Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt Ltd, makers of 2014 Diwali release Happy New Year, has announced that the box-office collection of the movie at the domestic centres is Rs 183.12 cr at the end of the first week of release.

Happy New Year has made a new record at the box-office on the opening day as well as on the opening weekend. The film has crossed many milestones in its first three days of release.

After seven days of run, RCE CEO, Venky Mysore said it is gratifying for the film’s unit that Happy New Year has crushed the record made by Chennai Express in 2013, which is also a Red Chillies production. Chennai Express collected Rs 156.7 crores in its first week.

“Dhoom 3″ garnered Rs. 107.61 crore in its first weekend. With an impressive Rs.108.86 crore collection, Happy New Year surpassed the first weekend collections of Dhoom 3 and made a record. But, Happy New Year could not beat the first week collections of Dhoom 3, which made Rs 188.98 crores net.

Now, at the end of the second weekend, Happy New Year has a total of 183 cr nett plus and the film has to score 38 cr nett in week two. The film is predicted to cross 40 cr nett in this week as there is a holiday for Muharram on Tuesday.

RCE CRO, Gaurav Verma said that the response is overwhelming for Happy New Year all over the world. He further said the Shah Rukh Khan starrer has opened big and became the first highest opening Bollywood film in Gulf region, South Africa, Malaysia and Sri Lanka and became the 2nd highest opening Bollywood film in New Zealand, Pakistan and Fiji.

The movie is yet to open in key markets like Philippines, Egypt, Germany, Peru, Nigeria, West Indies and Morocco. Happy New Year is expected to do well in those circuits too.

Happy New Year is directed by Farah Khan. The movie is a multi-starrer which features Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani, Sonu Sood and Vivaan Shah along with Shah Rukh Khan.