Aamir Khan’s Sitaare Zameen Par Hits ₹100 Crore Milestone in Record Time
Four days. That’s all it took for Sitaare Zameen Par, Aamir Khan’s latest drama, to break into the ₹100 crore club. Released with high expectations, the film has managed to outpace not just predictions, but also some of the year’s top contenders at the box office. What makes this rapid ascent so noteworthy?
For one, the film’s domestic performance has been nothing short of a phenomenon. Pulling in ₹65.8 crore net and ₹77.64 crore gross in India, it’s already recouped about 73% of its ₹90 crore investment—a number that producers usually dream of seeing by the end of week one, not day four. Clearly, Indian audiences are connecting with the movie’s emotional themes and storytelling, and ticket sales aren’t showing signs of slowing down.
The story doesn’t end at home. Overseas, Sitaare Zameen Par has raked in between ₹26.84 crore and ₹30 crore, proving that its appeal stretches far beyond Indian borders. Big cities in the Middle East, the UK, and North America are buzzing with chatter about the film, and it’s drawing impressive crowds in theaters. In the latest Bollywood tally, these international receipts have helped catapult the worldwide gross to somewhere between ₹105.17 crore and ₹107.64 crore—no small feat for a film so early in its run.
Climbing the 2025 Bollywood Leaderboard
If you’re curious about how it ranks this year, Sitaare Zameen Par currently sits at number eight among all global Bollywood releases for 2025. It recently nudged past Bhool Chuk Maaf (₹91.39 crore), and now sits just behind Jaat (₹120.6 crore), a film that enjoyed a strong multi-week run. Sitting at the very top is Chhaava, which, with a mammoth ₹827.06 crore, remains leagues above even star-studded competitors like Housefull 5 and Raid 2. But considering the momentum Sitaare Zameen Par is building, eyes are on whether it can catch up to those higher earners.
The rapid financial success is making waves among trade analysts and industry insiders. It’s rare for a film to see such balanced earnings both at home and overseas. The blend of emotional drama, Aamir Khan’s knack for picking crowd-pulling scripts, and director R.S. Prasanna’s fresh take have helped drive its surge.
No surprise that social media is full of celebratory posts, with fans and even some critics applauding both the message and the money machine Sitaare Zameen Par has become. With more weekends ahead and word-of-mouth only growing, this box office star may soon rewrite the pecking order of 2025’s cinematic heavyweights.