The Shah Rukh Khan-Deepika Padukone starrer 'Happy New Year' that released on Friday has been doing well at the box office. The film directed by Farah Khan opened to packed theatres across the country and has been the talk of the town.

In this Box Office report, we compare the Opening Day collections of Happy New Year to that of other releases in 2014. Not surprisingly, Happy New Year that has been one of the most talked about and keenly anticipated films has fast become the Highest Opening Day grosser of 2014.

In fact, the film that collected Rs 44.97 crore on its Opening Day has managed to surpass previous releases of 2014 like the Ajay Devgn starrer 'Singham Returns' that collected Rs 32.09 crore, the Hrithik Roshan-Katrina Kaif starrer 'Bang Bang' that collected Rs 27.54 crore and even the Salman Khan starrer 'Kick' that collected Rs. 26.40 crore.

Thank u world for the love. What an enormous welcome to HNY all over.I hope team HNY made you all smile a lot. pic.twitter.com/PqUlTjgrFG

— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) October 25, 2014

My friends r going 2 SOAR TODAY! @juniorbachchan @iamsrk @deepikapadukone @TheFarahKhan HappyNewYear is here 2 make US all very HAPPY!love!!

— Hrithik Roshan (@iHrithik) October 24, 2014

Overwhelmed with the response to #HNY. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR KIND WORDS!! Would not have been possible without @TheFarahKhan and @iamsrk

— Abhishek Bachchan (@juniorbachchan) October 25, 2014