Chennai Express on Track - Collects Rs 33.12 Crore On Its Opening Day

The film 'Chennai Express' which released on the auspicious day of Eid has managed to earn a record opening of Rs 33.12 crores. It is further expected to do well in India and abroad seeing its current earning rate.

The promotions for the movie, SRK-factor as well as the festival of Eid boosted the earnings of Chennai Express. The buzz about the movie was also pretty strong even before its release in theatres. Rs 6.75 were collected in India only on thursday. Gaurav Verma, the distributor for the film revealed that they have got an overwhelming response and the film is being loved by everyone. He said that Chennai Express is although running in the highest number of cinemas, and the film is all set to create many records.

Chennai Express which is rumoured to be made at a budget of around 70 crores has been doing good in South India also. The factor which seems to help the movie is postponement of release of 'Thalaivaa' which stars Karthik who is one of the leading stars of South India.  Chennai Express has Deepika Padukone in the role of a Tamil girl and Shahrukh Khan as a North Indian man. Although Deepika's Malayalam-like accent is being criticized by the experts, the film is doing good in South. Infact it is the best opening for any Shahrukh or Rohit Shetty film.