Sunny Deol's Gadar 2, a period drama is now the highest grossing Hindi film earning Rs 524.75 crore net in India. The period drama has left behind Shah Rukh Khan's Pathaan, which released in January earlier this year, at the box-office.
Pathaan, a spy action thriller, was the highest grossing movie ever in Hindi for months now. Trade Analyst Taran Adarsh took to X (formerly Twitter), to set the record.
He said the lifetime business of Pathaan in Hindi was Rs 524.53 crore whereas Gadar 2 has raked in Rs 524.75 crore net.
Adarsh wrote, "#Gadar2 crosses *lifetime biz* of #Pathaan #Hindi [Rs 524.53 cr] in #India… Now No. 1 HIGHEST GROSSING FILM in #Hindi in #India… Biz at a glance… Week 1: Rs 284.63 cr. Week 2: Rs 134.47 cr; Week 3: Rs 63.35 cr; Week 4: Rs 27.55 cr, Week 5: Rs 7.28 cr; Week 6: Rs 4.72 cr; Weekend 7: Rs 2.75 cr [till Wed]. Total: Rs 524.75 cr #India biz. Nett BOC. #Boxoffice."
Gadar 2 is directed by Anil Sharma. A sequel to Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001), it stars Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel and Utkarsh Sharma, who reprise their roles from the previous film.