Shah Rukh Khan’s Dunki fell significantly short of his other 2023 releases Pathaan and Jawan in terms of Day 1 collection, earning Rs 30 crore at the domestic box office, as per entertainment data tracking websites.
The Bollywood star’s last release, Jawan, collected Rs 75 crore on Day 1, while Pathaan, which hit theatres in early 2023, collected Rs 57 crore nett on its opening day.
Dunki, which marks the first collaboration between Shah Rukh and 3 Idiots director Rajkumar Hirani, has emerged as the seventh-highest opener among Hindi films in 2023. Besides Jawan and Pathaan, Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal (Rs 54.75 crore nett), Salman Khan-starrer Tiger 3 (Rs 43.1 crore nett), Sunny Deol’s Gadar 2 (Rs 40 crore nett) and Prabhas’ Adipurush (Rs 37.25 crore nett) have Day 1 earnings higher than the Hirani directorial.
Dunki is likely to face stiff competition from Prabhas' action thriller Salaar, which hit theatres on Friday. The Prashanth Neel-helmed actioner has sold over 2.2 million tickets in advance bookings, raking in Rs 48.94 crore gross in all languages.
The Telugu version of Salaar contributed the lion’s share, with earnings of Rs 38.25 crore gross from the sale of 1.69 million tickets. The Hindi version contributed Rs 5.6 crore gross from the sale of 2.1 lakh tickets.
