shows suggested a total more close to 3 crore nett. Though the collections were better in the evening, its not the sort of jump which signals huge growth over the weekend. Compared to the other films driven by female leads this year, it is better than FITOOR, SARBJIT and HAPPY BHAG JAYEGI but the numbers are below NEERJA (4.62 cr) and JAI GANGAAJAL (4.48 cr) and the openings of NEERJA and JAI GANGAAJAL were not good either though the former eventually did well in metros and a further boost through tax exemptions. The film may have action but single screens are poor as the film was lacking entertainment and music from the theatrical trailer.

Basically its an action drama which is depending solely on multiplex business and that's a big ask after this sort of initial as the genre very rarely shows the sort of growth needed by AKIRA. Also the film has not performed too well in markets which tend to show the most growth on Saturday.

There were a few other Hindi releases YEA TOH TWO MUCH HO GAYAA, DARK CHOCOLATE, ISLAND CITY, SUNSHINE MUSIC TOURS AND TRAVELS and UNFORMUNG - THE TRANSFORMATION had hardly any collections and all were under the 10 lakhs nett mark even though some of these films managed to get 2-3 screenings at many multiplexes.