Animal demolishes Shah Rukh Khan’s record : Animal’s success and achievements

Animal roars at the box office, crossing Rs 360 Cr worldwide in 3 days, eclipsing Shah Rukh Khan's Pathaan, and entering the Rs 200 Cr club in India.

Written by: Krutarth Ghosalkar

Edited by: Krutarth Ghosalkar

Last Updated: December 04, 2023

Summary: On Sunday, Sandeep Reddy Vanga's directorial and Ranbir Kapoor starrer Animal surpassed Siddharth Anand's directorial and Shah Rukh Khan starrer Pathaan.

According to initial estimates by industry tracking firm Sacnilk, ``Animal'' grossed 72.50 crore in the domestic market on its third day of release, marking an 8.5% increase in daily box office revenue from the previous day. Animal's three-day net domestic collections therefore amounted to Rs 202.57 crore, slightly less than Jawan's Rs 206.06 crore and significantly higher than Pathan's Rs 166.75 crore. According to trade analyst Ramesh Bala, Animal's total global collection stands at Rs 360 crore. "In 3 days of its opening weekend, #Animal has earned a whopping Rs 360 crore at the WW box office," he tweeted. The jawan, who is the biggest earner this year, earned Rs 384.6 crore in the first three days, while Pattern earned Rs 313 crores.

The film's first domestic online collection on Sunday exceeded Pathan (Rs 60.75 crore) but could not surpass Jawan's Rs 80.1 crore. But even Gadar 2, directed by Anil Sharma and starring Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel, which is considered a historic hit, only grossed just Rs 51.7 crore on Sunday, its first day in theaters. It remains to be seen whether Animal will outperform Pathan (Rs 26.5 crore), Jawan (Rs 32.92 crore) and Gadar 2 (Rs 38.7 crore) in Monday's test.

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Animal, directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga and starring Ranbir Kapoor, broke more box office records on Sunday, making it an unprecedented success despite receiving mixed reviews from all quarters. recorded success stories. During the day, the action film surpassed the three-day box office collection of Siddharth Anand's Shah Rukh Khan starrer Pathaan, but fell short of the record set by Atlee Kumar's SRK film 'Jawan'. "Animal'' became the second film of the year after "Jawan'' to collect Rs 200 crore in India and Rs 350 crore worldwide in three days.

On Sunday, Animal recorded an overall Hindi market share of 79.05 percent. During the morning screening, the film initially recorded 65.53% share in the Hindi market. However, the percentage continued to rise as the day progressed, rising to 84.58 for afternoon screenings and 86.42 for evening screenings. For night performances, the percentage dipped slightly and decreased to 79.66 times.

While ``Animal'' is breaking box office records, the film has also come under scrutiny for its misogyny, violence and vulgarity, and has been criticized by some audiences. Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave the film 1 out of 5 stars and said, ``This Ranbir Kapoor-Anil Kapoor-Rashmika Mandanna" movie goes strongly till the middle, then bounces off the mark.