Mirzapur - The Movie recorded an excellent first day of 25.50 crore nett with outstanding collections in Delhi / UP, East Punjab and Bihar. The latter is practically similar to the collections of Border 2 and has to be the stand out. You would never think that a film from Excel Entertainment would be out performing in Bihar but this is what has happened with Mirzapur - The Movie.

The film has got the benefit of Janmashtami in many states especially the ones where it has out performed but in many other states it was a normal day so the film will probably be a mixed bag on Saturday as in some places it can go up while others will be down. The film has collected around 15% more than Awarapan 2 but on fair value its a probably a bit less due to the holiday factor.

The film scored heavily over Awarapan 2 in Delhi / UP, East Punjab and Bihar even though a circuit like Delhi / UP was one of the better circuits for Awarapan 2. Mumbai circuit is the same for both films while Awarapan 2 was better in places like West Bengal and Nizam / Andhra. The first day is better Awarapan 2 but if the weekend can come out better also it would be a great result as Awarapan 2 had the Independence Day holiday on the second day which propelled the collections.

Overall this initial means another HIT for the film industry after Awarapan 2 and Hanuman Ansh. Its likely to do better than HIT business like Awarapan 2 but for that it about the weekday business. The film also had a Telugu version which collected around 25 lakhs nett on a limited release which is reasonable.