'Dunki' Marks Shah Rukh Khan's Lowest Opening of 2023

Despite its wide release, the film, which explores the hardships of undocumented migration, ranks as the ninth highest-opening Hindi film of the year.

• Shah Rukh Khan's latest film 'Dunki' has registered his lowest opening of 2023, with $3.4 million nett collections in India and a global gross of $6.9 million on the first day.
• 'Dunki', directed by Rajkumar Hirani, tells the story of a group of Indians who aspire to move to London for a better life in the era following India's independence from British rule.
• The film's title refers to 'donkey-flights', the practice of people migrating without documentation from one country to another, risking deportation and death.
• Despite its wide release, 'Dunki' ranks as the ninth highest-opening Hindi film of 2023.
• The film faced competition from the Telugu film 'Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire', which released in five Indian languages including Hindi, causing a slight dip in 'Dunki's' collections on the second day of release.

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