Aamir Khan’s ‘Dhoom 3’ Is The First Film To Enter Rs 500 Crore Club

Kudos to Aamir Khan for nor only being Mr. Perfectionist in the acting department but the actor deserves a pat on his back for his brilliant sense for meticulous selection of movies that always hits the bull’s eye. After starting the trend of Rs 100 crore with his film Ghajini (2008) Aamir Khan created the new distinction of Rs 500 crore with his super hit film Dhoom 3 (2013).

 

After the huge success of Dhoom (2004) and Dhoom 2 (2006), Yash Raj Films made the third installment of Dhoom 3 (2913) with Aamir Khan in a power-packed dual role. Directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya, Dhoom 3 broke all box office records as the film became India’s ‘First’ film to start the Rs 500 crore clubs!!! The film was released across 4500 screens in India along with 750 screens overseas. The other major highlight of the film was that Dhoom 3 was First Bollywood film to be released simultaneously in South India dubbed in Tamil and Telugu.

 

The film set another world record of being screened 54 shows on the single day of its release on 20 December 2013 at Cinépolis in Pune. The film was released in new oversea markets like Egypt, Peru, Germany, Malaysia and China. Thus it is no wonder the film collected Rs 4 crore worldwide in just ten days!!

 

The movie proved its magic on the first day of its release as the movie opened to packed houses with 90% to 100% occupancy in all the cinema houses. Interestingly, at some multiplexes, the first show began as early as 7.15 a.m. The ticket rates zoomed at some multiplexes from Rs 90 in the morning shows to Rs 900 at night shows. Thus the movie set a new record of collecting whopping Rs 40 crore in the first day itself and reached the Rs 100 crore marks in just 3 days in the domestic circuit.

 

Interestingly, Aamir Khan‘s PK released a year later in 2014 became the second Bollywood film to cross the Rs 500 crore!! PK had a wider release than Dhoom 3. While Dhoom 3 was released in 4500 screens in India, PK was released across 5,200 screens. It was also the fastest to reach the Rs 500-crore marks. What’s more, PK broke Dhoom 3 record as it crossed the Rs 500 Crore and collected Rs 792 crore Worldwide.

 

Few more movies that had Rs 500 Crore business are Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Sultan, Baahubali: The Beginning, Sanju, Tiger Zinda Hai, Padmaavat, etc.