Salman Khan’s Bharat enjoys 5-day extended weekend; can it break Sultan’s record?

We revealed to you how Salman Khan’s Bharat has finally locked a release date. The movie is all set to release on June 5 (around Eid), which is Wednesday. According to that, Ali Abbas Zafar’s directorial will enjoy a 5-day extended weekend. And last time a Salman Khan film enjoyed such a benefit during Eid was with Sultan. The movie broke records left, right and centre. In fact, Sultan‘s opening weekend collection of Rs 180 crore which is still unbeaten. This makes us wonder if Bharat will also go on to break this record? To know that and more, we connected with our trade expert – Akshaye Rathi (exhibitor and distributor).

We asked Akshaye a blunt question, can Bharat break Sultan‘s opening weekend record? He revealed to us exclusively, “It certainly can. If you see the common factor between Sultan, Tiger Zinda Hai and Bharat, it is Ali Abbas Zafar, the director. He is a terrific director with phenomenal commercial sensibilities, a great sense of music as well as story-telling. So if Bharat is as good as Tiger Zinda Hai or Sultan, I am sure it can shatter all the records and do terrific business. No doubts about that at all.” What do you guys think? Share with us your thoughts in the comments section below!

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For those of you who don’t know, Bharat stars Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Disha Patani, Sunil Grover, Tabu and Jackie Shroff. The Ali Abbas Zafar directorial is an official adaptation of Korean film – Ode To My Father. It will be a heartwarming tale of a guy and his country (India) from his teens to his 70s. With the film set to release its trailer on April 24, stay tuned to CineBlitz as we get you more news, updates and gossip about Bharat right here.