'Dhoom 3' becomes first Indian film to gross Rs 500 crores

New Delhi, Jan 7: Action thriller 'Dhoom 3' has scripted history by becoming the first Bollywood film to gross Rs 500 crores across the world, Yash Raj Films claimed today.

The blockbuster, starring Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif and Abhishek Bachchan, raked in Rs 500 crores by making Rs 351.29 crores in India and Rs 150.06 crores abroad, according to the production house.

It is the third instalment of 'Dhoom' series.

The movie was helmed by Vijay Krishna Acharya and produced by Aditya Chopra.

'Dhoom 3', saw Abhishek and Uday Chopra reprising their roles as Jai Dixit and Ali Akbar, respectively, while actors Aamir and Katrina were seen as the antagonist duo.

The movie has surpassed the previous highest-grossing Bollywood film 'Chennai Express' starring Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone.

'Dhoom 3' enters 100 crore box office club!

Aamir Khan-Katrina Kaif starrer 'Dhoom 3', that made an earth-shattering Box Office start in it's opening weekend, has finally managed to enter the elite 100 crore club. According to estimates, this multi-starrer flick has grossed Rs.107.61 crore in the first three days of its release at the domestic Box Office. Trade Pundits further confirm that the film has collected Rs 62.95 cr at the overseas cash counters. Hence, the gross collection of 'Dhoom 3' so far stands upto Rs. 170 crore.

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted, "So here's the opening weekend total of #Dhoom3... India Rs 107.61 cr + Overseas Rs 62.95 cr. Worldwide total: Rs 170.56 cr. HISTORIC!" Trade pundits predict that it will amass Rs.250 crore by the end of this week.

'Dhoom 3' got released in approximately 4500 screens across the country. The movie made a record collection of Rs 33.36 crores nett on Saturday. It made a big jump on it's third day, Sunday, by collecting Rs 39+ crores nett at the Indian Box Office.

This multi-starrer thriller had a huge amount of advance ticket booking, registered 95-100% occupancy in both single screens and multiplexes across the country in the morning and matinee shows and its business improved further in the later shows on Friday.