The year 2023 started with a bang for the Indian film industry as the January release biggies Pathaan, Varisu, Waltair Veerayya, Veera Simha Reddy and Thunivu took the box office India by storm.
Currently, south Indian movies are dominating the Indian box office. In the high voltage clash ‘Varisu Vs Thunivu’ in Jan 2023. Thunivu won the race ranking as the fifth highest-grossing Tamil movie of all time.
On the other, Chiranjeevi’s Waltair Veerayya and NBK’s Veera Simha Reddy won the hearts of Telugu moviegoers emerging as a commercial success. Not only this but there is a slate of upcoming south Indian movies which are expected to rock the box office in the coming times.
At the box office north, the Shah Rukh Khan starrer Pathaan emerged as the biggest Hindi opener. It is the only Bollywood film to have grossed the 100 Cr mark on its opening day at the box office. The film became the highest-grossing Bollywood film ever in India and recently joined the 1000 Cr club.
All in all, we can say that the Indian box office is thriving because most of the big-ticket films released so far have emerged successful.
Here, we will be taking a look at the highest opening day-grosser Indian Movies in 2023 & All time.
Highest Opening Day Grosser Indian Movies 2023
If a film collects huge on its opening day at the box office, there are more chances of it becoming a success. The opening day collections are the parameter to predict the success of a movie or judge the star power of the actor.
Movies | Release Date | Opening Day BOC WW (Gross) | India (Gross) | Overseas (Gross) | Language |
Pathaan | 25 Jan 2023 | Rs 106 Cr | Rs 68 Cr | Rs 38 Cr | Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu |
Veera Simha Reddy | 12 Jan 2023 | Rs 47.30 Cr | Rs 39.30 Cr | Rs 8 Cr | Telugu |
Varisu | 11 Jan 2023 | Rs 47.20 Cr | Rs 31.20 Cr | Rs 16 Cr | Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi |
Waltair Veerayya | 13 Jan 2023 | Rs 44.60 Cr | Rs 34.60 Cr | Rs 10 Cr | Telugu and Hindi |
Thunivu | 11 Jan 2023 | Rs 39.60 Cr | Rs 28.60 Cr | Rs 11 Cr | Tamil and Telugu |
Tu Jhoothi Main Makkar (TJMM) | 08 Mar 2023 | Rs 22.1 Cr | Rs 18.6 Cr | Rs 3.5 Cr | Hindi |
Vaathi/Sir | 17 Feb 2023 | Rs 14.40 Cr | Rs 11.40 Cr | Rs 3 Cr | Tamil and Telugu |
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Highest Opening Day Grosser Indian Movies All Time
Here we have compiled a list of the highest opening-day-grosser Indian movies of all time, the list includes the likes of RRR, Baahubali2, and KGF2 which are also among the highest-grossing Indian movies of all time WW.
Movies | Release Date | Opening Day BOC WW (Gross) | India (Gross) | Overseas (Gross) | Language |
RRR | 25 March 2022 | Rs 230 Cr+ | Rs 161 Cr | Rs 69 Cr | Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam |
Baahubali2 | 28 April 2017 | Rs 213 Cr | Rs 152 Cr | Rs 61 Cr | Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, and Malayalam |
K.G.F2 | 14 April 2022 | Rs 159-164 Cr | Rs 134-140 Cr | Rs 24 Cr | Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam |
Saaho | 30 Aug 2019 | Rs 130 Cr | Rs 105 Cr | Rs 25 Cr | Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, and Malayalam |
2.0 | 29 Nov 2018 | Rs 110 Cr | Rs 85 Cr | Rs 25 Cr | Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi |
Pathaan | 25 Jan 2023 | Rs 106 Cr | Rs 68 Cr | Rs 38 Cr | Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu |
Beast | 13 April 2022 | Rs 86 Cr | Rs 62 Cr | Rs 24 Cr | Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, and Kannada |
Sye Ra Narasimha Reddy | 2 Oct 2019 | Rs 85.3 Cr | Rs 71 Cr | Rs 14.3 Cr | Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam |
Thugs of Hindostan | 8 Nov 2018 | Rs 73-76.2 Cr | Rs 67-70 Cr | Rs 6 Cr | Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu |
Baahubali: The Beginning | 10 July 2015 | Rs 73-75 Cr | Rs 65-68 Cr | Rs 8 Cr | Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, and Malayalam |
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RRR

