3 Idiots breaks all records nets Rs 116 crores in India
IMP News Wire January 05, 2009

Pleasing the experts and the aam junta alike, Vidhu Vinod Chopra's 3 Idiots, which is directed by Rajkumar Hirani, has crossed the Rs 1 billion (Rs 100 crore) mark in net box office collections worldwide by the end of last week. The movie has so far done a net business of approximately Rs 1.6 billion (Rs 116 crore) in 10 days including paid previews. In its second weekend, the movie did a net business of Rs 350 million (Rs 35 crore), which is unheard of.

The movie till now had done an unprecedented net business of Rs 903.20 million (Rs 90.32 crore) in India alone.

Additionally, in the overseas too the movie has done phenomenally well and has broken all previous records with the first week collections at approximately $7.30 million.

In the UK, the movie has now crossed £1million mark. By the end of the second week, 3 Idiots became the highest grossing UK release of 2009.