The opening weekend for Dear Zindagi seems to be a very successful one. Gauri Shinde is back with this film after English Vinglish and the box office reports are pretty good considering its budget. The film had collected an approximate 32.5 Crores and was also critically successful. With this, the film enters the Top 12 first weekend grossers of 2016.

The Top 12 Opening weekend grossers of 2016 in Hindi are:

Sultan – Rs. 105.53 crore
M.S. Dhoni – The Untold Story - Rs. 66 crore
Housefull 3 – Rs. 53.32 crore
Fan – Rs. 52.35 crore
Rustom – Rs. 50.42 crore
Airlift – Rs. 44.3 crore
Baaghi – Rs. 38.58 crore
Dishoom – Rs. 37.32 crore
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil – Rs. 35.6 crore
Udta Punjab – Rs. 33.8 crore
Dear Zindagi – Rs. 32.5 crore*
Mohenjo Daro – Rs. 30.54 crore

Since 2016 has not come to an end yet, let's wait and see if any other December release can beat the collections of any of the top 12. These are the collections only from India and does not include overseas collections and are only the estimated figures and not the official ones.