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Early estimates suggest ‘Pathaan’ grossed $4.5 million on Wednesday. According to boxofficeindia, opening day sales worldwide were over 100 crore nett and ‘Pathaan’ also marks the first century worldwide with a total of Rs 100-110 worldwide. Collection in North America will soon pass the $1.5 million mark. The Gulf market is expected to contribute more than $1 million to the film’s total, and ‘Pathaan’ is likely to become the highest-grossing Hindi film in the Gulf post-pandemic. just two days after release. Shah Rukh Khan has established his supremacy with this major release. The film broke the opening day records of Hrithik Roshan’s ‘War’ (Rs 50 crore) and Yash’s ‘KGF: 2’ Hindi (Rs 52 crore). On its first weekend, ‘Pathaan’ is expected to earn a record number!
Directed by Sidharth Anand, ‘Pathaan’ also stars Deepika Padukone and John Abraham in the lead roles. The film was released in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu on January 25th. As it is Republic Day holiday, the ‘Pathaan’ collection is expected to increase sharply.
Speaking of reuniting with Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika said, “Wow, that’s always been unbelievable. I think what I feel for him, I don’t think I’ll be able to put into words. For me, my relationship with him is a feeling, it’s an emotion and it’s just so much love and it’s unconditional. I think we’ve been very fortunate to have had the opportunity to work on some incredible films starting with Om Shanti Om. I started my career with him. And we had the opportunity to make different kinds of movies together. And to actually see both of us in this space was very exciting for me and I’m sure it was for him too.
