Don 2 Is Doing Exceedingly Well At The Box Office

Shah Rukh Khan’s Don 2 – The King is Back has earned Rs 15.3 crore on the opening day, which is the highest first day collection on a non-holiday Friday.

The film is a sequel to Farhan Akhtar’s 2006 Don, which was a remake of the 1978 Amitabh Bachchan starrer of the same name.

In overseas markets, Don 2 broke the record for the highest single day gross for a Hindi film in Australia with estimated earnings of US$82,000 Friday. The earlier record was Reliance Entertainment’s Bodyguard at US$74,000.

Don 2, also starring Priyanka Chopra, Boman Irani, Kunal Kapoor and Lara Dutta earned $550,000 in North America, beating My Name is Khan opening day gross of $445,000.

Don 2 released with 3,000 movie prints in the domestic market and a 3D release on another 550 screens. Source