Dunki opens less than SRK’s previous movies Jawan, Pathaan, earns Rs 30cr on first day

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s much-awaited film ‘Dunki’, directed by 3 Idiots fame director Rajkumar Hirani has opened on a solid note. After the stupendous success of Pathaan and Jawan, Dunki is the third release of SRK in 2023.

Although the movie is getting a good response from the audience and critics alike, it failed to live up to the expectations of SRK’s previous two movies and opened below the mega-blockbusters at the box office window.

As per industry tracker Sacnilk, the first-day collection is only Rs 30 crore from all the languages. The portal further reported that the comedy-drama film had an overall occupancy of 25.71%. As per the opening day figures, Dunki has opened less than SRK’s Pathaan, Jawan, Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal, and Sunny Deol’s Gadar 2.

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All I can say is that Shah Rukh sir and Raju Hirani sir did an incredibly amazing job.The film opens with an elderly cast before cutting to a flashback filled with humorous sequences and poignant moments at the interval.#Dunki@iamsrk 🤞🙌 pic.twitter.com/18YJUR9ch7

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Pathaan collected Rs 57 crore on the first day while Jawan minted Rs 74.50 crore. Similarly, Sunny Deol’s Gadar 2 opened on a bumper note collecting Rs 40.1 crore while Ranbir Kapoor’s latest film ‘Animal’ took a monstrous start of Rs 63 crore.

However, the film is being loved by people all across and is expected to earn more in the coming days. However, it might suffer a big setback as the much-awaited movie ‘Salaar’ was released globally on December 22.

The Prashanth Neel-directed movie might affect Dunki’s box office collections. If Salaar opens to positive reviews from the masses, then the Prabhas-starrer might have an upper hand compared to Dunki.