3 Idiots – The biggest grosser overseas and India

Aamir Khan is on top of the world! Not only is 3 Idiots the biggest blockbuster ever in India, it has also crossed the 45 crore overseas gross of Shahrukh Khan’s Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna.

With close to Rs 23 crores in North America, 9 crores in United Kingdom and approximately 20 crores from UAE and other parts of the world, the film has crossed 52 crores in overseas business alone and is officially the biggest grosser ever.

In India too, 3 Idiots has beaten Aamir Khan’s very own Ghajini. With business of around 44 crores nett in its second week (till Tuesday) the film is likely to cross the 50 crore nett mark in Week 2!

Some facts

– Forget Week 2, no other film in 2009 has touched 50 crores in Week 1.
– No other film, except Ghajini, has ever netted 50 crores in a week.
– 3 Idiots has over-taken Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna in less than 2 weeks overseas.

Will the arrival of two new films Pyaar Impossible and Dulha Mil Gaya this week, halt the historic run of 3 Idiots? If Week 3 is strong enough, the film has decent chances of touching the 200 crore mark in India!

Note: While both 3 Idiots (in 2 weeks) and Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna (lifetime) have grossed approximately the same, when converted to rupees, 3 Idiots gross is about 10%. Back then when KANK released, a dollar was around 40 – 41 rupees. As of yesterday 1$ equals Rs 46.25.

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  • @all
    @Indicine Team

    we all should be very respecful and considerable about the box office and success power,
    I have no doubt people have Favourite actors and Stars but numbers and standing are the facts and due shares respect and No. 1 ranking should be given according to that.

    Ammir khan has great success in last two years and his box office is amazing but please too be very hones he is still far away from the success of SRK, what he has tasted and achieved. it is not the statement from the FAN it is fact, please read below pstings by BO India, in top 10 overseas movies, SRK has 7 movies, please give this great actor his due share, he rode the whole RBNBDJ on his shoulder to make it blockbuster, please guys give him due shares, please dont compare him with “Joker ” and current days”GOVINDA” that is AKSAHY Kumar, please , this is the request from he geniun and honest cinegoers who always follows the honesty and truth

    Thanks

    Three Idiots after just its second weekend has became the second biggest grosser ever overseas. The figures of the biggest grossers in overseas are as follows. All figures in US Dollars.

    1. Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna – $10.75m

    2. Three Idiots – $10.40m (still running)

    3. Om Shanti Om – $10m

    4. Dhoom 2 – $8.60m

    5. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi – $8.40m

    6. Veer Zaara – $8.20m

    7. Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham – $8m

    8. Jodhaa Akbar – $7.50m

    9. Don -$7.45m

    10. Singh Is Kinng – $

  • SRK no doubt has the most box office blockbusters overseas. But he is no longer the undisputed overseas superstar that he was during the 90s and the first half of the last decade.

    3 Idiots is likely to touch 14 – 15 million overseas and that would be a huge achievement.

  • SALMAN – total movies-67, HITS-32

    AAMIR- Total movies-39, HITS-22

    SRK- Total movies-56, HITS-28

    AKSHAY- Total movies-88, HITS-26

  • @indiaince
    you guys are nuts,
    Om Shanti Om ,Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi,Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna from 2007 to till
    so where did you see the early decade blockbuster movie , for INdidince kind information, to set their record straight below is the information based on facts only on “facts” for oversear all time best grossers with year of released

    Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi- 2009
    Om Shanti Om 2008
    Don 2006-2007
    Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna 2006
    Veer-Zaara 2004
    Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham2001

    Indicine, where do you see early 2000 or mid 2000 for SRKs box office success, it is from 2001 till 2000 dude and surely be early 2010 with my name is khan , definetly,
    news ia Rajeev masand has seen th emovie and like the movie crazily, he is crazy critic , does not good ratings, he slams akshay jokers movie all the time

    lol for indicne below comments in quotes” But he is no longer the undisputed overseas superstar that he was during the 90s and the first half of the last decade”

  • please note the correction in my early blod statement
    i wrote
    “Indicine, where do you see early 2000 or mid 2000 for SRKs box office success, it is from 2001 till 2000 dude and surely be early 2010 with my name is khan , definetly”

    I did mean to write 2009 instead of 2000 right after “early ”

    conclusion is srk has success for overseas whole decade, I dont know where Indicine saw success only in early decade? funy and lol on indicine statement

  • i think its life time bussiness above 175 cr. if we include satelights rights then its grosses 200 cr and including youtube release then its crosses above 220 cr. what a big hit!!!
    ahmm!
    veer is copy or inspired by the telugu film magadheera. look into youtube . magadheera.!!!
    saallu was liying about the story of the film. he is not real story writer of veer.

