Dhadak Day 1 box office collection: Janhvi-Ishaan starrer BEATS 'SOTY' & 'Heropanti', Check out the FULL LIST!

Janhvi Kapoor and Ishaan Khatter’s much-awaited film ‘Dhadak’, which released on July 20, has packed a solid punch at the box office by earning Rs 8.71 crore on opening day. By minting more that what the prediction was, Shashank Khaitan directorial becomes the highest opener featuring newcomers. The record before this was held by 'Student Of The year' that was helmed by Karan Johar who's also the producer of 'Dhadak'. SOTY launched Varun Dhawan, Sidharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt and it had emerged to be the highest opener starring absolute newcomers, then. The romantic college drama, which became the launching pad of the three actors, had collected Rs 7.48 crore on the first day. Interestingly, both the films have been produced under the banner of Dharma Productions. Here's a look at the other newcomer flicks that Janhvi-Ishaan left behind with their Day 1 collection and it includes even Ranbir Kapoor's 'Saawariya'. 'Dhadak' marked the Bollywood debut of late Sridevi’s daughter Janhvi and hence ‘Dhadak’ was highly anticipated by movie buffs.  Bollywood celebs and fans have been mighty impressed by Janhvi & Ishaan and it is already reflecting in Dhadak's day 1 box office collection.

#Dhadak takes a HEROIC START... Rarely does a film starring absolute newcomers open so well... Day 1 is higher than #StudentOfTheYear [₹ 8 cr]… Fri ₹ 8.71 cr. India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 21, 2018

Here’s a look at the opening day performance of films featuring newcomers as leads Janhvi Kapoor’s ‘Dhadak’ has beaten the opening day collections of Arjun Kapoor’s ‘Ishaqzaade’ (Rs 4.54 crore) and Sonam Kapoor’s ‘Saawariya’ (Rs 3 crore). Tiger Shroff’s ‘Heropanti’ collected Rs 6.63 crore on the first day while Imraan Khan’s ‘Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Naa’ minted Rs 3.45 cr on its opening day. Ranveer Singh, who has become one of the most-sought actors in tinsel town, debuted with the film ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’. The Maneesh Sharma directorial raked in Rs 0.95 crore on its first day.

#Dhadak is the BEST opener ever for a film with either all newcomers or at least a leading man being a debutant:#Dhadak - 8.71 cr#StudentoftheYear - 7.48 cr#Heropanti - 6.63 cr#Ishaqzaade - 4.54 cr#JaaneTuYaJaaneNaa - 3.45 cr#Saawariya - 3 cr#BandBaajaBaaraat - 0.95 cr

— Joginder Tuteja (@Tutejajoginder) July 21, 2018

Karan Johar, who has produced the film in association with Zee Studios, took to Twitter to thank the audience for their love and support.

Glad to have our own record broken previously held by SOTY!! Thank you to all the beating hearts for giving this beating heart so much love!!! @ShashankKhaitan #Janhvi #ishaan #dhadak pic.twitter.com/xWZ5euaFs6

— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) July 21, 2018

Janhvi & Ishaan’s sizzling chemistry has become the talk of town and this has also helped the film rake in big moolah on day one. The film, which is the Hindi remake of Marathi film 'Sairat', will now look to continue the momentum. Stay tuned for more updates! Check out our Dhadak review.