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Shah Rukh Khan has outdone himself. After a record-breaking run with Pathaan in January, the Indian superstar has set new milestones with his latest film Jawan, which scored the highest opening day for a Hindi film worldwide at ₹129.6 crore ($15.5 million) on Thursday.
Thursday’s debut was also the best ever for a Bollywood title in India, at 90 crore ($10.9 million) nationwide, according to Pink Villa, which tracks numbers in the complicated reporting market. In Australia, the film was No. 1 on Thursday. We know that IMAX, which is also making the move in the US, UK and the Middle East, had its biggest Thursday ever in India for an Indian title.
The local audience is absolutely thrilled with SRK’s latest action thriller, which depicts the emotional journey of a man who wants to right the wrongs in society.
The monologue at the end of the film was particularly good, in which his character asks people not to vote in the name of caste or religion. He encourages them to ask political candidates “what they will do for you in the next five years.” What will you do to treat them if someone in the family falls ill? What will you do to get me a job?”
Directed by Atlee Kumar, Jawan also stars Nayanthara, Sanjay Dutt, Vijay Sethupathi and Deepika Padukone.
Following the stellar opening numbers, RRR filmmaker SS Rajamouli tweeted his excitement over SRK’s success and said, “This is the reason” why he is the “Baadash of the box office”.
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This is the reason why @IamSRK is the Baadshah of the box office… What an earth-shattering opening… 🤯🤯
congratulations @Atlee_dir For continuing the series of successes in the north as well, and congratulations to the team at #Jawan for the great success…:)
— rajamouli ss (@ssrajamouli) September 8, 2023
We’ll have more of these as the weekend progresses.