Shah Rukh Khan starrer ‘Pathaan’ collects Rs 617 crore worldwide; becomes the third highest grossers after ‘Dangal’ and ‘Baahubali: The Conclusion’ – Times of India

Ever since its release, there has been no stopping for Shah Rukh Khan starrer ‘Pathaan’ at the box office. After setting the cash registers ringing at the box office on its opening day by collecting Rs 100 crore, the film has reached the 617 crore mark in just a week.
The Siddharth Anand directorial collected over $1.75 million with collections in North America going up and the United Kingdom being pretty much similar to Monday. There was a drop in Gulf but the film has had insane collections till date in that circuit. This has taken the worldwide total of Pathaan (Hindi) to Rs 617 crore, making it the third highest Hindi language worldwide grosser in just one week, a report in BoxofficeIndia.com stated.

The report also added that the films that stand above ‘Pathaan’ are Aamir Khan starrer ‘Dangal’ and Prabhas starrer ‘Bahubali – The Conclusion’ which are 700 and 800 crore nett respectively in Hindi language.

Reacting to the success of the film, director Siddharth said in a statement, “Scripting history. Everyone wants it, but one can’t plan it. It just happens. And when it does, it’s actually a very humbling experience. I’m feeling incredibly overwhelmed right now and inspired to get back on the film set and try and create something really special for audiences again. That’s my state of mind.”

With ‘Pathaan’, Siddharth Anand becomes the only Hindi film director to have two back-to-back 50 crore+ openers to his credit.

Directed by Sidharth Anand, ‘Pathaan’ also features Deepika Padukone and John Abraham in lead roles. The film was released in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu on January 25.