The first installment of Salman Khan's
Dabangg went on to break box office
records. And on a similar note, Dabangg 2
too has kicked off on a celebratory mode.
The film has already raked in an
impressive figure of around Rs 49.5 crore
in the opening weekend, beating the
record of 3 Idiots that was at Rs 38 crore.
A source says, "It was Salman's first
release in many years on a non-holiday
(Eid or Christmas) and it collected around
Rs 20 crore on the opening day itself. The
film however did see a drop in its second
day collection with Rs 17 crores."
Trade analysts also point out that despite
the on-going T20 series, the film collected
Rs 24 crore on Sunday, making its first
three day-collection Rs 61 crore. This beat
Salman's previous film Ek Tha Tiger (Rs 57
crore after three days) hands down.
Nagpur-based exhibitor and distributor
Akshaye Rathi says, "Anything that Salman
touches these days becomes gold! For a
non-holiday period, the film has taken a
phenomenal opening (the biggest-ever by
a big margin, Rowdy Rathore stood at Rs
15 crore) and is going steady on Monday
too! With no serious opposition coming
its way till January 11, the film is poised
to become a huge blockbuster."
Trade pandit Amod Mehra says, "It has
surely been a very good weekend and it is
bound to make merry money on
Christmas day. But the trade expected
slightly better collection, given that the
film has 3,500 screens. And given the
length of the film, there are more shows
in single screens too. But now the bigger
challenge for Dabangg 2 will be to break
Ek Tha Tiger's record."
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