Bharat 1st Day Box Office Collection, Becomes the Highest Opener of Salman Khan!

Superstar Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif starrer highly-awaited Bharat has finally hit the theatres and expectedly getting an overwhelmed response from the audience worldwide. Despite Eid festivities & India Vs South Africa cricket match, it has taken a massive start at the box office.

As per mostly reviews, Salman Khan starrer has lived up to the expectations while some have found it disappointing. With its emotional & humorous storyline, it has got succeed to entertain many critics as well as the audience and gathered a positive word of mouth.

On Wednesday, Bharat took a fantastic start with an occupancy of around 65% in the morning and successfully attained the desired pace post noon shows. At a superb note, it has registered the higher-than-expected opening business of 42.30 crores nett from 4700 screens at the domestic box office.

With this, Reel Life Productions, T-Series & Salman Khan Films’ presentation has emerged as the highest opener of Salman’s career & the 3rd best of all time in Hindi cinema after Thugs Of Hindostan (52.25 crores) & Happy New Year (44.97 crores). As per the current trend, Bharat is positively expected to join the 100-crore club within 3 days of release.

Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, Bharat is an adaptation of South Korean melodrama Ode To My Father. The film traces the post-independence history of India from the perspective of a common man named Bharat and follows his life from the age of 8 to 70. It also stars Jackie Shroff, Tabu, Disha Patani, Sunil Grover & Nora Fatehi.