‘My Name Is Khan’ breaks U.S. opening-weekend record
Starring Shahrukh Khan and Kajol, the movie is about a Muslim Indian with Asperger syndrome who moves to San Francisco and marries a Hindu, but after the World Trade Center is attacked and his family becomes the victim of religious bigotry and violence, his marriage falls apart, and he embarks on a cross-country journey to meet the U.S. president and win back his wife.
The film, which released February 12, breaks the previous U.S. opening-weekend record for a Bollywood film set by the coming-of-age comedy, 3 Idiots, starring Aamir Khan, which collected nearly $2.2 million in the U.S. during its opening weekend last December. 3 Idiots went on to make $70 million worldwide—also a box-office record for an Indian movie and one that My Name Is Khan could break.
My Name Is Khan was reportedly sold to Fox Star Studios last July for $21 million—the highest price ever paid by a distributor for a Bollywood film. Under the deal, Fox Star Studios—a joint venture between American film studio 20th Century Fox and India’s Star Group—acquired the worldwide marketing and distribution rights to the film. It was released in North America by Fox Searchlight Pictures, a division of 20th Century Fox.
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February 16, 2010
