M.S. Dhoni - The Untold Story has taken the second best initial of year after Sultan. The film is even better than the Shahrukh Khan starrer Fan which came on a partial holiday in terms of occupancy. There is a difference in the number of screenings as Fan was a 140 minute plus film while M.S. Dhoni - The Untold Story is at 180 minutes plus. Still barring Sultan which had a bumper initial (the only one of the year) it is still considerably ahead of the rest in terms of ocupancy though that long running time will have an affect on collections. The best initials on the morning of release in 2016 till date are as follows. 

1. Sultan - 70% (4350 Screens)

2. M.S. Dhoni - The Untold Story (3800 screens) - 50% (Hindi)

3. Fan - 42.5% (3400 Screens)

4. Rustom - 40% (2350 screens)

5. Baaghi - 37.5% (2700 Screens)

6. Housefull 3 - 32.5% (3600 Screens)

7. Dishoom - 30% (3000 screens)

8. Airlift - 27.5% (2000 Screens)

9. Mohenjo Daro- 25% (2700 screens)

10. Udta Punjab - 25% (2200 screens)

Note - These occupancy are for morning shows before noon only and do not reflect how the final day will end up as the trend is sometimes different in the evening. If the occupancy is the same then it is differentiated by the screen count with the higher screen count given benefit.