Hrithik breaks opening day record for fifth time

Breaking Day One Records - Hrithik Roshan Fifth Time With War

Friday 04 October 2019 11.45 IST Box Office India Trade Network

Hrithik Roshan broke the opening day record for the fifth time in his career with War while it was a first for Tiger Shroff. Hrithik Roshan has broken the opening day record five times in his career which is the same as Salman Khan who has also done it five times.

Shahrukh Khan has broken the opening day record six times and surprisngly Aamir Khan has also done it six times as you would expect Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan to be dominating. Today a lot depends on the date as no one is beating the record of War without a holiday but Hrithik Roshan has a good chance to surpass the recent stars with the correct dates and genre.

Tiger Shroff became the first one from the new generation to set an opening day with War. Below are the counts of big stars in the last three decades who have set opening day records. The list is set in the order they entered the Hindi film industry.

Sanjay Dutt

1. Kshatriya

2. Khalnayak

3. Agneepath

Sunny Deol

1. Narsimha

2. Kshatriya

3. Border

4. Indian

Aamir Khan

1. Mangal Pandey

2. Fanaa

3. Ghajini

4. 3 Idiots

5. Dhoom 3

6. Thugs Of Hindostan

Salman Khan

1. Karan Arjun

2. Dabangg

3. Bodyguard

4. Ek Tha Tiger

5. Prem Ratan Dhan Payo

Akshay Kumar

1. Singh Is Kinng

Ajay Devgn

1. Hindustan Ki Kasam

Shahrukh Khan

1. Karan Arjun

2. Trimurti

3. Koyla

4. Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

5. Main Hoon Na

6. Happy New Year

Hrithik Roshan

1. Mission Kashmir

2. Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

3. Krrish

4. Agneepath

5. War

Tiger Shroff

1. War

If we go further back and include legends and biggest stars of all time like Dharmendra, Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan then its eleven times for Dharmendra (including Tahelka and Kshatriya), four times for Rajesh Khanna and twelve times for Amitabh Bachchan (including Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan, Hindustan Ki Kasam and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham).