Sitaare Zameen Par Is A Superhit

Aamir
Khan’s

Sitaare
Zameen
Par will
emerge
as
a
superhit
at
the
box
office. 

The
manner
in
which
the
film
is
progressing
at
the
box
office,
a
lifetime
haul
in
excess
of
Rs
200
crore
(Rs
2
billion)
is
there
for
the
taking.

The
film
was
never
meant
to
take
an
impressive
start,
given
its
offbeat
theme.
Until
a
day
before
its
release,
it
seemed
it
would
take
an
opening
of
Rs
8-10
crore
(Rs
80-10
million).

The
opening
day
ultimately
saw
Rs
10.70
crore
(Rs
107
million)
come
in,
which
was
decent.

The
word-of-mouth
was
positive,
and
by Saturday
evening,
everyone
woke
up
to
the
film. 

A
jump
of
50
percent
is
usually
expected
with
such
kind
of
films
but
Saturday
saw
a
jump
of
over
85
percent,
taking
the
day’s
collections
to
Rs
19.90
crore
(Rs
199
million).
It
was
confirmed
that
RS
Prasanna’s
directorial
was
accepted
by
the
Indian
audiences.

On
Sunday,
the
collections
jumped
again,
with
an
astonishing
Rs
29.40
crore*
(Rs
294
million)
coming
in.

This
is
almost
triple
the
collections
of
the
first
day
numbers.
It
has
never
happened
in
history
that
a
double
digit
opener
tripled
on
the
third
day.

As
a
result,

Sitaare
Zameen
Par
stands
at
Rs
60
crore*
(Rs
600
million),
surpassing
the
lifetime
numbers
of
Aamir’s
previous
release, Laal
Singh
Chaddha
at
Rs
58.73
crore
(Rs
587.3
million).

Sitaare
Zameen
Par
may
enjoy
double
digit
collections
on
a
daily
basis
right
through
the
weekdays
too,
which
means
it
will
enter
Rs
100
Crore
Club
(Rs
1
billion)
in
its
first
week
itself.

The
dubbed
version
of
Nagarjuna
and
Dhanush-starrer

Kuberaa released
without
any
fanfare
and
sank
without
a
trace
with
the
weekend
collections
being
less
than
Rs
2
crore*
(Rs
20
million).
In
Hindi,
it
has
flopped.

*Estimates.

Note:
All
collections
as
per
various
box
office
sources.

Photographs
curated
by
Satish
Bodas/Rediff