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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Bb first weekand 115cr first week 180 cr
Don’t know y some people don’t like his films…maybe the great content is missing….but the entertainment value is always high in his films…that’s what people love about his films…they don’t want him to do the content driven films which sometimes bore the people…he do the films which his fans want to see from him…that’s why he is the true BLUE SUPERSTAR OF THE COUNTRY….
BB is BB(blockbuster)
@indicine
Long time no article about akshay.
I respect all the awards holders….but I personally feels that salman khan’s fans doest need any award for him…as for them the presence of the superstar is enough…as he entertains the audience whenever is on the screen with his unique way of dialogue delivery, charisma , style,and body language….
Salam is a bigger Star.
but he is scared of releasing other than Eid period.
If he is super star let him prove his stardom by releasing on a on festival period.
@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.
@josh,350+cr is very small amount,better you dream about 400cr,ROFL.
Bhar do joli reprise version is out its superb!
Chicken song is going to be kids anthem
Pritam rocks
best music album of 2015-Bb
The movie will be less than or equal to kick. Not more
I think bajrangi bhaijaan will be all time blockbuster..
@nipun if there was other actor in this movie you would loved this song but in this movie your actor,s father is there that,s why u are burning keep burning i am enjoying all songs
Wth is wrong with sallu fans ????
u people expect a crap movie to break pk’s
record …. what a cheap expectation !
bb will not cross 250 crore by any means !
In all probability, it will might not cross 200
crore club let alone 300 crore ….so on !
Plz take an ice cream and enjoy it …
Stop dreaming of 300 crore …!!!
BB will the biggest example of fore Eid
release ….!!!! Mark my words !
it will find tough to cross hny lifetime!
after its three days the collections will go
down … day after day ….!!!
Even if the wom is extremely positive, again it will not cross 250 crore …. !!
u all have my words..!!!
majority of people do not watch bhai ‘ s movies …. so plz wash ur faces and have
a nice day …. ???
Wanted Without a doubt .
dabang koi movie thi kyya ??
Akshay ki flop fillmo ki opening wanted se jyda thi at tht time :P
outstanding. waiting for bajrangi to storm into 300cr club.jai bajrangbali
@nipun don’t u dare to say anything about our bhai.otherwise we will remind of the real aukaat of your hrithik
SRK ROCKXXX ON DIWALE THEN RAEES SALMAN KO KUCH ATA HE NAHI SHIRT UTHERNE K ELAWA…………………..
@5:00pm
Had the same song appeared in Jadoo3 retitled as “aaj ki party jadoo ki taraf se’ then you would have loved it no doubt….
At the end of the day nobody and I mean nobody cares about the crying kindergarteners opinion especially since he loved sorry still drools all over the LooTera album…!
Complanholic
When are you gonna attempt your GADAR mission in rescuing serial rapist Javeed from his prisonstan nightmare…?
When you leave India then party hogi meri taraf se to every single soul in your neighbourhood who will experience the joyous independence day moment all over again…!
Just went to wiki page of LooTera to read about its soundtrack and I felt soooooo bored that I instead started searching for ‘Jadoo Wanted Alive’ and it took me to FilmKraft studios as the last known public sighting of Jadoo… Will reveal my findings soon if I find out anymore…
If the following users had been gifted a big heart like bhaijaan then what will they give us on Eid I wonder…
Nipun ‘aNipunma’ Rasand:- “aaj ki party ki krappy review meri taraf se’
kSHITij sriWasteofSpace:- “aaj ki party ki treachery meri taraf se”
some fat buddhawale mukherjee:- “aaj ki party ka ape man (arjuna kapoor) meri taraf se”
Complanholic:- “aaj ki party ki daaru (complan) meri taraf se”
Sunny Leones Panties:- “aaj ki party ka joker entertainment meri taraf se”
The Destroyer of Jadoo:- “aaj ki party ki epic shivering meri taraf se”
@SSS what do u mean by that?! How can you say Ajay intense role is better than Aamir khan?? If u say that that means you have to accept that Salman khan acting is better than Ajay!! Ajay can not act! He is just lucky that his role in 1997 ISHQ was more dominant than aamir due to some reasons back then in mid 1990d!! Go and watch movies like hum diode chuke sanam and look how Salman was more powerful than ajay in hddcs. Am suprise bcos u always bash ajay and call him grade b actor and now chameolne you are saying Ajay can act more than aamir in intense roles?
@SSS, u are high I guess. What’s so special with intense role? I bet you if it was Aamir Sir that acted in
1.Zakhm
2. gangajal(Aamir already proved he us better in police role than ajay in talaash and sarfaroosh u mad man!
3. Bhagat singh
4. Diljale
5. Ouatim
6. Hddcs
7. Deewangee
All these movies Aamir would have acted far better than ajay! Even Salman Sir acts serious roles better than your ajay okay!! Ajay acting is 0 in front of Salman talk more of Aamir!!!!! Watch your comments especially if you don’t have facts. Everybody knows here that Ajay devgn has been your worst actor u always bash so wat do u mean? Your worst actor acting better than Aamir Sir wen it comes to intense role?? U MOST b a joker!!!
I feel sorry for this movie?? it won’t collect half the amount DILWALE will collect majestically! SRK rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!! D BEST!!
Where is @Sunny kumar? Very good boy. He ddnt comment here today. Seems like d advice I have him on drishyaam song article really worked for him and for peace and unity to continue flow in and in cases with arguments let facts and backings be relevant.
Only Shah King fans can apply additional theories practicals and case studies!!!!
@BB. well praying you guys earn 120 crores for this movie. Nothing more
Lol! Please tell us about a movie which didn’t have excellent pre-release report featuring Salman? But after release? Babaji ka thulluwa! :p
Please tell us something about the quality of those films and how many people remember them nowadays. Lol
On Eid:
Biggest opener of all time= CE
Biggest weekend of all time= CE
Biggest week collection of all time= CE
Highest grosser of all time on eid=CE
Biggest collection of worldwide= CE
Biggest hit on eid= CE
Most entertaining and loveable film on Eid= CE
On eid who get least free run time only 6 days = CE
Think if CE get 2 open week like kick or many more than what happened sure shot 270 cr +
Where is the so called maker of eid. Lol… Whose every film is releasing on eid. But fail to beat CE. Srk get 1 chance and see the result.
Ghar main ghuss kar Mari hai. Lol..
On diwali:
Highest opener of all time= hny
Highest weekend of all time= hny
Highest week of all time= hny
Highest grosser= Hny
Highest grosser in worldwide= hny
Where is our bahu not here and not there ?….
This time Christmas is our target. Target is little far but we can achieve this one too.
Bahu is only bb and flop on eid like Kyo ki . And
Srk is atbb on eid.
#Diffrence.
@sss
srk is even didn’t cross collection of ready before ce.
and hny collecting a super 40+crore on opening days and then after become lul(pk).so don’t talk About collection as urs srk is nothing without deepika.