Box Office Report: M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story beats Fan, takes 2nd best start of 2016!

By Urvi Parikh

Updated on Oct 01, 2016 | 12:15 PM IST | 900.4K

After wowing the audience with their trailers, songs and promos, M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story has finally hit the screens today and the reports suggest that the film has taken off to a great start.

The Sushant Singh Rajput starrer has got the second best start of 2016, after Salman Khan's Sultan and is faring better than SRK's Fan.

The best initials on the morning of the release in 2016 till date are as follows.

1. Sultan - 70% (4350 Screens)

2. M.S. Dhoni - The Untold Story (3800 screens) - 50% (Hindi)

3. Fan - 42.5% (3400 Screens)

4. Rustom - 40% (2350 screens)

5. Baaghi - 37.5% (2700 Screens)

6. Housefull 3 - 32.5% (3600 Screens)

7. Dishoom - 30% (3000 screens)

8. Airlift - 27.5% (2000 Screens)

9. Mohenjo Daro- 25% (2700 screens)

10. Udta Punjab - 25% (2200 screens)

While these occupancy reports are until noon, one wonders how will the movie perform in the second half of the day. If the word of mouth for the movie is good, then it is sure to have a bumper weekend, given that the brand Dhoni is working for the movie.