Dilwale box office update: Shah Rukh Khan’s film to beat Salman Khan’s Prem Ratan Dhan Payo opening!

The film’s mass appeal might help it make a new
record…

Dilwale. , directed by Rohit Shetty, was always expected to
have a cracker of an opening. The film’s mass appeal and
amazing star cast appealed to the audience from day one
and the film opened with 90-100 per cent occupancies in
single screen cinemas, while it had about 85-95 per cent
occupancy at the multiplexes.

Prem Ratan Dhan Payo also had a similar, but a little less
occupancy (80-90 per cent) on the opening day, even
though it was a holiday. But, it has to be noted that Prem
Ratan Dhan Payo had more number of screens as compared
to Dilwale . However, trade suggests that there is a good
chance that Dilwale will have a better opening in most of the
circuits in India, especially big cities.

Rajender Singh Jyala, VP of programming and distribution
for Inox, revealed to us yesterday, “ Dilwale has opened well.
It is a masala entertainer for the masses and hence, it will
do very well at the box office.”
On the other hand, things are going pretty slow for Bajirao
Mastani . The film has done well, but not as compared to
Dilwale. Both the films managed to get a good number of
screens, but the occupancy of Bajirao Mastani was 65-75
per cent at single screens and 60-70 per cent at multiplexes.
Many shows were cancelled in Pune, from where they
expected to do good business, after protests from political
organisations.

Bajirao Mastani will do well in Maharashtra,
but there is doubt about other key markets.
It remains to be seen if Bajirao Mastani will be able to match
Dilwale . Also, if Dilwale will be able to beat

Prem Ratan Dhan
Payo ‘s opening day figures.

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