Even as director Prashanth Neel’s Prabhas-starrer Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire continues to dominate the domestic market, director Rajkumar Hirani’s comedy-drama Dunki remained resilient despite mixed reviews. The movie continued to record respectable daily box office figures, even on weekdays, highlighting Shah Rukh Khan’s influence in the domestic market.
On its 12th day in theatres, coinciding with New Year’s, Dunki generated about Rs 9.25 crore nett in India. Although this figure is notably lower than SRK’s previous film Jawan, which earned Rs 16.25 crore on its second Monday, it surpasses his first blockbuster of the year, Pathaan (Rs 8.55 crore), which ultimately grossed Rs 1,000 crore worldwide.
On Monday, the comedy-drama witnessed an overall occupancy of 30.80 per cent in the Hindi market. Initially, during the morning shows, the movie recorded a mere 12.04 per cent occupancy within the Hindi market. However, as the day unfolded, the percentages consistently increased, rising to 34.14 during the afternoon showings and reaching 46.26 during the evening shows. The percentage, however, dipped slightly during the night screenings and stood at 30.74.
On Sunday, Dunki had minted Rs 11.5 crore in the domestic market. According to the production house Red Chillies Entertainment, the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer’s worldwide gross now stands at Rs 380.60 crore.
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Also starring Taapsee Pannu, Vicky Kaushal, Boman Irani, and Vikram Kochhar in key roles, the film revolves around the illegal immigration technique of donkey flight. In her review of the movie, The Indian Express’ Shubhra Gupta gave Dunki 1.5 out of 5 stars and noted, “In the 161-minute run-time of the Rajkumar Hirani film, I was hard put to find anything that made me feel. Even Shah Rukh Khan’s Hardy comes off as working too hard for not enough pay-off.”
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