Box Office: Shah Rukh Khan's 'Jawan' Emerges Biggest Bollywood Opener of All-Time

Mumbai, September 8 - Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan outshined himself as his latest blockbuster Jawan has emerged the biggest Bollywood opener of all-time, be it domestic or worldwide box office. The movie has beaten the previous record SRK's "Pathaan" which was released earlier this year.

The Atlee Kumar's directorial movie set the box office on fire on the first day with theaters reported houseful boards all over the country. In Hindi, the movie scored a gigantic 65.50 crores net on the opening day, which is an all-time record in Hindi, beating "Pathaan" (55 crores net).



The Tamil and Telugu version of the movie scored 9 crores net combined, and allied with the Hindi collection, "Jawan" scored 74.50 crores net (90 crores gross) opening day. It has also beaten "Pathaan" (57 crores net) record of the all-language biggest Bollywood opener.

"Jawan" was also running riot at the overseas box office and scored 39.60 crores gross on the opening day, pushing the total worldwide opening of the movie to 129.60 crores. This is the highest ever Bollywood start of all-time, beating "Pathaan" (105 crores).

Interestingly, "Jawan" and "Pathaan" are the only outright Bollywood movie to take 100+ crores worldwide opening and both the movies have released in 2023 and led by SRK on both occasions. The movie also emerged as the 4th biggest Indian opener of all-time, after "RRR", "Baahubali 2", "KGF: Chapter 2", and "Saaho".



Top Worldwide Opening of All Time for Indian Films -

1. RRR - 223 Cr

2. Baahubali 2 - 217 Cr



3. KGF 2 - 159 Cr

4. Saaho - 130 Cr

5. Jawan - Rs 129.60 Cr

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