Jawan Box Office Collection Day 1: Shah Rukh’s Film Creates A Record; Beats Gadar 2’s Highest Earning In A Day

Shah Rukh Khan fans have all the reasons to grin ear to ear these today. After all, his much anticipated movie Jawan, which marks King Khan's first collaboration with director Atlee, has hit the theatres today. Also starring Nayanthara, Deepika Padukone, Priyamani, Sanya Malhotra and Vijay Sethupathi in key roles, Jawan has opened to rave reviews from the audience and critics.

In fact, this Atlee directorial has witnessed a thunderous opening at the box office and managed to become the highest opener of all times. Yes! Jawan created history on its first day of release with a reportedly phenomenal opening of Rs 65 crores. Interestingly, it has managed to beat Shah Rukh Khan's Pathaan's opening collection of Rs 55 crore.

And while fans are celebrating the impressive start of Jawan era at box office, this Shah Rukh Khan starrer is also making headlines for beating Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel starrer Gadar 2 in the most unexpected way. Yes! Gadar 2 has been one of the biggest releases of the year which had taken the box office by storm. In fact, the Anil Sharma directorial also shattered several box office records every day and also become the fastest movie to enter the coveted Rs 500 crore club.

But Jawan has taken over the Gadar 2 wave like a giant tsunami and managed to beat the Sunny Deol's film's highest collection in a day. For the uninitiated, Gadar 2 has made the highest collection on the occasion of Independence day and earned Rs 55.4 crore at the box office. However, Jawan has managed to beat Gadar 2 on the first day of release with an astounding collection of Rs 65 crores (Hindi) reportedly.

Well, it is undoubtedly a big achievement for Jawan and it will be interesting to see what other records the Atlee directorial will shatter in the coming days.

Meanwhile, Gadar 2 director Anil Sharma recently spoke about Jawan's effect on the film's collection and told Indian Express, "Just like how Gadar 2 got the audience's love, Jawan is set to receive the same amount of love and more. People are going to have a great cinema-watching experience. They'll whistle, dance, and clap. The public wants to see extravagant films, tamasha dekhna hai. Otherwise, they are anyway sitting home alone and watching films. People are craving community experience and these films are the answer. With Jawan, the industry will only benefit. Such films are important"