Disney/Pixar's Cars 3 entered in second spot, a slow start considering the franchise's popularity , while Universal/Illumination Entertainment's Despicable Me 3 had previews ahead of its launch this Friday. Diljit Dosanjh's Punjabi superhero goofball comedy Super Singh was No 1, opening brightly in its region and in other markets including Mumbai, beating Hindi bank heist comedic thriller Bank-Chor, which did not steal a lot of loot despite an appealing cast led by Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Anand Oberoi and Rhea Chakraborty. Disney reported director Brian Fee’s Cars 3 grossed $900,000, way below the second edition which collected 31.2 crore ($4.7 million) in its first weekend in 2011. Produced by Balaji Motion Pictures’ Ekta Kapoor and directed by Anurag Singh, Super Singh fetched an estimated 6 crore ($902,000) net on only 350 screens in India plus $148,000 on 44 in the U.S. and $48,000 and on 31 in Australia. Dosanjh plays Lovely Singh, a simple guy living in Montreal who discovers he has special powers and lands in drug-addled Punjab where political and religious leaders are out to fleece and fool people.

Source: Forbes June 18, 2017 23:37 UTC