★ Salman scores fifth big success in a row as 'Dabangg 2' creates havoc !

Joginder Tuteja, IndiaGlitz [Monday, December 24, 2012]



It is being said for long that Salman Khan is pretty much competing with himself as far as box office supremacy in Bollywood is concerned. This has been proven once again with Arbaaz Khan’s ‘Dabangg 2’ which, despite mixed reviews from critics, has hardly been affected.

The film has broken the weekend record created by ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ when it comes to the highest weekend collections ever.

‘Ek Tha Tiger’ had created a new record for first three days collections of 57 crores. Now ‘Dabangg 2’ has managed to rake in 65 crores. This is still in the top of the league as competition for the third and fourth best are far away.Salman has shown once again that in the current scenario, he is his own competition.

What is notable is the fact that ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ had released on Eid and carried a major advantage. Moreover, more than half of these record collections had come on its first day itself. On the other hand ‘Dabangg 2’ opened at around 20 crore mark and the collections remained around the same lines on Saturday before havoc was created on Sunday. Now it has to be seen that whether ‘Dabangg 2’ would eventually turn out to be Salman’s highest grosser.

‘Ek Tha Tiger’ had managed 190 crores for itself but first and foremost ‘Dabangg 2’ needs to cross 145 crores total of ‘Dabangg’, something which is quite feasible and should be possible within two weeks.

Whether that would turn out to be the case and when are all speculations but one thing is for sure that Salman has yet again managed to find audience for himself and in the process, a fifth straight success in a row after ‘Dabangg’, ‘Ready’, ‘Bodyguard’ and ‘Ek Tha Tiger’, hence consolidating his position as a Number One superstar in the country.

One has to credit Arbaaz Khan for delivering a successful film amidst major hype and expectations. As is the case with all major films, there are more detractors willing to pull you down and this was no different in case of Arbaaz and his film. However he stuck to his convictions and put together a film which was always going to be akin to walking a thin rope.

He has made a huge kick-start as a director and it would be interesting to see how he shapes his career from this point on. As for Sonakshi Sinha, she is riding a wave and now has third 100 crore biggie in the making after ‘Son of Sardaar’ and ‘Rowdy Rahore’ this year.

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