Chitchat China embraces Bollywood movie Dangal! Will Jah get heart attack?

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'Dangal' Pins Down 1,000 Crore Rs / $154 mm To Become China's Leggiest Movie Ever

In the middle of its fourth week of release in mainland Chinese theaters, an Indian movie has crossed a barrier that was unthinkable as recently as a month ago.

The Aamir Khan-starring family sports drama Dangal has reached the mind-bending figure of 1,000 Crore rupees (US $154 million, or 1.05 billion Chinese yuan) in box office receipts since it opened on May 5th.



With its culturally resonant story of a frustrated former wrestler who vicariously fulfills his dreams by training his daughters to become champions in the sport, Dangal has been charming Chinese moviegoers since its first day of release on May 5th.

The numbers are so staggering in the context of previous records that many box office watchers in India have asserted they’re fake, or massively fudged. Proud South Indian movie fans in particular, who have reveled in the success of the Telugu-Tamil language blockbuster Baahubali: The Conclusion, have cried foul when confronted with the reality that Dangal’s huge China gross has enabled it to surpass Baahubali 2 as the highest-grossing movie in Indian cinema history. But it's not fake news. As of this posting, Dangal stands at 1719 crore rupees (US $270 million) worldwide, and Baahubali 2 is at 1633 crore ($250 million), with the latter film’s China release still pending.

Dangal’s accomplishment is noteworthy on several counts. It’s the first widely-released film from India to earn more money overseas than in its home territory. It is also the first Indian movie to attract a high proportion of ticket buyers—well over half in this case—who aren’t ethnically from the sub-continent. And it joins the extremely exclusive club of non-English language movies that have earned more than $250 million in worldwide theatrical receipts.


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