After becoming the highest Bollywood opening Bollywood Film, the Hindi version of the Siddharth Anand directorial 'Pathaan' went on to collect around Rs. 70 crore on its second day, which happened to be a Republic Day holiday. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and John Abraham in lead roles, along with Ashutosh Rana, Dimple Kapadia in pivotal roles. Salman Khan also has a cameo in the film.
Pathaan opened on Wednesday with domestic collections of Rs. 57 crore, becoming the highest Bollywood opening film in history. It went on to cross ₹100 crore on day 2, Thursday and a Republic Day holiday.
According to Boxofficeindia.com, Pathaan collected at least Rs. 70 crore in the Hindi and could be higher when the final numbers come. This would take its two-day collections to around Rs. 127 crore. The report stated: “There is no film which has even got close to 70 crore nett with the 50 crore nett mark being breached a couple of times on the first day.”
On Thursday night, film trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared the day 2 collections at three major national chains including INOX, Cinepolis and PVR. He tweeted, “#Pathaan at *national chains*… Day 2… Update: 10.10 pm. #PVR: 13.75 cr #INOX: 11.65 cr #Cinepolis 6.20 cr Total: ₹ 31.60 cr UNSTOPPABLE. Note: #Pathaan *entire Day 1* at *national chains* was ₹ 27.08 cr.”
The film was released on Wednesday and soon midnight shows were also added to meet the unprecedented demand across the country. The film released on 8000 screens across the globe, with 2500 screens abroad.
