BEJING: As the official blackout period for import films is nearing completion in China, Salman Khan-starrer wrestling drama Sultan has been confirmed to release in the country on 31 August.
Sultan becomes the sixth Indian movie to release in China this year after Secret Superstar, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Hindi Medium, Baahubali 2 and Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, which winded up a decent $14.2 million (Rs 97.8 crore) final gross last month.
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Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and produced by Yash Raj Films, Sultan stars Anushka Sharma as the lead heroine.
The film marks Salman’s sophomore entry into the world’s second largest movie market after the Kabir Khan-directed Bajrangi Bhaijaan, which concluded its month-long run in April with an excellent $45.3 million (Rs 294 Cr) cumulative box office haul in the Middle Kingdom.
Sultan won the Best Action Movie award at the Shanghai International Film Festival last year and was the first Indian film to earn this honor.
Though Sultan will have a tough contender in Tom Cruise’s action thriller Mission: Impossible – Fallout, the sixth installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise, which is also releasing on 31 August.
While Salman missed visiting the Middle Kingdom during the release of Bajrangi Bhaijaan in March this year, Chinese distributors are now expecting the actor to promote Sultan, which will take Mission: Impossible – Fallout head-on at the ticket window on 31 Augst.
It must be noted that Aamir Khan’s whirlwind pre-release promotional tours in China are one of the key reasons for the success of his films and his rapidly increasing stardom in the world’s fastest-growing movie market.
