Zero Box Office Collection Day 1: Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma's film RAKES in big moolah

New Delhi: Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma starrer ‘Zero’, which hit the silver screens on December 21, has opened on a positive note at the box office. The Aanand L Rai directorial saw SRK playing the role of a vertically challenged man-Bauua Singh. The film has been making waves ever since the makers shared the first poster featuring King Khan as Bauua. Trade pundits were expecting ‘Zero’ to set the box office on fire and the romantic saga didn’t disappoint them. Although, the film received mixed reviews from the critics, it managed to start well at the box office. Shah Rukh Khan’s magic has once again worked at the box office as the film collected over Rs 20 crore on its opening day. Zero’s first day box office collection stood at Rs 20.14 crore. Bollywood critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared Zero’s box office collection on Twitter. ‘’#Zero has underperformed on Day 1, despite extensive release [4380 screens] + #Christmas vacations... Sat and Sun biz extremely crucial... Fri ₹ 20.14 cr. India biz,’’ Adarsh wrote on the micro-blogging site.

#Zero has underperformed on Day 1, despite extensive release [4380 screens] + #Christmas vacations... Sat and Sun biz extremely crucial... Fri ₹ 20.14 cr. India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) December 22, 2018

Shah Rukh Khan thanked the fans for showering love on 'Zero' and also dedicated a poem to them. ''Reading msgs that u enjoyed #Zero .I can’t answer individually, so a few lines from a poem I was reading: “The earth is wickedly dark, so why is ur poem so white? Becos my heart is teeming with thirty seas, I answered.(Mahmoud). So thk u all from the bottom of those thirty seas!,'' the 'Chennai Express' actor wrote on Twitter.

Reading msgs that u enjoyed #Zero .I can’t answer individually, so a few lines from a poem I was reading: “The earth is wickedly dark, so why is ur poem so white? Becos my heart is teeming with thirty seas, I answered.(Mahmoud). So thk u all from the bottom of those thirty seas!

— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) December 21, 2018

Zero, which also stars  Tigmanshu Dhulia, Mohammed Zeeshan, saw special cameo appearances by Salman Khan, Alia Bhatt, Abhay Deol, Karisma Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Rani Mukerji, Kajol and R Madhavan. Late actress Sridevi also played a cameo in the film. 'Zero', which has been produced by Colour Yellow Productions and Red Chillies Entertainment, is expected to continue its good momentum and set the cash registers jingling. Watch this space for more updates!