New Delhi: Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan are two undisputed kings of the Indian film industry.
The superstars, who share a hot and cold history of fights and friendship with each other over the years, have given the industry a number of iconic timeless movies in the last two decades.
Their Box office success also tells the story of their success as both superstars’ movies have achieved financial feats that many can’t even imagine.
From Bajrangi Bhaijan to Sultan to Dilwale to Chennai Express to Tiger Zinda hai, the super-successful Khans made the number of 200 and 300 crores look ordinary when it comes to their films.
Pathan’s success sets benchmark for Tiger 3
Coming to 2023, we all saw how Shahrukh Khan Pathan wreaked havoc at the box office earlier this year.
The movie, which also marked SRK’s comeback at the box office after a long gap of 4 years shattered every record it could to became not just the highest-grossing Hindi movie of the year, but also the biggest movie of Mega Star Shah Rukh Khan in terms of box office collection.
In just a matter of days, SRK’S Magnum Opus effortlessly surpassed the domestic box office collection of several blockbusters including Bahubali 2, KGF 2 and Tiger Zinda Hai to become the highest-grossing movie in India of all time.
Later by the end of February, the mega movie also became the first Hindi movie of the year to enter the super prestigious 1000 crore club.
Speaking of Pathan’s success, many factors including SRK and Deepika’s on-screen chemistry, intriguing plot, solid action scenes, Salman Khan’s energetic cameo and most importantly, King Khan’s timeless charisma contributed to making Pathan one of the biggest Hindi movies of all time which will also be remembered for reviving the Bollywood film industry by ending its year-long struggle to produce super hit movies since the end of the Pandemic.
With Pathan’s box office collection standing tall at ₹1,050.3 crore, SRK has already set a challenging benchmark for the spy universe’s upcoming heavyweight Tiger 3 and now, Salman fans are eagerly hoping for their superstar to be the next man to achieve the same feat at the box office as Shah Rukh did with Pathan.
Why Tiger can be the next Pathan?
There is a saying that it takes a monster to defeat another monster and it is an undisputed fact that no one in Bollywood has the star power to counter SRK’s stardom and fan following except Salman Khan.
Even if we keep the Spy verse thing aside, Tiger as a franchise enjoys a humongous fan following in itself thanks to Salman Khan’s unmatched swag.
Additionally, what makes the fans expect Tiger 3 to stand face to face with Pathan is the fact that both movies are from the same spy verse and hence, interlinked with one another.
Lastly, Salman’s on-screen presence with Katrina Kaif in the Tiger series is nothing less when compared to SRK’s magical chemistry with Deepika in Pathan as both the pairs have given some super hit movies in the recent past.
Deepika has been a secret to Shah Rukh’s box office success and has shared the screen with him in many of his super hit movies including Om Shanti Om, Chennai Express, Happy New Year and Pathan. Likewise, Katrina’s presence alongside Salman Khan is equally loved by the audience and has always guaranteed a box that offers success to the megastar.
Ek tha tiger, Bharat and Tiger Zinda Hai are some of the most successful movies featuring Katrina and Salman with each other.
Conclusion
For all the aforementioned reasons, one can expect Salman’s Tiger 3 to walk in Pathan’s footsteps and wreak such mayhem at the box office that makes the moviegoers clap, cheer and applauded for the ultimate Bhaijaan in the same way they did for Bollywood’s King Khan.
However, to know if it actually happens or not, we all have no choice except to wait for Tiger’s arrival this Diwali.
More on Tiger 3
Tiger 3 is the next big thing from YRF’s spy verse that will mark Salman Khan’s comeback as RAW agent Tiger.
The movie will not only feature Katrina Kaif once again as the lead actress in her iconic character of Zoya but also will see King Khan’s special cameo as Pathan.
The Mengun opus is now all set for its grand release around the festival of Diwali on 10 November and is expected to make some impressive collections at the box office.