Akshay Kumar‘s 2018 superhit film ‘Padman’ released in Japan on 7th December 2018 and performed well at the Japanese box office. ‘Padman’ turned out to be a success story in Japan.
Japan was never a traditional market for Indian films, hence the box office performance of the Indian films is not in limelight. ‘Padman’ opened in Japan on December 7, 2018, and is currently running in its 7th week. Its total biz till January 20, 2019, is ¥ 73,567,400 [₹ 4.80 crores], According to the biz Analyst, Taran Adarsh took his twitter and wrote, ”#Padman gains momentum over the weekend in #Japan… currently running in week 7… 23 locations this week [18 locations last week]… Fri ¥ 336,500, Sat ¥ 823,500, Sun 860,200. Total till now 20 Jan 2019: ¥ 73,567,400 [₹ 4.80 crores]”.
#PadMan gains momentum over the weekend in #Japan… Currently running in Week 7… 23 locations this week [18 locations last week]…
Fri ¥ 336,500
Sat ¥ 823,900
Sun ¥ 860,200
Total till 20 Jan 2019: ¥ 73,576,400 [₹ 4.80 cr]@comScore— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) January 21, 2019
This movie stars Akshay Kumar, Sonam Kapoor, and Radhika Apte in the leading roles and is directed by R. Balki.
Bollywood films doing well overseas not just in Japan, but also in China. It’s no secret that China has come to love Bollywood almost as much as we have loved Chinese food over the years.
Chinese box-office has raked in a serious sum of money for Indian movies, especially this year. Six Bollywood movies which were released in China this year has not disappointed the Chinese audience at all and have all made quite a splash in the Chinese market and that too from the first day itself.
5 Bollywood films were released in China in 2018 including ‘Secret Superstar’ which went on to be Bollywood’s highest grossing film in China ever. It opened to a collection of ₹40 crores. ‘Hindi Medium’, ‘Bahubali 2’, ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’, and ‘Dangal’ were the other Bollywood films which did exceptionally well at the Chinese box office.