Sitaare Zameen Par box office collection day 3: Aamir Khan close to beating Laal Singh Chaddha; collects ₹57 crore | Bollywood

Sitaare Zameen Par box office collection at 

According to the trade website, Sitaare Zameen Par brought in a haul of ₹26.45 crore on Sunday, taking its total collection to ₹57.35 crore net in India. After a shaky start with ₹10.7 crore on opening day, the film saw a massive 88.79% jump on Saturday and brought in ₹20.2 crore. It also registered a 41.76% Hindi occupancy on Sunday, with numbers growing as the day progressed. 

For context, Sitaare Zameen Par is close to beating Laal Singh Chaddha’s lifetime haul of ₹61.36 crore net in India. Akshay Kumar’s Kesari Chapter 2 had made ₹29.5 crore by its first weekend. Sunny Deol’s Jaat made ₹26.25 crore. Salman Khan’s Sikandar, with its ₹74.5 crore haul by the first weekend, and Akshay’s Sky Force, with its ₹62.25 crore haul, still have Sitaare Zameen Par beat. 

About Sitaare Zameen Par

Sitaare Zameen Par is a spiritual sequel to Aamir’s 2007 film Taare Zameen Par, which starred Darsheel Safary as Ishaan, a misunderstood kid suffering from dyslexia. Tisca Chopra and Vipin Sharma also starred in the film that became a massive hit. Sitaare Zameen Par sees Aamir play a character who’s the antithesis of his Ram Shankar Nikumbh in Taare Zameen Par. He plays Gulshan, a disgraced basketball coach mandated by the court to teach the sport to a group of neurodivergent people. Genelia plays his wife, Sunita, in the film.