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Shah Rukh Khan’s latest film Pathaan, directed by Siddharth Anand, reintroduced much-needed masala to Bollywood. Since its January 25 release, the spy thriller has been breaking records. After a staggering opening of Rs 57 crore, the film earned Rs 70 crore on its second day, Rs 39 crore on its third day, and picked up again over the weekend with Rs 53 crore, according to early estimates (Sunday). Pathaan’s box office collection in India has surpassed Rs 280 crore over the extended weekend; its total collection will set records. Pathaan is also the fastest film in history to cross the Rs 200 crore club beating KGF 2 and Baahubali 2’s Hindi version, which crossed the mark on their day fifth and sixth, respectively.
Pathaan had already broken records with its Rs 57 crore opening day, which is India’s highest single day, and it now has the highest opening weekend as well. The film is now attempting to break Dangal’s record of Rs 387 crore as the highest grossing Hindi film of all time. Pathaan is smashing ticket counters not only in India, but also internationally, with the film earning a whopping Rs 429 crore in only four days of release. Pathaan’s worldwide gross collection will be in the range of Rs 550 crore after Sunday’s collections, according to trade analyst Ramesh Bala.
“#Pathaan 5 days WW Gross expected to be in the range of ₹ 550 Crs..” he tweeted on Monday morning.
Earlier, trade analyst Taran Adarsh gave a sense of how Pathaan is creating new box office records. “Pathaan is REWRITING HISTORY…
⭐️ Hits HALF-CENTURY [₹ 50 cr+], third time in four days. NEW RECORD. ⭐️ Will cross *lifetime biz* of #SRK’s highest grosser #ChennaiExpress today [Day 5]. ‘PATHAAN’ NEW MILESTONE: FASTEST TO HIT ₹ 250 CR… AGAIN OVERTAKES ‘KGF2’, ‘BAAHUBALI 2’, ‘DANGAL’…
⭐️ #Pathaan: Will cross ₹ 250 cr today [Day 5] ⭐️ #KGF2 #Hindi: Day 7 ⭐️ #Baahubali2 #Hindi: Day 8 ⭐️ #Dangal: Day 10 ⭐️ #Sanju: Day 10
⭐️ #TigerZindaHai: Day 10 #India biz,” he wrote in a series of tweets.
Pathaan also broke into the top five grossing films in North America. Pathaan finished fifth with $5.9 million from only 695 screens.
Pathaan’s numbers are a source of joy and relief for Shah Rukh Khan, who has returned to the big screen after a four-year absence. His previous films, Zero, Fan, and Jab Harry Met Sejal, did not fare well at the box office. It’s also good news for Bollywood, which had only a few hits last year, with only a few crossing the Rs 200 crore mark.
In a moment of gratitude, Shah Rukh Khan waved to a sea of fans, who waited outside his house, Mannat. He shared the video on his Twitter account and wrote, “Mehmaan Nawaazi Pathaan ke ghar par… Thank u all my Mehmaans for making my Sunday so full of love. Grateful. Happy. Loved.”
Pathaan also features Deepika Padukone and John Abraham. Salman Khan appears in a cameo as his character from the Tiger films, as YRF’s shared universe of spy movies begins to take shape.
Source:IE
