The reviews and collection of the Salman Khan-starrer Race 3 tell two different stories. The multi-starrer film couldn’t manage to impress even the fans this time but the Box Office collections are as expected. On an opening day, Race 3 saw gigantic earnings of Rs 29.17 crore.

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Trade analyst and film critic Taran Adarsh took to Twitter and revealed the first-day collection. He wrote, “#Race3 records a GIGANTIC START, despite pre-Eid making a dent in its business… Emerges the BIGGEST OPENER of 2018 [so far]… Fri ₹ 29.17 cr. India biz… With #Eid festivities commencing today [Sat], #Race3 is expected to post MASSIVE NUMBERS”.

#Race3 records a GIGANTIC START, despite pre-Eid making a dent in its business… Emerges the BIGGEST OPENER of 2018 [so far]… Fri ₹ 29.17 cr. India biz… With #Eid festivities commencing today [Sat], #Race3 is expected to post MASSIVE NUMBERS.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) June 16, 2018

Race 3 has become the biggest opener of the year leaving behind Baaghi 2 and Padmaavat.

TOP 5 – 2018
Opening Day biz…
1. #Race3 ₹ 29.17 cr
2. #Baaghi2 ₹ 25.10 cr
3. #Padmaavat ₹ 19 cr
[Thu release; incl Wed previews ₹ 24 cr]
4. #VeereDiWedding ₹ 10.70 cr
5. #PadMan ₹ 10.26 cr
India biz.
[Hollywood films not included]

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) June 16, 2018

Reviewing the film in one word, Taran Adarsh wrote ‘disappointing’ and gave 2 stars to Race 3.

#OneWordReview…#Race3: DISAPPOINTING.
Rating: ⭐⭐
All that glitters is not gold… Remo D’souza misses the golden opportunity! pic.twitter.com/xTpbO3tyYH

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) June 15, 2018

Taran Adarsh also went on to share the records of Salman Khan’s previous year’s releases and Race 3 has surpassed most of the opening-day earnings.

Salman and #Eid – Opening Day biz…
2010: #Dabangg ₹ 14.50 cr
2011: #Bodyguard ₹ 21.60 cr
2012: #EkThaTiger ₹ 32.93 cr
2014: #Kick ₹ 26.40 cr
2015: #BajrangiBhaijaan ₹ 27.25 cr
2016: #Sultan ₹ 36.54 cr
2017: #Tubelight ₹ 21.15 cr
2018: #Race3 ₹ 29.17 cr
India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) June 16, 2018

Talking about the film in a group interview, Salman Khan said, “The only films I want to do as soon as possible are the ones which satisfy me. I want to do something which I instantly like. I take up films only if they instantly excite me. If something is narrated to me and I am like ‘I will tell you tomorrow’ or ‘I need some time to think’, it’s never happening.”

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“The only film I have done like that is Race 3. That too because I instantly loved the script, barring one or two points,” he added.

Race 3 also stars Anil Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez, Saqib Saleem, Daisy Shah and Freddy Daruwala and released worldwide on June 15.