  • @Adiii.
    Story : The story begins in 1609. Kalabhairava (ram charan) is a guard of udayagarh kingdom.
    His family is praised by everyone for their sacrifice for the kingdom. Mithra (Kajal agarwal)
    is the only princess of the kingdom. Bhairava and mithra fells in love with each other while
    her relative Rao Ramesh wants to marry mithra to capture the throne. He loses a challenge with
    Bhairava for marrying mithra and he is sent out of the kingdom as per the challenge. In the bhairava’s
    ancestral backround, no male lives more than 30 years and all of them died for protecting the kingdom.
    The king is worried about that and pleades bhairava to sacrifice his love. Mean while Rao ramesh mingles
    with Share Khan (srihari) who is in a spree of conquering India and in process nears the udayagarh kingdom
    to conquer the kingdom of udayagarh. They kill everyone in the kingdom in the absence of bhairava who wents with Mithra
    to Bhairava kona (a spiritual place) to offer yagnas for the welfare of the kingdom. The enemies come to that place to kill
    bhairava and conquer the prncess. Bhairava and mithra dies there after the fight.
    The second shade of the story is in 2009 where bhairava, mithra, share han and Rao Ramesh takes rebirth in this century.
    The story is then all about winning their love in this birth.
    This is the story of your Magadheera and there is no word of father and son,british empire so how can u say that VEER is copy or inspired from magadheera.
    everyone knows that salman has clearly said he has wriiten the story after watching one of the play which was based on father son relationship so just don’t make your own verdit that sallu is lying and all.

  • @Adiii
    If u have read the story or watched the movie you will know that the later half of the movie is set in 2009 and VEER is completely set in 19 century how the hell u can say that story is copied

  • oho!
    sorry yar! but first u look the every scene in trailer of magadheera then compared to trailer of veer.
    u will see lots of similirity between bth films!

  • ALMIGHTY BELEVER

    to indicine this is the latest box office updates of 3 idiots Rs.240 crore (Rs.2.4 billion) round the world with ALMIGHTY GRACE…

    Two weeks later, ‘3 Idiots’ going strong
    05 Jan, 2010 10:04 am ISTlIANS

    Print EMail Discuss Share Save Comment Text:
    Aamir Khan starrer “3 Idiots” is in its second week and the comedy-drama is still going strong. The film has earned Rs.240 crore (Rs.2.4 billion) so far and multiplexes are still screening an average of 10 houseful shows a day.

    “Last year ‘Ghajini’ had broken all records and had gone on to become the biggest grosser in the history of Indian Cinema. No film since has even come close to the business.

    “Now hold your breath and take a seat. ‘3 Idiots’ has already crossed the business of ‘Ghajini’. In less than 10 days ‘3 Idiots’ has overtaken the entire business of ‘Ghajini’ in India, overseas… And is still going strong,” Aamir posted on his blog.

    Distributed by Reliance BIG Entertainment, the movie is being screened across 1,350 theatres and over 1,800 screens in India. It released with 342 prints over 366 screens across 40 countries in the overseas market.

    Even in times of shrinking shelf lives of movies, “3 Idiots” has managed to grab time slots in around 50 theatres in Delhi with an average of 10 shows running per day. Still there are many who have not been able to see the film.

    Delhi-based Sonika Singh has been trying her luck at the ticket windows to see “3 Idiots” since its release Dec 25, but in vain.

    “I have been trying to book six tickets since Dec 26 for a last show so that I can watch the film with my family but I have just not been able to get good seats. Usually only the front rows are available which we are not interested in,” Singh, a management executive, told IANS.

    Produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and directed by Rajkumar Hirani, “3 Idiots”, about three friends – played by Aamir, R. Madhavan and Sharman Joshi – takes a dig at the education system in India. It is being lapped up for its humorous streak and realistic treatment.

    Despite a controversy over author Chetan Bhagat’s claims for a prominent credit for the story, “3 Idiots” is what everyone wants to watch – again and again.

    “I have watched the movie twice at the hall – once with my friends and once with my parents. And I can watch it over and over again. I have never enjoyed any movie so much,” said Garima Mishra.

