Evoking the love for the homeland, Rajkumar Hirani’s Dunki has arrived on the big screens. While the film talks about the narrative of love and friendship, it also presents the story of those NRIs who live abroad and miss their country and homeland. As the Shah Rukh Khan starrer continues to steadily grow at the box office, Rajkumar Hirani has shared in a recent interview that Shah Rukh Khan was always his first and last choice for the film.
In a candid interaction with Bollywood Hungama, Rajkumar Hirani humorously shared, “Iss baar decide kia tha ki Jo bhi character ho, humlog saath mein hi kaam karenge. Usually humlog aise hi baat karte hai ki pahle script likh lo and actor pahle mat socho. Na toh kya hota hai ki you get influenced by the actor’s strengths and weaknesses. Ki ye achcha kar payega toh ye rakhte hai, ye nahi kar payega toh isko hata dete hai. Par iss baar pahle se decided tha ki Jo bhi character ho, Shah Rukh Khan ke saath hi banani hai.”
Dunki has been finally released on the big screens across the world and has started to rule over the hearts of the audience. While the film had minted around 30 Cr, which is a great number for a non action genre, on its first day, it has been expected that the film will witness 40% – 50% growth on Saturday as compared to Friday owing to strong word of mouth and also lack of feel good content releasing during the holiday season, dunki is the first choice for family audience’s.
Dunki has been performing extremely well on international grounds too! A huge range of 40 -50% growth is expected today ( Saturday) Over Friday. This is indeed a good growth that the film is achieving with a soft and loving genre.
Shah Rukh Khan’s Dunki had a non-holiday release and witnessed a good opening day at the box office. The film, which marks SRK’s third release of the year, is directed by Rajkumar Hirani and collected Rs 30 crores at the box office on release day. The film had recorded a Rs 15.41 crore collection during the advance bookings.
According to Sacnilk.com, on Friday, December 22, Dunki recorded a nationwide Hindi occupancy of 31.22%, contributing to a total collection of Rs 49.20 Cr net in India. The highest occupancy was seen in Mumbai, reaching 46%, while Chennai followed closely at 40%. Kolkata trailed at 38.75%, while the National Capital Region (NCR) followed with a 33% occupancy rate. The highest occupancy was recorded in the night shows. The biggest occupancy for Dunki on its first day was recorded in Kolkata. Kolkata witnessed an overall occupancy of 55.25%.
Although it did good business, Dunki could not beat the opening day records set by Shah Rukh previous two 2023 releases, Pathaan and Jawan. Pathaan recorded an opening day collection of Rs 57 crore whereas Jawan collected Rs 74.50 across all languages in India.
Dunki is the first movie where Shah Rukh Khan and Rajkumar Hirani have worked together. The story revolves around a group of friends wanting to move abroad, highlighting their challenges on the unique journey known as the Donkey Flight.
Dunki features an ensemble cast, with colorful characters portrayed by exceptionally talented actors Boman Irani, Taapsee Pannu, Vicky Kaushal, Vikram Kochhar, and Anil Grover, along with Shah Rukh Khan. A JIO Studios, Red Chillies Entertainment, and Rajkumar Hirani Films presentation, produced by Rajkumar Hirani and Gauri Khan Written by Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani, and Kanika Dhillon, Dunki is now released on the big screen.
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