As Shah Rukh Khan starrer Pathaan was released worldwide yesterday, the film has created wonders at the Indian Box Office, numbers below,
Shah Rukh Khan starrer Siddharth Anand's Pathaan, due to blockbuster word of mouth, has scored great at the worldwide box office. The estimates are as below,
Pathaan has grossed over 100 crores at the worldwide box office just on it's first day. The film has collected over 55+ crores in India and has become the Highest opening Bollywood film on a non-holiday ever. These analytics reports that it is the pure stardom and an entertaining film is all that Bollywood fans were craving for in the post covid era and when it is served, it is being celebrated whole-heartedly by the fans.
About the statistics:
To get you a closer look on the numbers above, here are some stats you should definitely not miss,
Pathaan with it's glorious opening has beaten previous best openings of Hindi and Hindi dubbed films too
Currently the best openings of Hindi language films(net),
1. Pathaan (55+ crores)
2. KGF Chapter 2(Hindi) (53.9 crores)
3. War (51.6 crores)
If your question is, why is this film's box office so important for Bollywood? Here is your answer,
In 2022, The best openings for a Bollywood film (not Hindi dubbed) are as listed below,
1. Brahmastra (31.2 crores)
2. Drishyam 2 (Hindi) (15.38 crores)
3. Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 (14.11 crores)
In 2021, the list of best openings is,
1. Sooryavanshi (26.3 crores)
2. 83 The film (12.6 crores)
3. Antim (5 crores)
If you see the same list in pre covid era, you would be shocked surely, So here we go,
In 2019,
1. War (51.6 crores)
2. Bharat (42.3 crores)
3. Mission Mangal (29.1 crores)
In 2018,
1. Thugs of Hindostan (50.75 crores)
2. Sanju (34.75 crores)
3. Race 3 (29.1 crores)
As you see the list above, in 2021 and 2022 there is only one movie which took 30+ crores opening and in 2018 and 2019 there are 4 movies which took 30+ crores and 2 movies which took 50+ crores opening. Even big star movies like Laal Singh Chaddha, Vikram Vedha could not give 20+ crores opening in 2022.
But in 2023, it looks like Bollywood will gain back it's lost glory as the first Bollywood film of the year grossed over 55 crores at the Indian box office. Yet there is an hope that there will be more upcoming Bollywood movies this year which would gross well in India.
More about Pathaan:
Pathaan is a Hindi film starring Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, John Abraham, Dimple Kapadia in prominent roles. The film is directed by Siddharth Anand and produced by Adithya Chopra under the banner of Yash Raj Films.