Batwara 1947 had a poor first weekend as it grossed 23.50 crore nett. There was the jump in business on Saturday due to Indendence Day but even with that 140% jump it was not really good enough and it was just about a decent Saturday when business needed to be good. Basically despite the huge growth it still needed more.

The film got into double digits on Saturday but after the low opening the task was always going to be to remain there on Sunday and it fell well short as collections dropped heavily on Sunday. The film lacks mass appeal and that is why collections have dropped so much on Sunday. It has a limited audience and would have got a lot of its Sunday audience on Saturday due to the holiday. 

A Sunny Deol film today has to be front footed today with mass appeal and this was the opposite. Also the content of the film may have good intentions and the way religion is dealt with compared with other films but sadly box office results in recent past show there is not much space for this at the moment and films like this have to take that cinematic liberty and go a certain way. Muslim charcter main leads have been few and far between in the 100 plus years of Hindi cinema and today is probably the worst period to attempt this and the results here means its pretty certain this will not be happenning for some time.The weekend collections of Barwara 1947 are as follows.

Friday - 5,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 12,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 6,50,00,000 apprx

TOTAL - 23,50,00,000 apprx