PK breaking box office records in Australia and New Zealand also

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By Neeraj Nanda

Melbourne, 3 January: Aamir Khan’s PK is breaking all box office records in Australia and New Zealand. The film is already a blockbuster in India becoming the highest grossing Hindi film ever. Its total in the first two weeks trade analyst Komal Natha says was a net Rs. 276.32 crore.
The Times of India says, “Box office estimates currently put PK’s earnings at Rs 276 crores ($43 million) in India some two weeks after its release. Its international receipts in the first two weeks are said to be Rs 122 crores ($20 million), bringing the overall collection to Rs 400 crores ($63 million). Some estimates put the total revenue of the film, including music and video rights, at Rs 516 crores ($82 million), which would bring it just shy of Dhoom 3, which is said to have grossed Rs 542 crores ($86 million) to occupy top place. Since PK still has legs, it is almost certain to beat that record.”
PK’s theme has mesmerised the Indian people. “PK has the country on a roll. People are using social media to expose the rot that has set in all faiths. This film is a resounding blow for all those who misuse religions for their personal gains,” says an article in the online daily The Citizen.
Talking to SAT, Mitu Bhowmick of Mind Blowing Films who released the movie in Australia and New Zealand said, “It’s the highest grossing Indian film in Australia and New Zealand.”
“People are going again and again to see the movie and 20 to 30 percent of them are Australians,” she says.
PK was released in Australia on 36 screens and on 12 screens in New Zealand. Before PK, it was Dhoom 3 which was the highest grossing foreign film in Australia in 2013. And before that Aamir Khan’s ‘3 Idiots’ was a big box office success in Australia and New Zealand.
PK, directed by Rajkumar Hirani, also starring Sushant Singh Rajput and Anushka Sharma, is likely to cross the Rs 500 crore (combined India and overseas) business mark and become one of the most successful Hindi movie ever. The success of the movie despite fringe groups crying foul also puts Aamir Khan once again as number 1 in Bollywood.

-SAT News Service

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