“Dhoom 3” sweeps 9.5m opening worldwide

Yash Raj Films' action thriller “Dhoom 3” opened with a roaring $9.54 million worldwide total on its opening day. The motorbike-heavy film, starring Aamir Khan (in a secret double role) as the antagonist, clocked up $6.1 million in India and a further $3.44 million in the rest of the world, according to company sources.
That total included $1.28 million from the Gulf and Middle East, which YRF claims is a record, and $1.1 from North America, which also would be a record for a Bollywood film. The film plays on 236 screens in North America and with close to $4,500 per screen average on Friday, is comfortably the best performing film in the top ten.
In Australia it took $172,000, or some $100,000 higher than previous record holder “Jab Tak Hai Jaan”. In the UK it managed a more moderate estimated $400,000.
Directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya, the third film of the franchise features Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra reprising their roles as ACP Jai Dixit and Ali Akbar respectively, along with Katrina Kaif and Jackie Shroff in other major roles.
 

Source: Internet