Director: S.S. Rajamouli
Star Cast: Jr. Ntr, Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt
Release Date: 25 March 2022
Opening Day Collection(WW): Rs 230 Cr+
Baahubali2: The Conclusion

Director: S.S. Rajamouli
Star Cast: Prabhas, Tamannaah, Anushka Shetty, Rana Daggubati
Release Date: 28 April 2017
Opening Day Collection(WW): Rs 213 Cr
K.G.F-Chapter2

Director: Prashanth Neel
Star Cast: Yash, Srinidhi Shetty, Sanjay Dutt, Raveen Tandon
Release Date: 14 April 2022
Opening Day Collection(WW): Rs 165 Cr
Saaho

Director: Sujeeth
Star Cast: Prabhas, Shraddha Kapoor,
Release Date: 30 Aug 2019
Opening Day Collection(WW): Rs 124.6 Cr
2.0

Director: S.Shankar
Star Cast: Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson
Release Date: 29 Nov 2018
Opening Day Collection(WW): Rs 110 Cr
Pathaan

Director: Siddharth Anand
Star Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone
Release Date: 25 Jan 2023
Opening Day Collection(WW): Rs 106 Cr
Beast

Director: Nelson
Star Cast: Vijay, Pooja Hegde
Release Date: 13 April 2022
Opening Day Collection(WW): Rs 87.1 Cr
Sye Ra Narsimha Reddy

Director: Surendra Reddy
Star Cast: Chiranjeevi, Nayanthara, Tamannaah, Sudeep, Vijay Sethupathi
Release Date: 2 Oct 2019
Opening Day Collection(WW): Rs 85.3 Cr
Thugs of Hindostan

Director: Vijay Krishna Acharya
Star Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif
Release Date: 8 Nov 2018
Opening Day Collection(WW): Rs 76.2 Cr
Baahubali: The Beginning

Director: S.S Rajamouli
Star Cast: Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Tamannah, Anushka Shetty
Release Date: 10 July 2015
Opening Day Collection(WW): Rs 73 cr
Over the last decade, south Indian filmmakers have really impressed the movie lovers with the kind of projects they came up with, the aforementioned list which features 8 south Indian movies, proves this.
The prominent filmmaker S.S Rajamouli’s magnum opus RRR holds the no.1 rank in the list with a collection of over Rs 230 Cr on opening day worldwide. His, 2017 epic action film Baahubali 2 is the 2nd biggest opener which had raked in Rs 213 Cr on the first day.
Yash’s K.G.F 2 wreaked havoc at the box office, the monster successfully managed to collect Rs 165 Cr on the first day worldwide. Not only this but the Rocky Bhai starrer also broke the record for the highest-grosser Hindi film opening day in India at the time of its release.
It dethroned the Hrithik Roshan starrer War day 1 collection (Rs 51.60 Cr) by earning Rs 53.95 Cr in Hindi, for a worldwide collection of Rs 165 Cr (all versions) on day 1.
The 2019 trilingual film Saaho is at the fourth spot in the list with a collection of Rs 124.6 Cr, followed by the superstar Rajinikanth starrer 2.0 (Rs 110 Cr).
A. RRR is the top highest opening day grosser Indian movie.
A. RRR earned Rs 230 Cr+ on the first day.
A. Pathaan with 106 Cr gross WW collection for day 1 stands at the top position in the biggest Bollywood openers of all time.
A. KGF 2 earned Rs 165 Cr on day 1 at the BO WW.