Pathaan, starring Shah Rukh Khan, earned approximately Rs 130 crore in its first two days, and early reports indicate that the film earned Rs 35-36 crore on its third day, according to Box Office India. This decrease in figures was most likely due to Friday being a working day. The film’s box office is expected to rise during the upcoming weekend. With such strong performance in the first three days, the film’s three-day total is expected to be around 160 crore net.
The publication also suggested that Pathaan might collect Rs 250 crore nett across domestic markets by the end of Sunday, since it gets to enjoy a 5-day extended weekend. If Pathaan manages to do so, it will be a milestone for Hindi cinema’s box office.
Pathaan had already surpassed the Rs 200 crore (gross) mark by the end of the second day. Pathaan became the “only Hindi film to breach the Rs 100 crore worldwide gross box office collection barrier on two consecutive days,” YRF announced on Thursday evening. The producers declared a total of Rs 219.6 crore worldwide.
Pathaan’s opening weekend has stunned the audience and the trade alike. Prior to this film, such impressive collections were seen by Yash starrer KGF 2 (Hindi) that managed to rake in Rs 193.99 crore during its 4-day opening weekend, as per Bollywood Hungama. Salman Khan starrer Sultan had an opening weekend of Rs 180.36 crore, followed by Siddharth Anand’s previous film War, which had a Rs 50 crore plus opening day, could only bring Rs 166.25 crore during its opening weekend.