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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  • adiii bro

    al iz well al iz ell koi baat nahi sab theek hojaayengaa

    kyunki , mnik kaa subject new nahi hai par humjaante hai ki publicity kaa badshaah joh khud is film kaa producer srk …..uski film if not good also naa he is going to declared ….his movie hit…

    but remember one thing like last year akki bhaissab ne bhi yehi kiyaa thaa kambakhth ishq k liye ….film ne open weekend acchaa business kiyaa toh whole team had made party of success but finall verdict aagey padlenaa …..

    Here is the list of Worst Top 10 Hindi/Bollywood Movies made in the year 2009. Rankings depend upon commercial failure, money invested and revenue gained, the star power and the big names associated with making of the film, and finally the negative critical response received.

    #10 – Paying Guests
    Director: Paritosh Painter
    Producer: Subhash Ghai, Raju Farooqui
    Starring: Shreyas Talpade, Javed Jaffrey, Celina Jaitley, Aashish Chaudhary, Neha Dhupia

    #9 – Ek – The Power of One
    Director: Sangeeth Sivan
    Producer: K.Sera Sera, Dharam Films
    Starring: Bobby Deol, Shriya Saran, Nana Patekar

    #8 – Daddy Cool
    Director: K. Murli Mohan Rao
    Producer: Indra Kumar, Ashok Thakeria
    Starring: Sunil Shetty,
    Aftab Shivdasani, Aarti Chabria, Aashish Chaudhary, Kim Sharma, Sophie Choudry, Rajpal Yadav, Tulip Joshi, Javed Jaffrey

    #7 – Vaada Raha … I promise
    Director: Samir Karnik
    Producer: Eros International
    Starring: Bobby Deol, Kangana Ranaut

    #6 – Victory
    Director: AjitPal Mangat
    Producer: Manmohan Shetty, AjitPal Mangat
    Starring: Harman Baweja, Amrita Rao, Anupam Kher

    #5 – Aa Dekhen Zara
    Director: Jehangir Surti
    Producer: Eros Pictures Pvt. Ltd
    Starring: Neil Mukesh, Bipasha Basu, Rahul Dev

    #4 – Kal Kissne Dekha
    Director: Vivek Sharma
    Producer: Vashu Bhagnani
    Starring: Jackky Bhagnani, Vaishali Desai

    #3 – What’s Your Raashee?
    Director: Ashutosh Gowarikar
    Producer: Ronnie Screwvala, Ashutosh Gowarikar
    Starring: Harman Baweja, Priyanka Chopra

    #2 – Kambakkht Ishq
    Director: Sabbir Khan
    Producer: Sajid Nadiadwala
    Starring: Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor

    #1 – Chandni Chowk To China
    Director: Nikhil Advani
    Producer: Rohan Sippy
    Starring: Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone

    Note – These rankings may change depending upon failure of new movies released.

    sources……www dot top10bollywood dot com

    bhale hi mnik ko woh hit banaade but ……35% pure is alive ….in bollywood ……

    so, instead of making sallu bhai ….veer down ………go and promote ……….srk mnik

    but, as i always say may the best win INSHAAALLAAH i wish best to sallu bhai also and even srk as i am not his fan but …..i will appreciate the best ALHAMDULILAAH

    kyunki ek chance toh bantaa hai boss ……

  • salman is good human bieng but he is not actor thts why i hate him.
    ma fav actor list
    1-srk in romantic
    2-comedy -akki
    3-action -ajay devgan
    4-dialogue delivery-ajay devgan
    5-serious – big b

  • At multiplexes , there is no way veer will be challenging MNIK afterall mnik will be releasing 2 weeks after
    veer.

    The only challenge veer could possibly put is the on single screens , if veer turns out to be a very good

    movie in its story as well as direction.

    What looks boring in veer is the historical background and the britishers a century ago.

    historical background worked out for jodha akbar but will it work for veer ?

    IN mnik few people think it is based on 9/11. BUt i think 9/11 is an event or mishap that happened

    and movie have this to make some twist because interesting stories can’t go flat.

    We don’t know how much time does srk spent with kajol and how much on road doing some crazy

    things to meet the purpose.

    the movie looks promising from the first look and confirmed by trailor , now the release will most

    probably have stamped it.

  • ALLAAHTAALAAH grace is with sallu bhai and INSHAAALLAAH veer is going to be good in every aspects INSHAAALLAAH AAMEEN but plz , request to all sallu bhai fans and true entertaiment lovers across the globe that all of u try to make houseful board from 1st day onwards and set an ew record for sallu bhai worldwide kyunki i know ALMIGHTY grace with sallu k fans and true entertainment people across the globe ek baar joh commitnent kar detai hai , toh fir khudki bhi nahi suntey soe , 22 january se veer kaa box office collection istarah se badaaye INSHAAALLAAH yaani ki worldwide jitnaa aakaal aur bhookum bhi naa machaasake ….apne sallu bhai kaa diaologue…….. plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz go and watch veer of sallu bhai yodhaa from 22januaryse only and only in cinemas acrooss the globe…….INSHAAALLAAH AAMEEN

  • why do you claim 3idiots to be the highest grossser in india
    sholay is the highest till now because 3i gossing is still unjusted for inflation
    3i budget is37 crore plus 100 crore for marketing so if we subduct 200 cr from 137 all we have is 100 crore minus taxes all we havez is less than 80 crore ie lesser than ddlj let alone sholay

  • 100 cr 4 marketing….thts nonsense….

    jst 8 days remaining 4 veer………..its gng 2 rock ……..n srk fans plz go n promote MNIK….we sallu fans 4 enough to take care of veer……u wont worry 4 it…u know srk only crap movies work like OSO…RNBDJ….whenever he try sensibe movies like swadesh or paheli…he just falls falt….B”coz people dnt thnk he can make sense……….MNIK subject is gud….so hope tht it works………..

    sallu rocks……

    dont b an idiot……be a veer………..

  • Aamir just gave back to back two ‘All Time Blockbuster Hits’. Yes, talking abt ‘Gajini’ and ‘3 Idiots’. Has any other hero done this in Bollywood?

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