Sultan, cheated? Is YRF deliberately giving out low box office figures to dupe Salman Khan?

Salman Khan’s Sultan is all set to touch the Rs 300 crore mark (Rs 297 crore, at last count). However the collections given out by YRF are much lower than the ones reported by the trade. His fans are blaming producer Aditya Chopra. The star’s fans want to know why. They trended #YRFStopReducingSULTANFigures recently.

Our khabru explains the dodgy math, saying, “Their deal is such that if the film crosses the 300 figure Salman would get a big chunk of partnership. When Adi approached Salman for Sultan, the star was quite clear he wanted the same deal as Aamir Khan (for Dhoom:3) and Shah Rukh Khan (for Fan) got — a 80-20  profit-sharing ration. Adi had agreed because top stars like Aamir, SRK and Salman, rake in the big bucks. But showing lower figures means lesser profits for Salman. For Ek Tha Tiger, too, YRF stopped at the Rs 199.6 crore-mark when everyone in the trade knew it had crossed the Rs 200 cr-mark.’’