After Shah Rukh Khan burst out of the gate in India and 100 other markets last Wednesday Pathan closed the five-day opening weekend with a bang $66.24 million worldwide (incl $25.5 million from outside India). Several records were broken along the way, including the biggest ever opening weekend for a Bollywood film in India, North America and the UAE, and the best opening of any Indian title in the UK, Australia, Germany and more. (See a full overview below).
The action-packed spy film, directed by Siddharth Anand and starring Deepika Padukone and John Abraham, marked a huge setback for SRK, who had not appeared in a lead role on the big screen in four years. There was also Bollywood, whose industry has been struggling of late, a much-needed shot in the arm.
Add up Monday’s numbers Pathan is US$72.1 million worldwide, including US$367 million (US$45 million) gross from India. Overseas, it registered $27.6 million as of Monday.
Part of producer Aditya Chopra’s ambitious espionage universe, the Yash Raj Films title establishes SRK as the titular spy who takes on the leader of a group of mercenaries with nefarious plans to attack his homeland.
View the list of records Pathan broke last weekend:
In the: Biggest debut ever for a Bollywood original film, gross ($355 crore/$43.6 million) and net ($281/$34.5 million); fastest over 100 crore (2 days), 200 crore (4 days), 250 crore (5 days)
North America: Biggest Opening Weekend for Bollywood (FSS: $6.9M, WS: $9.48M); Biggest Saturday ($2.86 million) and Biggest Sunday ($2.16 million) ever for a Bollywood film
United Arab Emirates: Biggest Bollywood Opening Weekend Ever ($7.92M)
UNITED KINGDOM: Top-grossing opening day, single day and weekend for each Indian title ($2.45 million including previews); second Indian film, next RRRdebuted in 2nd place
Australia: Biggest opening day, single day, opening weekend for an Indian title ($1.9 million); also opened No.2 (second Indian film after RRR)
Germany: Biggest opening day, biggest single day, biggest opening weekend for an Indian title ($582,000); best grosser ever for a hindi film
New Zealand: Biggest One-Day Opening and Opening Weekend for an Indian Film ($456,000)
Malaysia and Singapore: Biggest opening weekend for a Bollywood film
Saudi Arabia: Highest grossing Hindi film opening (WS) with 88,840 admissions
pmc-u-font-size-14″>Writer pmc-u-font-size-14″>Writer: Nancy Tartaglione
Source: Deadline
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