Salman Khan's Bajrangi Bhaijaan Races Towards Rs 300 Cr Mark

Bollywood actor Salman Khan's film Bajrangi Bhaijaan has continued its victory march at the box office in its third consecutive week. The Kabir Khan-directed film has collected approximately Rs 295 crores at the box office and is racing towards the Rs 300 crore mark.

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared the news on Twitter:

#BajrangiBhaijaan remains STRONG. [Week 3] Fri 4.11 cr, Sat 6.80 cr, Sun 9.07 cr, Mon 2.75 cr. Total: ₹ 294.98 cr. ATBB.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) August 4, 2015

 He added that the film has crossed the collection of Aamir Khan's Dhoom: 3 to become Bollywood's 'second highest grosser' after PK.

#BajrangiBhaijaan crosses #Dhoom3. Emerges 2nd HIGHEST grosser [after #PK]. Heading towards ₹ 300 cr... Hindi films. India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) August 3, 2015

PK, starring Aamir Khan, had minted over Rs 330 crores overall.

Not only in India, Bajrangi Bhaijaan has done 'fabulous' business overseas too where it collected a little over Rs 150 crores at last count.

#BajrangiBhaijaan Overseas total [till Sunday, 2 August]: $ 23.5 million [₹ 150.54 cr]. FABULOUS!

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) August 3, 2015

 The film, which released on July 17, focuses on the bond between a speech-impaired Pakistani girl and an Indian man. Besides Salman, the film also stars Kareena Kapoor Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and child artist Harshaali Malhotra.