

Sultan (Rs 180.36 crore) also became Salman Khan's highest opening weekend grosser as it crossed the weekend collection of Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (Rs 129.77 crore) # Salman Khan's highest opening weekend grosser It has now set Rs 180.36 crore as the record to beat. Salman's film extended the margin between itself and PRDP on day 5. However, Sultan crossed this record in 4 days of its 5-day weekend.

Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (Rs 129.77 crore) held this record since last Diwali. It has now set the record at Rs 180.36 crore, which no one will probably manage to beat this year. Housefull 3 (Rs 53.31 crore) held this record earlier, however Sultan crossed it on day 2 itself. The Eid release is now the highest weekend grosser of 2016. # Highest opening weekend grosser of 2016 The earlier record was held by Bajrangi Bhaijaan, which crossed this figure in 7 days. Sultan crossed the Rs 175 crore before the end of day 5, making it the fastest film to touch this mark. This record was earlier held by Salman's last Eid release - Bajrangi Bhaijaan, which has crossed the mark at the end of day 5. Salman Khan's Eid release has now become the fastest film to touch the Rs 150 crore mark after crossing it at the beginning of day 5. This record was last held by Bajrangi Bhaijaan (Rs 150.95 crore). Sultan now has the highest 5-day collection after netting a massive figure of Rs 180.36 crore. Sultan (Rs 38.21 crore) beat the 5th day collection of Happy New Year (Rs 29 crore) to claim this record. It had collected Rs 142.62 crore in four days, which was higher than Dhoom 3's collection of Rs 128 crore. Sultan has the highest 4-day collection ever. Sultan also now has the highest day 4 collection ever as it collected Rs 37.10 crore as compared to Krrish 3's Rs 35.91 crore (the last record holder) The previous records were held by Bajrangi Bhaijaan (Rs 36.50 crore) and Happy New Year (Rs 31.60 crore) Sultan earned Rs 37.32 crore on day two, which is the highest day two collection ever. This is now the highest occupancy of 2016, after it beat Shah Rukh Khan’s Fan occupancy (75-80 per cent) and Akshay Kumar’s Airlift occupancy (above 50-60 per cent). While Ek Tha Tiger had managed to open very well at the box office, collecting Rs 32.92 crore on day one, Sultan has managed to easily cross it as it collected Rs 36.54 crore yesterday.Īs we mentioned the film opened to an occupancy of 80-90 per cent, which sustained throughout the day. We haven’t seen many films releasing mid week but both these films were big ones thanks to Eid. Salman Khan has two films now - Ek Tha Tiger and Sultan that have released on Wednesday. It has easily surpassed the likes of Chak De! India, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (Rs 9 crore approx) and Mary Kom (Rs 8.4 crore) Sultan’s Rs 36.54 crore collection on day one will also be the highest opening day collection for a sports based film.

# Highest opening day collection for a sports based films And as the film released, we came to know that it had collected more than Rs 18 crore (approx Rs 20 crore) which is more than what the advance booking collection of Kick or Bajrangi Bhaijaan, which held the highest collections till now. Sultan had started its advance booking three days before its release. The film had broken a record even before it released. Sultan became the highest opener for Anushka Sharma as it collected Rs 36.54 on day one, which was way higher than PK (Rs 26.63 crore) In fact, it is nearly double of what Shah Rukh Khan's Fan that collected Rs 19.20 crore. The film is now also the biggest opener of 2016 as it collects around Rs 36.54 crore on day one.
