Avengers - Infinity War has set the box office in India on fire with collections of 30.75 crore nett on day one. The final could reach 31 crore nett by the end of the day. The previous best for a Hollywood film in India was Fast & Furious 7 in 2015 which collected a little over 12 crore nett and a UFO and Qube release was allowed with that film which is not the case with Avengers - Infinity War.  .

It is the eighth highest opening ever if we include the Hindi language films and the fourth highest non holiday opening ever after Bahubali - The Conclusion, Tiger Zinda Hai and Dhoom 3. The Jungle Book made huge inroads into the Indian box office in 2016 with they way it sustained and put up a non holiday lifetime number that no Hindi film has reached till date. Now Avengers - Infinity War it gets worse for the Hindi film industry as in real value (full release) this is actually the biggest opening outside Bahubali - The Conclusion.

Below are the top ten opening days of all time with screen counts in brackets.

1. Bahubali - The Conclusion - 40,73,00,000 (3950 screens)

2. Prem Ratan Dhan Payo - 39,32,00,000 (4200 screens)

3. Sultan - 36,59,00,000 (4350 screens)

4. Happy New Year - 36,31,00,000 (3850 screens)

5. Tiger Zinda Hai - 34,12,00,000 (4600 screens)

6. Dhoom 3 - 32,48,00,000 (3650 screens)

7. Singham Returns - 31,68,00,000 (3500 screens)

8. Avengers - Infinity War - 30,75,00,000 apprx (2000 screens)

9. Ek Tha Tiger - 30,61,000,000 (3200 screens)

10. Chennai Express - 30,48,00,000 (3600 screens)