PATHAAN almost doubled up on its third Saturday as it went into double digits again with a 10 crore nett plus day to cruise past the 450 crore nett mark. The film showed growth of around 90-95% on Saturday and this was across the board with mass circuits also doubling up.

This takes the film to 454 crore nett and there will be another big number on Sunday but then numbers will come down to lower levels. There should be a good boost on Valentines Day and then it comes down to the fourth Friday for that 500 crore nett benchmark. The benchmark does look there for the film but so far it has racked up the numbers without any competition and from Friday the flow of new releases start.

These type of films are very frontloaded but PATHAAN has sustained collections superbly well till date. The collections could have been better in some circuits but that is more to with the lower initial collections in some pockets rather than the holds. 

The collections of PATHAAN (Hindi) till date are as follows.

Friday - 13,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 22,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 27,50,00,000 apprx

Monday - 8,00,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 7,25,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 6,50,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 5,75,00,000 apprx

Friday - 5,50,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 10,75,00,000 apprx

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PATHAAN (Hindi) is on the brink of another benchmark as it has collected 897 crore worldwide in 18 days and has probably crossed 900 crore before this piece will go up. There is still more to come and this is going to be a huge benchmark for any film to achieve as its very difficult to hit the sort of levels that PATHAAN has reached in both India and Overseas. Its a not festive Eid or Christmas release. So, there can be some upside there but the content has to come on the right date for that to work out. Also for overseas, it will probably have to be a Shah Rukh Khan starrer.

The film is on the verge hitting the £4 million mark in United Kingdom and will close the third weekend around the £3.9 million mark. It is breathtaking HISTORY in this market as no one would have thought this could happen when £1 million is a BLOCKBUSTER number outside Eid and Christmas. Hopefully this helps the market for other Hindi films as well and is not just a one off.

The other astounding number will be Gulf where the film stands at over $12.6 million and should finish at a crazy $13.5-14 million. The worldwide numbers are not just far higher than any Hindi film but miles higher than any other film from India in its original format.

The collections of PATHAAN worldwide are as follows.

India - 546 crore (454.25 nett)

Overseas - 351 crore ($42.75 million)

TOTAL (18 Days) - 897 crore (ALL TIME RECORD) (Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, 802 cr, Dangal - 702 cr)

The worldwide numbers in all formats will be around the 915 crore plus mark and this is well off record levels but that is because PATHAAN is mainly for the core Hindi film markets and this genre made for Hindi audiences will not travel like a DANGAL.