Box Office: Aamir Khan's 'Sitaare Zameen Par' Surprises In The Opening Weekend; Records Near 100 Crore Gross Worldwide

Mumbai, June 23 - Superstar Aamir Khan's comedy drama Sitaare Zameen Par, which unsurprisingly had low buzz before the release, has surprised the trade big time with its opening weekend business. The weekend biz of the movie is a classic case of the unpredictability of the box office, which can turn the tide either way of expectations.

SZP, directed by RS Prasanna, scored the opening of a little over 10 crores net, something which would have been considered a disaster start for an Aamir Khan-starrer before the COVID-19 pandemic, but not in the present time, when big openings are no longer guaranteed, even for a superstar's film.



It was still the lowest opening for Aamir Khan since Ghajini (10.20 crores net), but it can be called decent given the fact that there weren't high expectations from it, as trade was expecting below the double-digit start. However, what followed next is history, which has taken everyone by surprise.

The film scored almost 100% growth on Saturday, which is the biggest second-day jump for an Indian title, which opened with double-digit numbers. It scored another solid growth on Sunday to clock in around 58-60 crores net opening weekend, which is the biggest opening weekend for an Indian movie, which scored the opening of 10-11 crores net.

SZP did decently in international markets during the opening weekend, scoring around 27 crores gross, for a worldwide cume total of around 96 crores gross. There was hardly any person who would have bought this opening weekend collection of SZP before its release, but such has been a trend that the movie came very close to the 100 crores mark globally, which is a very good result.

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