Udta Teer opens as first-day collection remains unconfirmed

Udta Teer opened in theatres on October 23, with a trade estimate putting its first-day net collection at Rs 3 crore to Rs 4 crore, a figure that has not been established as a final result. The spy comedy, starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Sara Ali Khan, marks the directorial debut of Akash A. Kaushik. It follows a Pakistani spy who loses his memory after an accident and comes to believe he is an Indian counterterrorism officer. A box-office report placed the film 17th among Hindi releases by opening-day collections in 2026, based on the Rs 3 crore to Rs 4 crore estimate. The report did not identify the source of that trade figure. A separate release-day report cited Sacnilk’s estimate that the film would earn Rs 35 crore net on its opening day; that was a projection, not a reported collection. Advance-booking figures published before release also varied by the time they were recorded. Sacnilk figures cited in one report showed Rs 4.36 crore in India-wide bookings, including blocked seats, by 1 p.m. IST on October 22. The amount excluding blocked seats was Rs 1.62 crore. The same report said about 1.46 lakh tickets had been booked across 9,919 shows in more than 140 cities....