Box Office: Ranveer Singh Vs Ranbir Kapoor – Who Leads The Opening Race?

Following the stupendous success in 2018 with Padmaavat and Simmba, the Gully Boy Ranveer Singh emerged as the next big star of Bollywood. Talking about box office numbers, the actor has always provided a healthy competition to another gen-y star, Ranbir Kapoor, who delivered the highest-grossing movie of 2018 with Sanju.

As both Ranbir and Ranveer are supremely talented and delivered some terrific performances, the comparisons are bound to happen. With 19.40 crores on the first day, Gully Boy has become the third-highest opening for Ranveer, which is coincidentally in the range of Ranbir third biggest opener.

Let’s take a look at the biggest opening day collections of Ranveer Singh vs Ranbir Kapoor:

Ranveer Singh’s highest openers:

Padmaavat

This Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus still stands as the highest opening movie for Ranveer Singh. It marked the third collaboration of Sanjay Leela Bhansali-Ranveer Singh-Deepika Padukone. Despite several controversies, Padmaavat made 24 crores (including paid previews) on its opening day.

Simmba

Directed by hit-machine, Rohit Shetty, Simmba boasted of huge pre-release buzz, which was reflected in first-day figures as 20.72 crores coming in. The movie saw Ranveer Singh donning the cop role for the first time.

Gully Boy

Zoya Akhtar’s musical drama is the new entrant in the list. Inspired by the lives of street rappers in Mumbai, Gully Boy earned a massive 19.40 crores.