ADIPURUSH (Hindi) took a huge opening on its first day with outstanding collections across all Hindi circuits. It has managed to collect 36-36.50 crore nett which is the third best opening post pandemic and will be among the top ten openings ever for a Hindi film. These numbers are coming with a limited South release due to the regional versions.

The number has gone well over expectations as the momentum it picked up on advance bookings on Wednesday continued all through the first day. The final circuit numbers will come later but Mumbai seems to be around 11.50 crore nett giving a value for North Karnataka which is with the South distributors while Delhi/UP will be around 8 crore nett. East Punjab will do around 3.25 crore nett. The latter is extraordinary with the circuit not doing that well for a film with a South hero but Ramayana is huge in the North and that is what is helping the film.

The collections of the film also look strong in the East with Odisha pushing the film and out performing despite a Telugu version also running there. The numbers of the film have really been pushed by the Hindu crowd as on paper the figures from UP look extraordinary. But Muslim centres are less and its the same with Bihar where collections are very good but again Muslim centres have underperformed. Basically, the film has scored heavily where THE KERALA STORY did well.

The film does have negativity and as its a religious film, this negativity goes to another level but the box office is doing fantastically well and collections at multiplexes are strong again on Saturday. With heavy collections at mass centres on day one, they will probably drop on Saturday but that is pretty much normal. At the end of the day, the box office is going through rough times and this film is much needed relief especially for the single screen exhibitors where the film has done exceedingly well.

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ADIPURUSH collected 76 crore nett across India in all formats which is probably the fourth highest opening across India behind the big three of KGF - CHAPTER 2, RRR and BAAHUBALI 2: THE CONCLUSION which are all in the vicinity of  the 100 crore nett mark.

At the end of the day the film fared better in Hindi circuits while the collections in South were expected to be higher. Although Nizam/Andhra has done very well, the number was expected to be higher. As far as Hindi circuits are concerned, the film fared better than BRAHMASTRA in all the circuits with a big gap in Delhi/UP.

Below are the collections of ADIPURUSH from all the circuits across India in all formats and the collections from Hindi circuits include the Telugu version. The figures from Mumbai, Delhi/UP and Nizam/Andhra are apprx while others are final collections.

Mumbai - 11,00,00,000 apprx

Delhi/UP - 7,75,00,000 apprx

East Punjab 3.16,00,000

Rajasthan - 1,94,00,000

CP Berar - 1,86,00,000

CI - 1,26,00,000

Nizam/Andhra - 36,00,00,000 apprx

Mysore - 6.53,00,000

Tamil Nadu - 1,05,00,000

Kerala - 54,00,000

West Bengal - 1,73,00,000

Bihar - 97,00,000

Assam - 58,00,000

Odisha - 1,49,00,000