Of the total overseas collection, more thanRs 100 crore has come from the Chinese market. The film released there earlier this year across 5000 screens, and in a repeat performance of sorts for the director-actor duo of Rajkumar Hirani and Khan, went on to become the highest grossing Indian movie in the highly regulated Chinese market.
Earlier, 3 Idiots had caught the fancy of the Chinese public as the film made Rs 32 crore in China and neighbouring territories. The total collections for the movie now stand at Rs 640 making it the biggest movie for India.
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