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'Pathaan': Badshah brings Bollywood back in business
Updated On: 28 January, 2023 07:29 AM IST | Mumbai | Hiren Kotwani
SRK’s Pathaan becomes fastest Hindi film to cross Rs 100-crore mark as it earns Rs 123 cr in two days; trade cheers superstar for industry’s revival
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He has stayed true to his word. In the trailer, Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan had promised fireworks. Sure enough, three days into the film’s release, it’s all fireworks at the box office. Director Siddharth Anand’s espionage thriller, which released in 5,500 screens across India, earned Rs 55 crore on the opening day, registering the highest first-day opening for a Hindi film. On the second day, it only got better. Pathaan earned a whopping Rs 68 crore, to take the two-day tally to Rs 123 crore, thus becoming the fastest Hindi film to cross the Rs 100-crore mark.
Considering Khan was returning to the big screen after over four years, most expected the spy thriller to make waves at the box office. But trade analyst Taran Adarsh says that the “humongous” figures have surpassed expectations. “No Hindi film has done such business on a single day. Shah Rukh and great word-of-mouth have proved to be a fantastic combination. Salman Khan [in a pivotal part] was the sone pe suhaaga,” he says. The film, also starring Deepika Padukone and John Abraham, has the advantage of a long weekend. Adarsh adds, “Pathaan will cross the lifetime domestic collections of SRK’s Chennai Express [about Rs 225 crore] in five days.”
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