New Delhi: Salman Khan has made a grand comeback with his Eid release Sikandar. The film released on Sunday (March 30) in theatres. On its first Monday of release, which coincided with Eid, the film minted Rs 29 crore for all languages. The film raked in Rs 26 crore on its opening day, taking the total to Rs 55 crore at the domestic box office.
As per Sacnilk, the film registered footfalls of 26.70 percent in afternoon shows, followed by 30.18 % in evening shows and 33.12% in night shows. Sikandar had an overall 24.60% Hindi occupancy on Monday, as per Sacnilk.
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Allu Arjun's Pushpa 2, which released in December 2024, emerged as one of the biggest blockbusters of recent time. Salman Khan's Sikandar lagged far behind the opening collections of Pushpa 2. The Hindi version of Pushpa 2 alone minted Rs 67 crore while Salman Khan's film was at Rs 26 crore on its opening day.
Salman Khan's Eid release opened to average reviews. Film critic Saibal Chatterjee gave the film two out of 5 stars and wrote, "The bloated actioner, which alternates between Rajkot and Mumbai, also aspires to be Salman Khan's version of Jawan. It opens too many fronts for its own good and ends up fluffing its lines.
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