According to trade analyst Taran Adarsh, the film collected Rs 6.85 crores on its opening day. (Also Read: No Heroes' Welcome For Sooraj, Athiya on Opening Day)
Salman has expressed gratitude to the audience for showing interest in the movie and is happy with the first day collections. He posted a series of tweets on September 12:
Thanks to the people who hv gone to see Hero n welcomed suraj n athiya in the film world n all those who r going to see it . Lots of respect
— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) September 12, 2015Collections superb , whole team of hero super happy vit em. Wld not have been possible vit out u going to see it. Thank u.
— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) September 12, 2015Thank u for all the compliments on suraj baba and athiya for songs, dances n action of hero. Appreciate it.
— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) September 12, 2015Many Bollywood stars including choreographer-filmmaker Farah Khan, actors Huma Qureshi and Sonu Sood also took to the micro-blogging site to congratulate the team of Hero for garnering a successful response.
Here's what they tweeted:
congrats 2 the team of #Hero on d fab opening..2the kids Sooraj n Athiya n mst importantly their parents..make them n @BeingSalmanKhan proud
— Farah Khan (@TheFarahKhan) September 12, 2015Congrats @soorajpancholi9 n @theathiyashetty 4 a fab 1st day collection.U made ur parents proud. Keep shining buddys.#Hero @BeingSalmanKhan
— sonu sood (@SonuSood) September 12, 2015Mubarak ho! #HERO Opens 6.75!! @nickadvani @soorajpancholi9 @BeingSalmanKhan @theathiyashetty kudos to the team! Can't wait to see it ...
— Huma Qureshi (@humasqureshi) September 12, 2015Directed by Nikhil Advani, Hero, which released on September 11, is a remake of veteran filmmaker Subhash Ghai's 1983 hit film of the same name.
