Mission Mangal has recorded excellent first day collections of 27-28 crore nett which is the highest ever for an Akshay Kumar starrer. The number is a huge one for a film which is primarily a word of mouth film but thanks to the big holiday it has taken off like an initial taking film.

The film has scored big in the city multiplexes while mass centres have been pushed by the holiday to record good numbers especially for the genre. The previous best for an Akshay Kumar starrer was exactly one year back when Gold recorded numbers of 23.67 crore nett. This film has gone 15-20% higher than that film. the film has scored big in Mumbai and Mysore with the Mumbai looking to be around 9 crore nett and Mysore hitting the 1.50 crore nett mark.

Batla House has done decent business of 13-14 crore nett which did not look possible in the morning but it gained momentum with the on the day audience. In the metros it was helped that the evening shows of Mission Mangal were full in advance at prime multiplexes so Batla House was the only choice for the current audience.

The film will have to hold very well as the opening day numbers are not too impressive for a national holiday as a whole. With Independence Day falling on the same day as Raksha Bandhan it looks like both films have probably doubled their fair value collections which is a little more than the norm though the real value will only be known after the weekend collections. The clash is more one sided than last year with Mission Mangal leading by a margin and now it will be down to Batla House to close those margins.