Jawan, Atlee’s vigilante drama, with Shah Rukh Khan in the lead role, is creating and breaking new box office records every day. On its sixth day of release (Tuesday), the Hindi version of the movie became the fastest Rs 300 crore earner, after Pathaan, which achieved the feat in seven days. It will soon zoom past the Rs 600 crore mark at the global box office as the film’s worldwide collection is now at Rs 574.89 crore.
Industry tracker Sacnilk reported that the film earned Rs 26.50 cr India net on its sixth day for all languages, bringing its total collection to Rs 346.29 crore. The occupancy of the Hindi version of the film was 26.28% and 17.21% Tamil occupancy. Film trade analyst Taran Adarsh revealed that the Hindi version alone contributed Rs 24 crore to the total collection of the film on Tuesday.
He shared on X, “#Jawan is all set to post a SENSATIONAL TOTAL in its *extended* Week 1… It’s a NEW BENCHMARK for #Hindi films… UNPRECEDENTED – UNIMAGINABLE… Thu 65.50 cr, Fri 46.23 cr, Sat 68.72 cr, Sun 71.63 cr, Mon 30.50 cr, Tue 24 cr. Total: ₹ 306.58 cr. #Hindi. #India biz.”
Jawan had a phenomenal start at the box office as it earned Rs 75 crore on Thursday, which was followed by Rs 53.23 crore on Friday. The weekend brought in huge money as it earned Rs 77.83 crore on Saturday and Rs 80.1 crore on Sunday. Even the first working Monday of the film ended up being fruitful for the makers as the film added another Rs 32.92 crore to its kitty.
Red Chillies Entertainment, the production company behind Jawan, shared the film’s worldwide collection on Instagram. They wrote, “The box office is running high with King Khan!✨🔥.”
The box office is running high with King Khan!✨🔥
Have you watched it yet? Go book your tickets now!https://t.co/B5xelU9JSg
Watch #Jawan in cinemas – in Hindi, Tamil & Telugu. pic.twitter.com/ACjLyO4D4H
— Red Chillies Entertainment (@RedChilliesEnt) September 12, 2023
The success of Jawan is being celebrated by one and all. Akshay Kumar recently congratulated Shah Rukh on the humongous success of his film as he wrote on X, “What massive success!!Congratulations my Jawan Pathaan @iamsrk 👏🏻 Our films are back and how.” Gadar 2 director Anil Sharma also wrote to the actor, “Heartiest congratulations to @iamsrk n team #jawan from #gadar2 team.” Tiger Shroff congratulated Shah Rukh as he posted, “Raised the bar and broke the bar! Congratulations @iamsrk sir on another historic success loads of love always❤️.”
Jawan features Shah Rukh Khan in a double role – of a father and a son. He has a team of six girls, played by Priyamani, Sanya Malhotra, Aaliyah Qureishi, Girja Oak, Sanjeeta Bhattacharya and Lehar Khan, joining him in his mission. The film has an extended cameo by Deepika Padukone and also stars Nayanthara and Vijay Sethupathi in pivotal roles.
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