Box Office Report: Salman’s ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ beats SRK’s ‘HNY’ & Aamir’s ‘PK’
It seems Salman Khan literally believes in the saying that records are meant to be broken. The superstar’s latest release ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ is indeed on a record breaking spree. The film opened to highest day one collections on a non-holiday and earned a whopping 150 crores in the opening weekend.
The movie has added another feather to its cap. It earned Rs. 15.55 crores on Thursday and has made a grand total of Rs. 184.62 crores, beating the week 1 total of Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Happy New Year’, which was 157.57 crores and Aamir Khan’s ‘PK’ that made 183.09 crores in its first week.
‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ has also become the third highest grosser of Salman Khan after ‘Kick’ and ‘Ek Tha Tiger’, and will soon become the highest grosser in its second week.
Trade analyst Taran Adarsh confirmed the same and posted, “#BajrangiBhaijaan Fri 27.25 cr, Sat 36.60 cr, Sun 38.75 cr, Mon 27.05 cr, Tue 21.40 cr, Wed 18.02 cr, Thu 15.55 cr. Total: ₹ 184.62 cr. WOW!”
He added, “So far, only one Salman starrer has gone past ₹ 200 cr nett [#Kick]. #BajrangiBhaijaan will be 2nd film to attain the feat. India biz. FAB!”
Directed by Kabir Khan and produced by Eros International, Rockline Venkatesh and Salman Khan Films, 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' also stars Kareena Kapoor Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Harshaali Malhotra in the lead.