'Pathaan' collection touches Rs 980 cr worldwide, expected to continue well despite new competition
New Delhi: The worldwide box office collection of Hindi thriller movie ‘Pathaan’ reached Rs 980 crore in three and a half weeks since its release on January 25.
The movie collection is expected to remain excellent for at least a few weeks more, but is expected to be affected a little by the release of ‘Shehzada’ as well as ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ on Friday, February 17, reports The Indian Express.
Industry tracker Sacnilk has said that ‘Pathaan’ collected approximately Rs 2.50 crore on its Day 24.
Trade analyst Taran Adarsh said that the movie collection has been Rs 1.01 crore in national chains on Day 24. He, however, concurred that the new releases would have an impact on the collection as it would reduce the number of screens for ‘Pathaan’.
The ‘Pathaan’ collection is nearly $4 million in the UK and $13 million in the Gulf, as per the Box Office India records. The Tamil and Telugu versions of the movie have collected Rs 17.7 crore, said Adarsh.
Producer of ‘Pathaan’ Yash Raj Films said on Friday that the ticket price for Saturday and Sunday will be Rs 200 at select national chains, while the rate was reduced to Rs 110 on Friday.
Apart from the fact that the audience were getting to watch an SRK movie after a couple of years, ‘Pathaan’s marketing campaigns and positive reviews proved successful in attracting the interest of the audience.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
