Shah Rukh Khan starrer 'Dunki' is going steady at the box office. On day 18, on its third Sunday, the film, surprisingly, witnessed a jump in its collections as it earned Rs 4.25 crore (across all languages), as per early estimates, according to a Sacnilk report. In total, the Rajkumar Hirani directorial has amassed Rs 216.57 crore at the Indian box office. On Day 16, on Friday, it minted Rs 2.25 crore and on its third Saturday, Day 17, it collected Rs 3.6 crore. It had an overall 18.73% Hindi occupancy on Sunday, January 7.
According to Red Chillies Entertainment, 'Dunki's worldwide box office collection now stands at Rs 436.40 crore, making it Shah Rukh Khan’s third-highest earner ever. It has surpassed the box office record of SRK's 'Chennai Express', which collected Rs 424.54 crore globally.
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'Dunki' is Shah Rukh Khan's third consecutive hit in 2023 after the blockbusters 'Pathaan' and 'Jawan'.
This film marks Shah Rukh Khan and Rajkumar Hirani's maiden collaboration. It has received mixed reviews from critics and audiences. 'Dunki' is based on the illegal immigration. Shah Rukh Khan played Hardayal Singh Dhillon, aka Hardy, Taapsee Pannu played Manu Randhawa, Vicky Kaushal portrayed Sukhi and Boman Irani was seen as Geetu Gulati. The film also starred Vikram Kochhar and Anil Grover in pivotal roles.
In his review for Outlook India, Prateek Sur gave the film 2.5 stars. He wrote, '''Dunki’ isn’t Rajkumar Hirani’s best work. He has done way better films, which bumped up the expectations from this film. To add to that, this time he had Shah Rukh Khan for the first time. Yet, it didn’t live up to the hype.''
