Salman Khan is arguably the biggest superstar in India and the festive weekend of Eid has over the year been dominated by his film releases.
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 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 to collect Rs 30 crore or more on a single day.
2013 was the only year in the last 7 years that didn’t have a Salman Khan film during Eid and his good-friend Shahrukh made the most of it with Rohit Shetty’s Chennai Express becoming the highest grossing film of all time.
Despite Salman’s super-stardom in recent years, the one record that he hasn’t been able to conquer is the record for the highest Hindi grosser of all time. The same team of his latest release ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ came very close to breaking the record of 3 Idiots, but fell short by just 3 crore. This time around, the target is yet another Rajkumar Hirani classic which grossed Rs 340 crore in India last year.
For Salman and his ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ team, it would take an extraordinary film, carrying incredible word-of-mouth to get close to ‘PK’. But with films like ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’, on limited screens and cheaper ticket prices, grossing 150 crore, the ‘PK’ record is not completely out of reach. All that a big film like ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ needs is to strike a chord with the audience.
The pre-release reports of ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ are excellent and if the film exceeds expectations, it has every chance of topping ‘PK’.
Check out the history of Eid releases in the last few years. Every Salman Khan Eid film, except Wanted, has become a blockbuster or better. Will history repeat itself this Eid?
| 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 |
Also, vote for Salman’s best film during Eid.
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Chennai express is the best among all and rest are crap movies.
for bajrangi bhaijan forget abt pk i am sure it will even not cross chennai express record.
im going to watch only Bahubali this eid.
@sss : I think you are most negative person on earth even SRK promote BB but you fans are such dump people of this world.
@Jay and @Selfie le le HUHUHU all the song of BB are flop like Salwoman’s other Crap film’s songs. Also BB will joint the Remake king’s flop films list. Bhaitards ROXXXX….. HUHU.
@iamakn very true..well said..keep it up
Every SRK fans talking of south remake. What is Chennai Express, name borrowed from south. Rajni Sir, Thailava coming to rescue at the end of film.
@IAMAKN,missed you a lot bro.ha ha ha ha that surely that comment would have blown mullu bhai fan’s mind,ROFL.
@marshall,leave HIT,if expired generation movie Neil nitin bhai bachao will collect as much as jail ho,then that will be a bigger achievement for bhojpuri while surely they will chase HY for sure,ROFL.
My prediction for BB
day 1 :34 crore
day2(if eid): 45 crore
day3(sunday): 48 crore
1st weekend : 127 crore (approx)
day4: 21 crore
day5: 19 crore
day6: 18 crore
day7: 18 crore
week 1 : 203 crore approx
day 8: 15 crore
day 9: 19 crore
day 10 : 26 crore
2nd weekend : 60 crore
day11: 13 crore
day 12: 12 crore
day 13 10 crore
day 14 : 9 crore
week 2 : 104 crore
3rd weekend : 25 crore(with drishyam)
weekdays : 16 crore
week 3 : 41 crore
remaining week: 20 crore
life time :360 + crore
all time block buster
i am sure it will not cross 360 crore but Also will not less then 320 crore………..
I have heard 4 songs of Bajrangi Bhaijaan. I cann’t believe its music composer is Pritam. Bhar Do Jholi meri is d best track of the album. It is a decent song though.
Worst track of the album is Aaj ki party meri taraf se.
@indicine — Kick was also an all time blockbuster. Why did you change its verdict?
My Box office Prediction of BajrangiBhaijaan
Considering Eid Falls on Sunday, 4000+ Screens wide release & Good WOM score among Audiences :
Fri 27 cr
Sat 28 cr ( Semi Holiday of Rath Yatra )
Sun 40 cr ( Eid )
weekend total = 95 cr nett
Mon 26 cr ( Semi Holiday of Vaasi Eid )
Tue 18 cr
wed 15 cr
Thur 12 cr
1st week total = 166 cr nett
2nd weekend = 31 cr
2nd weekdays = 16 cr
2nd week total = 47 cr nett
3rd week = 15 cr nett
4th week = 5 cr nett
Rest weeks = 2 cr nett
Total Lifetime Business in India = 235 cr Nett
verdict : Blockbuster
Overseas Total = 12 Million
verdict = Super hit $$$$
My favourite movie of eid is kick/dabangg. wanted third and ett on fourth number. bodyguard was the only week film by salman on eid.
