New Delhi: Yash Raj Films’ ‘Pathaan’, directed by Siddharth Anand, is a historic all-time blockbuster and is the highest grossing Hindi film in the history of cinema. Today, ‘Pathaan’ is celebrating 50 days of its glorious theatrical run and is now playing in 20 countries worldwide!
In India, ‘Pathaan’ will be playing across 800 cinemas. Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared the announcement on his official Twitter handle and wrote, “‘PATHAAN’ 50 DAYS… STILL PLAYING IN 20 COUNTRIES… #Pathaan celebrates 50 days at *cinemas* today… Being screened at 800 cinemas in #India and 135 cinemas across international markets.”
Rohan Malhotra - Vice President, Distribution, YRF shared his excitement around the film’s landmark feat, “As Pathaan, our latest offering from YRF Spy Universe, completes 50 days in theatres, we would like to thank everyone, across the world, for giving love and support to our film. The fact that Pathaan continues to run in theatres is a sign that audiences want to support cinema if it delivers on the promise of giving them a never seen before experience. We are glad that we could give them that.“
‘Pathaan’ will also run in 19 other countries like - U.S.A., Canada, UAE, KSA, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Egypt, U.K., Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji Islands, Malaysia, Mauritius, Maldives, South Africa, Kenya & Tanzania. It will run across 135 cinemas in these countries.
Meanwhile, the film has been successfully running in theatres with a collection of Rs. 540 crores in the Indian market. The film has an overseas gross collection of Rs. 393 crores, taking the total worldwide gross tally to Rs. 1043 crores.
Directed by Siddharth Anand, ‘Pathaan’ also starred Dimple Kapadia and John Abraham. John played the lead antagonist in the film who is an ex R&AW agent gone rogue. The film released on Jan 25, 2023 and marked SRK’s return to the silver screen via a hiatus of 4 years.