Box Office: When Sunny Deol Joined Salman Khan To Beat Shah Rukh Khan ( Photo Credit – YouTube )
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Sunny Deol is one of the finest actors of the industry, and the superstar made a box office comeback with Gadar 2 a few years ago! But do you know, this is not the first time that he rose like a phoenix! In fact, after his Darr fallout with Shah Rukh Khan, the Gadar actor waited to strike back strong, and he did!
1996 Box Office – The Opening Game & Jeet!
In the year 1996, our Ghayal actor ruled the opening game at the box office like a pro!While Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi was the biggest opener of the year with an opening day collection of 90 lakh, it was followed by Jeet, which registered an opening day collection of 82 lakh!
Sunny Deol VS Shah Rukh Khan!
Interestingly, in 1996, Shah Rukh Khan‘s biggest opening was registered by Chahat! The film opened with a net collection of 61 lakh at the box office! Sunny Deol, along with Salman Khan, registered almost 34% higher opening than Shah Rukh Khan with Jeet!
It was a box office-winning year for Sunny Deol since he claimed not one, not two, but three spots in the list of the top 10 opening films of that year with Jeet, Ghatak, and Ajay!The three films opened at 82 lakh, 80 lakh, and 70 lakh respectively! Interestingly, Jeet was the only Salman Khan film that stood tall that year!
Check out the top 10 highest-grossing films of 1996.
