Salman Khan set for another Eid box office

Salman Khan’s film ‘Sultan’ has opened to mixed reviews but a very good box office opening.

With two more additional days at the Indian box office, the film directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and co-starring Anushka Sharma has shown the power of Khan during Eid.

We look back at how Salman Khan films have performed during Eid since 2009.

Eid 2009

Salman had his release – ‘Wanted’. The film came at a time when Salman’s career was not really doing well and the film co-starring Ayesha Jhulka and directed by south ace Prabhu Deva for producer Boney Kapoor became a superhit. The film collected Rs 61 crores at the domestic box office.

Eid 2010

Salman’s release during this Eid was his brother Arbaaz Khan’s production ‘Dabangg’. Directed by Anurag Kashyaps’ brother Abhinav and co-starring Arbaaz and Sonakshi Sinha, the film went on to be a box office juggernaut. Malaika Arora’s dance number ‘Munni Badnaam’ was a roaring success and applied zandu balm on all earlier flops of Salman as it collected Rs141 crores at the domestic box office.

Eid 2011

This Eid gave Salman the hat-trick of successes at the box office during the festival. The film ‘Bodyguard’ was not considered to be one of Salman’s best work. But the film which was a remake of a south Indian film co-starred Kareena Kapoor and went on to do Rs148 crores at the domestic box office, a few more than ‘Dabangg’ as well, which was a tad too surprising. But then this meant that Eid belonged to Salman.

Eid 2012

This was the year of the Tiger. Salman’s film ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ released to a roaring response. The combination of Yash Raj Films and Salman Khan with an added dose in the form of his ex-lover Katrina Kaif featuring in the film directed by Kabir Khan made it a potent combination. The film was indeed a huge success and the Tiger roared to a collection of Rs198 crores, falling short of the Rs200 crore club by a small margin at the domestic box office.

Eid 2014

Salman Khan gave Eid 2013 a miss and it allowed Shah Rukh Khan to release his film ‘Chennai Express’, which was a huge hit. But then Salman came back in 2014 with Sajid Nadiadwala’s debut feature as a director – ‘Kick’. The film went on to do Rs230 crores at the box office riding only on Salman Khan’s star power and heroine Jacqueline Fernandez also got her first look into the Rs200 crore club with Salman Khan.

Eid 2015

Eid 2015 saw the Salman Khan film ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, which reunited Kareena Kapoor with Salman Khan. Child actress Harshali Malhotra played a pivotal role in the film which saw Salman Khan working with Kabir Khan yet again and the box office results were there for all to see. The film broke into the Rs300 crore club and grossed Rs320 crores.