Dilwale takes record breaking opening in UAE GCC
Shah Rukh Khan's Dilwale has taken a record breaking start in UAE GCC, recording the highest opening of all time. The film has collected around 3,300,000 dirhams (a little less than $900,000 as per estimates) on Thursday. The collections are higher than Hollywood film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens which has collected around $500,000 - $550,000.
So how big is the opening compared to other Bollywood films? Check out these numbers:
- For Phantom , the best performing overseas circuit was UAE-GCC, where it collected $850,000 in its lifetime. Dilwale has collected more in a single day.
- Salman Khan's Bajrangi Bhaijaan collected $300,000 on Day 1 in UAE GCC. Business affected by Ramzan.
- Varun Dhawan's last film ABCD 2 collected $130,000 on Day 1
- Tanu Weds Manu Returns was phenomenal in the Gulf, Day 1 collections $150,000
- Varun's Badlapur collected $135,000
- Rohit Shetty's last film Singham Returns collected $205,000 on Day 1, which was also the highest opening for Ajay Devgn in Gulf
- Salman Khan's Kick collected $293,000 on Day 1
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