Aamir Khan Productions aimed for a tender theatrical romance, but Ek Din has ended its first week looking like one of the season’s clearest box office washouts. The Junaid Khan and Sai Pallavi-starrer has managed just Rs 3.95 crore net in India after seven days, a result that reflects not only a soft opening, but a rapid collapse once the weekend was over.
Released on May 1, 2026, the film opened to Rs 1.15 crore on Friday and showed only limited movement over the weekend, adding Rs 1 crore on Saturday and Rs 0.90 crore on Sunday. The real slide began on Monday. Collections fell to Rs 0.25 crore, rose slightly to Rs 0.28 crore on Tuesday, then dipped again to Rs 0.23 crore on Wednesday and Rs 0.19 crore on Thursday. That took the film to a seven-day India net total of Rs 3.95 crore.
A Weak First Week Exposes The Film’S Thin Theatrical Pull
The first week trend tells the full story. Despite being released across 9,710 shows through the week, Ek Din could not convert scale into footfalls. The average occupancy stayed low at 11.76 percent, while ticket sales in national cinema chains remained muted at a little over 33,000 across the first seven days.
The Hindi version accounted for most of the business with Rs 3.53 crore net from 8,604 shows. The Telugu version added Rs 0.33 crore, while the Tamil version contributed Rs 0.14 crore from a far smaller show count. Worldwide, the film’s gross after week one stood at Rs 5.16 crore, including Rs 4.71 crore gross from India and Rs 0.45 crore from overseas markets.
Ek Din Box Office Collection:
1st Week:
Day 1: 1.15 crore
Day 2: 1.00 crore
Day 3: 0.90 crore
Day 4: 0.25 crore
Day 5: 0.25 crore
Day 6: 0.23 crore
Day 7: 0.17 crore
Total: 3.95 crore nett
That underwhelming run stands out even more because the film arrived with enough ingredients to invite curiosity before release.
Why Ek Din Looked Promising On Paper
Ek Din brought together a fresh pairing in Junaid Khan and Sai Pallavi, with the latter making her Hindi film debut, and that alone gave the project a certain novelty value. It also came from Aamir Khan Productions, a banner that usually attracts attention for character-driven stories rather than routine formula fare.
The film, directed by Sunil Pandey, is a Hindi adaptation of the 2016 Thai feature One Day. At its heart is a quiet romantic setup: Dinesh, a man who has long loved his colleague Meera in silence, gets an unexpected chance to experience a fleeting version of that dream. On paper, it had the emotional framework for a niche urban romance. In theatres, though, that promise never translated into sustained audience turnout.
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