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Reports are in- Singh is Kinng is this year’s biggest blockbuster- making record opening collections at the box office.

The Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif starrer had a record opening in theatres across the country on Friday. The collections totaled Rs 8 crores on day one and the weekend collections are projected to be anywhere between Rs 28 to Rs 30 crores.

Singh is Kinng has had a phenomenal response. “The weekend is sold out,” confirmed Gautam Dutta, chief marketing head, PVR Cinemas. By Sunday, PVR is expected to garner about Rs 4 crore across its Mumbai properties. The Saif Ali Khan and Bipasha Basu starrer Race churned out nearly Rs 2.5 crore in revenues for the multiplex, while Jodha Akbar and Jaane Tu fetched about Rs 2.4 crore and Rs 2.15 crore, respectively.

The highest first week collections for a Hindi film till date is for the Shah Rukh Khan Deepika Padukone starrer Om Shanti Om which earned Rs 37 crores. Modest projections for the first week collections of Singh is Kinng is put at Rs 45 crores, which could be a new box office record.
Studio 18, the worldwide distributors of the movie, has released 1,050 prints (550 physical and 500 digital prints) in India. It has released 300 prints overseas. “Singh is Kinng is estimated to fetch over Rs 40 crore in the first week,” said an executive from Studio18. Rights for the Rs 40-crore film were acquired by the company for a whopping Rs 60 crore from Adlabs Films