@ rohit wait after movie release bajrangi songs will more popular. yes its music was not that good like his previous movies they should remove tu chahiye song atleast.
@ nipun – selfie song is far better than tu tu meri.
If ETT was srk movie than it would have beaten 3 idiots records…
We love you salman!!!!!!
look all ugly khan fans are haters they can’t wait ntill Eid iam sure BB will be all time block buster 300 crore life time long life Salman bhai
@Indicine you can’t call him biggest superstar. I know you are big hater of aamir and blind fan of sarookh and salman, but biggest superstar is aamir who has consistently given highest grossers of all time in india and overseas. salman is unknown in overseas as his movies hardly do well while in india he has been legging behind aamir’s movies since many many years. and since 2008 only aamir’s name has topped all the box office charts when it comes to highest grossers of all time. BB won’t even come close to PK’s record. another example is dhoom 3 vs kick. dhoom 3 and kick both had same genre and same theme but look at the difference between both’s collections be it opening or lifetime.. PK was different film so huge initial can not be expected, as it had no action or one liner dialogues, but weekend and life time records are enough to prove who the daddy is. be fair next time @ indicine.
I agree Salman is the Blockbuster Khan during Eid.
Similarly Akshay is the king of IPL season and post IPL season. Rowdy Rathore, Housefull 2, Holiday, Gabbar is Back!
Top movies released on Eid based on footfall
K3g- 2.48 cr
Ce- 2.31 cr
Ett- 2.20 cr
Dabang- 2.15 cr
Kick – 2.04 cr
Bodyguard – 1.94 cr
Kal ho na ho- 1.60 cr
Wanted- 1.25 cr
@indicine.where is bajrangi bhaijaan music review?
@Shaker – Sure.
@SSS – miss you too :) actually the comment was way better but indicine is biased toward Salman so they cut some lines from my comment where i talked about Bhojpuri Bhaijaan & exposed him properly, didn’t even use any bad word still they did and pasted just half comment.. Indicine is angry too :P as Bhojpuri Bhaijaan buzz is even less than jai ho, the little buzz it has due to SRK as he posted its poster.. Now let’s see which sort of Drama bhojpuri Bhaijaan does for the sack of buzz, he has already started talking a lot about SRK and doing his pose as the movie is going to release same like both decades disaster actors Motu and Chotu do whenever their movie is going to release..
Btw Both Salman’s and Akshay’s Jaaneman was released on ‘EID’ too along with Shah Rukh Khan’s Don but everyone knows the result.. Don became a super hit while Jaaneman became a industry disaster, SRK was alone still he defeated Both Bhojpuri Bhaijaan and Akki together on the same festival EID which is so called Bhojpuri Bhai’s date acc to his Bhojpuritards ( but has not deliver a single big hit/grosser like CE on EID, which he is still chasing from last 2 years as i said before in my previous comment )… and that has also proved that which actor’s movie can do better business on EID & which actor should release his movie on EID and also Chennai Express is the another example for that.. and SRK has never deliver flop/disaster on EID but this is not the case for Motu he has deliver a big disaster on EID.. on Diwali everyone knows SRK has just given huge successful movies but also that is not the case for Guilty Salman on Diwali as he has delivered disasters on Diwali too… both EID ( Highest Grosser / Biggest Opener – CE ) and Diwali (Highest Grosser & biggest ever opener – Hny ) Both Diwali and EID suits only on King Khan…
@Indicine actually i have request from you, either allow my full comment specially if i have not use any abusing words, if you can’t then don’t allow even the half comment, no need of that…
@lallu fan,KING KHAN doesn’t need south remake,YRF-KATRINA ,Jaccquelene to give HITS,because HIS NAME is enough to get BIG HITS.but look at bhai’s jai ho,ROFL.
