Pathaan box office collection: Shah Rukh Khan’s blockbuster hits Rs 1022 cr worldwide, Akshay Kumar’s Selfiee stalls at Rs 12.7 crore

Akshay is coming off four back-to-back theatrical flops in 2020, but each of those movies — Samrat Prithviraj, Raksha Bandhan, Ram Setu and Bachchhan Paandey — ultimately did better than Selfiee, which also stars Emraan Hashmi in a pivotal role. Akshay admitted in a recent interaction that he would have to go back to the drawing board as he chalks out the next phase of his career. In an interview with Aaj Tak, he claimed full responsibility for the failure of his films, and said, “The audience has changed, you need to change, you need to dismantle yourself. You have to start again because the audiences require to see something else.”

SRK, on the other hand, saw a much-needed career resurgence with Pathaan. The film is estimated to have made Rs 80 lakh on its 35th day in theatres. Pathaan, directed by Siddharth Anand, has made Rs 526 crore in India, and Rs 1022 crore globally. The film’s Hindi collections stand at Rs 508 crore. The film is on track to cross Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’s all-time record of Rs 511 crore in the Hindi language.

But it is now clear that Pathaan’s success didn’t mark a return to form for Bollywood as a whole, but just Shah Rukh. With both Shehzada and Selfiee bombing despite major star presence, it’s up to Ranbir Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor’s Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar to inject some energy into the box office on March 8.