So why is it so massive? Big cast/director?

LOL at the two replies above ^^

Cast. Aamir Khan is one of the biggest Bollywood actors of all time. And it's a very big crowd-pleaser.

Well, keep in mind that India has been on a box-office boom as of late. In the top 20 of all time, 17 of them have come from 2006 and onwards. The title for biggest film of all time has been broken each year since 2006.

The grosses are increasing fast even for Hollywood films.

2012 demolished all foreign records there.

I still don't see Avatar beating Ice Age 3 in Germany in admissions but money? Maybe...its tickets are quite more expensive on average. In terms of admissions it should settle for #2 of the year.

3 idiots will cross the record all time gross of Ghajini by the end of Sunday or in only 10 days!!


3 idiots collected a huge 12cr this Friday putting its total near 92 cr...

this is liking a film beating Titanic gross by the end of its 2nd weekend,

According to preliminary estimates from the six Hollywood major studios, total 2009 foreign boxoffice -- from all territories outside the U.S. and Canada -- notched a new all-time record of $10.7 billion.

The offshore total represents an increase of 7% from 2008's record boxoffice of $9.942 billion and 11% above the then-record $9.5 billion notched in 2007. The 2009 tally is nearly 20% more than the $8.6 billion grossed three years ago, which was also a record.

Of 2009's top 10 best-grossing domestic titles, only three failed to gross more overseas than in the U.S. and Canada: Warners' "The Hangover" ($277 million domestic vs. $190 million foreign); Paramount's "Star Trek" ($258 million vs. $128 million); and DreamWorks Animation/Paramount's "Monsters vs. Aliens" ($198 million vs. $183 million). Warners' "The Blind Side" has not yet been released overseas.

Foreign boxoffice propelled worldwide gross action for a broad array of titles and genres including "Michael Jackson's This Is It," which rolled up $181.2 million overseas as compared to its domestic take of $72.1 million.

With domestic boxoffice of $60 million, "Bruno" was dismissed as a disappointment but the Sacha Baron Cohen comedy went on to gross $79.2 million more overseas. Overseas theatrical, alas, did not come to the aid of Sony's "Julie & Julia." The Julia Child comedy co-starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams drew a solid $94.1 million in the U.S. and Canada, while its overseas take totaled a mere $35 million.

The 2009 stars were in perfect alignment for foreign operations of Fox and Sony, which both recorded overseas b.o. of more than $2 billion. Both shared strong product and the benefit of a weak dollar.

As a result, Fox topped the big six with total foreign boxoffice of $2.4 billion, an all-time record for any Hollywood studio. The previous record was held by Warner Bros., which accumulated $2.24 billion in 2007. Fox hits in the foreign top 10 include "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs," "Avatar" and "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian."

It was the third time that Fox films drew more than $2 billion overseas in any one year, with 2009 winding up as the studio's best year ever. Fox's offshore boxoffice market share came in at 23%.

Finishing second was Sony, which registered its biggest year ever by 30% with boxoffice of $2.14 billion, the first year Sony topped the $2 billion mark.

The studio's best year before 2009 was 2006, when it registered offshore boxoffice of $1.634 billion. Sony's 2009 market share was 21%. The year brought the studio a new top foreign grosser, director Roland Emmerich's disaster epic "2012," which supplanted previous record holder, 2007's "Spider-Man 3" ($554.3 million foreign).

Following in order were Warner Bros, ($1.85 billion; 17% share), Disney ($1.685 billion, its fifth biggest year ever; 16% share), Paramount (1.31 billion; 12% share) and Universal ($1.2 billion; 11% share). Warners had five titles grossing more than $100 million overseas, led by "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" ($632 million).

WoW! Star Trek sucked! Only $128m

There is a strong stigma attached to Star Trek that is really really unfortunate.

I have constantly pushed it at my video store to get people to watch it. I'm like,
"trust me, it's really good. Even if you're not a fan." The people who do end up
watching due to my pestering admit they liked it (aside from the one moron who
couldn't understand the movie because of the timeline storyline ).

The stigma must be even worse internationally.