Pathaan Preview: Everything You Need To Know About Shah Rukh Khan's Big Release
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PATHAAN set the box office on fire again on Friday with another huge collection as it collected 37.50 crore nett which is a 45% drop from the previous day which was national holiday. There is not much to say as the film beats all expectations and every collections just surpasses every expectation.

The three day business of the film is an insane 160-161 crore nett in Hindi and needless to say it is an ALL TIME RECORD as it beats KGF - CHAPTER 2 (Hindi) and BAAHUBALI 2: THE CONCLUSION (Hindi) with the best original Hindi film SANJU at 119 crore nett.

This sort of drop coming after the holiday is pretty crazy as even a 55% drop would have been very good. The Friday has set up the film for excellent collections over Saturday and Sunday. The UP and Bihar areas which sometimes are less for Shah Rukh Khan films are going mad and these sort of numbers have basically never been seen before and only god knows where these will be on Sunday. The film is in the zone of that traditional North Indian film of the bygone era (which actually has to come back) and the collections in mass pockets of UP and Bihar reflect that. Delhi NCR is always strong for SRK and this coupled with mass content for UP the Delhi/UP circuit is just insane.

We have just seen a year or so when we have to try and find collections and here it becomes about sorting out collections and that pretty much sums up the mind boggling numbers of the film and there will be more to come.

The three day collections of PATHAAN (Hindi) are as follows.
Wednesday - 55,00,00,000 apprx
Thursday - 68,00,00,000 apprx
Friday - 37,50,00,000 apprx
TOTAL 1,60,50,00,000 apprx
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PATHAAN is heading to be the biggest Indian film ever Worldwide in original format or in a single language as overseas sees collections that have simply not been seen ever before. Films get dubbed and then there is the Far East where films are adjusted and dubbed/subtitled to the needs of those markets but it is limited to the odd film here or there.

But PATHAAN in its original format is looking to go where no film Indian film has ever gone with that original film. DANGAL is the biggest this way with 702 crore gross worldwide while if we take single language than BAAHUBALI 2: THE CONCLUSION (Hindi) did 800 crore. But going by the overseas numbers and just take a minimum 400 crore nett in India which PATHAAN will cruise to it will surpass the numbers of the S S Rajamouli-directorial. 

The overseas numbers went mad on Friday as it picked up around $5.50 million as per early estimates. This takes the film to $14 million (116 crore) in just three days. It is easily clearing $20 million in the first five days alone and maybe just in four days. The worldwide numbers for PATHAAN (Hindi) are somewhere around the 300 crore mark in 3 days with Saturday and Sunday to come. The collections pouring in across the world are just UNBELIEVABLE. PATHAAN is BOX OFFICE HISTORY in the making and lets see where this story ends.
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PATHAAN (Hindi) recorded a record breaking 160 crore nett over its first three days smashing KGF - CHAPTER 2 by a huge 20 crore nett and the best original Hindi film SANJU by 40 crore nett. The film has simply taken the box office to a new level.

The film was always expected to do well and bring hope to the film industry but what it has done is beyond all expectations and bought more than hope as it can be seen the Hindi film industry can excel hugely in the future with the right films. The weekend records have fallen across the board and will continue to do for some time. The industry has not seen such a BLOCKBUSTER for sometime as the bigger grossers came from South but PATHAAN should change that.

Surprisingly it is the only Shah Rukh Khan film in the top ten weekend grossers but that will also change now as the superstar works in films more often where superstardom meets genre rather than just depending on superstardom.

The top ten opening weekends for films in Hindi language are as follows.
1. Pathaan (Hindi) - 1,60,50,00,000
2. KGF - Chapter 2 (Hindi) - 1,40,45,00,000
3. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (Hindi)  - 1,27,28,00,000
4. Sanju - 1,19,33,00,000
5. Tiger Zinda Hai - 1,14,91,00,000
6. Sultan - 1,05,55,00,000
7. Dangal (Hindi) - 1,04,53,00,000
8. Brahmastra (Hindi)  -  1,02,54,00,000
9. Bajrangi Bhaijaan - 1,01,42,00,000
10. Race 3 - 1,00,64,00,000