5 Indian Films That Set Chinese Box-office on Fire
Updated : July 26, 2016 05:07 PM IST
In case you don't know, Bollywood films don't have a great track-record in China. A major cause of that is that Chinese government isn't really open to international films: last year only 34 foreign films released in China.
And Indian films have to fight for their place in that limited window.
But fret not, there has been instances, especially in the last few years, that have shown how popular Indian films can be in the second biggest market in the world (after the United States).
THE RECENT EXAMPLE
Baahubali: The Beginning
After dominating markets in India and the U.S., this epic is now dominating Chinese markets. After opening in 6,000 screens in Mainland China, the film opened on the ninth spot and earned $600,000 in its first weekend.
AAMIR KHAN'S DOMINANCE
3 Idiots
You only thought that this Rajkumari Hirani film was massive success in India, didn't you? The film starring Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan and Sharman Joshi earned $2.2 million.
Dhoom 3
This heist thriller is the one of the most successful movie franchises in India. The film earned a whopping $3 million in the Chinese markets.
PK
PK is the most successful Indian film of all-time. And it is also the most successful Indian movie at the Chinese market. Not only film did exceedingly well, it did AMAZINGLY well. The film is the first Indian film to gross over ₹100 crore in China. The film, in fact, became so popular that there were reports of Chinese people putting PK's songs as their ringtones. The film earned $19.32 million, that's above ₹120 crore in China.
WAY, WAY BACK
Awaara
This 1951 film starring Prithviraj Kapoor and son Raj Kapoor is not only one of the finest films India has produced, it was immensely popular--even in China. Though there are no official box-office numbers, according to Beijing-based film critic Raymond Zhou, 30 million tickets of the movies were sold.