Eid Releases and Their Box Office Collections

Yes, another Salman Khan starrer is in this list. This multi-starrer sequel may have been criticised by the audience and the critics, but it didn't stop it from becoming one of the highest grossers of 2018. With bizarre dialogues and negative reviews, Race 3 somehow managed to bag 303 crores at the box office. This shows nothing but the power of Salman Bhai!

Tubelight is a story of an odd yet special man who believes that faith can make changes happen. Starring the siblings Salman Khan and Sohail Khan, Tubelight is set in the backdrops of Sino-Indian war. The film, being Salman's obvious Eid release, earned 211. 14 crores at the ticket window.

A sports drama film revolving around wrestling had Bhai Salman Khan and Anushka Sharma in leads. Like every year, Salman ruled the box office around Eid. Sultan opened to a huge crowd and earned a whopping sum of 623.3 crores and even raked a decent number of awards.

Salman Khan and director Kabir Khan were back again in this emotional saga where Salman played a Hanuman devotee who takes a mute Pakistani child back to her parents in Pakistan. The film was an instant blockbuster and earned a whopping 320 crore in India alone making it Salman’s highest grosser to date.

Producer Sajid Nadiadwala turned director with this Salman Khan starrer which was an official remake of Telugu superstar Ravi Teja’s runaway hit ‘Kick’. This action film got the pairing of Salman Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez for the first time and earned about 230 crore at the box office.

After a long time 2013 Eid didn’t see a Salman Khan release, so it was the Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone starrer directed by Rohit Shetty which got released during the festive season. ‘Chennai Express’ raked in about 227 crore in box office collections.

The first time combo of Salman, Kabir Khan and Yash Raj Films opened to massive crowds and entered the 100-crore club in no time. Though the romantic action film opened to mixed reviews but the makers had the last laugh as it went on to earn nearly 200 crore at the box office.

The official remake of Malayalam director Siddiqui’s hit film of the same name, ‘Bodyguard’ established Salman as the undisputed king of the box-office. With Kareena Kapoor for company, the film was then recorded as the highest opening day grosser of all times which again later was toppled by Salman.

Actor Arbaaz Khan turned producer with this cop flick which had elder brother Salman playing the large-hearted cop - Chulbul Pandey, and Sonakshi Sinha making her screen debut. The second success Eid release of Salman which earned big at the cash counters.

Choreographer Prabhu Deva’s Bollywood directorial debut hit the bulls-eye at the box-office and got Salman Khan and producer Boney Kapoor back into business. The official remake of the Telugu hit ‘Pokiri’, ‘Wanted’ marked the beginning of Salman Khan’s golden run at the box-office.

The official remake of the 1993 Malayalam film, ‘Manichitrathazhu’, this Akshay Kumar horror-comedy released on 12th October started slow but picked up later to become a qualified hit. Though the stakes have increased since then but those days a 25-crore-earner was considered a big hit.