Box Office: Salman Khan’s Sultan becomes Highest Opening Day grosser of 2016

Yash Raj Film's Sultan starring Salman Khan and Anushka Sharma that released on July 6 opened to a thunderous response. The film which generated immense hype and has been one of the most keenly awaited releases of 2016 has managed to post stunning opening day box- office figures.

In this box office report, we take a look at the Opening Day collections of Sultan while comparing them to that of previously released films of 2016. Not surprisingly, Sultan has taken the top slot as the Highest Opening Day grosser of 2016 collecting Rs. 36.54 cr at the box-office. In fact Sultan has managed to overtake the previously released Shah Rukh Khan starrer Fan that collected Rs. 19.2 cr by a massive margin, while the multi starrer Housefull 3 takes the third spot with collections of Rs. 15.21 cr.

Rank	Movie Name	Release	Opening Day (INR Cr.)
1	Sultan	06-Jul-16	36.54
2	Fan	15-Apr-16	19.2
3	House Full 3	03-Jun-16	15.21
4	Airlift	22-Jan-16	12.35
5	Baaghi	29-Apr-16	11.94
6	Udta Punjab	17-Jun-16	10.05