Now with all enthusiasm and record advance ticket bookings, Pathaan, as per several reports, is expected to trade over Rs. 50-crore on the opening day, which was also a working day.
According to a The Indian Express report, industry tracker Sacnilk has estimated that the film will gross Rs. 52.5 crore on day one.
Despite this, Pathaan is fighting a close race with the opening collection record by Hrithik Roshan's War (Rs. 53.3 crore), Aamir Khan's Thugs of Hindostan (Rs. 52 crore) and the Hindi version of Kannada film KGF: Chapter 2 (Rs. 53.9 crore).
Pathaan, which co-stars actors Deepika Padukone and John Abraham in the lead, was screened as early as 6 am on Wednesday reflecting the craze around 57-year-old Shah Rukh Khan, who had taken a break from films following the dull run of his last project Zero in the box office in 2018.
The Yash Raj Films' production, which is a part of the spy universe, is released in around 100 countries.