SRK in Jawan. (courtesy: YouTube)
Shah Rukh Khan's blockbuster new release Jawan kickstarted the fourth week with a bang. The film made a whopping Rs 4.90 crore on Friday alone, reported Bollywood trade analyst Taran Adarsh. The collection of the film's Hindi version stands at Rs 530.40 crore. Taran Adarsh mentioned in his X (earlier called Twitter) post that the buy-1-get-1 free ticket offer is proving out to be a huge advantage. He also shared the contribution of the Tamil and Telugu versions of the film to the collection. Taran Adarsh's tweet read, "Jawan should cruise past Rs 550 cr mark this extended weekend... The Buy-1-Get-1 free ticket offer is truly proving advantageous... [Week 4] Fri 4.90 cr. Total: Rs 530.40 cr. Hindi. India biz. Boxo ffice. Jawan [Tamil + Telugu; Week 4] Fri 15 lacs. Total: Rs 58.97 cr. Box office."
In a post on X (earlier called Twitter), Taran Adarsh wrote about the film's new milestone. It read, "Jawan crosses lifetime biz of Gadar 2 and Pathaan Hindi in India. SRK features in Top 3 highest grossing films Hindi: Pathaan [No 3] and Jawan [No 1] . [Week 3] Friday 7.10 crore, Saturday 11.50 crore, Sunday 13.90 crore, Monday 4.90 crore, Tuesday 4.40 crore, Wednesday 4.45 crore, Thursday 5.81 crore. Total: Rs 525.50 crore."
Taran Adarsh also shared Jawan's (Hindi) weekly performance at the box office. It collected Rs 347.98 crore in 8 days. Jawan's second week collection was Rs 125.46 crore, while its third week's collection was Rs 52.06 crore. The total box office collection of Jawan (Hindi) stands at Rs 525.50 crore. Taran Adarsh also mentioned the weekly collections of the Tamil and the Telugu versions.
Globally, Jawan entered the Rs 1,000 crore club earlier this week. According to Red Chillies Entertainment, Jawan has collected Rs 1043.21 crore (worldwide). Calling Shah Rukh Khan "the king of all records," the production house wrote, "Ek tha Raja...Ek ke baad ek saare box office records todta gaya (There was a king who went on to break box office records, one after the other)."
After Jawan, Shah Rukh Khan is gearing up for the release of Dunki where he will co-star with Taapsee Pannu. Dunki is helmed by Rajkumar Hirani. The film will be released on Christmas, this year. Dunki will mark Shah Rukh Khan's third film in one year. The superstar returned to the big screen after a 4-year hiatus with Pathaan, which hit the theatres in January.