Shah Rukh Khan remains king of the global box office as Dunki, directed by Rajkumar Hirani, has been entering the highest post-pandemic grosser list for theatre dramas — even standing strong against the heavyweight action combination of Salaar. The run is phenomenal globally and is showing great signs in India, reaffirming why SRK is the undisputed box-office magnet in Bollywood again.
Dunki Box Office Report
Dunki is putting in huge performances with:
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India Net: ₹212.42 Crore
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India Gross: ₹264.50 Crore
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Overseas Gross: ₹206.10 Crore
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Worldwide Gross Total: ₹470.60 Crore
Dunki’s numbers are not just huge but have also changed the post-Covid box office record book for drama films. Dunki launched alongside Salaar, a mass-action entertainer with a hardcore audience — and Dunki would have been worried for sure, but it held astonishingly well based on very good word-of-mouth and great family viewing.
Sitaare Zameen Par Heads to ₹135–150 Cr Finish — Close to ₹80 Cr Behind Dunki
Aamir Khan’s Sitaare Zameen Par opened decently and would have decent weekend growth with solid footfall behind it to get started, but Sitaare has been announced to be approximately around ₹135–150 crore net at home since its launch and ₹80 crore behind Dunki’s India total.
Sitaare Zameen Par: India Net Box Office Collection
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Day 1: ₹10.70 crore
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Day 2: ₹19.90 crore
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Day 3: ₹26.70 crore
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Day 4: ₹8.50 crore
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Total: ₹65.80 crore net
Overseas Collection
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Day 1: $852K (₹7.38 crore)
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Day 2: $1.25M (₹10.75 crore)
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Day 3: $1.12M (₹10.68 crore)
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Total: $3.32 million (₹28.81 crore)
Worldwide Weekend Total: ₹96 crore
With Sitaare Zameen Par‘s momentum starting to show signs of a slowdown and with no new territories to distort gross in an exponential way, it is clear that it is not going to be a contender to challenge Dunki’s overall box office supremacy in this genre.
SRK vs Aamir: Dramatic Box Office Showdown Settled?
Despite both Dunki and Sitaare Zameen Par being non-action, bittersweet dramas targeting mass audiences, the release circumstances for SRK’s film were the most daunting of all, as it had to go head-to-head with Salaar. Comparatively, Aamir’s release was solo, yet his box office numbers have not reported the same level of traction — however much goodwill the trailer and early reviews produced.
This only further establishes Dunki’s mantle as the winner for post-pandemic drama box office, and these two respective commercially viable films have now established a new standard for non-masala storytelling in a theatrical context.
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Box Office Worldwide Verdict
Shah Rukh Khan’s Dunki achieved the impossible, becoming a ₹470+ crore grosser worldwide despite competing with Salaar, while establishing the new era of post-pandemic box office success in the drama genre.
While Sitaare Zameen Par slows into the weekday declines, the SRK-Aamir box office battle comes to a quiet close — with King Khan again waving his flag highest.
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