 "Shaitaan box office: 7 records created by Ajay Devgn-R Madhavan-Jyotika starrer in its opening weekend")
In the last weekend, we saw the arrival of Ajay Devgn, R Madhavan and Jyotika starrer Shaitaan at the box office. The supernatural psychological thriller opened to tremendous response from the audience. While the film has emerged as a success story at the ticket windows, it has also created several records. Here are they…
2nd biggest opener of 2024
With Rs 15.21 crore on its first day, the Vikas Bahl directorial became the 2nd biggest opener of the year after Hrithik Roshan’s _Fighter_ (Rs 24.60 crore).
Ajay Devgn’s 5th biggest opener
The film also emerged as the fifth biggest opener of Ajay Devgn’s career after Singham Returns (32.09 crores), Golmaal Again (30.14 crores), Total Dhamaal (16.50 crores) and Drishyam 2 (15.38 crores).
R Madhavan’s biggest opener
_Shaitaan_ turned out to be the biggest opener of R Madhavan beating 3 Idiots (12.78 crore) and Tanu Weds Manu Returns (Rs 8.85 crore).
2nd highest opening weekend grosser of 2024
It surpassed movies like Article 370 (Rs 25.45 crore) and Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya (Rs 26.52 crore), to emerge as the second-highest opening weekend grosser with around Rs 56 crore after Fighter (Rs 115.30 crore).
Ajay Devgn’s 7th highest opening weekend grosser
Shaitaan has also emerged as the 7th highest opening weekend grosser of Ajay Devgn after Golmaal Again (Rs 87.60 crore), Singham Returns (Rs 77.69 crore), Son of Sardaar (Rs 66.02 crore), Drishyam 2 (64.14 crore), Tanhaji (Rs 61.75 crore) and Total Dhamaal (Rs 62.40 crore).
R Madhavan’s highest first-weekend grosser
R Madhavan, who played the titular character in the movie, got his highest opening weekend grosser beating 3 Idiots (Rs 40.65 crore) and Tanu Weds Manu Returns (Rs 38.15 crore).
Jyotika’s first Bollywood hit
25 years back, Jyotika made her screen debut with the Bollywood film Doli Saja Ke Rakhna, which turned out to be a disappointing affair at the box office. However, with Shaitaan the actress made a great comeback.
Presented by Jio Studios, Devgn Films and Panorama Studios, Shaitaan is produced by Ajay Devgn, Jyoti Deshpande, Kumar Mangat Pathak and Abhishek Pathak and also features Janki Bodiwala in a prominent role.
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