Fact-O-Meter: Did You Know? Hate Story 3 Is Ahead Of Salman Khan’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan In 2015’s Box Office Record Books

The year of 2015 was a glorious one for Salman Khan. He delivered one 300 crores grosser and one 200 crores with Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Prem Ratan Dhan Payo. Just imagine, 500 crores plus business got attached to his name. His Bajrangi was even the highest grosser of that year.

Bajrangi Bhaijaan opened with a very good number of 27.25 crores and made 185 crores approx in the first week itself. The film ended its lifetime at 320.34 crores in India. Now, you may be wondering that despite so many big box office achievements under the belt, how it’s even possible that Hate Story 3 (53.50 crores) could defeat Salman’s monstrous hit? Well, here’s all you need to know.

Karan Singh Grover, Sharman Joshi, Zareen Khan and Daisy Shah starrer Hate Story 3 was made on a budget of 13.20 crores. It did a business of 53.50 crores, thus making an ROI (Return On Investment) of 40.30 crores. It summed up a profit of 305%. The film surpassed Bajrangi Bhaijaan’s 256% profit in the list. Surprisingly, the erotic thriller was the second most profitable film of 2015.