Punjab 1984 had an excellent first day as it collected a little over 1 crore nett in East Punjab to become the second highest opening Punjabi film ever. The rest of India added 15 lakhs nett approx for 1.15 crore nett plus all India total.
The film was held back a little as it had to share shows at premium multiplexes with Ek Villian and Transformers which meant collections of the PVR multiplexes in the circuit were not as high as they could have been.
Still its a huge figure for the film and more importantly is the only non comedy to feature amongst the biggest openings which is important for the growth of the industry. The film grossed a bumper 20 lakhs nett in Ludhiana on day one as against the 13.50 lakh nett of Ek Villian which itself was a huge total
The top four openings all belong to the same actor/director combination of Diljit Dosanjh and Anurag Singh and this is something that has probably never happened in any Indian film industry. In the Hindi film industry there are a few occasions where a male superstar has the top four or five biggest openings and that is going back to the
| Punjabi Film Top Ten Opening Days East Punjab | |||
| Rank | Film | Release Date | Nett Gross |
| 1 | Jatt And Juliet 2 | 1,26,00,000 | |
| 2 | Punjab 1984 | 27 Jun 2014 | 1,02,00,000 |
| 3 | 11 Apr 2014 | 1,00,00,000 | |
| 4 | 29 Jun 2012 | 78,00,000 | |
| 5 | 25 Apr 2014 | 76,00,000 | |
| 6 | 26 Jul 2013 | 72,00,000 | |
| 7 | 27 Jul 2012 | 63,00,000 | |
| 8 | 26 Apr 2013 | 61,00,000 | |
| 9 | Mirza | 02 Apr 2012 | 60,00,000 |
| 10 | 02 Aug |
49,00,000 | |
| 1. |  |
Akshay Kumar | 35 |
| 2. |  |
Ajay Devgn | 30 |
| 3. |  |
Salman Khan | 27 |
| 1. |  |
Katrina Kaif | 16 |
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Rekha | 16 |
| 3. |  |
Hema Malini | 15 |
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Sholay |  30,70,91,95,000 |
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Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! | 14,27,46,66,000 |
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Kranti | 13,14,19,49,000 |
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Jawan | $17,700,000 |
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Pathaan | $14,200,000 |
| 3. |  |
Bajrangi Bhaijaan | $9,450,000 |
