═» SULTAN «═ Salman Khan - Anushka - Ali Abbas Zafar - Excellent !Crosses 300Cr NETT !!!

In Gwalior, Never Seen Before Almost 60% Tickets Are Already Booked.. It'll Be a HISTORY Making Film 4 Sure #SULTANInTheatresTomorrow

 

Sultan will be aiming to become the first film to cross the 40 crore nett on day one. Last year Prem Ratan Dhan Payo which created an opening day record just failed to hit the 40 crore nett mark. It was four years back that the 30 crore nett barrier was broken by Ek Tha Tiger so its been sometime and a few films have come in the last 3 years were expected to go over 40 crore nett but all failed to do so. There is potential for the film to break the present record by a margin and that would be a real achievement rather than edging past. An insane 45 crore nett can't be ruled out.



The possibility for Sultan go over 40 crore than past releases is higher as Prem Ratan Dhan Payo was so close and with that little extra in ticket prices it should easily help it get there. More than should it really has to get there as its an initial film and the expectations from the industry are huge and it would be very tough to meet these without a record opening day. .



The film has many positives with main being Salman Khan who is at the peak of his career and this coupled with an extended holiday weekend falling perfectly it should mean all initial records broken. The genre has universal appeal and the theatrical and music saw a good response. The director has also done very well with two commercial ventures which probably never had the correct casting for the type of films they were but nevertheless managed pretty good numbers. This time the cast is there with a traditional Hindi film story telling style. This is the reason most Hindi films today can be written off to get big numbers which is not the case here. Obviously the content has to compliment the story telling to achieve the desired results but content can only be judged after release.



There are really no negatives for the film barring probably the Haryanvi language which can come in the way when a film is really chasing huge numbers as areas like Nizam / Andhra and Gujarat / Saurashtra have always under performed when Haryanvi is used or the main character is using the language. For a normal film this hardly matters but when its record numbers being chased there can't be under performing areas especially not big areas like Gujarat. Even in recent history, a Tanu Weds Manu Returns could not really collect in Gujarat despite being a runaway hit. This should not affect initially as star power should overcome it but could become a factor in the long run



The other negative is an external one which does not really affect the film but today has to be carried by every big film. The 300 and 400 crore numbers are flashed around and this thing of the next one should break the previous records is not easy as a film still has a lot of work to do even if all initials record are broken.

 

Craze for #Sultan is UNPARALLELED... Advance booking at all-India multiplex chains BEYOND EXTRAORDINARY... UNHEARD of shows at every screen.

 

Insane! # Sultan - Cinepolis Seasons Mall, Pune is playing 55 Shows per day. That's the crazzzze!!!!

 

Amazing how Salman's presence has set the cash registers ringing, across the country, every centre, small or big #SULTANInTheatresTomorrow

 

Salman Khan returns to a festive weekend that he created and has dominated for the last 6 out of 7 years. The only exception was 2013, when the megastar didn’t have a release.

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 out 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 film to collect Rs 30 crore or more on a single day.

The actor didn’t have a release in 2013, he returned with ‘Kick’ in 2014 with a debutant director and not so popular heroine (back then) – the film was a blockbuster.

2015 was witness to ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, a film that opened well at the box office and went on to become the 2nd highest grosser of all time and only the 2nd film to collect more than 300 crore at the domestic box office. The film also became Salman’s first major success in the overseas market during this decade. It even managed to beat the ‘first phase release’ record of ‘PK’.

With his latest release ‘Sultan’, Salman will be looking to continue his unmatched record of Eid blockbusters and also trying to achieve a few records that have eluded him in the past – which is, the highest grosser of all time, a record that he’s come very close to, but failed to beat (Ek Tha Tiger and Bajrangi Bhaijaan).

Interestingly, all his Eid films have outgrossed the collections of his previous releases during the same weekend. If Sultan has to continue the trend, then it has to collect more than Bajrangi Bhaijaan last year.

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 - Weekend Advance Booking Smashes All Advance Booking Records!!!!
@_PVRCinemas + #INOX + #CINEPOLIS have sold 400,000+ tickets.

 

#Sultan releasing worldwide -July 6 for EID. 66 screens in TN. Awesome advance booking at @SPIcinemas - 15270 tickets sold till 3 pm today.