 "Dangal box office collection crosses Rs 1,000 crore in China; first Indian film to do so")
Beijing: Hindi film star Aamir Khan’s Dangal on Thursday surpassed the Rs 1,000 crore mark of box office collections in China, becoming the first Indian film to achieve the feat, according to a popular Chinese ticketing website.  This is rare as China has a special quota for foreign films where the number of Indian films is too small. Yet, Dangal has joined the elite club of some 30 films that have raked up over Rs 1,000 crore. As per data on ticketing platform Maoyan, the movie raked in 1.067 billion RMB by Thursday. Among other foreign films, The Mermaid is the highest grossing movie (over 3 million RMB) in China, followed by the likes of Monster Hunt, The Fate and Furious and Furious 7. Dangal is about a determined father in a patriarchal society, training his daughters into becoming world class wrestlers. Aamir is one of the most popular Indian actors in China. The Chinese media has been writing about the phenomenal success of the movie as it has struck a chord with the Chinese, a male-dominated society. “It reminds me of my father. He wanted a son. He forced me to be like a son,” a Chinese government official told IANS in a rare personal interaction. “I felt as if I never was a girl.” The movie was released on 5 May across around 7,000 screens in China. In an interview to IANS, Aamir spoke about how overwhelmed he is with the response to the sports drama. “While we were hoping that Dangal connects with the people of China, not in our wildest dreams we thought that this is the kind of connect we would have. It was unprecedented. We are pleasantly surprised,” said Aamir, whose PK, 3 Idiots and Dhoom 3 also did well in China. According to him, the reason it has become so huge is that the Chinese connected on an emotional level with the story, the characters and the moments. “I have been reading their reactions on social media. They have been saying things like how the movie moved them and how the characters inspired them so much. It made them realise what their parents went through. Many of them called up ther parents and cried. It’s a very emotional reaction. That is what has made the film really work,” said Aamir.
Days after surpassing the lifetime collection of Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, Aamir Khan’s Dangal has now crossed the coveted Rs 1,000 crore mark in China.
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