Salman Khan returns to a festive weekend that he created and has dominated for the last 6 out of 7 years. The only exception was 2013, when the megastar didn’t have a release.
It all started with Prabhu Deva’s ‘Wanted’ back in 2009, when Salman was going through the worst phase of his career. The film didn’t do well at multiplexes, but brought back his audience in smaller towns. ‘Wanted’ was a massive hit at single-screens.
A year later, ‘Dabangg’ turned out to be a turning point in his career as the film not only broken the opening records of Aamir Khan’s acclaimed film ‘3 Idiots’, but also went on to be one of the most loved Salman Khan films. It was also the first Salman film in a long time to do well at multiplexes.
Since then, Salman has been unstoppable, at single-screens, multiplexes, cities, towns, villages, everywhere! ‘Bodyguard’ smashed the opening records of ‘Dabangg’ by a huge margin and was the first film to collect Rs 20 crore on a single day.
Then came ‘Ek Tha Tiger’, which trounced the opening day record of all previous films and became the first film to collect Rs 30 crore or more on a single day.
The actor didn’t have a release in 2013, he returned with ‘Kick’ in 2014 with a debutant director and not so popular heroine (back then) – the film was a blockbuster.
2015 was witness to ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, a film that opened well at the box office and went on to become the 2nd highest grosser of all time and only the 2nd film to collect more than 300 crore at the domestic box office. The film also became Salman’s first major success in the overseas market during this decade. It even managed to beat the ‘first phase release’ record of ‘PK’.
With his latest release ‘Sultan’, Salman will be looking to continue his unmatched record of Eid blockbusters and also trying to achieve a few records that have eluded him in the past – which is, the highest grosser of all time, a record that he’s come very close to, but failed to beat (Ek Tha Tiger and Bajrangi Bhaijaan).
Interestingly, all his Eid films have outgrossed the collections of his previous releases during the same weekend. If Sultan has to continue the trend, then it has to collect more than Bajrangi Bhaijaan last year.
| Movie | Screens | Opening Day | Lifetime | Verdict |
| Wanted (2009) | 1400 | 5.2 cr | 61 cr | Super Hit |
| Dabangg (2010) | 1900 | 15.1 cr* | 143 cr | All Time Blockbuster |
| Bodyguard (2011) | 2800 | 21.4 cr* | 145 cr | Blockbuster |
| Ek Tha Tiger (2012) | 3400 | 32.9 cr* | 199 cr | Blockbuster |
| Chennai Express (2013) | 3600 | 33.1 cr* | 227 cr | All Time Blockbuster |
| Kick (2014) | 4000 | 26.5 cr | 233 cr | Blockbuster |
| Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) | 4100 | 27.25 cr | 321 cr | All Time Blockbuster |
| Sultan (2016) | 4400 | 36.54 cr* | 301 cr | All Time Blockbuster |
@2:54pm
Aidiences are given a choice- go out n watch an entertaining movie or stay home n watch Maya Memsaab for the 1234th time on Youtube…! You stick to the latter ok
Wed. 32
Thu. . 36 holiday
Fri . 30
Sat. 32
Sun. 37. Holiday
Total.. 167
Mon. 18
Tue. .17
Wed. 20 Holiday
Thu. 14
Total …..247
Fri. 8
Sat 10
Sun. 12
Mon 6
Tue 6
Wed 5
Thu. 4
Total 51+247=298
Fri.2
Sat 3
Sun 4
Mon 2
Tue 2
Wed 1
Thu 1
313 total
Remaning weeks 9
Total 322
OMG the haters are burning up like Mr. Harding burning like at the end of our crop season. They have no more excuses but simply holding on to the same old shitty ones.
When will you learn that it’s not all about numbers but first and foremost it’s about Salman.
No amount of hatred will change people’s mind. They look forward to Salman’s movies and for goodness sake stop trying to dictate to others. Go do your own thing and let others get on with their lives.
Can we know any other record of salman without eid and Masala genre? Any off beat hit? Someone please???
@indicine : 03:34 and 03:37 pm comments are still awaiting moderation. If you are so badly determined to save Sultana, then better put a caution at the end of every article stating “Only non-actor fans are allowed to post a comment” like how you did in the last QnA session.
Ok sorry, I can see my comments now. Thanks.
Bajrangi bhaijaan and dabangg were very good and great films! Wanted was a decent watch. The rest of all his films bodyguard, ek tha tiger and kick were full of shit! Ek tha tiger is the worst film released during eid!
And this time after the “rape comment ” it will be all time disaster.
yesss..”tumko na bhool paayenge” was also a eid release and….guess what ???
it was a FLOP !!