‘Pathaan’ has minted a whopping Rs 106 Crore (gross), globally, on the opening day of its release.

Shah Rukh Khan, the Bollywood superstar, still has it. King Khan’s allure hasn’t dimmed despite the five-year sabbatical. SRK has knocked it out of the park with ‘Pathaan,’ his triumphant return to the big screen. The highly anticipated Film grossed a stunning Rs 106 crore (gross) on its first day.

Yash Raj Films (YRF) resorted to social media to reveal the latest collection reports. With a strong first day, the film achieved the “largest opening day in Hindi cinema history.”

YRF reported ‘Pathaan’ has established many new marks, including the “widest Hindi release of all time in India” and “highest earning opening day for a non-holiday release”.

According to film trade analyst and critic Ramesh Bala, ‘Pathaan’ had the largest opening day for a Hindi film in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Australia, the United Arab Emirates, the Gulf Cooperation Council, Germany, Sweden, Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States, Finland, and Nepal.

Bala further stated that ‘Pathaan’ has reached the Rs 235 crore (gross) mark on its second day at the international Box Office. The markers have yet to make a formal declaration about it.

‘Pathaan’ opened to a crowded house on Wednesday (January 25) in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu.

The producers were betting on Khan’s star power in India and internationally, as well as the prolonged Republic Day weekend, which paid out.

Back home, the film grossed Rs 55 crore (nett) on its first day, making it the highest-grossing Hindi film on Day 1.

According to cinema trade expert Sumit Kadel, the dubbed versions in Telugu and Tamil brought in an extra Rs 2 crore, bringing the total domestic collection to Rs 57 crore (nett).

According to Taran Adarsh, a cinema trade expert, ‘Pathaan’ exceeded the record set by the Hindi-version of Kannada actor Yash’s ‘KGF: Chapter 2,’ which earned Rs 53.95 crore on Day 1.

The SRK-starrer also outperforms Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff’s ‘War,’ which grossed Rs 51.60 crore on its opening day, making it YRF’s highest-grossing Hindi film.

Furthermore, the spy thriller’s first-day gross collection is the ‘biggest ever’ in Khan’s career, as well as for co-stars John Abraham and Deepika Padukone, director Siddharth Anand, and YRF.

The film, which has attracted boycott demands due to the song “Besharam Rang,” marks SRK’s comeback to the big screen after his 2018 feature “Zero” failed to wow audiences at the box office.

With its record-breaking opening day, industry insiders believe this film will help Bollywood recover from a pandemic hangover and a succession of box-office flops.

According to film trade expert Rohit Jaiswal, the film will touch Rs 400 crore at the box office in its second week, breaking the mark established by ‘KGF 2’. (Hindi).

The film premiered in over 5,000 theatres across the country, including major cities such as Delhi and Mumbai.

The film portrays a spy who returns from exile to prevent terrorist outfit Outfit X from planning a crippling strike on India.

Following Salman Khan’s ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ (2012), ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’ (2017), and ‘War,’ ‘Pathaan’ is the fourth film in producer Aditya Chopra’s grandiose espionage universe (2019).

Salman also appears in ‘Pathaan’ as another spy, Tiger.

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