Vikram's 'I' Overpowers Aamir Khan's 'PK' at Overseas Market

Vikram's "I" has ruled the international box office in its opening weekend and has performed better than many leading Indian movies including Aamir Khan's blockbuster movie "PK".

A collage of "PK" and "I".PK Facebook Page/I Facebook Page The Shankar directorial has got a flying start at many international circuits. "I" has raked in $697,346 (₹4.3 crore), $293,411 (₹1.81 crore) and $10,373 (₹6.40 lakh) from the Tamil, Telugu and Hindi versions respectively at the US Box Office in the opening weekend from 222, 131 and 36 screens.

On the other end, "PK", in its fifth weekend, has earned $63,227 (₹39.08 lakh) from 31 screens. The total collection of Aamir Khan's movie here is $8,485,040 (₹52.36 crore)

New releases like Hindi movie "Tevar" and Tamil film "Aambala" did not perform up to the expected level. While the former raked in ₹1 crore, the Tamil flick made ₹1.47 lakh in the opening weekend at the US Box Office.

In the Canada box office, "I" dominated the screens by making $201,207 (₹1.24 crore) from 11 screens and "PK", which has made a total of $1,948,323 (₹12.02 crore) so far, collected $38,123 (₹23.56 lakh) in its fifth weekend from 12 screens. The Tamil movie performed brilliantly at the UK box office where it collected £258,764 (₹2.41 crore) from 57 screens.

Here, "PK" earned £41,650 (38.84 lakh) from 23 screens. The total collection of the Bollywood movie in this region is £115,244 (₹21.63 crore).

"I" has made A$ 247,751 (₹1.25 crore) from 18 screens at Australian box office and "PK" made A$ 2751 (1.39 lakh) from five screens. The total collection of the Aamir Khan's movie from this part of the worlds is A$ 2,108,655 (₹10.68 crore).

In New Zealand, "I" earned about NZ $ 29,862 (₹14.33 lakh) from five screens and "PK", which has made a total of NZ $ 568,336 (₹2.72 crore), earned NZ $ 4,235 (₹ 2.02 lakh) here.

However, Malaysia has become second biggest market for Vikram's "I" as the movie has made MYR 2,162,742 (₹3.74 crore) in its first weekend from 40 screens. The total collection of "PK" itself is MYR 229,507 (₹39.73 lakh). Last weekend, it made MYR 9,343 (₹1.61 lakh) from two screens.

Credits : Ibtimes.co.in