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After breaking records at its opening during the December 21 frame, the latest film starring Aamir Khan is quite possibly on its way to becoming the No. 1 Bollywood movie ever in India and abroad. Through Tuesday, Dangal is already the No. 2 Bollywood title of all time in North America with $10.1M, coming in behind…

In a return to the Christmas frame after sitting out 2015, Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan has scored his best worldwide opening with Dangal. The sports biopic grossed $31.2M across India, North America and other international markets this weekend. That tops the $28.8M start for Khan’s PK in 2014. That film went on to…

Aamir Khan has previously owned the Christmas frame in India with 2013’s Dhoom 3 and 2014’s PK. Worldwide, the latter film is the highest-grossing Bollywood movie of all time with about $100M. After sitting out last year, Khan is back with wrestling drama Dangal. In a rare move, the film will release in North America…

Northern Ireland’s UTV Media has been in discussions since August regarding a potential sale of its television assets to ITV. This morning, a deal between the two was confirmed with ITV paying £100M ($154.4M) to acquire 100% of UTV Ltd which owns the TV assets. UTV, which first broadcast as Ulster Television in 1959…

Bollywood star Aamir Khan has officially outdone himself. His holiday season release PK already held the record for the biggest-ever North American bow of a Bollywood film, and as of last weekend was the market’s top foreign-language title of 2014. At the end of its second week, the Rajkumar Hirani-directed…

Bollywood star Aamir Khan has outdone himself, just about. His current release, the Rajkumar Hirani-directed comedy/drama PK, has become the highest-grossing foreign-language film of 2014 in North America with a cume to date of $7.91M after two frames. That sets it just below his mega-hit last December, Dhoom 3, which…