Shah Rukh Khan's 'Pathaan' Scripts Historic Opening Day

Mumbai, January 26 - King Khan returns with Bang!

Yash Raj Films' spy action thriller Pathaan starring superstar Shah Rukh Khan has shattered all the box office records for a Bollywood film and created history. Siddharth Anand's directorial scored a mammoth 57 crores net, including 55 crores in Hindi alone on the first day.



Also starring John Abraham and Deepika Padukone, "Pathaan" scored the biggest-ever opening day not for just the Bollywood but also for a Hindi language film. It has outshined "KGF 2" (53.95 Cr) to emerge as the biggest Hindi opener. "War" was the previous record holder for Bollywood with 51.60 crores net.

"Pathaan" has also emerged as the first 50+ crores starter for Shah Rukh Khan as well as John Abraham and Deepika Padukone while it is the second 50+ crore opener for director Siddharth Anand after "War". "Pathaan" is also the biggest Bollywood opener in the true sense for all languages with a domestic gross collection of approx. 68 crores, beating "Thugs of Hindostan" which gross approx. 67 crores.

After the historic first day, "Pathaan" is heading towards delivering the first ever 60+ crores day for Bollywood as it is trending better on the second day than the opening day due to the national holiday of Republic Day. It will become the first Bollywood film to reach 100 crores net in two days.



Top 5 Biggest Opening For Bollywood/Hindi Language (Net Collection) -

1. Pathaan - 55 Cr.

2. KGF 2 - 53.95 Cr.



3. War - 51.60 Cr.

4. Thugs Of Hindostan - 50.75 Cr.

5. Happy New Year - 42.62 Cr.

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