Akshay's 'Spectacular' Box Office Bliing, Rs 20 Cr on Opening Day

Bollywood tough guy Akshay Kumar’s Singh Is Bliing put up ‘a spectacular’ show at the box office with opening day collections amounting to a whopping Rs 20.67 crores. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted the figures on Saturday.

#SinghIsBliing has a SPECTACULAR start… Emerges Akshay Kumar’s BIGGEST opener… Fri Rs 20.67 cr. India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) October 3, 2015

The opening day collections out-dazzled Akshay’s other 2015 releases like Gabbar Is Back (Rs 13.05 crores), Baby (Rs 9.3 crores) and Brothers ( Rs 15.20 crores ) by a fair margin, to emerge as his “biggest opener.” (Also Read: Singh is Bliing. How Much Bling? This Much)

Akshay, who stars as Raftaar Singh in the movie, was also congratulated by his ‘happiest cheerleader’, wife Twinkle Khanna.

Balle Balle Mr Singh-A fantastic start!Now hoping I get some bling for being his happiest cheerleader #SinghIsBliingpic.twitter.com/cJ7SyQJfoJ

— Twinkle Khanna (@mrsfunnybones) October 3, 2015

In terms of first day collections, Akshay and Amy Jackson’s romantic-comedy also leaves behind big 2015 performers, namely Zoya Akhtar’s Dil Dhadakne Do, Kangana Ranaut’s Tanu Weds Manu Returns and Prabhu Deva’s ABCD 2. Kapil Sharma with Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon too lags far behind the Kinng of Bliing.

Directed by Prabhu Deva, the movie also stars Lara Dutta and Kay Kay Menon in key roles. It opened to theatres on October 2.

Meanwhile, Meghna Gulzar’s Talvar too hit screens on October 2 and has managed to score Rs 3 crores on its first day. The crime-thriller, which stars Irrfan Khan and Konkona Sen Sharma, is inspired by the Arushi Talwar murder case. Mr Adarsh shared the figures on Twitter. (Also Read: Why Konkona Sen Sharma’s Reaction to Talvar Was ‘Wow’)

#Talvar Thu previews 50 lacs, Fri 2.50 cr. Total: Rs 3 cr. India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) October 3, 2015