Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Shivaay 1st weekend box office collection: Ranbir Singh, Ajay Devgn's films turn lowest Diwali grossers in 6 years

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (ADHM) and Shivaay (Shivay) have made good collections at the Indian box office in the first weekend. But they have ended up as the lowest grossing Bollywood films released on Diwali in the last six years.

Diwali, which is one of the biggest Hindu festivals, has been an auspicious occasion for Bollywood, and filmmakers have mostly managed to treat the audience with some big-ticket movies on the occasion. In the last five years, the movies released during the festival have turned out to be big money spinners at the Indian box office.

Trade analysts had predicted that Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and Shivaay, which were released as Diwali specials, would get a superb opening and make fantastic collections in the opening weekend. They were, in fact, expected to rake in the highest amount ever during Diwali festival, beating the records of all previous movies.

Released on a combined count of 5,000 screens, the Karan Johar and Ajay Devgn-directed movies received a good opening in the domestic market, but they failed to register a big leap on the following days. Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and Shivaay collected Rs 35.60 crore and Rs 28.56 crore, respectively, at the Indian box office in the first weekend.

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and Shivaay together collected Rs 62.90 crore net at the India box office in the first weekend. This is the lowest amount earned by Bollywood movies released during Diwali season in the last six years. Here is the detailed list of Diwali releases. All the figures are in Rs crore.

The following table, with day-wise collections of the above-mentioned Diwali releases in the first weekend, gives further details. Some of them had an extended opening weekend. The figures mentioned have been collected from various sources and they may vary from the actual numbers. All the figures are in Rs crore.