Shah Rukh Khan’s next big-screen action film King arrives on December 24, and the trade is already framing the Christmas release as a potential record-setter. The film is directed by Siddharth Anand and produced by Gauri Khan, Mamta Anand and Siddharth Anand under Red Chillies Entertainment and Marflix Pictures.
Early box-office projections reported by Koimoi see King opening at ₹100 crore or more worldwide on day one. If that happens, Shah Rukh Khan would become the first Bollywood actor with three ₹100 crore global opening days.
The opening-day record at stake
The comparison that matters is with his own recent action run:
- Pathaan: ₹104.26 crore global day one
- Jawan: ₹128.10 crore global day one, Shah Rukh Khan’s best opening day so far
- King: projected at ₹100 crore plus, with some trade talk even asking whether it can challenge the higher 150-crore threshold after Dhurandhar 2 and Ramayana
Those numbers are projections and trade estimates, not confirmed producer figures. They do, however, capture the expectation around a star whose post-COVID action films have repeatedly opened at a scale the Hindi market rarely sees.
Why the Christmas slot matters
A December 24 release puts King in a holiday corridor that can boost first-day and opening-weekend footfall. The film is positioned as a full-fledged action thriller, the mode that powered Pathaan and Jawan, and the ensemble includes Suhana Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Rani Mukerji, Jaideep Ahlawat, Jackie Shroff, Arshad Warsi, Raghav Juyal and Abhay Verma.
The wider significance is that Shah Rukh Khan’s comeback after a three-year gap could reset what a Hindi film opening can achieve. A third century-opening would separate him from the pack on a metric that has become shorthand for event-film reach. The next marker to watch is not just whether King crosses ₹100 crore on day one, but whether it can beat Jawan’s ₹128.1 crore opening and hold beyond the holiday weekend.
Source: Koimoi
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