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3 Idiots

2009 • PG-13 • 2h 50m • Comedy, Drama • Reliance Big Pictures

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67

4.17

8.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$1.6M

Limited · 119 theaters

Domestic Total

$6.5M

Final

Worldwide Total

$60.3M

$53.7M international

Domestic Legs4.0x

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRajkumar Hirani ScreenplayAbhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani Produced byVidhu Vinod Chopra CinematographyC. K. Muraleedharan Music byShantanu Moitra StarringAamir Khan, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Boman Irani, Mona Singh StudioReliance Big Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 25-27 12 $1.6M — 119 $13,828 $2.1M

2 Jan 1-3 12 $1.5M −9.2% 132 $11,322 $4.8M

3 Jan 8-10 17 $595.4K −60.2% 156 $3,817 $5.6M

4 Jan 15-17 25 $326.4K −45.2% 120 $2,720 $6.1M

5 Jan 22-24 31 $148.7K −54.4% 82 $1,814 $6.3M

6 Jan 29-31 39 $81.5K −45.2% 56 $1,455 $6.4M

7 Feb 5-7 43 $38.5K −52.7% 40 $963 $6.5M

8 Feb 12-14 49 $24.1K −37.5% 12 $2,005 $6.5M

9 Feb 19-21 57 $14.5K −39.6% 22 $660 $6.5M

10 Feb 26-28 80 $3.0K −79.5% 5 $595 $6.5M

11 Mar 5-7 91 $1.1K −63.8% 2 $538 $6.5M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Dec 23 #- $180.5K — $180.5K 119 $1,517 1

