Aamir Khan’s Secret Superstar has taken a huge opening at the China box office. The movie grossed 170 in the first weekend.
Aamir Khan is a big superstar in China. This can be judged by the fact that all top Bollywood grossers in China belongs to him only. His last film Dangal grossed $193 million (1200 crores) in China. The total collection of Dangal in China is more than the worldwide collection of all Bollywood films release till date. This shows the dominance of the man at the Chinese box office. Aamir Khan’s Secret Superstar was released last Friday in China and it has created havoc at the box office. It has grossed $27 million (170 crores) in its first weekend in China.
In China, the weekend collection of the film is more than the first week collection of Dangal. It has emerged the top ranking film at the Chinese box office beating local film Forever Young which is running in its second week.
Secret Superstar has beaten the big Hollywood biggies of the week. Hollywood films Ferdinand grossed $9.75 million and Wonder grossed $2.75 million. The kind of start Secret Superstar has received gives the indication that it will be a huge hit. In fact, the movie will challenge Dangal’s numbers which in itself are huge.
Highest Grossing Indian films in China:
1. Dangal – 1200 crores
2. Secret Superstar – 170 crores
3. PK – 123 crores
4. Dhoom 3 – 24.0 crores
5. 3 Idiots – 16.80 crores
A look at the first weekend collection of Secret Superstar in China:
Friday
Gross – $6,780,000
Screen Avg – $324.34
Screenings – 55,666
Footfalls – 1,579,268
Saturday
Gross – $10,500,000
Screen Avg – $469.76
Screenings – 61,391
Footfalls – 2,284,275
Sunday
Gross – $9,700,000
Screen Avg – $419.76
Screenings – 62,769
Footfalls – 2,114,432
