With Kick, Salman Khan Flies High at Box Office
Salman Khan-starrer Kick, into its fifth week, is still ticking it box-office tally higher. Kick added Rs 25 lakh on Sunday, taking its total collection of Rs 232.67 crore at the domestic box office, according to Bollywood website koimoi.com.
Kick is expected to do a life-time business of over Rs 233 crore at the domestic box office, says the website. This makes Kick the biggest grosser this year and Salman Khan's biggest so far.
Kick's success makes Salman Khan the first Bollywood actor to have seven Rs 100 crore movies to his credit: Ek Tha Tiger, Dabangg 2, Bodyguard, Dabangg, Ready, and Jai Ho, trade analyst Taran Adarsh had said in a tweet.
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. With Kick, director Sajid Nadiadwala has also moved into record books. He has become the first director whose debut movie has grossed over Rs 200 crore.
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.
So far, Kick's worldwide gross collection stands at whopping Rs 377.03 crore at the box office, says Koimoi.com. Kick is now Bollywood's fourth-highest worldwide grosser at box-office, says Koimoi.com, behind 3 Idiots (Rs 395 crore), Chennai Express (Rs 422 crore) and Dhoom 3 (Rs 542 crore). (With Agency Inputs)
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