With his most recent movie, Pathaan, which was helmed by Siddharth Anand, Shah Rukh Khan restored the much-needed spice to Bollywood. Since its January 25 debut, the spy-thriller has been breaking records. Following a startling opening of Rs 57 crore, the movie made Rs 70 crore on its second day, Rs 39 crore on its third day, and then resumed its upward trend over the weekend with Rs 53 crore before earning Rs 60 crore on its fifth day (Sunday).
Over the course of the extended weekend, Pathaan’s box office receipts in India alone had surpassed Rs 275 crore (nett). Pathaan beat out KGF 2 and the Hindi version of Baahubali 2, which reached the milestone on their fifth and sixth days, respectively, to become the fastest movie in history to gross 200 crore rupees.
With a record-breaking Rs 57 crore opening day in India and a record-breaking opening weekend, Pathaan has already smashed numerous records. The movie is currently aiming to surpass Dangal’s Rs 387 cr record as the highest-grossing Hindi movie of all time.
Pathaan is not only breaking box office records domestically, but also globally, with the movie earning an astounding Rs 542 crore in just five days of release.
