Dabangg 3 box office day 1 collection: Salman Khan film makes Rs 24.50 crore, hit by social unrest

Dabangg 3 box office day 1 collection: As per a report, Salman Khan’s film has made Rs 24.50 crores. It seems to have been hit by prevailing law and order issue across the country.

Dabangg 3, starring Salman Khan, has collected Rs 24.50 crores on day one, according trade analyst Taran Adarsh. He also said that the collection would have been higher had there been no protests.

Salman Khan in Dabangg 3.

Tweeting about it, he said, “#Dabangg3 Fri ₹ 24.5 cr. #India biz. Note: ALL VERSIONS.” In an earlier tweet, he had written: “#Dabangg3 hits ₹ 20 cr+ on Day 1 thanks largely to #SalmanKhan’s star power... Day 1 biz would’ve easily been much, much higher had it not been for the protests... Resultantly, biz kept fluctuating throughout the day... A substantial sum was lost due to this reason...”

Compiling the opening figures of Salman’s films from 2010 to 2019, he said, “#SalmanKhan versus #SalmanKhan... *Day 1* biz... 2010 to 2019... 2010: #Veer ₹ 7 cr, 2010: #Dabangg ₹ 14.50 cr, 2011: #Ready ₹ 13.15 cr, 2011: #Bodyguard ₹ 21.60 cr 2012: #EkThaTiger ₹ 32.93 cr, 2012: #Dabangg2 ₹ 21.10 cr, 2013: #JaiHo ₹ 17.75 cr, 2014: #Kick ₹ 26.40 cr contd.”

He continued, “2015: #BajrangiBhaijaan ₹ 27.25 cr, 2015: #PRDP ₹ 40.35 cr, 2016: #Sultan ₹ 36.54 cr, 2017: #Tubelight ₹ 21.15 cr, 2017: #TZH ₹ 34.10 cr, 2018: #Race3 ₹ 29.17 cr, 2019: #Bharat ₹ 42.30 cr, 2019: #Dabangg3 ₹ 24.50 cr #India biz.”

Dabangg 3 is the third instalment in the Dabangg franchise, produced by Arbaaz Khan and tells the story of a fearless cop named Chulbul Pandey, who is known for his unconventional ways.

Chulbul had initially been envisioned as a negative character and the film was supposed to be a dark one. Speaking about it, Salman had said in a group interview, “It was a very dark film, small film to be made under Rs 2 crore. At that point of time, it had Randeep Hooda and Arbaaz. So Arbaaz said he has been approached for this and it’s a good one so just hear it.

“Then six-eight months passed before I finally heard it. I think UTV was supposed to do it. I liked the feel of the film but Chulbul was out and out negative.”

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