Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Pathaan’ On Record-Breaking Box Office Spree In Comeback For Mega-Star - Deadline

Indian superstar Shah Rukh Khan is back, and in a big way, as his action-packed espionage pic Pathaan has been breaking records for a Hindi title since debuting Wednesday in India and overseas.

Expectations are that it ends up with around $40M in India through Sunday and $65M+ global which would land it among the top starts for any Indian title alongside RRR, Baahubali 2 and KGF 2.

In the film, which also stars Deepika Padukone and John Abraham, SRK plays the titular spy who takes on the leader of a group of mercenaries who have nefarious plans to target his homeland.

This gave SRK his biggest opening at home (as well as globally), same goes for Abraham while it was Padukone’s highest first-day gross ever in India.

Outside India, Pathaan, part of producer Aditya Chopra’s ambitious spy universe, logged the biggest opening day for an Indian film in the UK.

In India, Thursday anointed Pathaan as the first Hindi film to top the 70 crore net ($8.6M) collection on a single day.