★ 5 films prove that Salman is the real Box Office king !

Salman Khan started the worldwide 100 crore club with 'Hum Aapke Hain Kaun..!'. It was the first Bollywood film to cross 1 billion worldwide. After that, time and again the star has created many records on the Box-Office through his charismatic appeal. Years later, the star again mesmerized movie goers with 'Dabangg'. For those who celebrate the pleasure of mainstream masala movie lore, 'Dabangg' was the greatest getaway of the season. The movie earned huge moolah not only in India but also worldwide with a total sum of Rs 215 crore! Not bad.


The romantic comedy of Salman and Asin in 'Ready' made the film the second highest opening-day grosser, as well as the second highest weekend grossing Bollywood film, after 'Dabangg'. In India, 'Ready' opened to an overwhelming response at the Box Office and packed cinema halls with single screens reporting nearly 95%–100% occupancy, while multiplexes reported 60% to 100% occupancy. The film collected 130 million rupees on its first day of business, thus becoming the second highest opening-day grosser across India after 'Dabangg'. 'Ready' also held the record for the eighth highest grossing Bollywood film ever made domestically.


Salman Khan’s 'Bodyguard' had inculcated all the vital elements for the crowds milling, cheering and growing nearly hysterical in this trademark Salman film. This essentially means a high-on-testosterone Salman, a pelvic-pushing Salman, a devil-may-care Salman, a can-do-anything Salman, a human tornado Salman, a goofy-in-love Salman, and yes, above all, a shirtless Salman. As a result, the film opened to a phenomenal response at the domestic Box Office and packed cinema halls, "witnessing 100% occupancy across shows". The film netted a total of 25 million US dollar in India at the end of its run.


'Ek Tha Tiger' was more evolved and entertaining with Salman'isms'. His unbelievable stunts make you believe that Bollywood's answer to Spider Man, Superman and Batman; is Sal 'man'. His eponymous secret agent avatar scours the world in search of enemies of the nation and dispatches them to the devil without breaking into a sweat! The film opened to extremely strong Box Office collections and Box Office India declared it a "Blockbuster. It was the most successful of Yash Raj Films' releases and became the third highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time. The last Katrina-Salman romance thriller earned Rs 310 crore world over.


'Dabangg 2' sees Salman Khan reprising his role as Chulbul Pandey, a police officer in Uttar Pradesh who styles himself after Robin Hood, robbing from the bad guys to help the needy. If the success of the movie has confounded the critics, they can agree on one thing: 'Dabangg 2' is Salman Khan and Salman Khan is 'Dabangg 2'. The success of the movie again cemented Salman’s Box Office power and helped it to earn Rs 250 crore worldwide.

TOI