What’s more, Bajrangi set Khan a new overseas benchmark with $8M in debut grosses. Scoring an eighth film grossing more than 100 crore ($15.7M) at the box office gave him the most Hindi-language movies over that level of any actor in history (he made it nine later in the year with PRDP see below). When it bowed last July amid the court tumult, Bajrangi, a family-friendly story of a man trying to bring a young, mute girl back to her home in Pakistan, logged the best opening frame ever for Khan and the third-biggest weekend ever for Bollywood at the time. Khan’s box office appeal is so important to the local industry that shares in Bajrangi distributor Eros slid 7% when the actor was found guilty in a years-old hit-and-run case last May. There’s also plenty of romance, music and action in the mix. Check it out above.Ī classic underdog tale, Sultan centers on Sultan Ali Khan, a wrestler who must defeat the odds stacked against him to make a stunning comeback. The last official YouTube trailer with English subtitles has been seen nearly 23M times since late May. Whether it reaches the heights of last year’s Eid smash Bajrangi is a question mark, but it’s expected to be one of the international weekend’s top grossers - and has records in its sights.ĭirected by Ali Abbas Zafar, Sultan also stars Anushka Sharma and Randeep Hooda. on July 7 with pre-shows starting Wednesday night. From Yash Raj Films, it goes out in the U.S. Sultan begins day-and-date rollout July 6, in India, Australia, Germany, the UK and more. Salman and SRK previously were due to go head-to-head this Eid, but the latter’s Raees ultimately opted to move to January 2017. In 2013, he stepped off the date, which led to rival/pal Shah Rukh Khan stepping in with then-record-breaker Chennai Express. Hitting the lucrative Eid holiday, Khan again stakes out calendar space that has led to such mega-hits as Bajrangi, Kick and Ek Tha Tiger. His underdog wrestling drama Sultan is due for release this week in about 50 worldwide markets including India and the U.S. While Khan has been absent from screens thus far in 2016, that’s about to change. One of Bollywood’s leading icons, Salman Khan, led the 2015 Indian box office with the double whammy of Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, which made a combined 530-plus crore ($80 million).
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