Thu Dec 24 #10 $323.2K +79% $503.7K 119 $2,716 2

Fri Dec 25 #12 $657.2K +103% $1.2M 119 $5,523 3

Sat Dec 26 #12 $516.1K −21% $1.7M 119 $4,337 4

Sun Dec 27 #12 $472.3K −8% $2.1M 119 $3,969 5

Mon Dec 28 #13 $267.9K −43% $2.4M 119 $2,251 6

Tue Dec 29 #12 $299.3K +12% $2.7M 119 $2,515 7

Wed Dec 30 #12 $300.9K +1% +67% $3.0M 119 $2,528 8

Thu Dec 31 #12 $245.1K −19% −24% $3.3M 119 $2,060 9

Fri Jan 1 #12 $630.2K +157% −4% $3.9M 132 $4,774 10

Sat Jan 2 #12 $553.6K −12% +7% $4.4M 132 $4,194 11

Sun Jan 3 #12 $310.7K −44% −34% $4.8M 132 $2,354 12

Wed Jan 6 #- $65.2K — −78% $5.0M 132 $494 15

Thu Jan 7 #- $44.3K −32% −82% $5.0M 132 $336 16

Fri Jan 8 #- $134.5K +204% −79% $5.1M 156 $862 17

Sat Jan 9 #- $272.2K +102% −51% $5.4M 156 $1,745 18

Sun Jan 10 #- $187.6K −31% −40% $5.6M 156 $1,203 19

Mon Jan 11 #- $25.8K −86% $5.6M 156 $165 20

Tue Jan 12 #- $39.5K +53% $5.7M 156 $253 21

Wed Jan 13 #- $30.8K −22% −53% $5.7M 156 $198 22

Thu Jan 14 #- $27.0K −13% −39% $5.7M 156 $173 23

Fri Jan 15 #- $67.3K +149% −50% $5.8M 120 $560 24

Sat Jan 16 #- $137.7K +105% −49% $5.9M 120 $1,148 25

Sun Jan 17 #- $121.5K −12% −35% $6.1M 120 $1,012 26

Mon Jan 18 #27 $48.1K −60% +87% $6.1M 120 $401 27

Tue Jan 19 #- $16.0K −67% −60% $6.1M 120 $133 28

Wed Jan 20 #- $15.4K −3% −50% $6.1M 120 $128 29

Thu Jan 21 #- $13.5K −13% −50% $6.1M 120 $112 30

Fri Jan 22 #- $33.8K +151% −50% $6.2M 82 $412 31

Sat Jan 23 #- $73.7K +118% −46% $6.3M 82 $899 32

Sun Jan 24 #- $41.3K −44% −66% $6.3M 82 $503 33

Mon Jan 25 #- $6.4K −84% −87% $6.3M 82 $78 34

Tue Jan 26 #- $9.7K +51% −39% $6.3M 82 $118 35

Wed Jan 27 #- $7.7K −21% −50% $6.3M 82 $94 36

Thu Jan 28 #- $8.0K +4% −41% $6.3M 82 $97 37

Fri Jan 29 #- $18.1K +126% −47% $6.3M 56 $322 38

Sat Jan 30 #- $37.4K +107% −49% $6.4M 56 $668 39

Sun Jan 31 #- $26.0K −31% −37% $6.4M 56 $464 40

Mon Feb 1 #- $4.1K −84% −36% $6.4M 56 $74 41

Tue Feb 2 #- $4.8K +17% −50% $6.4M 56 $86 42

Wed Feb 3 #- $4.4K −9% −43% $6.4M 56 $79 43

Thu Feb 4 #- $4.3K −2% −46% $6.4M 56 $77 44

Fri Feb 5 #- $9.8K +125% −46% $6.4M 40 $244 45

Sat Feb 6 #- $19.4K +98% −48% $6.5M 40 $484 46

Sun Feb 7 #- $9.4K −52% −64% $6.5M 40 $235 47

Mon Feb 8 #- $2.0K −79% −52% $6.5M 40 $49 48

Tue Feb 9 #- $3.2K +61% −35% $6.5M 40 $79 49

Wed Feb 10 #- $2.1K −33% −52% $6.5M 40 $53 50

Thu Feb 11 #- $3.0K +39% −32% $6.5M 40 $74 51

Fri Feb 12 #- $3.6K +23% −63% $6.5M 12 $302 52

Sat Feb 13 #- $9.6K +165% −50% $6.5M 12 $800 53

Sun Feb 14 #- $10.9K +13% +16% $6.5M 12 $906 54

Mon Feb 15 #51 $4.1K −62% +110% $6.5M 12 $344 55

Tue Feb 16 #- $887 −79% −72% $6.5M 12 $74 56

Wed Feb 17 #- $869 −2% −59% $6.5M 12 $72 57

Thu Feb 18 #- $1.2K +33% −61% $6.5M 12 $97 58

Fri Feb 19 #- $3.4K +192% −7% $6.5M 22 $154 59

Sat Feb 20 #- $7.0K +108% −27% $6.5M 22 $320 60

Sun Feb 21 #- $4.1K −42% −62% $6.5M 22 $186 61

Mon Feb 22 #- $966 −76% −77% $6.5M 22 $44 62

Tue Feb 23 #- $1.0K +7% +17% $6.5M 22 $47 63

Wed Feb 24 #- $1.4K +31% +55% $6.5M 22 $61 64

Thu Feb 25 #- $1.3K −2% +14% $6.5M 22 $60 65

Fri Mar 5 #- $192 — $6.5M 2 $96 73

Sat Mar 6 #- $514 +168% $6.5M 2 $257 74

Sun Mar 7 #- $371 −28% $6.5M 2 $186 75

Fri Mar 12 #- $121 — −37% $6.5M 2 $60 80

Sat Mar 13 #- $395 +226% −23% $6.5M 2 $198 81

Sun Mar 14 #- $155 −61% −58% $6.5M 2 $78 82

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$6.5M

Dec 23Jan 10Jan 25Feb 10Feb 25

Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.0K

$1.6M

$1.5M

$595.4K

$326.4K

$148.7K

$81.5K

$38.5K

$24.1K

$14.5K

$3.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 156 → 22 −85.9%

119 open22 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −79.5%

−9.2%

W1→2

−60.2%

W2→3

−45.2%

W3→4

−54.4%

W4→5

−45.2%

W5→6

−52.7%

W6→7

−37.5%

W7→8

−39.6%

W8→9

−79.5%

W9→10

Steepest −79.5%Best hold −9.2%

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