Mumbai, January 27 - Yash Raj Films' spy action thriller
Pathaan is running riot at the box office and has shattered many records in just two days.
The Shah Rukh Khan-fronted has had a historic opening day with 68 crores gross domestically before it exploded on the next day with a gross collection of around 83 crores. Shah Rukh Khan along with other lead casts of the film have now two back-to-back biggest single days at the Bollywood box office.
The two-day domestic collection of this Siddharth Anand's directorial is around 150 crores gross, which is the highest two days count for a Bollywood film. In the net collection, "Pathaan" (123 crores) is now the biggest opening weekend scorer Bollywood film, beating "Sanju", which scored approx. 120 crores net in a 3-day opening weekend.
Also starring John Abraham and Deepika Padukone, "Pathaan" has also crossed 200 crores gross in just two days, again, becoming the fastest Bollywood film to do so. The overseas collection of the "Pathaan" is around 69 crores in two days, which takes a total worldwide collection of the film to approx. 219.50 crores gross.
"Pathaan" has now set a new worldwide opening weekend record for a Bollywood film, beating Salman Khan's "Sultan" which grossed approx. 210 crores in 3 days in 2016.
The worldwide opening weekend (5-days) of "Pathaan" was projected to reach around 300 crores gross, but looking at the never-seen-before hysteria, the weekend collection now might be around 400 crores gross, which, again, will be a new record for a Bollywood film.
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