Salman Khan's Kick on Overdrive At Box Office
Salman Khan-starrer Kick is on track to be one of the biggest Bollywood hits. Kick's first-week collection at the domestic box office has been pegged at over Rs 155 crore, according to boxofficeindia.com, which said that it grossed Rs 14 crore on Thursday. Kick has already bagged the title of biggest grosser so far of 2014.
The other Rs 100 crore grossers of 2014 so far have been Jai Ho, 2 States, Holiday and Ek Villain, trade analyst Taran Adarsh said in a tweet.
Kick's collection in overseas markets has also been on an overdrive. Kick till Wednesday pulled in over Rs 36 crore, on the back of strong performance in the UAE and the UK, Mr Adarsh said in a separate tweet.
Kick's success makes Salman Khan the first Bollywood actor to have seven Rs 100 crore movies to his credit, according to Mr Adarsh: Ek Tha Tiger, Dabangg 2, Bodyguard, Dabangg, Ready, and Jai Ho.
Also, starring Jacqueline Fernandez, Randeep Hooda, and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Kick was released across 5,000 screens in India and as well as 42 other countries.
Kick also marks the directorial debut of Sajid Nadiadwala. Kick is a remake of the hit 2009 Telegu film of the same name and the screenplay for the Hindi version was adapted by Chetan Bhagat and Sajid Nadiadwala, who's also the director-producer of the movie. The film has been released under the Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment banner. (With Agency Inputs)
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