Simmba has done very well in Overseas with collections of $5 million plus The business is excellent in US / Canada especially while Australia has recorded big numbers as well as Gulf. The $5m mark for Hindi films but for a Maharashtra based masala film it is a huge number. The film may well go and do over $10 million whereas a film like Singham Returns did $4.1 million plus and also a more Overseas friendly (being a comedy film ) compared to Simmba did $7.25 million apprx..
Last week Zero had grossed $4,100,000 from the five main markets of United Kingdom, US / Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and Pakistan and Simmba has done $4,500,000 from the same. The main difference is US / Canada and Australia though Zero had one day less in Gulf which meant it lost around $500k. Despite the lead for Simmba in the main markets it will probably struggle to reach the figures of Zero as it had a smaller release compared to Zero in the smaller markets due to the reach of Shahrukh Khan.
The film is the sixth best opener Overseas of the year with an outside chance of being fifth. Another Ranveer Singh film Padmaavat is the top opener of 2018 and it is also the all time top opener but there Sanjay Leela Bhansali is a huge factor whose name has tremendous value Overseas especially in US / Canada and United Kingdom. The top ten openings overseas in 2018 are as follows.
1. Padmaavat - $10,590,000
2. Race 3 - $7,790,000
3. Sanju - $7,220,000
4. Thugs Of Hindostan - $5,730,000
5. Zero - $5,290,000
6. Simmba $5,000,000 apprx
7. Baaghi - $3,360,000
8. Veere Di Wedding $2,630,000
9. Pad Man - $2,300,000
10. 2.0 (Hindi) - $2,230,000
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