India Box Office: ‘Sitaare Zameen Par' Among Global Top Scorers
Indian star Aamir Khan poses with the cast of his new Hindi film 'Sitaare Zameen Par' on a poster of ... More the film.
Indian film Sitaare Zameen Par hit theatres worldwide on June 20, amid much discussion, and the Aamir Khan film ranked among globally top-grossing films for the weekend ending June 22. Directed by RS Prasanna, the Hindi film is about a former coach and his team of players with intellectual disabilities.
Sitaare Zameen Par: Aamir Khan film crossed $10 million in three days
Headlined by Aamir Khan, Sitaare Zameen Par took a decent start on Friday and a good word-of-mouth contributed to a major rise in the collections over the weekend. On Saturday, its second day at the box office, the film earned double the opening amount.
Sitaare Zameen Par is loosely inspired by Champions (2018). The real-life story of American basketball coach Ron Jones formed the inspiration for the Spanish film Champions. Sitaare Zameen Par tells the story of a suspended basketball coach (Khan). A court orders him to coach a team of players with disabilities as they prepare for a tournament.
Aamir Khan is the coach while Genelia D'Souza is his onscreen wife in the film. Sitaare Zameen Par is a spiritual sequel to Khan's 2007 surprise hit Taare Zameen Par. Brijendra Kala and Dolly Ahulwalia also play important parts in the film.
The latest Hindi release, Sitaare Zameen Par, had an impressive start at the ticket windows. It collected more than $10 million worldwide in just three days at the box office.
With limited shows on June 20, Sitaare Zameen Par had a decent collection of $1.4 million in India and $2.4 million worldwide. The film saw a record hundred percent jump in the collections on Saturday, June 21. The Hindi movie made a gross collection of $4.6 million in the Indian markets alone on Saturday. The two-day global total of Sitaare Zameen Par stood at $6.4 million.
On Sunday, Sitaare Zameen Par earned $10.2 million and made it to the eighth slot on Comscore's weekly list of top-scoring films worldwide for the weekend. In India, the film closed its first weekend a little above $8 million. In the US markets alone, Sitaare Zameen Par grossed a little more than $1 million in three days. It ranked at the twelfth slot on Comscore's list of top-grossing films in the US.
Dhanush-starrer Kuberra and Aamir Khan's Sitaare Zameen Par have both ranked among the top-grossing films worldwide, as per Comscore's latest list. Both the films managed to cross $10 million collections at the global ticket windows in the first three days.
Directed by Sekhar Kammula, Kuberaa is produced by Sree Venkateswara Cinemas and Amigos Creations. It is headlined by Dhanush and Nagarjuna. Co-written by the director and Chaithanya Pingali, Kuberra also features Jim Sarbh, Rashmika Mandanna, and Dalip Tahil. Ranking at the ninth slot on Comscore's list of top-grossing films worldwide, the film earned $10.08 million worldwide. It also collected $1.7 million in the US markets in its first weekend, making it to the top ten highest-grossing films in the US this weekend.
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