Bollywood star Aamir Khan’s sports drama Dangal moved up in its second week at the Chinese box office and snatched top spot from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
According to data from Ent group, a Chinese entertainment research centre, Dangal earned $32.5 million (Dh119.34 million) in its second week of release, giving it a 10-day cumulative of $59.7 million.
Dangal, a story of a wrestler who trains his daughters to become world champions in wrestling, released in China as Shuai Jiao Baba, which means Let’s Wrestle, Dad, on May 5. The movie released in around 7,000 screens.
The weekend score was nearly triple its opening frame, when it scored $11.3 million. The cumulative in China is now on a par with film’s score, of $58.1 million, in India.
Exhibitors in China increased the screen count for Dangal to some 55,000 screenings per day on Saturday and Sunday.
Disney’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, which opened on the same day as Dangal and topped the box office in its first week, slipped to $15.8 million in its second week. After 10 days, it has a cumulative of $81.1 million.
Dangal has already broken the record of PK which earned Rs1 billion (Dh57.22 million) in China. Khan is among the most popular Indian actors for the Chinese who also are fans of South Korean artists.
