while Rohit Vats of Hindustan Times gave the film only 2/5 stars, calling it "as a film straight out of the '80s" rehashing the director's same formula, but appreciated music director Himesh Reshammiya and lead actor Salman Khan as "quite likeable and his comic timing has gotten better". Anna MM Vetticad of First Post thrashed the film as "half-baked, lifeless, low-IQ film with its juvenile humour and family politics that resembles circumstances in the cheapest saas-bahu soaps now running on Hindi fiction TV." and "lacks even the few qualities that made his earlier ventures bearable". Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com rated the film a 2.5/5 stars stating, "PRDP sticks to its beliefs on sibling affection, family values and coy courtship and takes a lengthy route to assert so. Yet it is not the predictability but the lop-sided sentimentality of the director's narrative that hurts PRDP's intentions the most." She criticized the director for recycling "men versus women sporting contests, midnight kitchen rendezvous and the pristine aura of Prem", but appreciated the performance of Salman Khan even though it never matched his previous Bajrangi Bhaijaan act. Box office India Prem Ratan Dhan Payo collected net on its opening day and became highest opener of the year by beating the record previously held by Bajrangi Bhaijaan. It is also the second film in Hindi cinema to gross over in a single day after Happy New Year. The gross collections of the film was on the first day, which is highest in India. On its second day the film saw a 25% drop in its business as it collected net, the highest non-holiday second day ever. The film collected net on its third day which is also the highest non-holiday third day ever to take its three-day total to net. The film becomes fourth Hindi movie to gross more than in flat three days. On its fourth day the film collected net to take its extended opening weekend total to net which is the highest four-day total for a Hindi movie beating the previous records of Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Dhoom 3. The film dropped on its fifth day as it collected net. On its sixth day the film collected net to take its six-day total to and becomes second-highest gross of the year by beating the lifetime collection of Tanu Weds Manu Returns. The film collected on its seventh day to take its seven-day