    Delhi-based distributor Joginder Mahajan said that the movie has earned huge profits even for the distributors.

    “The movie is successfully running in a around 150 screens in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Distributors’ share is also record breaking – the film has raked in Rs.1.46 crore for distributors at 52.5 percent only in its first week here. The second week is going as strong as the first and the distributor share is 45 percent. The distributor share in itself is expected to touch Rs.7 crore,” he said.

    Even in Mumbai, the movie is running in close to 100 theatres offering multiple shows per day. Apart from big cities, the film is also being appreciated in small towns sources indiatimes movies …

    with only and only ALMIGHTY GRACE

  • @Adiii
    So say that the direction is copied and not the story and for your kind information salman is not the director of the movie. first u were saying that story is the same and now u say the scene are the same but if u make a periodic movie there have to be similarities as the history is the same if u are movie based on the history u have to go that way for eg
    1)fighting scene will always be shown in aground covered with the mountains as they use to do it.
    2)the pattern of fighting and the way the used to fight with the sword will be the same bcoz sword fighting is not just go and swing your swords in the air it had the particular technique so every film director who is having the knowledge of the history in detail will show in that particular way.
    so don’t say that SALMAN is lying ok bcoz he is not the director.

  • arshan
    its full copy of magadheera. veer story around in 19th century is only change in story. otherwie it is too copy of magadheera.
    !!!

  • my review on 2009 bollywood movies

    the best movie from 2009—-
    1-3 idiots, 2-kurbaan,3 -paa, 4-ajab prem ki gajab kahani 5-love aajkal, 6-new york, 7 sankat city , 8- all the best, 9- londan dreams, 10- rocket singh ,11- wanted

    best actor-
    1-amitabh bacchan for paa
    2-amir khan for 3 idiots
    3- farhan akthar for luck by chance
    4-ranbir kapoor for rocket singh
    5- saif ali khan fo love aajkal
    6-neil nitin mukesh fo jail or newyork
    7-salman khan – londan dreams
    8-irfan khan for newyork
    9-ajay devgan for all the best
    10- akshay kumar for de dana dan
    best actresse

    1- priyanka chopra for what your rashee
    2- konkana sen for wake up sid or luck by chance
    3- vidya balan for paa
    4-kareena kappor for kurbaan
    5-katrina kaif for newyork
    6- deepika for love aaj kal
    7- rimi sen for sankat city
    8-bipashabasu for aa dekhe jara

    music director
    1-pritam for love aaj kal
    2- ar rahman for delhi 6
    3-sankar ehsaan loy for londan dreams
    4- illayaraja for paa
    and 5 -shantanu moitra for 3 idiots

    so

    blue was a great dissapointment for our bbllywood industry but it was most stlish. action and good looking film of the year.
    chandni chowk to china was nice picturise and with great action was also a great dissapointment.
    billu was also a dissapointment and bad directed and performed by.
    kambakht ishq what bad film this was!!!
    alladin(“flopdin”)

    overall
    we seen lots bad film in 2009. bad year for bollywood.
    it will always remember only for 3 idiots.

  • @adiii
    I just now saw the trailer video of magadheera of timing 3.29 sec where this hero is running behind the rath of horses man forget the direction the quality of the direction is no where compare to VEER.eg when this hero is jumping from his horse you can easily see the rope tied to him timing of the scene 0.56 onwards and u compare this video with VEER trailer u are sick man

  • @adiii
    so you mean to say that only the story has been set in 19th century that is the only change so mean to say that so as you are saying then VEER is also based on re carnation so the later of VEER is set in the 21 st century I think U have already watched Veer.
    first u said story then u said scene then again u say story with only change first u confirm yourself what is same and where is the change and if u r saying about the video trailor then I have commented on it above Magadheera stands nowhere compare to veer on the base of story and direction.

  • why aamir is above SRK now is becos SRK is not doing only 1 film a year..even though SRK is proffessional it is not good for him… he should do atleast 3 movies a year… becos we fans want to see him…and i am sure if he does 3 or 4 film a year all his films wil be super hit and he wil be above all stars…at present situation as SRK is not havin any films Amir is in top…but if we look total SRK is stil king… and i hope he is going to break all record with MNIK…

  • I’m happy for Aamir khan because he’s been in the industry for almost 20 years or more, and he achieved his goal in the past few years.. that’s good.. anybody who works hard deserves the success, but he was not so popular in the past by other nationalities overseas and he’s been recognized only after his movies TZP & Ghajini.. the box office success made him popular.. but let’s wait and see.. two of the biggest bollywood actors hv been so quiet for the past 2 years ( Shahrukh & Hrithik), so it was Aamir’s opportunity to prove himself as an actor/producer (and we don’t know what wd happen after the release of the lined up movies..MNIK, then RA1 or Don2, Kites & Guzaarish for Hrithik.. who’s the best among these 3 actors?! Time would say only!

