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Kaabil (Kabil) has got good opening and made decent collection at the Indian box office on the first day. The film has beaten the record of Mohenjo Daro and become fourth biggest opener for Hrithik.

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Riding on huge hype and expectations, Kaabil was released in over 2,220 screens across the domestic market January 25. The film has a good amount of advance booking for its opening day. The movie debuted with good response in the morning shows and the word of mouth took its business upwards in the evening and afternoon shows on the first day.

Kaabil has collected Rs 10.43 crore at the domestic box office on the first day and director Sanjay Gupta himself posted its opening day collection on his Twitter handle. The director tweeted: "With less than 40% screens we collected 10.43 Crs. Well begun is half done."

Kaabil has shattered the record of Hrithik Roshan's last outing Mohenjo Daro, which collected Rs 8.87 crore at Indian box office on its opening day. However, the movie failed to smash the records of his other biggest openers like Krrish 3, Agneepath and Bang Bang. Here is the list of biggest openers for the actor:

Rank Movie Release Date Collection
1 Bang Bang October 2, 2014 Rs 27.54 crore
2 Agneepath January 26, 2012 Rs 23 crore
3 Krrish 3 November 1, 2013 Rs 19 crore
4 Kaabil January 25, 2017 Rs 10.43 crore
5 Kites May 21, 2010 Rs 10 crore
6 Mohenjo Daro August 12, 2016 Rs 8.87 crore

Trade experts had also predicted that Kaabil will have a good start at the box office. The film has received an overwhelming response from critics and audience alike. The positive word-of-mouth is expected to boost the film's business over the weekend.

Also, since the movie released during the long weekend, its business is likely to soar in the first week. Moreover, since no big tickets are releasing till February 10 (Jolly LLB 2), Kaabil has no competition for the next fortnight or so, except Shah Rukh Khan's Raees.

The Sanjay Gupta-directorial has been making huge buzz ever since the project was announced. The film, produced by Rakesh Roshan, revolves around the love story of a blind couple, played by Hrithik and Yami.

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