Aamir Khan's Sitaare Zameen Par Is Unshakable At Box Office
RS Prasanna's emotional drama Sitaare Zameen Par, featuring Aamir Khan and Genelia D'Souza, continues its dream run at the box office. Despite facing stiff competition from new releases, the film raked in Rs 2.75 crore on day 13, according to early estimates by industry tracker Sacnilk. This takes the film's total domestic collection to a staggering Rs 132.90 crore.
Released on June 20, Sitaare Zameen Par had a modest start, opening with Rs 10.7 crore. It then gained momentum through strong word-of-mouth and critical acclaim. The collection of the film reached Rs 88.9 crore in its first week alone. In its second week, even with releases like Kannappa and Maa entering theatres, the film maintained an upward trend and crossed the Rs 130 crore milestone within 12 days.
The Hindi-language film saw an overall Hindi occupancy rate of 10.69 per cent on Wednesday, July 2. It increased through the day, with morning shows occupancy standing at 8.51 per cent, afternoon shows picking up to 10.19 per cent, and evening shows at 11.70 per cent. The occupancy rate peaked with night shows at 12.34 per cent.
The RS Prasanna's film tells the heartwarming story of Gulshan Arora (played by Aamir Khan), a hot-headed basketball coach who is suspended and tasked with coaching a football team of adults with intellectual disabilities. What begins as a punishment becomes a transformative journey of acceptance, growth and inclusion for both coach and team.
Produced by Aamir Khan Productions, Sitaare Zameen Par features 10 promising young actors, including Aroush Datta, Ayush Bhansali, Gopi Krishna Varma, Ashish Pendse, Samvit Desai, Naman Mishra, Rishi Shahani, Vedant Sharma, Rishabh Jain and Simran Mangeshkar. The film is a spiritual sequel to 2007's Taare Zameen Par and an official Hindi adaptation of the Spanish hit Campeones.
This week, the film braces for a crucial box office weekend as it faces fresh competition from Anurag Basu's star-studded Metro… In Dino. The rom-com features Sara Ali Khan, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Anupam Kher, Aditya Roy Kapur and others. It will also clash with Hollywood's sci-fi thriller Jurassic World: Rebirth, starring Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali and Jonathan Bailey.
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