My Name Is Khan writes striking records
Karan Johar directed and SRK-Kajol starrer My Name Is Khan (MNIK) has gone out to make a new history.
The film, which released on Feb 12, has become a top-grosser film in North America with total sales of $3,635,000 after 17 days of release. Being a path-breaking film in Shah Rukh?s career, MNIK has surpassed his earlier 2007 film Om Shanti Om records of $3,597,372 and continues to play in 119 theatres across the US and Canada in its third week of play.
My Name Is Khan has proved fruitful for the director as well; by becoming his highest grossing film surpassing the collection of ?Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna? ($3,275,444)
It is reported that a week earlier, with a Sunday sale of $761,000, MNIK recorded the highest one-day gross ever for any Hindi-language film in North America. Besides the film's Feb 12-14 opening weekend sales of $1,939,000 was again a new record for a Hindi film beating the $1,764,131 of Om Shanti Om.
With an estimated 4-day opening weekend figure of $2,275,000, it was the fastest Hindi film ever to break the $2,000,000 mark. It beat the previous record of 5 days set in December by 3 Idiots which grossed $2,149,227 in its 5-day opening over the Christmas holiday weekend reports further stated.My Name Is Khan? is a film based in the backdrop of 9/11 US attack, blended with the love story of asperger-affected Rizwan Khan and Mandira.
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