Dunki box office: Shah Rukh Khan-starrer earns Rs 30 crore on Day 1

Shah Rukh Khan had a fabulous 2023 so far. But it seems like the actor will end the yearon a little subdued note in terms of films. After giving two blockbuster hits, Pathaan and Jawan, SRK's third and last movie of the year, Dunki, arrived in theatres on December 21. The film has gotten off to a decent start but has failed to create the buzz like his two previous releases.

Helmed by Rajkumar Hirani, the movie had a good start as it went on to earn Rs 30 crore nettin the domestic market, as per industry tracker Sacnilk. Ithas become the lowest-opening movie of SRK this year.

Meanwhile, on day 2, the movie earned Rs 12.97 crore (Rs 129.7 million), taking the total collection to Rs 41.97 crore (Rs 419.7 million). SRK's previous releases, Pathaan and Jawan, earned Rs 55 crore (Rs 550 crore) and Rs 65.5 crore (Rs 655 million) nett on their opening days, respectively.

Both movies went on to make Rs 1000 crore (Rs 1 billion) at the box office. Dunki, however, hasemerged as the seventh-biggest opener of the year after Jawan, Animal, Pathaan, Gadar 2,Tiger 3,and Adipurush.

This time, SRK's film has two big competitors at the box office. The first is Prabhas' Salaar, and the second is Jason Momoa's Aquaman 2. Both movies have been released this week.

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The film boasts an ensemblefeaturing Khan, Boman Irani, Taapsee Pannu, Vicky Kaushal, Vikram Kochhar, and Anil Grover.

Penned by Abhijat Joshi, Hirani, and Kanika Dhillon, the comedy-drama revolves around a group of young people who aspire to a better life in England and take an illegal route to reach London.

What's the story?

Set in a small town in Punjab in 1995, the film revolves around Hardy (SRK) and his entire gang, comprising Manu (Taapsee Pannu), Anil Grover (Balli), Vicky Kaushal (Sukhi), and Vikram Kochhar (Buggu). All of them dream of building a life in London, and they can go to any extent for that. After all the possible attempts, the gang takes an illegal route to reach their dream city. The movie has so far received mixed reviews from critics and has not been able to leave a mark.

Dunki Review:

WION's Shomini Sen wrote in her review, ''Even though the film runs on superstar Shah Rukh Khan's name, he or his character do not loom large over others. Instead, it's the ensemble cast that works well to the narrative. Pannu, Grover and Kochhar are splendid as the three buffoons desperate to move to London. Pannu and SRK's romance is slightly underwhelming and only shines in the song 'Lut Put Gaya'. Khan somehow takes a step back or perhaps it's the story that makes all other characters stand out more than Hardy. One can't comprehend why Hardy makes so much effort to help the three- considering he has not known them for long,'' read the review here.