Salman's 'Bodyguard' rakes in $1.4 mn in North America

Salman Khan's latest Bollywood blockbuster 'Bodyguard' has scored a gigantic opening in North America, raking in an astounding $1.4 million over its six-day debut period.

In less than one week, the Reliance Entertainment release has already surpassed the entire lifetime gross of his recent blockbuster hit 'Dabangg' and has beaten the combined totals for his films 'Ready' and 'Wanted'.

Playing in 88 theatres across the US and Canada, the weekend collection for 'Bodyguard' included $863,531 over the Friday-to-Sunday period and $1,051,132 across the Friday-to-Monday Labour Day holiday period.
Since opening on Aug 31, the action-romance has collected $1,361,790 and is expected to break the $2 million barrier in its second week.

The film's per-theatre average of $11,945 was by far the highest for any film in the North American Top 20 over the weekend.

Salman 'Bodyguard' creates history

Sallu mania is on! It's a hatrick for Salman and how. The 'Dabangg' Khan has proved that he is a phenomenon when it comes to opening day collections and only he can beat his own set record. The earth shattering response to the opening day collections of 'Bodyguard' proves the mettle of Bollywood gold mine Salman Khan.

Shattering all previous records, 'Bodyguard' on its opening day gave a mind-blowing figure of 21 crores net - highest ever in the history of Bollywood!

Salman's last EID release Dabangg scored 14 crores breaking '3 Idiots' record of 13 crores.

The lethal combination of Salman and Eid has set an all time record this time the collections from different territories from India are as follows -

Mumbai - Rs 7 crore

Delhi/UP - Rs 4 crore

Nizam/Mysore - Rs 2.30 crores

CP/CI - Rs 2.20 crore

Punjab - Rs 1.90

Bengal - Rs 1.30crore

Rajasthan - Rs 1. crore

Rest - Rs 1.30 crore