Dunki box office collection: Shah Rukh Khan-starrer crosses Rs 157 crore mark

Shah Rukh Khan's latest film Dunki saw a jump in its box office collections as the film crossed Rs 157.22 crore in worldwide box office collections on Sunday. The Shah Rukh Khan-led film made Rs 29.20 crore on its opening day, Rs 20.12 crore on its first Friday, Rs 25.61 crore on its first Saturday and is estimated to have minted around Rs 31.50 crore on its first Sunday. The film is presented by JIO Studios, Red Chillies Entertainment and Rajkumar Hirani Films.

With this, the film's total India box office collection is estimated to have reached around Rs 106.43 crore. The film is likely to have seen a rise of around 25 per cent on Sunday, thus, crossing the Rs 100 crore mark at the domestic box office.

Shah Rukh Khan's latest film has an overall 49.67 per cent occupancy across its Hindi shows. Regions that contributed to the film's occupancy are Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chandigarh, National Capital Region (NCR), Hyderabad, Pune, Jaipur, Bengaluru and Lucknow, as per film trade portal Sacnilk.

Dunki is a comedy-drama based on an illegal immigration technique 'donkey flight'. Apart from Shah Rukh and Taapsee, the film also stars Vicky Kaushal, Boman Irani, Vikram Kochhar and Anil Grover. 

Based on friendships, borders, nostalgia for home and love, Dunki is directed from a script Rajkumar co-wrote with Abhijaat Joshi and Kanika Dhillon. The film marks Shah Rukh's third and last release of 2023 following back-to-back action blockbusters in Pathaan and Jawan.