music topped charts on a number of platforms in India. The album was the third best-selling Bollywood soundtrack of the year, with 1.7 million units sold according to Box Office India. Release and reception The acting debuts of the former Miss Universe and Miss World, and their pairings with Kumar, were much-anticipated in the lead-up to Andaaz's release. This joint debut of the two beauty queens in a film for the first time was the film's main marketing point. The early success of the film's soundtrack also helped to promote the film, with song clips regularly appearing on television. Darshan reportedly spent 10 million on television advertisements to promote the film. Its release was scheduled for 18 April 2003 but was later postponed because of the 2003 Bollywood Producers strike. The film was ultimately released on 23 May 2003 on 300 screens. Prior to Andaaz, no Bollywood films released in 2003 had achieved much box-office success. Expectations for Andaaz were low, as films with bigger stars were failing to sell. However, the film opened to a huge response at the box-office, with The Times of India reporting on opening week that it "could be the first bona fide all-India hit" of the year. According to Box Office India, the film had an excellent opening; it collected 14.4 million on its opening day, with an opening domestic weekend of 43.9 million. Worldwide, the film grossed 83.8 million on its opening weekend. Due to overwhelming demand, distributors were forced to ask Darshan for additional prints of the film. The film continued to perform well throughout the week, earning 69.7 million at domestic box offices, and over 131 million worldwide, in its first week. In total, the film grossed over 253 million in domestic sales and over 35 million in overseas markets for a worldwide gross of over 288 million against a budget of 80 million, a commercial success. The film also celebrated a silver jubilee by remaining in theaters for over 100 days. Bollywood Hungama deemed it the "first universal hit of the year". It was the ninth-highest-grossing Indian film of the year. Andaaz was released on DVD on 1 September 2003 across all regions in an NTSC-format single disc by Tip Top Video. The VCD version was released at the same time. Two more DVD versions were released on 13 September 2005 and 26 January 2007 by Shree Krishna International and