Dangal Hong Kong Box Office: A still from the movie (courtesy taranadarsh)
Highlights
- The film has made over Rs 4 crore in four days in Hong Kong
- Dangal occupied the second spot in Hong Kong box office on its first day
- Within two days in Hong Kong theatres, Dangal had made Rs 1.66 crore
Aamir Khan's
Dangal is doing it again, this time in Hong Kong.
After ruling Chinese theatres, the wrestling drama opened to screens in Hong Kong last week, occupying the second spot in the box office race from its very first day. "
Dangal sets Hong Kong BO on fire. Debuts at No 2," trade analyst Taran Adarsh had tweeted. On Friday, the movie upped its ticket sales by 50 per cent, prompting Mr Adarsh to tweet: "It's a
Dangal wave in Hong Kong." Then, the Dangal had a "terrific" Saturday and repositioned itself to the top spot on the box office hierarchy - "
Dangal started at No 2 at Hong Kong BO, but hit No 1 spot on Sat," tweeted Mr Adarsh.
On Monday, he shared the figures for
Dangal's box office performance in Hong Kong, saying
Dangal had an "extraordinary" welcome in the region. "Dangal takes an EXTRAORDINARY start in Hong Kong... Collects HK$ 5.2 million in its opening weekend."
Dangal's ticket sales measured up to Rs 4.26 crore during four days of its stay in Hong Kong - Mr Adarsh added a day-wise break-up of the film's box office scorecard. That makes
Dangal move a notch closer to the Rs 2,000 crore bounty it has been eyeing.
Here's what Mr Adarsh had tweeted earlier:
In July,
Dangal resurfaced in headlines for having reportedly touched the Rs 2,000 crore mark when Aamir Khan's representative clarified that the film wasn't there yet - it fell short of making the ambitious number by some Rs 100 crores and was at Rs 1,864 crore and counting. Aamir's
Dangal made Rs 375 crore during its run in Indian screens, toppling over his own blockbuster
PK and Salman Khan's 2016 super-hit
Sultan.
Dangal currently takes the fifth spot on
Forbes list of highest earning non-Hollywood films in the world.
Having redefined box office history back home,
Dangal made its way to China in May this year, following which the numbers for the movie shot up to the league of Rs 1,500 crore Indian movies (
Baahubali being the only other one so far). Some may argue that
Dangal opened to 9,000 theatres in the country but trade analyst Komal Nahta also makes an interesting observation: "Chinese market has opened only for Aamir Khan's films. Even Baahubali 2 did decent business but the films that have done well in China are PK, Dhoom: 3, and now Dangal. The Chinese market has not opened for any other actor the way it has for Aamir. For them, Indian movies means Aamir Khan," he told NDTV.com.
Directed by Nitesh Tiwari,
Dangal features Aamir Khan as Haryanvi wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat, on whose life the movie is based. Actresses Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra starred as the Phogat sisters, who grew up to be wrestling champions.