Dunki box office day 4: Shah Rukh Khan starrer holds strong against Salaar wave; breaches Rs 100 crore in India in opening weekend

Shah Rukh Khan's Dunki fails to give in to Prabhas' magnum opus Salaar. Staying strong at the box office, Dunki minted over Rs 100 crore in its first weekend.

Hyderabad: Dunki, starring Shah Rukh Khan, though largely impacted by the box office clash with Salaar, starring Prabhas, managed to stay afloat in the race in its opening weekend. The Rajkumar Hirani-directed film grew significantly on Sunday compared to the first three days of its theatrical distribution.

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Dunki, Shah Rukh Khan and Rajkumar Hirani's debut collaboration, finished off its first weekend in cinemas on decent numbers. The film was released in theatres on Thursday, December 21, and had a somewhat lacklustre opening day. However, relying on positive word of mouth, the film has now rebounded, grossing over Rs 100 crore in the domestic circuit and Rs 200 crore worldwide in its first weekend.

• #Dunki WW Box Office
  #ShahRukhKhan's Dunki goes past ₹150 cr gross mark after 3 days of run.
  
  Day 1 - ₹ 57.43 cr
  Day 2 - ₹ 45.10 cr
  Day 3 - ₹… pic.twitter.com/S4uSfVVPw7

  — Manobala Vijayabalan (@ManobalaV) December 24, 2023 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  #Dunki WW Box Office
  #ShahRukhKhan's Dunki goes past ₹150 cr gross mark after 3 days of run.
  
  Day 1 - ₹ 57.43 cr
  Day 2 - ₹ 45.10 cr
  Day 3 - ₹… pic.twitter.com/S4uSfVVPw7

  — Manobala Vijayabalan (@ManobalaV) December 24, 2023

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  #Dunki WW Box Office
  #ShahRukhKhan's Dunki goes past ₹150 cr gross mark after 3 days of run.
  
  Day 1 - ₹ 57.43 cr
  Day 2 - ₹ 45.10 cr
  Day 3 - ₹… pic.twitter.com/S4uSfVVPw7

  — Manobala Vijayabalan (@ManobalaV) December 24, 2023

According to trade reports published by Sacnilk, the film had its best day at the box office till date on Sunday, grossing Rs 32 crore. This brings its domestic net profit in the first four days to Rs 107 crore. The film has also performed well internationally, owing primarily to Shah Rukh's star power in Europe, North America, and the Middle East.

• December 23rd India Box Office
  #Prabhas' #Salaar vs #ShahRukhKhan's #Dunki
  
  Salaar has SOLD a fantastic 18,93,174 tickets from 12959 shows with 48.43% occupancy.
  National Chains
  PVR - 1,80,047 - ₹ 6.82 cr
  INOX - 1,30,135 - ₹ 4.50 cr
  Cinepolis - 70,088 - ₹ 2.61 cr… pic.twitter.com/7rYWG8aWcq

  — Manobala Vijayabalan (@ManobalaV) December 24, 2023 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  December 23rd India Box Office
  #Prabhas' #Salaar vs #ShahRukhKhan's #Dunki
  
  Salaar has SOLD a fantastic 18,93,174 tickets from 12959 shows with 48.43% occupancy.
  National Chains
  PVR - 1,80,047 - ₹ 6.82 cr
  INOX - 1,30,135 - ₹ 4.50 cr
  Cinepolis - 70,088 - ₹ 2.61 cr… pic.twitter.com/7rYWG8aWcq

  — Manobala Vijayabalan (@ManobalaV) December 24, 2023

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  December 23rd India Box Office
  #Prabhas' #Salaar vs #ShahRukhKhan's #Dunki
  
  Salaar has SOLD a fantastic 18,93,174 tickets from 12959 shows with 48.43% occupancy.
  National Chains
  PVR - 1,80,047 - ₹ 6.82 cr
  INOX - 1,30,135 - ₹ 4.50 cr
  Cinepolis - 70,088 - ₹ 2.61 cr… pic.twitter.com/7rYWG8aWcq

  — Manobala Vijayabalan (@ManobalaV) December 24, 2023

According to the Industry tracker, its worldwide gross surpassed Rs 200 crore on Sunday, making it the fourth Bollywood film to do so in its opening weekend this year. According to Sacnilk, Dunki had an overall occupancy of 48% on Sunday. The afternoon and evening shows saw an increase in footfall with he film doing well in nighttime shows.

Domestically, however, Dunki is up against the Telugu action movie Salaar, which opened in theatres on Friday. Prabhas and Prithviraj Sukumaran play titular roles in the Prashanth Neel directorial, which had the highest opening for an Indian film this year.

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