Aamir Khan’s Dangal becomes Bollywood’s highest earning film in China, crosses Rs 100 crore mark

Dangal has zoomed past the Rs 100 crore mark within four days of its release, breaking a record previously set by Aamir Khan's PK

By: IANS News Agency |
May 10, 2017 8:09 am

Tags: Aamir Khan,

Aamir Khan’s Dangal is roaring high at the China box office. The film has zoomed past the Rs 100 crore mark within four days of its release, breaking a record previously set by Aamir’s PK and the actor is touched with the love shown towards the film.

Reacting to the overwhelming response to the movie, Aamir told IANS over email: “Me and the entire team of Dangal are very touched with the love and affection that our film ‘Dangal’ is getting in China. I have been visiting Chinese social media websites and reading translations of the reactions. It is truly moving to see such a strong emotional bond that the Chinese have with our film.

“On behalf of our entire team, I would like to thank our Chinese audience and want them to know that we are all so happy. And I would like to thank our distributors in China for giving our film such a nice release.” In the past, Aamir’s 3 Idiots and PK did well in China. In fact, PK was the first Bollywood film to mint over Rs 100 crore in China — and it had done so in 16 days back in 2015.

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Dangal, a story of a wrestler who trains his daughters to become world champions in wrestling, released in China as “Shuai Jiao Baba” on May 5 which means “Let’s Wrestle, Dad”. The movie released in around 7,000 screens and minted over Rs 120 crore by Tuesday evening, said a spokesperson of Aamir Khan Productions. A biopic of former Indian wrestler Mahavir Phogat, Dangal had also resonated well with the Indian audience, generating over Rs 385 crore ticket sales upon its release in India.

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Just a month before the movie’s release, Aamir and director Nitesh Tiwari were in China to promote Dangal, which officially opened this year’s edition of the Beijing International Film Festival.

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