The film, currently a runaway hit in China (earned $122.6 million in 20 days), hauled $232.6 million worldwide. Today, another hotly anticipated biopic, Sachin: A Billion Dreams, that traces the life of Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar hits cinemas. But will Tendulkar’s biopic wind up as one of the highest grossing sports flicks of 2017 and make more than any other cricket movie in history? “Sachin is cricket’s god and his popularity can’t be questioned…Even those who don’t follow cricket, know him. Apart from last week holdovers Half Girlfriend and Hindi Medium, A Billion Dreams will clash with new release Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, a franchise very popular in India.

Source: Forbes May 26, 2017 03:33 UTC