Entertainment
Updated : Jul 28, 2014, 04:21 PM IST
Salman Khan's latest film Kick that released last Friday is the highest opening film of 2014. Despite releasing pre-Eid, the film collected Rs 26.40 crore on the opening day.
Directed by Sajid Nadiadwala, Kick also stars Jacqueline Fernandes, Randeep Hooda and Nawazuddin Siddiqui and released on 25 July in India as well as 42 other countries, with over 5,000 screens in India alone. On the other hand, Pakistan, which also has a huge Salman Khan fan base will release the film on Eid itself on 29 July as the makers want a massive release and have decided to let the Ramadan pass. The film is also the highest Salman Khan opener in USA-Canada.
Bollywood has always had a connection with festivals with many celebrities like Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan having released their films on Eid usually after the Ramadan. The box office collection is at its peak during the festival, fans would wait for the film and the theaters would be housefull for the initial days. Salman has released many superhit films on Eid like Ek Tha Tiger, Bodyguard, Dabangg, Wanted and others.
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Taran Adarsh has tweeted about the superhit Salman Khan films on Twitter.
Salman Khan ₹ 100 cr grossers: #EkThaTiger, #Dabangg2, #Bodyguard, #Dabangg, #Ready, #JaiHo and now #Kick [heading towards it]. 7 films!
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 28, 2014
#Kick has a SPECTACULAR weekend. Fri 26.50 cr, Sat 27.15 cr, Sun 30.18 cr. Total: ₹ 83.83 cr nett. India biz. REMARKABLE!
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 28, 2014
Some Bollywood celebs like Alia Bhatt, Siddharth Malhotra and Aditya Roy Kapoor too joined Salman for the screening of Kick.
the happy gang at the #kick screening!!! pic.twitter.com/Yi6NDIqJTC
— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) July 24, 2014
While other Bollywood stars tweeted about how entertaining the film is.
He doesnt need compliments.His strength is his integrity 2 himself.A superpower whos just being human.@BeingSalmanKhan Go get ur kick guys!
— Hrithik Roshan (@iHrithik) July 25, 2014
Saw the preview of Kick last night, Inshallah its gonna be Salman's biggest hit by a distance ! Take a bow Sajid Nadiadwala and team. Superb
— Arbaaz Khan (@arbaazSkhan) July 24, 2014
Meanwhile, Nargis has tweeted about the fan craze in the theaters.
KICK released& i have a lot of really excited fans I just got this clip of sum1 dancing to my Song in CHANDAN CINEMA https://t.co/mVbPhvnGwK
— Nargis (@NargisFakhri) July 26, 2014
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