After becoming the first film of 2017 to enter Rs 100 crore club, Shah Rukh Khan’s Raees is going really strong at the box office. This is SRK’s 7th film to cross Rs 100 crore and not only domestically, but the movie has also set the international market on fire.
Despite being in comparison with Hrithik Roshan’s Kaabil, the film has ranked number one in India and UAE, when it comes to the worldwide opening weekend collections.
Raees did a business of Rs 8.25 crore on Monday, Rs 7.52 crore on Tuesday and Rs 6.5 crore on Wednesday, minting an amount of over Rs 114 crore till date.
As far as the international figures are concerned, the movie did a business of Rs 3.85 crores at the Australian box office in 8 days. And dominated the UAE with its opening weekend collection of Rs 16.65 crores.
Shah Rukh Khan in Raees (Courtesy: Twitter/@SRKulesForever)
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Here’s a detailed break-up of Raees domestic box office collection in Week 1:
- Wednesday: 20.42 crore
- Thursday: 26.30 crore
- Friday: 13.11 crore
- Saturday: 15.61 crore
- Sunday: 17.80 crore
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Shah Rukh Khan, Mahira Khan in Raees
(Courtesy: Twitter| @RaeesTheFilm)
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Shah Rukh’s performance in Raees was highly praised by audience and the fans are rushing toward theaters to see him play the wicked bootlegger on the big-screen.
Trade Analyst Ramesh Bala took to Twitter and wrote:
#Raees Opening Wknd WW BO Rankings:#India – 1#UAE – 1#UK – 6#Malaysia – 6#NZ – 7#Norway – 9#Australia – 12#NorthAmerica – 16
— Ramesh Bala (@rameshlaus) February 3, 2017
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In 8 days, #Raees collects A$ 747,475 [₹ 3.85 Crs] at the #Australian Box office..
— Ramesh Bala (@rameshlaus) February 3, 2017
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. @iamsrk ‘s #Raees dominated the #UAE Jan 26th – 29th weekend BO and opened at No1. grossing US$2,447,587 [₹ 16.65 Crs] pic.twitter.com/k5NA9SxiY1
— Ramesh Bala (@rameshlaus) February 2, 2017
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Well, the coming weeks are really crucial for Raees‘ success.
