It was mentioned in this column
last week that it was just a matter of time when Kick enters
the 200 crore club. Well, that has now been assured, what with the film
extending its run during the second weekend as well and bringing on over 33.70 crore at the box office. The movie has now
made a total business of 197.7 crores at the Box Office in India.
The film has
four more days all for itself before Akshay Kumar’s Entertainment takes over a large count of screens.
However till then it would be all about Salman Khan ruling the show and finding
good audience for himself. He has anyways fetched quite a few records, what
with an entry in the 200 crore club, that will be done post today’s
collections. Of course, he now has bigger milestones to cross with his next Eid
release Bajrangi Bhaijaan which brings him back with Ek Tha Tiger director Kabir Khan.
Sajid Nadiadwala is now the only debutant filmmaker in
this super-exclusive club. What makes the film special is the fact that his
production house Nadiadwala Grandson has now generated 400
crore business
already, what with Kick (~220 crore expected), 2 States (102
crore), Heropanti (50 crore) and Highway (25
crore) keeping the cash registers ringing. A record!