MUMBAI: The court's verdict on the 1993 bomb blasts case brought the curtain down on a sad chapter of Mumbai's histroy, but also helped aided the release of Anurag Kashyap's Black Friday through Adlabs. 

In the Bombay circuit, Adlabs has released around 89 prints, including 18 UFOs and 12 DLPs. Considering that it's a realistic film and considerably fast paced, it could keep viewer interest alive, and is likely to turn out well in all the major metros.  

In Mumbai city, suburbs and Thane, Black Friday opened at Metro Adlabs (five shows), Inox, Apsara (five shows), Central Plaza (one show), Roxy (one show), Fame Nakshatra (one show), Chitra (one show), Plaza, Aurora (one show), Movie Time Suburbia (one show), Galaxy (two shows), Globus (two shows), PVR Juhu, Fame Adlabs (six shows), Fun Republic, Cinemax Versova, 24 Karat, Cinemax Goregaon (two shows), Movie Time Goregaon, Fame Malad (five shows), Movie Time Malad (two shows), Fame Kandivli (five shows), Thakur Kandivli (two shows), Cinemax Growel Kandivli, Ajanta, Movie Gem (two shows), Imax (five shows), Cinemax Sion, Kamran, Sahakar Plaza, Huma Adlabs (five shows), R Adlabs, PVR Mulund (five shows), Cinemax Eternity (Thane – six shows), Cinemax Wonder (Thane), Rassaz (Mira Road), Cinemax (Mira Road), K T Vision (Vasai), Alishan (Mumbra), Gopi (Dombivali – two shows), Tilak (Dombivali – two shows), Ashok (Ulhasnagar), Joker (Kalyan) and Meghdoot (Vashi).

At Galaxy (Bandra), the last show saw a full house, while in Kamran (Kurla) even the 3 pm show saw a full house. The opening day garnered an average of around 60 per cent in Mumbai and other major metros.

On the first day, Galaxy (Bandra) which seats 818, collected Rs 34,137.10 in two shows against a capacity of Rs 47, 804.20 (71.41 per cent). In Kamran (Kurla), which has a seating capacity of 550, the film collected Rs 31, 042.85 in four shows, against a capacity of Rs 43,975.40 (70.59 per cent). Sahakar Plaza (Chembur) has a seating capacity of 924 seats with a capacity of Rs 24,584.80 per show. The film managed to collect Rs 30,984 against the capacity of Rs 98, 339.20 (31.51 per cent) in this theatre.