Was checking First day collections in Nizam/AP.
Here are the details
2019 Bharat - 3.03 cr (Record)
2018 Thugs Of Hindostan - 2.80 cr (Record)
2019 War - 2.50 cr
2016 Sultan - 2.43 cr
2018 Padmaavat - 2.21 cr
2013 Chennai Express - 2.08 cr (Record)
2017 Tiger Zinda Hai - 2.02 cr
2018 Sanju - 2.02 cr
2014 Happy New Year - 1.95 cr
2013 Dhoom 3 - 1.90 cr
So here till Sultan release, Chennai Express was record first day.
Now BOI compared territorial breakdown of Sultan vs PRDP and didn't mention Sultan as Record. So if it wasn't a record then which film was still a record ? CE with even more higher first day ?
Here is the article of BOI - https://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=2135
Mumbai
Sultan - 11,45,00,000
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo - 14,21,00,000 (ALL TIME RECORD)
Delhi / UP
Sultan - 5,87,00,000
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo - 7,52,00,000 (ALL TIME RECORD)
East Punjab
Sultan - 4,00,00,000 (ALL TIME RECORD)
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo - 3,97,00,000
Rajasthan
Sultan - 2,15,00,000
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo - 2,52,00,000 (ALL TIME RECORD)
CP Berar
Sultan - 2,12,00,000
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo - 2,40,00,000 (ALL TIME RECORD)
CI
Sultan - 1,39,00,000
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo - 1,80,00,000 (ALL TIME RECORD)
Nizam / Andhra
Sultan - 2,43,00,000
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo - 1,81,00,000
Mysore
Sultan - 2,65,00,000 (ALL TIME RECORD)
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo - 1,77,00,000
Tamil Nadu / Kerala
Sultan - 98,00,000
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo - 27,00,000
West Bengal
Sultan - 1,91,00,000
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo - 1,49,00,000
Bihar
Sultan - 80,00,000
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo - 84,00,000 (ALL TIME RECORD)
Assam
Sultan - 35,00,000
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo - 27,00,000
Odisha
Sultan - 50,00,000 (ALL TIME RECORD)
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo - 45,00,000
ALL INDIA
Sultan - 36,59,00,000
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo - 39,32,00,000 (ALL TIME RECORD)
Sultan managed to set three opening day all time records in East Punjab, Mysore and Odisha. Prem Ratan Dhan Payo had set eight opening day records but two of those have now been broken by Sultan. The 40 crore nett mark is looking a tough nut to crack though if Eid had fallen on Wednesday as expected earlier, Sultan would have cracked it.