Box Office Blues: Dunki and Salaar See Steep Drop on Third Friday

The weekend did not start well for Shah Rukh Khan's Dunki and Prabhas' Salaar, as both films saw a sharp decline in their box office receipts on their third Fridays following their premieres.

According to trade reports, Dunki, starring Rajkumar Hirani, made its lowest earnings in India with Rs 1,65 crore on its 16th day in theaters, while Salaar's collection fell to Rs 3.30-3.50 crore nett on its third Friday.

The Prashanth Neel-directed Salaar, which also stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, has a different performance from its easygoing run in the first two weeks. On December 22, 2023, the action film made a huge opening of Rs 90 crore nett at the box office. It went on to earn Rs 308 crore in the first week and Rs 70.1 crore in the second. In India, Salaar has made a total of Rs 381.60 crore nett as of its fifteenth day of release.

Although Dunki rode Shah Rukh's record-breaking run at the box office with Pathaan and Jawan, it never really took off domestically, managing only Rs 208.2 crore nett in India following its release on December 21.

Salaar's general success provides a welcome break for Prabhas, who suffered greatly following Adipurush's box office failure in 2023. Shah Rukh's third release of the year is Dunki, in the meantime. Although Jawan and Pathaan, his prior films, were commercial successes, Dunki has not been able to equal their performance at the box office.

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