UK to see the release of Peepli Live on September 24
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oi-Kalyani Prasad Keshri
By Kalyani Prasad Keshri
The
recently
released
Aamir
Khan"s
home
production
Peepli
Live
is
now
going
to
release
in
the
theaters
of
UK
on
September
24.
The
movie
has
already
received
critical
acclaim
as
well
as
box
office
success
in
India.
A
source
close
to
producer
Aamir
Khan
was
quoted
saying
that
he
is
planning
an
extensive
tour
in
UK
to
promote
the
movie.
Khan
has
also
requested
his
fans
in
Britain
to
watch
the
movie
only
after
its
official
release
and
not
on
pirated
DVDs
or
downloads.
He
said
that
the
viewers
can
enjoy
the
movie
in
its
original
form
only
at
the
theaters.
Peepli
Live
earned
Rs
24
crore
on
its
launching
weekend.
It
earned
another
US$
6,
40,000
(Rs
2.88
crore)
from
the
109
overseas
prints.
Being
a
film
with
no
such
big
stars,
it
has
got
one
of
the
highest
openings
in
overseas
market.
In
the
opening
weekend,
the
movie
grossed
about
US$
3,
64,000
in
the
US
with
the
release
of
64
prints.
It
went
on
garnering
US$
1,
75,000
in
the
Middle
East,
where
the
film
was
released
with
18
prints
during
'Ramadaan".
The
source
added
that
the
movie
added
another
US$
59,000
in
the
opening
weekend
from
the
earnings
in
the
countries
like
Pakistan,
South
Africa,
Singapore,
Kenya
and
Benelux.