Controversy
or
no
controversy
Shahrukh
Khan
starer
movie
My
Name
Is
Khan
was
expected
to
set
the
Box
Office
on
fire
and
it
has
done
just
that.
The
Karan
Johar
directed
movie
starring
Shahrukh
and
Kajol
grossed
Rs.
90.2
Crore
in
the
first
three
days
as
per
the
data
released
by
Fox
Star
India,
which
distributed
the
movie.
Aamir
Khan
starer
3
Idiots
which
has
broken
many
Box
Office
records
since
it's
release
had
grossed
Rs
90
Crores
in
the
first
three
days.
In
an
official
statement
Fox
Star
India
CEO
Vijay
Singh
said
“Despite
issues
in
certain
centres
on
Friday,
the
movie
has
done
exceptionally
well." My
Name
Is
Khan
also
became
the
biggest
single
day
hit
internationally
for
a
Bollywood
movie.
Mr.
Singh
added
the
movie
earned
Rs.
48
crore
at
the
domestic
box
office
and
an
estimated
Rs.
42.2
crore
internationally.
The
movie
earned
a
whopping
Rs.
20
Crore
in
the
US
and
another
Rs.
7.05
Crores
in
Australia.
Star
Fox
Studio
had
released
close
to
2,000
prints
worldwide
in
the
US,
UK,
Gulf
region
and
Australia.
What's
interesting
is
the
fact
that
in
many
of
the
international
markets
the
movie
was
among
the
top
5
giving
competition
to
the
likes
of
Avatar,
Valentine's
Day
and
The
Wolfman.
In
India
the
movie
did
extremely
well
in
Delhi-UP,
West
Bengal,
Tamil
Nadu
and
Kerela
and
also
in
Maharashtra
and
Gujarat
where
it
released
amidst
protest.
Story first published: Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 9:38 [IST]