Bollywood's box-office hit machine Salman Khan has shown his stamina yet again. The actor's latest Eid release, Sultan, shattered all the box-office records in 2016 and has earned nearly Rs 36.54 Crore all India nett on its opening day.
However, Sultan still failed to break the record set by none other than Tollywood's pride, Baahubali, which released exactly a year ago in 2015. Baahubali's all India opening day nett was 42.16 Crore, including all the dubbing versions.
Leave alone Baahubali, Sultan didn't even surpass Salman's last year's Diwali release Prem Ratan Dhan Payo's day 1 nett of Rs 40.35 Crore and also missed Shah Rukh Khan's Happy New Year's 37 Crore by a whisker.
Meanwhile, several other trade analysts are predicting that the movie could also pull off a rare feat by becoming the fastest Rs 200 Crore film. As the film has opened to unanimous positive reviews all over and given that it has a 5-day opening weekend, with Thursday being Eid, trade analysts are predicting that Sultan could surely collect Rs 300 Crore plus.
And there are also chances of the film collecting Rs 400 Crore in India alone, a record never seen or heard before. Will Sultan beat Baahubali and Bajrangi Bhaijaan's final worldwide gross in its full run? A lot depends on how the film will sustain in the weekdays.