Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal Beats Shah Rukh Khan Starrer Pathaan’s Lifetime Collection; Create THIS Record In 2023

The year 2023 was quite successful for the Indian box office as it witnessed the release of several box office hits which did wonders at the ticket windows. The year started with Shah Rukh Khan's comeback release Pathaan and till December there were several big releases as the year ended with the box office clash between SRK's Dunki and Prabhas' Salaar. This year has been quite successful for Shah Rukh with three releases including Pathaan, Jawan and Dunki.

However, it has been Ranbir Kapoor and Rashmika Mandanna starrer Animal which has been giving Shah Rukh Khan a tough fight at the box office. Helmed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, Animal released on December 1 and also featured Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol and Triptii Dimri. The movie had managed to create several records at the box office including becoming the second highest opener, Ranbir's biggest opener, Ranbir's highest grossing film and more.

And while Animal continued to have a good hold at the box office for five weeks, the movie managed to rake in a decent amount in the fifth weekend. Yes! Animal minted Rs 544.93 crores in the fifth weekend and has managed to earn Rs 1.33 crores on day 32 (fifth Monday) taking the overall collection of the movie to Rs 546.26 crores. As Animal is inching towards Rs 550 crores, the movie has managed to beat the lifetime collection of Pathaan and created a massive record.

For the uninitiated, Pathaan, which was helmed by Siddharth Anand, made a lifetime collection of Rs 543.05 crores. And now with Animal raking in Rs 544.93 crore till the last day of December 2023, it is evident that Animal has managed to beat Pathaan and has emerged as the second highest earning film of 2023 after Jawan which minted Rs 640.25 crores.

Talking about Animal's box office success, Sandeep Reddy Vanga told IndiaToday.in, "I was expecting the film to do well, I knew it would do 600 crores to 700 crores but wasn't expecting these huge numbers. It has already crossed the 800 crores mark, which was a surprise for me and I am very happy with the collection. Even with the reviews, the film has done great numbers at the box office and as a filmmaker, I am happy."