'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' Salman Khan to beat Aamir Khan's 'PK' to become third highest grosser in China
Salman Khan's 2016 blockbuster 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' released in China recently and is doing extremely well at the box-office. In fact, the film is all set to cross the lifetime business of Aamir Khan's film PK.
Salman Khan's 2016 blockbuster 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' released in China recently and is doing extremely well at the box-office. In fact, the film is all set to cross the lifetime business of Aamir Khan's film PK.
Aamir Khan films are the highest grossing Indian films in China with Dangal at top spot with 1200 crores collection, Secret Superstar collected over 800 crores and PK 19.50 US dollars at China's tehatres.
Bajrangi Bhaijaan was released as Little Lolita Monkey God Uncle there and has crossed 100 crore mark in China. This film got the widest Bollywood release there with 8000 screens surpassing Secret Superstar and Dangal. It has crossed the Rs 750 crore mark at the worldwide box office and has become the fifth film to achieve the feat after Dangal, Baahubali 2, Secret Superstar and PK. Interestingly, after having an average start, Bajrangi Bhaijaan showed the solid trend in the weekdays and the collections continuously showed good jump each passing day at the box office.
Trade analyst Taran Adarsh confirmed it's success story in China and took to Twitter to reveal that the film has earned 18.50 crores.
Bajrangi Bhaijaan is directed by Kabir Khan, who has worked with Salman Khan in films like Tubelight and Ek Tha Tiger. The film also features Kareena Kapoor Khan, Harshali Malhotra, Sharat Saxena and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in lead roles. Bollywood filmmakers are eyeing Chinese market, no wonder the makers of Irrfan Khan and Saba Qamar starrer Hindi Medium have also decided to release the film there on April 4.