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Pathaan’s dream run at the box office continued on its third Saturday, as the Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, and John Abraham starrer easily crossed the Rs 450 crore mark. Pathaan grossed an estimated Rs 9.50 cr-10.50 cr in its Hindi version on its 18th day, a figure that most Bollywood films post-pandemic struggled to even open at.
Pinkvilla estimates that Pathaan’s domestic total, including all languages, is around Rs 473 crore, with the India gross total now at Rs 568 crore. Pathaan’s worldwide total is estimated to be around Rs 930 crore after Saturday’s collections.
The film’s Saturday collections were 70 percent more than its third Friday which was a little over Rs 5.50 cr. Pathaan is now aiming to break into the Rs 500 cr club, becoming the first Hindi original film to do so. It’ll then look to challenge the Hindi version collections of Baahubali: The Conclusion—the highest so far—at Rs 510.99 crore.
Pathaan is expected to cross Rs 950 crore worldwide by Sunday and post that will aim to break into the historic Rs 1000 crore club. While the film is likely to gain some more footing on Tuesday, Valentine’s Day, it’ll finally face competition at the box office next Friday with two big releases: Kartik Aaryan led Shehzada and Marvel’s Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania.
Pathaan is a much-needed breath of fresh air for the Hindi film industry, which had been stagnant following the pandemic in terms of box office figures. All of the major stars’ films (including Akshay Kumar and Aamir Khan) tanked at the box office. In fact, with the exception of a few films like Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 and Drishyam 2, nothing grossed a lot of money last year. However, with the arrival of the new year and the release of superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s comeback film Pathaan, the Hindi film box office has taken on new life.
Pathaan, directed by Siddharth Anand, with screenplay by Shridhar Raghavan and dialogues by Abbas Tyrewala, debuted to rave reviews on January 25. Pathaan, produced by Yash Raj Films, also stars Dimple Kapadia, Ashutosh Rana and superstar Salman Khan in a guest appearance.
Source:IE