@jay,it’s your lalman who took nearly 16 year to give his 2nd blockbuster in lead(partner side role,no entry is special appearance) from 1994(hahk)o dabang(2010),ha ha ha ha our bhau is the decade blockbuster giving star.while KING KHAN ‘s highest gap is just only 5 years from OSO(2007) to CE(2010).
while our bhau doesn’t have any all time grosser/ATBB from hahk till now.but KING KHAN has 2ATG OSO,CE and 2 ATBBS K2H2,CE.
@chal lallu ka selfi le le re,bhau already admitted it’s not himself rather YRF decided to take against KING KHAN,and he also said if CLASH happens then he’ll only get loss that he already wash out during 2010.so ADITYA CHOPRA will definitely gonna change the release date,you don’t worry.
@aki,I narked you to spread against KING KHAN,so stop behaving like a saint.
@ultron lallumaniac,it’s KING KHAN rescued EID by giving ATBB by breaking CE while lallu chased many years after 3i,rock.also lallu is chasing now CE’S WW 422CR collection,ROFL.
And BTW the manipulation of kick is is 21cr,official:233cr,boi:212cr,ha ha ha ha lallu is manipulation khan,ROFL.
@abaanfarooqui,CE faced 3 filmsdwhile ett never faced any films.it is ATBBdrom every angle and your bhojpuri bhai is still chasing it’s WW collection,ROFL.
@nipun,ha ha ha ha you couldn’t just believed music director is pritam.but I couldn’t believe it’s a kabir khan film.today I confirmed whichever CLASSIC director may work with salman ,those director will at last will turn into bhojpuri directors just happened in case of kabir khan.and all the songs of bb is crapiest and bhar do jholi meri is a plagiarised a famous Pakistani song not a genuine composed song by Pritam,so bb will be epic failure of salman after jail ho then Neil nitin nahi bachao will be a disaster due to it’s outdated genre.
Dabbang all d way!
BB is just going to continue from where KICK stopped!
BB = Blockbuster!!(with WOM from above average).
For all the kingtards, Jai Ho is called underperformance for Salman despite collecting 117cr which is comparable to all your kings’ s so called holiday ‘hits’ without deepika.That’s the difference between what people expect from Salman and the crownless king.
@sss, better worry about varunwale which may be clashing with Bajirao mastani.And pankha still not finding a release date as it takes a lot of time to make our old king look young.Sooraj-Salman pair never disappoints.Neil will get his first big hit thanks to SALMAN.And then your king might think of taking him in his movie just like he’s taking Nawazuddin and Varun now.
To beat a film like PK, word of mouth isnt sufficient. The film needs to strike a cord with the middle class people (ppl who watch only 2 films a year) This is the reason why all Hirani films have emerged blockbusters. The film should have unanimous appeal.
PK also had a huge advantage of 3 idiots reputation. 3 idiots had such a strong appeal that people were actually waiting for the next Aamir-Hirani combo. While ETT was a blockbuster, we’ll have to wait and watch if BB can bring those people into cinemas who dont actually watch lot of films.
@Nilesh
But again CE is not remake ,it is original.
@Nipun
Bhar do Joli is decent because it is not an original track.It is very popular qawali of Pakistan.Adnan Sami could not match the energy of sabri brothers.but even then the song was very good.All original tracks totally sucked.
@desroyer of khans first tell your star to genuinely cross 200cr that too without papa and brand then talk about salman he is out of reach from ur star.
@nipoon who cares for ur choice man huge majority liked all songs of bajrangi bhaijaan and album is already chartubuster even music reviews are also super positive and also listen new song of kk tu jo mila it is by far best track of the year Pritam rocks.
I am srkian Bajrangi bhaijaan songs are much better than all songs of king kong released in last 10years so just shut up and shame on ur star who needs young star varun dhawan to give hit as now he is not able to give hit on his own power so he needs big director big heroine big supporting actor big youngistan actor lol ur star don,t qualify to compete with biggest superstar Salman khan
Ce got the best weekend any film can get till date perhaps.. friday eid it was.. also it was rohit shetty n deepikas stardom.. n srkz much better hold in multiplexes than salman.. also the film had better entertaiment value than other srk 100 cr grossers!! Salmanz mtpx audience is growing n so kick cld surpass ce by a bit.. so if BB gets similar weekend collections like ce n is a gud film it will easily cross 250 crz..