Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani had a fair first day as it collected around 10.75-11 crore nett which is pretty much similar to the fair value number of Tu Jhooti Main Makkaar which released on Holi day. Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani is a summertime release when business is better while Tu Jhooti Main Makkaar was March and there are block bookings also here for Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani.

But the big difference in favour for Tu Jhooti Main Makkaar was that it had a big star like Ranbir Kapoor while this has Ranveer Singh and the music of the Holi release also did better so to get a similar number number to Tu Jhooti Main Makkaar if we take out the holiday was about the best Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani was going to do. Also the big difference is Gujarat / Saurashtra where Tu Jhooti Main Makkaar did 1.50 crore nett more due to Holi which is a huge difference between the films. The Holi factor also pushed up the numbers of Tu Jhooti Main Makkaar but not to the extent of Gujarat.

The best business for Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani has come in the NCR belt where Delhi city, Gurgaon and Noida have recorded good collections. The film has a North feel but again as sort of expected UP and East Punjab (outside Gurgaon) are on the lower side, this is mainly because films of Ranveer Singh tend to underperform here and its also not the type of film to do well in UP. East Punjab (outside Gurgaon) had to do better as its multiplex dominated circuit. 

The film is really about what happens from here as the initial was always likely to be in this range and that on a good day, maybe pre pandemic it would have got over the 15 crore nett mark and even high ever but a lot has changed for the genre since then. The film  needs to grow well on Saturday and with such a concentrate of business in the metros the growth should come. Also the Saturday growth is now like it was before the pandemic which was the case when cinemas reopened till about few months back so it would be good if the film can jump 40-50% or even more.

The better news for the film has come from overseas with a solid first day which could go close to a $1 million dollars with US / Canada likely to be around $500k and Australia is around A$110k. It will be the Gulf number which will determine the Overseas numbers but its a good solid start in overseas and better than India which again was likely.