Box office: 'Kabir Singh' emerges Shahid's biggest opener so far

'Kabir Singh' has emerged as Shahid Kapoor's biggest opener so far. The intense love story managed to surpass the first day business of magnum opus 'Padmaavat'.

New Delhi: As anticipated, Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani-starrer 'Kabir Singh' has set the cash register ringing on the very first day of its release as the film earned ₹ 20.21 crore.

The film has received extremely positive reviews from both, audience and critics. Shahid is praised for his nuanced performance in the film. Kiara too holds her own in the film which is largely a Shahid Kapoor's canvas.

Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared a series of tweets highlighting the first-day box office collection of 'Kabir Singh'.

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The movie has emerged as Shahid's biggest opener surpassing the first day business of 'Padmaavat' that collected ₹ 19 crore.

"'Kabir Singh' is the biggest non-holiday opener," Taran tweeted.

• Top 5 biggest openers of 2019:

1. Bharat ₹ 42.30 cr [Wed]
2. Kalank ₹ 21.60 cr [Wed]
3. Kesari ₹ 21.06 cr [Thu]
4. Kabir Singh ₹ 20.21 cr [Fri]
5. Gully Boy ₹ 19.40 cr [Thu]

(Note: 'KabirSingh' is the only film in this list to have the traditional Friday release.)

He also listed the movies released on non-holiday but were commercially successful. The list included films like 'Uri: The Surgical Strike', 'Total Dhamaal', 'Luka Chuppi', 'Badla', 'Avengers: Endgame' and 'De De Pyaar De'.

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In another tweet, Taran listed the top five movies with their respective collection on day one. 'Kabir Singh' stands at the fourth position while Salman Khan-starer 'Bharat' secured the first place.

'Kabir Singh' is the Hindi remake of Telugu hit 'Arjun Reddy.' The original blockbuster starred Vijay Deverakonda and Shalini Pandey.

Helmed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Murad Khetani, Krishan Kumar, and Ashwin Varde the film had released on June 21.

With inputs from ANI