Dangal zooms past Rs 100 cr mark in China, breaks PK record

Mumbai May 9 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan s Dangal has zoomed past the Rs 100 crore-mark within four days of its release in China breaking a record previously set by the actor-producer s PK. He is touched with the love shown towards the film.

Dangal a story of a wrestler who trains his daughters to become world champions in wrestling released in China as Shuai Jiao Baba on May 5 which means Let s Wrestle Dad. The movie released in around 7 000 screens and minted over Rs 120 crore by Tuesday evening said a spokesperson of Aamir Khan Productions.

Reacting to the overwhelming response to the movie Aamir told IANS over email: Me and the entire team of Dangal are very touched with the love and affection that our film Dangal is getting in China. I have been visiting Chinese social media websites and reading translations of the reactions. It is truly moving to see such a strong emotional bond that the Chinese have with our film.

On behalf of our entire team I would like to thank our Chinese audience and want them to know that we are all so happy. And I would like to thank our distributors in China for giving our film such a nice release.

In the past Aamir s 3 Idiots and PK did well in China. In fact PK was the first Bollywood film to mint over Rs 100 crore in China -- and it had done so in 16 days back in 2015.

A biopic of former Indian wrestler Mahavir Phogat Dangal had also resonated well with the Indian audience generating over Rs 385 crore ticket sales upon its release in India.

Just a month before the movie s release Aamir and Dangal director Nitesh Tiwari were in China to promote Dangal which officially opened this year s edition of the Beijing International Film Festival.

--IANS
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