Secret Superstar

Secret Superstar may not have performed at the Indian box office as Aamir Khan fans would have expected it to (it should have, for being one of the better movies of 2017). But China, despite the cold vibes with India right now thanks to Doklam, still has a soft corner for Aamir Khan. As you know, China is the very reason why Aamir Khan's Dangal became India's highest grossing movie worldwide coming close to making Rs 2000 crore. Also read: Aamir Khan's Secret Superstar will mint Rs 540 crore in China, predicts trade

And now this love has spread to his latest movie, Secret Superstar too, even though he just has an extended cameo here. Not just that Secret Superstar even beat Dangal's opening day collections. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh confirmed this, as he tweeted, "Aamir Khan scores yet again in China... #SecretSuperstar debuts at No 1 spot at China BO... Collects a WHOPPING $ 6.79 million [₹ 43.35 cr] on Fri... Opening day numbers are HIGHER than #Dangal there... SENSATIONAL!"

He also predicted that the movie will go bigger in the days ahead, going by how Aamir's previous movies, Dangal and PK, impressed the Chinese audiences.

The tremendous goodwill that #Dangal - and prior to that #PK - created in China has benefited #SecretSuperstar... Although Aamir has an extended special appearance in #SecretSuperstar, Aamir’s star pull is at the peak in China... Expect magical numbers yet again! — taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) January 20, 2018

Previously, Maoyan.com, a leading Chinese online movie ticket seller and fan ratings site, had estimated that Secret Superstar will make around $7 million in its opening day. The movie may have fallen a bit short of that prediction, but the site went on to say that it will gross onto make $84 million (Rs 540 crore) by the end of its lifetime run. If the estimate indeed comes true then with Rs 540 crore from China and around Rs 150 crore from India and other overseas markets, Secret Superstar will become the biggest Bollywood grosser of 2017 worldwide. If that happened, it will end up beating Salman Khan's Tiger Zinda Hai which is at Rs 547 crore, something that Dangal did with Baahubali 2. Also read: Here's all you need to know about Katrina Kaif and Aamir Khan's song from Thugs Of Hindostan

Aamir Khan's previous release Dangal had collected $189 million last year but Secret Superstar is a much smaller film. And despite a lower opening day than Dangal, Secret Superstar's word of mouth is way better. Movie rating website Douban gave it an 8.2 on 10 and Maoyan a brilliant 9.6/10.

Now let's see how Salman Khan's Bajrangi Bhaijaan, or Little Lolita Monkey King Uncle (its weird Chinese name) will perform in China when it releases there in February.