Mumbai, Feb 15 (IANS)Grossing an estimated $18 million at the box office in its firstweekend, Shah Rukh Khan starrer 'My Name is Khan' has broken theopening weekend record for a Hindi film worldwide.
A love storyset against the backdrop racial discrimination post 9/11, 'My Name IsKhan' has struck a chord with audience around the world.
'Themost exciting part is that the worldwide collections jumped every dayfrom Friday to Saturday to Sunday. This shows that the audience isabsolutely loving Rizwan and Mandira,' Vijay Singh, CEO Fox StarStudios, the Indian distributor of the film said in a statement.
Thefilm features Shah Rukh as Rizwan Khan who embarks on a journey acrossAmerica to win back the love of his life, Mandira, played by Kajol. Itshows how, along the way, his personality touches the lives of many andinspires a nation.
Filmmaker Karan Johar is ecstatic at the reaction.
'Iam overwhelmed by the unprecedented audience response for our film. Theaudience has the power and more power to them,' Karan Johar said in apress release.
The movie is being marketed and distributed by FoxStar in India, in the US by its sister company Fox Searchlight, and inthe rest of the world by parent group company 20th Century FoxInternational.
In India, despite the issues in Maharashtra,Gujarat, Indore and other centres on Friday and part of Saturday, thefilm has opened exceptionally well. In states where the film openednormally, including Delhi-Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu,Kerala, the collections have been the highest ever.
