Salman Khan's 'Race 3' beats 'Baaghi 2' to become the HIGHEST OPENING DAY film of 2018

Salman Khan’s ‘Race 3’ has finally hit the theaters. The film has received mixed reviews from critics as well as the audience, but Bhai fans have already declared it as a BLOCKBUSTER in all sense. The film had an occupancy of 50% to 55% on its first day with many theatres going houseful.

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The film has minted  29.17 crores on its first day making it Salman Khan’s 3rd highest opening film on Eid till date. Apart from this, the film has also become the highest opening day film of 2018 after beating Tiger Shroff and Disha Patani’s ‘Baaghi 2’ which had collected 25.10 crores. (Also Read: ‘Race 3’ becomes Salman Khan’s 3rd highest opening film at the box-office on Eid!)

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In the top 5 highest opening films of 2018 list, the 3rd position is grabbed by Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor’s ‘Padmaavat’ which went on to collect 19 crores. The 4th and the 5th position is taken by Kareena Kapoor Khan, Swara Bhasker, Shikha Talsania and Sonam Kapoor starrer ‘Veere Di Wedding’ and Akshay Kumar, Radhika Apte and Sonam Kapoor’s ‘Padman’, respectively.

‘Race 3’, an action-packed thriller, is jointly produced by Ramesh S. Taurani and Salman. The cast also includes Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Daisy Shah and Saqib Saleem in lead roles.

Will the film earn 100 crores in its first weekend? Let’s wait and watch!