Sachin movie first day/1st day box office collection:- Sachin Tendulkar's documentary film 'Sachin: A Billion Dreams' released in 2800 screens worldwide on this Friday, where the Indian screen count is at 2400 and overseas screen count at 400. The film received Above Average to Hit reports from the critics and the general public, especially the movie was said to be a treat for Sachin fans, who can cherish the great moments in the God of Cricket's life journey.
However, even though the screen count is low considering the craze of Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, the film opened up with a terrific start at the box office. let's check the collections below.
Sachin: A Billion Dreams first day India boxoffice collection
In the India, the movie opened up with a decent occupancy of 25 to 30% in the early morning shows on Friday. The occupancy rate picked up to 40% in the Noon and evening shows. While the late night shows expected to see a little drop in occupancy compared to Noon shows. Overall, the film has a very good occupancy of 35 to 40% on its opening day, which is a pretty good start for a Documentary film at the box office.
On Friday, the film minted Rs 8.40 crores nett from Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Marathi languages with a gross amount close to Rs 10.6 crores.
The distributor share amount of 'Sachin: A Billion Dreams' on its opening day is Rs 4.65 crores.
Considering the limited screen release and not a full-length Biopic, 'Sachin: A Billion Dreams' is superb start at the Indian box office on the first day of its release.
While the Biopic of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's 'M S Dhoni: The Untold Story', which released in 4000+ screens on September 30th, 2016, raked Rs 21.16 crores nett at the Indian box office on its opening day.
Overseas collection of the movie on 1st day
In the USA, the movie has a moderate opening at the ticket window, where it grossed $78k from 86 locations, which is Rs 50.3 lakhs in INR.
In the Australia and New Zealand, the film grossed $17,754 and $7,230 on 1st day of its release. The rest of the areas collection is estimated to be around Rs 1.5 crores gross.
On the whole, Sachin: A Billion Dreams raked Rs 2.15 crores approximately from the International markets on its opening day at the ticket window.
Total 1st day worldwide collection
Overall, Sachin Tendulkar's documentary film 'Sachin: A Billion Dreams' grossed Rs 12.75 crores worldwide on its opening day at the box office.
With no major competition from this week Bollywood releases, the movie is expected to perform well during the weekends taking the collection to above Rs 30 crores gross by the end of the first weekend.