PREM RATAN DHAN PAYO had the highest opening day of all time and became the sixth film to go over 30 crore nett. It is the second film to go over 35 crore nett but the 40 crore nett mark is still proving to be elusive. The figures of PREM RATAN DHAN PAYO will not even go to 40 crore nett with the Tamil and Telugu versions added as collections of these are very poor.

The highest non holiday opening is DHOOM 3 and in the top ten, DHOOM 3, BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN, PK and KICK are all non holiday openings with DHOOM 3 being the only non holiday film to breach 30 crore nett. The first film to break the 20 crore nett mark was BODYGUARD in 2011 with 21 crore nett plus and so the benchmark has almost doubled in four years.

PREM RATAN DHAN PAYO will need to gross another 62.50 crore nett plus over the next two days to beat the BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN all time weekend record of 101.50 crore nett apprx. Below are the all time top ten opening days in the history of Hindi cinema.

Rank	Film	Screens	Nett Gross
1	Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (Hindi)	4200	39,00,00,000 apprx
2	Happy New Year (Hindi)	3850	36,31,00,000
3	Dhoom 3 (Hindi)	3650	32,48,00,000
4	Singham Returns	3500	31,68,00,000
5	Ek Tha Tiger	3200	30,61,00,000
6	Chennai Express	3600	30,48,00,000
7	Bajrangi Bhaijaan	4100	26,67,00,000
8	PK	3600	25,45,00,000
9	Kick	3800	24,97,00,000
10	Bang Bang (Hindi)	3250	24,40,00,000

PREM RATAN DHAN PAYO smashed all opening day box office records as it grossed 39 crore nett on day one beating the previous record of HAPPY NEW YEAR by around 2.75 crore nett. The film hit new opening day records in Mumbai, Delhi/UP, East Punjab, Rajasthan, CP Berar, CI, Bihar and Assam. There was a Telugu and Tamil version of the film but that did not do well with collections of less than 1 crore nett.

This is a huge number for this type of film as eventually its not the huge action blockbuster type of film despite the huge budget but its the second day that will tell the real level of the film.

The day after Diwali is Vishkarma day and is the best day for box office collections every year so there will be a drop. HAPPY NEW YEAR dropped around 25% on its second day but it was a Saturday for that film while its a Friday here. The three day weekend record is around 101 crore nett by BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN and that should be the target for PREM RATAN DHAN PAYO but may not be easy as BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN had a holiday for Eid on Saturday and then the normal Sunday holiday while here it is just a day one holiday and a small restricted holiday on Friday and the Saturday.