  • hey addiii i salute you you are the biggest liar of the world you are comparing veer to that telugu drama only on the fact that both the films are period film but the story of veer is completely different as magadheera is also shot in 21st century and arshan be cool adii is a salman hater he is compairing veer action tell me adii when and where you watch the action sequence of veer not a single action sequence is showed in the trailer.
    and second thing why that film stole the name of magadh which is modern day bihar and not any dravidian state and now i understand that you know that all the things you are compairing i think you compare it with veer because of the chest armoury now tell mr adii what a warrior will wear a tshirt or something like that.
    the thing which i am laughing upon is people like you who doesnot have a piece of info about the film but compare it with any film which is of the same genre are you mad people people who dont even watch troy said that veer is a copy of troy i challenged that even bigger sites like indicine box office india india fm dont have too much info about veer but they compare it with troy.

  • Wonderfull Aamir Khan he is d real king, badshah n next emperor of bollywood, Altimeblockbuster domesticaly n overseas with breaking record 4 all part of d business in cinema.

    Pls Indicine how would u rate Aamir khan performance or i say his contribution in this succesed of d film? pls batao.

  • Adii:
    u r right trailer of this movie magadheera is like trailer of Veer , and it looks like veer’r trailer is copy of maghadeera’s trailer and u looks like a fisrt foolest person of 2010.
    hhahahhaha
    yaar is ke baad bhi koi acha sa jok bhejna plz
    simmilarity is only this that both movie are historical and on that time people used horse for traveling and sowrds for weapens . if u will see 100 historical movies trailers then all will look like same just like if u watch a new movie’s promo which is about 21st century then every movie will have same cars , same locations , same kind of dresses , so it means every movie is copy of other movies ????
    hahahhaha
    i am still laughing on ur comment.
    that was joke of the day.

  • Adiii is the Biggest JOKE of our country….

    Magadheera was a Punar-Janam Story…. VEER is completely different…

    Adii, Before posting such insane stuffs Do understand one Thing… Nobody is a Fool like you.

    Everyone here knows what VEER is all about & what Magadheera is all about.

    So, stop wasting your time in this… Rather go & promote MNIK… Whose trailor & songs are not being liked by the neutral Public…

    Better Save MNIK.

  • top ten net grossers of whole india are
    1- 3 idiots-125 cr(still running)
    2-ghjini-114 cr
    3-magadheera-104 cr
    4- shivaji the boss- 101 cr
    5-dhoom2- 94 cr
    6-rab ne ban di jodi-92 cr
    7-dasavtaram-90cr
    8-om shanti om-88 cr
    9-singh is king-88cr
    10-welcome-85 cr

  • Adiii,

    You don’t worry about that… Salman is way above Hits & Flops.

    But if MNIK flops, certainly there are chances coz it’s trailor & songs are not liked by the neutral audience.

    So, instead of Giving wrong Info about VEER… Go & Promote MNIK.. It would be better for you ;-)

  • Many of you have misunderstood this statement “SRK no doubt has the most box office blockbusters overseas. But he is no longer the undisputed overseas superstar that he was during the 90s and the first half of the last decade.”

    What we meant was.. During the 90s and early years of the last decade, SRK was the only box office superstar. But after 2005 – 2006, while SRK is still as strong as he was, the others (Read Aamir, Akshay, Hrithik) are all now, equally capable of beating his records with each of their releases.

  • SRK & Akshay have spent a lot of time & energy in cultivating the overseas Indian audiences by appearing in innumerable NRI films. Most of their films are based in foreign countries which is not the case with Aamir & to an extent Salman Khan. Apart from DCH (very limited) , I cant think of any Aamir film potraying him as a NRI. Also many premieres of SRK & Akshay films are held overseas which is not the case with Aamir. It is a well known fact that people generally flock to see those movies which they can relate to and as such SRK & Akshay will always have greater fan following overseas.

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