LAHORE – Bollywood superstar Salman Khan Race 3 has set a new opening daybox office collection record in Pakistan despite being released a weekafter the Eid festival holidays.

According to the Box Office Details website, *Race 3* did a business of Rs2.25 crore approximately on its opening day on Saturday beating *AvengersInfinity War*link>andthe top Pakistani release, *7 Din Mohabbat Kay*.

The film, directed by Remo D’Souza,link>releasedeight days late in Pakistan after the government imposed a ban on thescreening of Indian films two days before and one week after the Eidholiday period.

The ban was imposed so that four big banner Pakistani films and othersmaller regional language releases on Eid do good business withoutcompetition from Bollywood movies.

Three of the four big banner films were not well received while the MahiraKhan starrer *7 Din **Mohabat** Kay* had a respectable business, raking inRs 8.65 crore approximately from its release on Eid day (June 16) to thisFriday (June 22).

Eid holidays were celebrated in Pakistan from June 15 to 18.

Javed Sheikh’s *Wajood*, another big star release on Eid, also managed atotal collection of just 2.55 crore in a week’s time.

The Mahira Khan-starrer had collected just Rs 1.5 crore on its opening daydespite the ban on Bollywood releases.

The website said *Race 3* collections were the best for any Hindi filmreleased this year in Pakistan, making it the third biggest single-daycollection for any Hindi film and the highest for 2018.

The film minted Rs 2.62 crore by Saturday after it started screening with afew midnight shows at some cineplexes in Karachi and Lahore on Friday.

The website said *Race 3* had made the collections despite having lessershows than *Avengers* at some cineplexes.