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Shah Rukh Khan starrer Pathaan has made history at the box office. As per figures shared by SRK’s manager Pooja Dadlani, the film has made Rs 313 crore gross worldwide. The poster declares Pathaan’s collections as the ‘highest grossing opening weekend in the history of Indian cinema’.
The breakdown of numbers suggests that that the film made Rs 201 crore gross in the domestic market, with Rs 166 crore nett. The overseas collection stands at Rs 112 crore gross.
On the third day of its release, the film collected Rs 38 crore. After collecting Rs 73 crore on Republic Day, this drop was mainly because Friday was a working day. It is expected that the film’s collections will rise during the upcoming weekend.
Box Office India suggested that Pathaan might collect Rs 250 crore nett across domestic markets by the end of Sunday, since it gets to enjoy a 5-day extended weekend. If Pathaan manages to do so, it will be a milestone for Hindi cinema’s box office.
By the end of the second day, Pathaan already managed to cross the Rs 200 crore (gross) mark worldwide. YRF announced on Thursday evening that Pathaan had become the “only Hindi film to breach Rs 100 crore worldwide gross box office collection barrier on two consecutive days.” The numbers declared by the producers were Rs 219.6 crore worldwide.
Pathaan’s opening weekend has stunned the audience and the trade alike. Prior to this film, such impressive collections were seen by Yash starrer KGF 2 (Hindi) that managed to rake in Rs 193.99 crore during its 4-day opening weekend, as per Bollywood Hungama. Salman Khan starrer Sultan had an opening weekend of Rs 180.36 crore, followed by Siddharth Anand’s previous film War, which had a Rs 50 crore plus opening day, could only bring Rs 166.25 crore during its opening weekend.
Pathaan director Siddharth Anand spoke about creating box office history and said that one cannot plan it. He said in a statement, “Scripting history. Everyone wants it, but one can’t plan it. It just happens. And when it does, it’s actually a very humbling experience. I’m feeling incredibly overwhelmed right now and inspired to get back on the film set and try and create something really special for audiences again. That’s my state of mind,” Anand said in a statement.
He added, “For me, yes numbers do matter. It is a validation of all the hard work but filmmaking is also a team game. So, I share this incredible moment with the entire cast and crew of Pathaan.”
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