The film has set new BENCHMARKS…
We all knew how big a movie Salman Khan‘s Sultan is going to be, however it has become even BIGGER than our imagination. The film opened to housefull cinema houses even after Eid was delayed by a day and collected Rs 36.74 crore on day 1. Though it couldn’t become the highest opener, looks like the film has now broken ever other record. On day 2 and day 3, the film earned Rs 37.32 crore and Rs 31.66 crore respectively. While we expected the film to have an average day 4, we were surprised to see a jump as it collected another Rs 37.10 crore on the first Saturday. This meant that the film had a collection of Rs 142.62 crore at the end of 4 days. This is a HUGE number.
As trade analyst Taran Adarsh mentioned in his tweet, “#Sultan continued its HISTORIC run on Sat, smashing records left, right and centre… Rewriting the rules of Hindi film biz… SENSATIONAL! #Sultan is UNSTOPPABLE… Setting new BENCHMARKS… Wed 36.54 cr, Thu 37.32 cr, Fri 31.66 cr, Sat 37.10 cr. Total: Rs 142.62 cr. India biz.”
This collection means that it has already become the highest opening weekend grosser with a day to spare. Yes, Sultan enjoys a 5 day weekend and so it will surely increase the margin, making it impossible for others to cross. His last release – Prem Ratan Dhan Payo also enjoyed a 4 day weekend and it had the highest weekend collection till now (Rs 129.77 crore). It was followed by Shah Rukh Khan’s Happy New Year – Rs 108.86 crore (3 day weekend) and Aamir Khan’s Dhoom 3 – Rs 107.61 (3 days weekend) in the highest opening weekend grossers list. But looks like Sultan has left them far behind in 4 days. When the figures comes 0ut tomorrow, there will be a huge gap between the first and second spots.
If you look at the four day collections als0, Sultan (Rs 142.62 crore) is way ahead of PRDP (Rs 129.77 crore), Dhoom 3 (Rs 129 crore) and Happy New Year (Rs 123.87 crore). We expect the film to touch the Rs 175 crore mark at the end of the biggest 5 day weekend ever!
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