Super Star Shah Rukh Khan's Don 2 — The King is Back has earned Rs153 million 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 $82,000 on Friday. The earlier record was Reliance Entertainment's Bodyguard at $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's opening-day gross of $445,000.