Sunday, January 4, 2015

PK crossed the 300 cr mark in just 17 days

Records are made to be broken and the same holds true in the film industry as well. After setting the bar at 100 crore it wasn't long before a new releases crossed the mark to set an all-time high of over Rs. 200 crore. But the latest Aamir Khan starrer, PK that released on December 19, 2014 has redefined box office collections.

In fact the film directed by Rajkumar Hirani and also features Anushka Sharma, Sushant Singh Rajput, Boman Irani and Sanjay Dutt after opening on a high note has managed to set a new record by becoming the first films to cross the 300 crore mark.

Apart from this, below we list a few unknown factoids about the Rs. 200 Crore Club members:

* PK crossed the 300 cr mark in just 17 days.

* While Aamir Khan has quite literally become the founding member of both the 100 crore and 200 crore club by becoming the first actor to enter both, he yet again manages to become the first actor ever to cross 300 crores at the age of 49 years.

* Anushka Sharma is the youngest and first actress to enter the club at the age of 26 years.

* Rajkumar Hirani achieved the milestone at the age of 52 years.

* PK saw a release across a whopping 5200 screens.