Kabir Singh box office collection day 1: Shahid Kapoor gets best opening of his career as film makes ₹20.21 crore

Shahid Kapoor starrer Kabir Singh has had a fantastic opening — the film has made ₹20.21 crore in domestic market. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to Twitter to share the day 1 box office collections of the film. Kabir Singh is also Shahid’s biggest opener.

Taran tweeted on Saturday: “#KabirSingh is terrific on Day 1... Emerges Shahid Kapoor’s biggest opener [surpasses Day 1 biz of #Padmaavat: ₹ 19 cr]... Biggest non-holiday opening day of 2019 [surpasses #TotalDhamaal: ₹ 16.50 cr]... Is a craze amongst the youth... Fri ₹ 20.21 cr. India biz.”

He said the film was a big hit with youth. Taran also said that the film is also the biggest non-holiday opener of 2019.

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According to an earlier report in Box Office India, Kabir Singh received an excellent advance booking as well. The film received the third highest advance-booking this year at an estimated ₹11.50 crore, behind Bharat and Avengers Endgame. The report added how the advance was 55% less compared to Bharat but only 30% less in footfalls, compared to Salman Khan’s film.

The film has a great pre-release buzz with masses and youth taking a liking to it. Kabir Singh is a remake of hit Telugu film Arjun Reddy, directed by Sandeep Vanga, and tells the story of a brilliant medical student with anger management issues and how he goes into a self-destructive mode after his girlfriend marries someone else.

The film hasn’t gone down well with critics. The Hindustan Times review called it a “film about a bully, an abuser of women, an alcoholic surgeon, and a foulmouthed hothead” and that it was “an obnoxious celebration of toxic masculinity”.

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