That being said, the overall worldwide collection of Dangal is still legions ahead at Rs. 2000 crore. Pathaan has only beaten Dangal in the Hindi version race, considering Dangal released in Mandarin in China, which collected approximately Rs. 1200 crore.

Film trade analyst Ramesh Bala tweeted the fresh figures, as did the film's producers, Yash Raj Films. A fresh poster with the latest collection spelled that worldwide, Pathaan has collected $88.92 million (approximately??730 crore). In India, it has collected??453 crore (gross) and overseas??276 crore (gross).

Ramesh Bala tweeted, “#Pathaan early estimates for 2nd Saturday All-India Nett is???22 Crs. Crossing #Dangal to become All-time No.1 Straight Hindi movie in India.”

Analyst Taran Adarsh also tweeted trends from bigger theatre chains on second Saturday. “#Pathaan at *national chains*… Week 2: Saturday… #PVR: 5 cr [Fri: 2.95 cr] #INOX: 3.75 cr [Fri: 2.16 cr] #Cinepolis 2 cr [Fri: 1.20 cr] Total:???10.75 cr [Fri: 6.31 cr] 70.36% growth at *national chains*.” He later updated the figure to??11.01 crore.

Pathaan is Shah Rukh's first big screen release as a lead in four years. It is the fourth movie in producer Aditya Chopra's spy universe, following Salman Khan's Ek Tha Tiger and Tiger Zinda Hai, and War, featuring Hrithik Roshan. Salman made a special appearance as Tiger in Pathaan.