Box Office: Shah Rukh Khan Might Be At The Top In Malaysia’s Highest Footfalls List But Thalapathy Vijay Is Showing Dominance With His 5 Films Making Their Mark In Top 10!
While Shah Rukh Khan’s Dilwale is the Indian film with highest footfalls in Malaysia, Thalapathy Vijay proves his stardom. Read on!
Box Office: Shah Rukh Khan At The Top, Thalapathy Vijay’s 5 Films In Top 10 Of Highest Footfalls List Of Malaysia ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
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The market for Indian films has increased exponentially, with other regional film industries coming to the forefront. In several countries, films from India are loved and cherished by audiences and one such country is Malaysia. While it is known that Rajinikanth enjoys an impressive fan following here, over the years, Shah Rukh Khan and Thalapathy Vijay, too, have built their fan base in the country. Keep reading to know more!
Shah Rukh needs no introduction when it comes to his face value in the international market. In majority of overseas countries, the actor is tremendously popular and that could be seen through the international collection of his films as well. Even his under-performers in India, have performed brilliantly in overseas. One such film is Dilwale, which was released in 2015.
For those who don’t know, Dilwale did a business of 180.09 crores gross in overseas and was declared as a blockbuster success. Speaking about Malaysia, the Shah Rukh Khan starrer is the Indian film with the highest footfalls, and it is learned that the biggie enjoyed an impressive 1 million footfalls during its box office run in the country.
As usual, Shah Rukh Khan reinstated his hold in the overseas market, but what’s more eye-grabbing thing is that Thalapathy Vijay has his 5 films in the list of top 10 Indian films. Speaking about his film with the highest footfalls, Bigil is in the 3rd position with 953k tickets sold. Apart from Bigil, there are Vijay’s 4 films on the list including Mersal (893k), Varisu (784k), Leo (733k), and Sarkar 668k.
Rajinikanth’s Kabali is in the 2nd position with 983k. There’s Jailer on the list, in the 6th position, with 766k footfalls.
Take a look at the top 10 Indian films at the Malaysian box office in terms of footfalls:
Dilwale (2015)- 1 million
Kabali (2016)- 983k
Bigil (2019)- 953k
Mersal (2017)- 893k
Varisu (2023)- 784k
Jailer (2023)- 766k
Leo (2023)- 733k
Ponniyin Selvan 1 (2022)- 719k
KGF Chapter 2 (2022)- 703k
Sarkar (2018)- 668k
Note: Box office numbers are based on estimates and various sources. Numbers have not been independently verified by Koimoi.
