Akshay Kumar has beaten Salman Khan in terms of TV premiere rating for their respective movies on Star Gold. Jolly LLB 2 has topped the list of highest TV ratings in 2017 so far, leaving behind movies like Sultan and Hrithik Roshan's Kaabil.
Akshay's Jolly LLB 2 has had a successful box office run, and so has Sultan. The Salman-starrer was much bigger hit than Jolly LLB 2 but the latter has beaten Sultan in terms of TV premiere rating.
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While Jolly LLB 2 got a TV rating of 3.83, Sultan secured the second slot with 3.32. Other movies that followed in the list are Dishoom (2.79), The Jungle Book (2.39) and Kaabil (2.37).
"Jolly LLB 2 has got overwhelming love from audiences who have seen it at the theatres and now from audiences who have watched the movie on TV. Fox Star Studios is incredibly proud that this high content film has found huge appreciation across audience segments from across the country," Fox Star Studios CEO, Vijay Singh is quoted as saying by Deccan Chronicle.
"The success of the satellite premiere also goes to show that India loves the character of the do-gooder lawyer Jolly and how the presence of a superstar like Akshay Kumar has made Jolly incredibly popular among the masses and hugely scaled up our homegrown franchise. Jolly LLB 2 is one of the most successful franchises that exist in Bollywood today, and it gives us a lot of confidence to build more stories that can be converted into successful franchises," he added.
Both Akshay and Salman have been having wonderful phase at the box office. The two stars have been giving back to back hits. Akshay has a number of upcoming projects including Toilet:Ek Prem Katha, Crack, 2.0 among others. Salman, on the other side, will next be seen in Tubelight and then in Tiger Zinda Hai.
