'Dilwale' hits success overseas; becomes the second highest grosser
- IndiaGlitz, [Sunday,January 24 2016]
Rohit Shetty and Shah Rukh Khan's recent big screen combo 'Dilwale' has not only made a huge impression on national shores but overseas as well. According to our latest reports, 'Dilwale' has perform really well in the international film market, collecting $25.6 million internationally and has become the second highest grosser of 2015, worldwide grossing more than 365 Cr.
'Dilwale' is the highest collecting film in Singapore (only Bollywood film to cross Singapore $ 1 million), South Africa, Netherlands, Malaysia (6 times bigger than the last highest grosser), West Indies and Jordan.
'Dilwale' is also the second highest collecting film of all time in overseas markets such as UAE-GCC (which also had the highest opening weekend for any Bollywood film), Peru, Kuwait, Indonesia, Egypt and Morocco. Some other countries that saw the highest opening weekend for a Bollywood film include Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Pakistan.
Pakistan and Australia saw trends of a different kind, where Dilwale became the 3rd film ever to cross USD 2 million and the first ever SRK film to cross AUD 1 million, respectively. While in UK, which is one of the biggest overseas markets for Bollywood films, it had collections, which were unbelievable. UK crossed GBP 1 million in just 5 days & it was the 4th SRK film to cross GBP 2 million. Only 7 films have done it so far.
'Dilwale' is now the highest grossing SRK film in the overseas market, Only 16 films so far have crossed $10 million overseas, in which SRK has 9 films, which shows the reach and following he enjoying in overseas.
Bannered under Red Chillies Entertainment, 'Dilwale' also featured Kajol, Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon in lead. The film was released on 18th December 2015.