First day collection of Bharat: Salman Khan’s undisputed reign at the box office continues! The Dabanngg Khan returned to his reserved Eid slot on Wednesday with his movie Bharat and the film had a smashing opening. It has opened to great numbers as crowd flocked to movie theatres to watch Bhai unleash his larger than life persona and cinematic magic. Salman Khan’s Bharat has collected a whopping Rs 42.30 crore in India. Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh in his tweet on Thursday revealed the box office numbers for Bharat. He said that Salman Khan’s fever ‘Salmania’ has gripped the nation. “Bharat storms the Box office and proves yet again Salman Khan is the biggest crowd puller,” he added.


Taran Adarsh also tweeted that with Bharat Salman Khan has got his biggest Eid opening. Bharat’s opening is much higher than that of Sultan and Ek Tha Tiger.

Bharat has also got highest day one box office collection for any Bollywood Hindi release, much higher than Kalank, Kesari and Gully Boy. Taran Adarsh tweeted: Top 5 Day 1 business, 2019 releases – 1. Bharat ₹ 42.30 crore (Wed), 2. Kalank ₹ 21.60 crore (Wed), 3. Kesari ₹ 21.06 crore (Thu), 4. GullyBoy ₹ 19.40 crore (Thu) and 5. Total Dhamaal ₹ 16.50 crore (Fri). Note: HINDI films. India biz.

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But the movie failed to beat Avengers Endgames which collected over Rs 50 crore on its opening day alone. The hollywood movie crossed Rs 100-crore-mark just the second day of its release and earned Rs 260.40 crore at the end of first week.

Bharat opened to mixed reviews at box office with critics across the board giving it average and above average ratings. Taran Adarsh in his one word review called the film ‘SMASH-HIT’ and gave four star rating. “An emotional journey that wins you over, Salman is the lifeline. He’s exceptional. Katrina excels. Ali Abbas Zafar blends humour plus emotions wonderfully. Slight trimming needed. Get ready for Salmania,” he said.

Indian Express’ Shubhra Gupta said that Bharat is “more a miss than hit” and gave the movie two and a half stars. Besides Salman Khan, Bharat stars Katrina Kaif, Sunil Grover, Jackie Shroff, Sonali Kulkarni, Disha Patani and Satish Kaushik in important roles. The movie directed by Ali Abbas Zafar hit the screen on Eid, 5th June.