Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan is off to a great start at the domestic box office. The first-day earnings of Pathaan are among the best ever, exceeding those of War (2019), which brought in 50 crore net, and KGF 2 (Hindi), which brought in 52 crore net. According to early estimates, the Hindi remake of Pathaan generated an astounding 50–51 crore net on its first day of domestic release.
Pathaan was published on Wednesday, the day before Republic Day in 2023, in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. The film’s production company is Yash Raj Films, and its director is Siddharth Anand.
According to a Box Office India report, “Pathaan has earned a phenomenal opening day at the box office, garnering a 50-51 crore nett collection in its Hindi version.” The action film, which also stars Deepika Padukone and John Abraham, has reportedly broken numerous non-holiday records. According to the publication, Bahubali: The Conclusion (in Hindi) had the best non-holiday opening before Pathaan. The director of the movie is SS Rajamouli. It happens in 2017.
On Wednesday, industry expert Taran Adarsh tweeted about Pathaan’s predicted first-day sales at major retailers. He asserts that the film earned more money through Wednesday night ($25.05 crore) than Hrithik Roshan’s War did during its first weekend in theatres ($19.67 crore). On Day 1 of Pathaan at National Chains, PVR made $11.40 billion, INOX $8.75 billion, and Cinepolis $4.90 billion, he tweeted at 8:15 p.m.Total: 25.05 crore. SUPERB. The whole-day statistics for Better than War ($19.67 crore), TOH ($18 crore), Thugs of Hindostan ($18 crore), and KGF ($22.15 crore) are available at multiplex chains.
Adarsh previously told PTI that Pathaan will revitalise Bollywood and usher in a fantastic 2023 for the film industry.He had forecast that Pathaan would have a historic opening day, bringing in between Rs. 45 and Rs. 50 crore before the film’s release. Given the rarity of its advance booking, Pathaan will kick off the box office resurgence. Despite the fact that it is a workday, 2023 is off to a great start.
On Thursday, market watcher Ramesh Bala tweeted about the movie’s first day’s worldwide box office revenues. “Pathaan has had an unprecedented global box office launch, earning over $100 crore,” he said. No. 1 debut in the UAE and Singapore In another tweet, he wrote, “Pathaan has crossed $1 million in the US by Wednesday afternoon.”
Even before it was released, the film Pathaan shattered records for incredible advance bookings. Pathaan had advance bookings starting on January 20. Due to an increase in demand, many theatre owners in India chose to show the movie early in the morning. In the middle of the Pathaan frenzy, there were also claims that demonstrations at Indore theatres had caused the morning showings of the film to be cancelled.
