Aamir Khan dethrones Shah Rukh Khan at International Indian Box Office

Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan have been quite popular overseas. The NRI’s love them a lot and therefore their movies mint at the Box-office overseas. But now it seems that Aamir Khan has overtaken the Badshah with his films PK, Dhoom:3 and 3 Idiots that have been money spinners on the international circuit.

Aamir Khan at present has become the leading actor among the three Khans in the international market.
His last release PK has become the highest grossing film of all time by minting Rs.600 crore in India as well as abroad. The film broke the record of Chennai Express.

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh quoted, “There’s a tough fight between Shahrukh Khan and Aamir in the overseas territory. Besides star-power, it’s also about the film and its content. As of now, yes Aamir is having a dream run. But SRK is also a huge pull. Aamir’s Dhoom:3 was already an established brand. PK had him coming back with Rajkumar Hirani after a massively successful 3 Idiots. Besides this, the film’s content found high acceptance overseas. Though HNY did very well, it didn’t match the kind of numbers one has of an SRK film. It did lesser than Chennai Express. Dhoom:3 and now PK have put Aamir in a great position.”

Komal Nahata too added that, “Out of the top five grossers overseas, three are Aamir’s movies. The figures speak for themselves and Aamir’s ranking in the overseas market. I think like the audience in India, even the audience abroad has started looking at Aamir’s movies like an ISI mark. They associate his movies with quality and novelty. They know that if it’s an Aamir Khan movie it must be something good. That’s why his movies are doing so well.”

So will SRK with his next ‘Fan’, topple Aamir Khan remains to be seen?