Independence Day is a big holiday and very positively impacts the business of movies in India. Since it’s a national holiday, everyone likes to visit cinemas and that ends up giving a huge push to the overall business of films.
Gold & Satyameva Jayate released together on last Independence Day and made 45.77 crores. This year, Mission Mangal & Batla House released together and earned 43.75 crores which is a huge sum for a single day.
In this article, we’ll discuss how Independence Day holiday compares with other big holidays considering the numbers that movies fetched.
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Box Office Top 10 Highest Single Days Of All Time: Is Independence Day A HUGE Holiday Compared To Diwali & Eid?
1. Thugs Of Hindostan (2018)
Diwali Release
Opening Day Business: 50.75 crores
2. Gold + Satyameva Jayate (2018)
Independence Day Release
Opening Day Business: 25.25+20.52 = 45.77 crores
3. Happy New Year (2014)
Diwali Release
Opening Day Business: 44.97 crores
4. Mission Mangal + Batla House (2019)
Independence Day Release
Opening Day Business: 44.71 crores
5. Bharat (2019)
Eid Release
Opening Day Business: 42.30 crores
13. Chennai Express (2013)
Non-Holiday Release
Opening Day Business: 33.10 crores
So, in the Top 10 single days of All Time, we have 2 instances when I-Day made it in the list including 2019. The interesting fact here is that three films Chennai Express, Baahubali 2 [(Hindi) 2017] and Sanju made it in the list despite coming on Non-Holiday. There are 4 films in the list which got the Diwali release benefit. Similarly, there are two films each which got the benefit of Eid release and Christmas Day period release.
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