Aamir Khan’s coming-of-age sports comedy Sitaare Zameen Par, a spiritual sequel to his 2007 directorial debut Taare Zameen Par, is slowly and surely inching towards the Rs 100 crore mark. In the process, the RS Prasanna film has not only surpassed the lifetime domestic box office collection of his 2017 Hindi directorial debut Shubh Mangal Saavdhan, but also that of Taare Zameen Par.
On June 25, Sitaare Zameen Par added another Rs 7.25 crore to its total earnings. Over the weekend, the film amassed Rs 20.2 crore and Rs 27.25 crore on Saturday and Sunday respectively.
As per industry tracker Sacnilk, the current domestic box office collection of Sitaare Zameen Par stands at Rs 82.40 crore. Thus, it has now breached the Rs 80 crore mark and is just Rs 20 crore shy of making it to the Rs 100 crore club. With its slow and steady trajectory, the film has surpassed a number of other related films by a fair margin.
Earlier this week, it already surpassed the lifetime domestic earnings of Aamir’s previous film, Advait Chandan’s Laal Singh Chaddha (2022), which earned only Rs 61.36 crore. Over the opening weekend itself, Sitaare Zameen Par also surpassed the lifetime earnings of Prasanna’s 2017 Hindi directorial debut Shubh Mangal Saavdhan, which earned Rs 42.79 crore.
That romantic comedy, produced by Aanand L Rai’s Color Yellow Productions and Eros International, starred Ayushmann Khurrana and Bhumi Pednekar. An official Hindi remake of his 2013 Tamil directorial debut Kalyana Samayal Saadham, it revolved around the theme of erectile dysfunction. A sequel, Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan was also made in 2020, which wasn’t helmed by Prasanna, but by the first film’s writer Hitesh Kewalya.
Sitaare Zameen Par has also surpassed the lifetime earnings of its spiritual predecessor Taare Zameen Par, which starred Darsheel Safary, Tisco Chopra, and Aamir, and revolved around the theme of dyslexia. Also backed by Aamir Khan Productions, it had earned Rs 62.95 crore back when it released in 2007.
Aamir’s Sitaare Zameen Par surpasses his Taare Zameen Par
