MUMBAI: The first result is out!

The keenly awaited leave-your-brains-at-home comedy, Welcome, appears to have stolen the march over competition, taking a rocket opening in the UAE.

On 29 prints, the Indian Films-Studio 18 big Eid release is said to have opened to an unprecedented AED 450,000 (approx) - implying that in just one day flat, it has done close to half the lifetime gross of a successful Akshay Kumar comedy in the UAE!

If initial reports are anything to go by, the audience has most certainly "welcomed" the festive season with Welcome!