Finally, ‘MS Dhoni: The Untold Story’ hit the big screens and attracted audience like crazy. Yes, this biopic of Captain Cool opened to a superb response on Friday. Media attention, wide release and fantastic promotions in every possible way, are 3 major factors which have made movie a super-hit.
Since the flick revolves around the personal and cricketing life of Dhoni, audience was too keen on knowing his untold secrets. The first day collections are out and no doubt, they are rocking! Here’s the tweet by Taran Adarsh.
#MSDhoniTheUntoldStory takes a THUNDEROUS start on Day 1… Emerges the 2nd HIGHEST OPENER of 2016… Fri ₹ 21.30 cr. India biz.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) October 1, 2016
Yes, on Friday, the movie collected a whopping 21.30 crores, isn’t that amazing? Since the makers released it on 4500 screens all over India, it was bound to get such a great response. Right from morning shows, the movie enjoyed a good occupancy rate i.e. around 70 percent and this remained stable till the night shows.
Majority of the theaters displayed a ‘HOUSE FULL’ board outside them; this proves what a successful run it had on its 1st day.
Now, since the movie has collected 21.30 crores, it has become the 2nd highest opener of 2016 after Sultan. It even surpassed ‘FAN’ which collected 19.20 crores on the opening day. Here’s the list of 5 highest openers of 2016.
Now, we are sure that the movie would enjoy a fabulous response over the weekend and would soon enter the 50 crore club! How much do you think would the movie garner on Saturday and Sunday? Do let us know your views in our comments section below.
