BAADSHAHO had an average first day as it grossed around 10.25 crore nett. The main problem is that being an action mass film it probably had to 2 crore nett more which would have put the film on a solid footing. There is the holiday to help the film along today but still it needed a higher starting point. The collections are better than SHIVAAY (9.19 crore) but less than ACTION JACKSON (10.37 crore). The best opening day figures were in UP where the film has done well. This was followed by Rajasthan, Bihar, CI and CP Berar. Generally the collections in multiplexes and single screens of B and C centres are good but multiplexes of A centres like Jaipur and Ahmedabad are not as good and this is where the film has to work if it is to succeed.

The metros like Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore were always likely to be low and that is what has happened. There should be a jump today due to the holiday for Eid but it remains to be seen how big this jump is and do the bigger cities show the growth they need to as there SHUBH MANGAL SAAVDHAN is competition. 

SHUBH MANGAL SAAVDHAN has had a low opening with collections looking to be around the 2.50 crore nett mark for day one. The film is a little better than BAREILLY KI BARFI on day one though it also had a wider release but on the other hand there was competition for BAADSHAHO which was easily going to be first choice in most places. So all in all its got some sort of platform to go on from but nothing much can be expected from these films until the weekdays or second weekend. This is when they can start making a mark and seem as if they are going somewhere if they hold up. The film will grow much better than BAADSHAHO today as reports among the limited target audience are better while BAADSHAHO which has a far larger audience have average reports.