Salman's 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' beats 'Dangal' first day collections in China
Beijing
March 3, 2017
Salman Khan's film "Bajrangi Bhaijaan", over two years
after releasing in India, got off to a flying start in China by raking in Rs 18
crore.
"Bajrangi Bhaijaan" is about a man who reunites a Pakistani girl
lost in India with his family by crossing the tense border between two hostile
countries.
The movie -- Salman's first ever to release in China where
Aamir Khan's entertainers are the biggest Bollywood attractions -- released here
on Friday.
According to Chinese box office, "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" has
beaten the first day collections of Aamir Khan's "Dangal" in China. However, it
fell well short of Aamir's last release in China, "Secret Superstar", which
minted Rs 40 crore on its opening day in the country.
Overall, "Dangal"
earned over Rs 1,000 crore in China and became the highest-grossing Indian movie
in the Middle Kingdom where craze for Bollywood films is growing. "Secret
Superstar" collected well over Rs 750 crore here.
As of Saturday
afternoon, "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" had already crossed Rs 25 crore on Saturday and
received very good response.
"India has always been about style, the
story reveals the human nature of the true good, the world peace. Worth
promoting," Lareina Yang, a user, wrote on Chinese ticketing website Maoyan.
(Gaurav Sharma is the IANS correspondent in Beijing. He can be contacted at
gaurav.s@ians.in)
Beijing
March 3, 2017
Salman Khan's film "Bajrangi Bhaijaan", over two years
after releasing in India, got off to a flying start in China by raking in Rs 18
crore.
"Bajrangi Bhaijaan" is about a man who reunites a Pakistani girl
lost in India with his family by crossing the tense border between two hostile
countries.
The movie -- Salman's first ever to release in China where
Aamir Khan's entertainers are the biggest Bollywood attractions -- released here
on Friday.
According to Chinese box office, "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" has
beaten the first day collections of Aamir Khan's "Dangal" in China. However, it
fell well short of Aamir's last release in China, "Secret Superstar", which
minted Rs 40 crore on its opening day in the country.
Overall, "Dangal"
earned over Rs 1,000 crore in China and became the highest-grossing Indian movie
in the Middle Kingdom where craze for Bollywood films is growing. "Secret
Superstar" collected well over Rs 750 crore here.
As of Saturday
afternoon, "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" had already crossed Rs 25 crore on Saturday and
received very good response.
"India has always been about style, the
story reveals the human nature of the true good, the world peace. Worth
promoting," Lareina Yang, a user, wrote on Chinese ticketing website Maoyan.
(Gaurav Sharma is the IANS correspondent in Beijing. He can be contacted at
gaurav.s@ians.in)
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