While B-town was busy calculating the astronomical amount of money ‘Baahubali: The Conclusion’ made, Aamir Khan’s ‘Dangal’ slowly but steadily took the lead in China. 

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After winning millions of hearts in India, Aamir is getting immense love and appreciation in China as well. Looks like Mr. Perfectionist's work speaks for itself. 

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Since its release ‘Dangal’, has broken and created various records and has bagged many awards. Now, it has become the first top grossing non-Hollywood film in China! 

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The sports biopic which is based on the life of wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat and his daughters has made Rs 753.23 crore ($116.21 million), as per the data from EntGroup, an entertainment consultancy. 

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Trade analysts Taran Adarsh and Ramesh Bala took Twitter and shared the latest figures, which seems to be increasing steadily with every passing day. 

#Dangal continues win hearts + win BO in China... Week 3:
Mon: $ 3.40 mn
Tue: $ 3.10 mn
Total: $ 120.01 million [₹ 778.25 cr]

#Dangal @ #China BO on Tuesday, May 23rd 2017 collects $3.07 Million [₹ 19.91 Crs ].. Total now stands at $120 Million [₹ 778.32 Crs]

‘Dangal’ was released in China on May 5 and its name translates as “Let’s Wrestle, Dada,” has broken the record held by a Japanese film ‘Your Name’, which made $84 million at the box office last year.

Aamir is already a very popular star in China as his previous two films ‘3 Idiots’ and ‘PK’ performed brilliantly at the box office, making ‘Dangal’ his third film to release in China. Currently running in approximately 700 screens in mainland China, ‘Dangal’ is going neck-to-neck with SS Rajamouli’s ‘Baahubali: The Conclusion’. 

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Aamir’s film has not only been appreciated but it also received a standing ovation at its premiere.

Just like ‘Baahubali’, ‘Dangal’ is creating its own madness. Adding to the big money is also the fact that Aamir has become immensely popular on China’s microblog Weibo (similar to Twitter) with 6.55 lakh followers. 

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Aamir is known as ‘Amier Han’ in China and has surpassed Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the number of followers of the popular social media site, Weibo. This officially makes him the most popular Indian with the largest amount of followers. 

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‘Dangal’ is such a hit in China that the #LetsWrestleDad started trending on the social media platform. The hashtag was used over 25.8 million times!

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"In order to play the character at age 19, 29 and 55 years old, Amir Khan had to go from 140 pounds to 194 pounds and back to 144. He is so dedicated. A true actor uses his life to show his art," wrote another user on Weibo. 

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"I cried when I watched this film. Amir Khan is such a good actor, I'm a new fan," shared one user. 

Looking at the response Aamir’s film is getting, one can definitely expect more Bollywood films to do well in China.