First Day Box Office Collection of 'Chennai Express'

And finally, one of the most-anticipated films of the year, ' Chennai Express ' bumped on the silver screen on August 9. This romantic movie is adorned with Shah Rukh Khan , Deepika Padukone and is directed by Rohit Shetty . The film received a rocking response during its paid previews and passed every record with enormous figure. This express gained positive reviews from almost all forms of media.

' Chennai Express ' was expected to shatter the records and the film lived up to its expectations and seems rewriting a history. The film spreaded its magic in the regions like Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bihar, CP and Rajasthan, Orissa, CI and West Bengal. It gained standard response in Gujarat, East Punjab and UP. Matching with the anticipated evaluations, the film collected 33.00 crore nett on its very first day of release. The rom-com achieved whopping 6.75 crore nett during the paid previews on Thursday. Hence, the total domestic collection of ' Chennai Express ' on Thursday and Friday can be summed up to 39.75 crore nett.

Apart from ruling the Indian screens, the film also witnessed a wow journey in overseas. It collected 8.25 crore nett in UAE, 3.20 crore nett in UK, 1.55 crore nett in Singapore and 3.75 crore nett in USA and Canada. In Australia and New Zealand, the film received 00.95 crore nett, while in rest of the globe, it bagged 5.25 crore nett on Friday. Absence of any major competitor film, fresh storyplot, excellent character performances and peppy music formed the success elements for ' Chennai Express '.

Undoubtedly, ' Chennai Express ' will keep its speed intact in the next week, grabbing more and more eyeballs!