Dangal First Day Collection Report

When it comes to minting huge numbers at the box offce, Aamir Khan is one among the front-runners. The actor is at it once again, taking the box office by storm with his latest sports drama Dangal. The movie released yesterday is creating waves across the country with appreciation flowing in from every corner for the team.

The official box office returns of the movie have now been released. Dangal has raked in Rs 29.78 crores from Indian centres on the opening day (December 23). The Tamil and Telugu dubbed versions have also grossed Rs 59 lakhs.

As a result, the movie has become the second highest opener of the year next only to Salman Khan’s Sultan which was released for Eid this year. Sultan, another wrestling based movie had collected Rs 36.59 crore from the opening day.

Dangal has now entered the top 10 list of all time highest grossers finding itself strongly at the 7th position. Salman Khan’s Prem Ratan Dhan tops the chart with Rs 39.32 crore.

Apart from Dangal, there are two other Aamir Khan starrers in the list including Dhoom 3 on the fourth spot and PK at the tenth spot. Dhoom 3 had an opening day figures of Rs 32.48 crores.

Dangal has been getting excellent reports from all the centres and the numbers will only get better during this weekend and the following vacation period.

It is expected to give a strong competition for the highest grosser of spot of 2016 which is currently held by Salman Khan’s Sultan.

Dangal is a sports drama inspired from the real life of Mahavir Singh Phogat, a wrestler from Haryana who trained his two daughters- Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari in the sport and won medals for the country. The movie is written by Nitesh Tiwari and produced together by Walt Disney, UTV Motion Pictures and Aamir Khan Productions.