'Padmaavat' surpasses 'Tiger Zinda Hai' at worldwide box office
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Padmaavat' has done the unexpected. The film has gone past Salman Khan's 'Tiger Zinda Hai' at the worldwide box office. The period drama has achieved the feat in over a month of its release and is still going strong at the ticket windows. With this, the Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Shahid Kapoor starrer has become India's seventh all-time highest grosser.
The number game
Till its fifth weekend, 'Padmaavat' has accumulated Rs. 564 crore at the worldwide box office, and thus, has crossed the lifetime collection of 'Tiger Zinda Hai' that stood at Rs. 562 crore. However, the Salman-Katrina starrer is ahead in the domestic market with Rs. 340 crore in its kitty as compared to SLB's magnum opus which has earned Rs. 286 crore till yet.
Here are the numbers put up by both the films
'Padmaavat' hit multiple roadblocks on its way to release
'Padmaavat' was delayed by almost two months pertaining to the protests by multiple fringe groups. The film finally hit the screens on January 25 and made up for all the trouble it went through. However, it did not get a release in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. Otherwise the collection would have gone past Rs. 300 crore in India.
