India Report

Om Shanti Om has opened to an earth shattering 95-100% response smashing records all over. The film was released on around 600 single screens and set new first day highs on nearly 500 of these 600 screens. The multiplexes saw near 100% collections but the grosses are not as high as last year biggies as it only managed to get 8-10-12 shows as against the 14-16-18 that other biggies have managed. This was due to the clash with Saawariya which took up a similar amount of screens at multiplexes.
The reports are very positive from all parts of the country and the film will become a huge all India hit. The opening day in Delhi/UP, East Punjab, West Bengal, Rajasthan and Mysore was humungous as single screens went over capacity at places. The first week should see may more records being crushed.

The first week results of the ‘Diwali’ battle are out, and it is game, set and match to Farah Khan’s OM SHANTI OM. During its astonishing seven day record-breaking run in India, the Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Shreyas Talpade and Arjun Rampal starrer netted over 40-crores.

OM SHANTI OM has broken many individual records, including that for Bombay. In the process, OM SHANTI OM has set a new first week record in India, surpassing the 35-crores netted by the Hrithik, Aishwarya and Abhishek starrer, the 2006 blockbuster DHOOM:2 ( in its first week).

UK Box Office

The Shah Rukh Khan – Deepika Padukone starrer Om Shanti Om has entered the UK Box Office charts at number seven. The other Diwali release Sanjay Leela Bhansali ’s Saawariya entered the UK Box Office charts at number twelve.

Farah Khan 's 'Om Shanti Om' has made a massive £518,845 (US $1,068,866 - INR 42,085,306) while the Ranbir Kapoor – Sonam Kapoor starrer ‘Saawariya’ gets a reasonable £160,985 (US $331,632 - INR 13,058,048). The per screen average for ‘Om Shanti Om’ came to £9977.79, which was the best average of the weekend. ‘Saawariya's per screen average was £3499.63. Eros Entertainment's ‘Om Shanti Om’ is being shown on 52 screens, six more than the Sony Pictures release ‘Saawariya’, 46. The political thriller ‘Lions For Lambs’ accumulated £658,282. However, ‘Om Shanti Om’ is expected to make more money in the long run than this flick.