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Shah Rukh Khan-led actioner Jawan continues to surge and rule the domestic box office. The film once again picked up speed on its second weekend, after dominating the box office throughout its first week. On its second Saturday, Jawan box office collection was approximately Rs 31.50 crore, reported industry tracker Sacnilk. This brought#Jawan [#Tamil + #Telugu; Week 2] Fri 1 cr, Sat 2.20 cr. Total: ₹ 46.55 cr. the film’s net domestic collection to Rs 440.48 crore. Given its pace, it won’t be a surprise if the Atlee directorial touches the Rs 500 crore on Sunday.
Trade analyst Taran Adarsh wrote, “IT’S SRK VS SRK… ‘JAWAN’ VS ‘PATHAAN’… #Jawan is now chasing the record / lifetime biz set by #Pathaan… Biz on [second] Sat GROWS MULTIFOLD, all set to cross ₹ 400 cr TODAY [Sun]… ₹ 500 cr is very much within reach… [Week 2] Fri 18.10 cr, Sat 30.10 cr. Total: ₹ 396.18 cr. #Hindi. #India biz.”
⭐️ #Jawan: Day 11 [Sun]
⭐️ #Pathaan: Day 12
⭐️ #Gadar2: Day 12
⭐️ #Baahubali2 #Hindi: Day 15
⭐️ #KGF2 #Hindi: Day 23
#India biz. Nett BOC. #Hindi version only.”
Jawan got a 37.29% occupancy in the Hindi market, with maximum audience going for the night shows. The Tamil and Telugu occupancy was noted at 33.51% and 29.40% respectively. Film trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared the film’s collection at the national cinema chains till 9.45 pm on Saturday. He wrote on X, “#Jawan THE HURRICANE… Biz JUMPS on Sat… National chains… Week 2…Saturday at 9.45 pm…⭐️ #PVR + #INOX: 11.80 cr ⭐️ #Cinepolis: 3.10 cr ⭐️ Total: ₹ 14.90 cr 🔥🔥🔥.”
As per the production company, Red Chillies Entertainment, Jawan has earned Rs 797.5 crore worldwide and considering the pace at which the numbers are growing, it is expected to enter the Rs 1000 crore club in the coming week.
If Jawan reaches the Rs 500 crore mark, it would be the third film to achieve that feat this year, a never-seen-before phenomenon in the Hindi film industry. It started with Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan (Rs 543.05 crore) and continued with Sunny Deol’s Gadar 2 (Rs 517.28 crore). Besides these three, none of the Hindi films even crossed the Rs 400 crore mark. For the longest time, the highest-earning Bollywood film was Dangal which had earned Rs 387.38 crore.
Recently, at Jawan’s success meet, Atlee talked about the film’s budget. He shared, “I narrated the film on a Zoom call during COVID times. I know theatrical footfall was going down and people were not ready to greenlight even a Rs 30-40 crore film. I know because I am also a producer. But sir (Shah Rukh Khan) greenlighted a Rs 300 crore film when everyone was skeptical.” He said with a laugh, “But we didn’t finish at Rs 300 crore. We went more.”
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