Pathaan: After break, Shah Rukh Khan is ready to break records

Gross collections from India over Rs. 82 crore, set opening-day record for Hindi flick
Javed Farooqui (THE ECONOMIC TIMES; January 28, 2023)

Mumbai: Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Pathaan has garnered Rs. 219.60 crores in gross box collections globally in the first two days of its release, a new record for Hindi films, data provided by Yash Raj Films (YRF) on Friday showed.

The film produced by Aditya Chopra under the YRF banner posted gross collections of Rs. 113.64 crores on its second day on Thursday, breaking its own one-day collection record set on the opening day. The gross collections from India touched Rs. 82.94 crores on Thursday while the overseas collection stood at Rs. 30.70 crores.

On the opening day, the spy thriller that also features Deepika Padukone and John Abraham had earned Rs. 106 crores in gross global box office collections including Rs. 68.50 crore from India and Rs. 37.50 crores from international markets.

YRF chief executive Akshaye Widhani said Pathaan’s success is significant not just for the company, but also for the Hindi film industry at large. “As an industry, we are rejoicing today. This is the most important sentiment emerging out of Pathaan’s success,” he said. “All of us at Yash Raj Films are grateful for the incredibly humbling support from the media, audiences, and the industry towards Pathaan. It is this unanimous love for the film that has resulted in Pathaan shattering all existing records and creating new ones.”

Pathaan's net domestic box office collection from the Hindi and dubbed versions jumped to Rs. 127.5 crores in two days as the film broke its own record to collect Rs. 70.50 crores on the second day.

YRF said Pathaan has become the first Hindi film to breach the 70 crores net collection in a single day.
Earlier, Pathaan recorded the biggest ever opening day collection for a Hindi film with net earnings of Rs. 57 crores from the Hindi and dubbed versions. Pathaan is the third in the series of YRF Spyware Universe films after Ek Tha Tiger and War to set an opening-day box office record.

IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond said, “Pathaan delivered the biggest opening-day ever for an Indian film in IMAX and is another great indicator not only of the strength of Indian moviegoing, but of the huge demand for blockbuster Indian filmmaking around the world.”

INOX Leisure chief programming officer Rajender Singh Jyala said Pathaan’s performance on the first two days demonstrates that the extended weekend will be like a one-movie film festival celebrated across the country.