Salman Khan recorded his 14th career bumper opening with Bharat. A bumper opening is when a film records high occupancy over a wide release across all regions. These openings are normally coming on the holidays today though films like Bahubali - The Conclusion and Avengers - Endgame show it can be done outside holidays. Outright Hindi films like Sanju and Tiger Zinda Hai also managed to do outside holidays. 

 

 

Salman Khan is second to Shahrukh Khan who 16 bumper openings. These are the only two leading stars today who have over 10 bumper openings. Actors like Amitabh Bachchan and Sunny Deol also have over ten but are not leading stars of the day. Aamir Khan has nine bumper openings. 

 

 

The Eid factor has pushed the film no doubt as if it was a normal day it would have been tough for this film to start at the level of a Tiger Zinda Hai but on the holiday there is a bigger crowd out there which propels collections

 

 

The fourteen films of Salman Khan to take a bumper opening are as follows.

 

1. Saajan (1991)

 

 

2. Karan Arjun (1995)

 

 

3. Jeet (1996)

 

 

4. Biwi No.1 (1999)

 

 

5. Hum Saath Saath Hain (1999)

 

 

6. Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge (2000)

 

 

7. Partner (2006) 

 

 

8. Dabangg (2010) 

 

 

9. Bodyguard (2011)

 

 

10. Ek Tha Tiger (2012) - Holiday

 

 

11. Prem Ratan Dhan Payo  (2015) - Holiday

 

 

12. Sultan (2016) - Holiday

 

 

13. Tiger Zinda Hai (2017)

 

 

14. Bharat (2018) - Holiday

 

 

The list for Aamir Khan can be seen here