Batla House recorded a decent 14.50 crore nett on its first day. The film did well to get to this mark as it hardly looked 10 crore nett the way it opened but it did gain momentum through the day. It looked a Raees v Kaabil result in the morning with Batla House being Kaabil but the collections improved for Batla House from noon giving it a decent result. But it will be the collections today that will tell if it was genuine momentum or just the holiday factor where the other film has sold out in advance at prime multiplexes at peak times.

The 14 crore nett plus total would actually be a good total if it was not a holiday but it should should have done a more considering that Satyameva Jayate did almost 20 crore nett last year. The difference between Batla House and that film was the smaller multiplex and single screens business in Maharashtra, Nizam and CPCI. Satyameva Jayate had done very well in these parts while Batla House is so so.

The film still has chances and if it can hold up well today then it can have a decent run as there are two open weeks for the film to do its business. The film is still going to come out better with a clash then having solo non holiday release date. Batla House is the second biggest opening for a John Abraham starrer after Satyameva Jayate which released exactly one year back. The top John Abraham openings are as follows.

1. Satyameva Jayate - 19,65,00,000

2. Batla House - 14,50,00,000 apprx

3. Race 2 - 14,38,00,000

4. Welcome Back - 14,19,00,000

5. Housefull 2 - 12,19,00,000