‘Kick’ becomes top Bollywood hit of the year

LONDON: Producer-director Sajid Nadiadwala’s “Kick,” starring Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, has emerged as Bollywood’s highest grossing film of the year, reported variety.com.
The recently-released movie enjoyed an estimated $13.9 million opening weekend in India, placing the film 6th in the list of all time openers, which is still led by Vijay Krishna Acharya’s Aamir Khan starrer “Dhoom 3” that dominated the Christmas 2013 frame with $17.8 million.
Buoyed by the Eid holidays, “Kick” added a mighty $7.2 million to its India box office.
Internationally, the film collected some $5.5 million, including more than $1 million each from the US and UK and $1.6 million in the UAE. The film’s worldwide 5 day total of $26.6 million takes it past Bollywood’s top 2014 grosser, A.R. Murugadoss’ “Holiday: A Solder is Never off Duty”, starring Akshay Kumar, that took in $22 million.
The movie is about a young man perennially in search of an adrenaline rush, is a remake of Surender Reddy’s 2009 Telugu-language film of the same name, starring Ravi Teja.
“Dhoom 3” also remains Bollywood’s all time grosser with $88 million.