Pathaan's third day at the box office was Friday, and the Shah Rukh Khan-Deepika Padukone film is estimated to have earned 30 crores. Friday is also the first day of work since the film's debut. The film, directed by Siddharth Anand, also stars John Abraham, Dimple Kapadia, and Ashutosh Rana.
Film trade analyst Atul Mohan said Pathaan earned another ₹30 crores on the third day. “Morning and noon shows on Friday were a little slow but post 5 pm, the shows were healthy. A big movie, Dangal, for example, earned ₹22 crores on the first Monday (the first working day since release) and it went on to earn ₹400 crores. Now, I think Saturday (for the Pathaan collection) will be around ₹40 crores and it will be ₹50 crores for Sunday. It will be phenomenal.”
Film exhibitor Akshaye Rathi put the numbers at “anything upwards of ₹25 crores. It is an amazing number for the first working day since the release. Pathaan had the greatest opening ever for a Hindi film. It is the result of aggressive programming and slightly premium pricing. And the huge hysteria over Shah Rukh Khan's return to the screen after so many years. Pathaan will definitely be among the top ten highest-ever grossing Hindi films of all time.”
He also credited the film's packaging and trailer. He estimates that the domestic net collection will easily exceed 225 crores over the first extended weekend and 300 crores in a week.
Atul added, “If the film had to crash, it would have done so on Republic Day. It may have got the benefit of the holiday but the numbers would not have been greater than those on the first day. It clearly got very good word-of-mouth. The advance booking for Saturday and Sunday is good. Everybody wants to see it once. The movie is not coming to OTT before April. Even next weekend should be good for Pathaan as no big Hindi film is releasing. The exhibitors may also want to retain maximum screens for the film which is already earning big.”
Pathaan grossed 200 crores worldwide in two days, according to Yash Raj Films. Girish Johar, producer and film business analyst, predicted that the film would gross Rs 400 million in its first weekend. “It is roughly a 50 percent drop from the second-day collection, and that is good. The word-of-mouth is clearly positive, we still have Saturday and Sunday. I am expecting ₹30-35 crore on Saturday, and ₹40-45 crore on Sunday. So the film will gross closer to ₹400 crores by the time it closes the first extended weekend.”
