Sitaare Zameen Par Box Office Collection Day 17: Aamir Khan's movie nears ₹150 crore mark, mints THIS amount on Sunday

Sitaare Zameen Par Box Office Collection Day 17: Aamir Khan's Sitaare Zameen Par is less than ₹5 crore shy of achieving the ₹150 crore mark by the end of three weeks at the Indian box office.

The movie, which had a significant hold on urban cities earlier, is now facing tough competition from Anurag Basu's Metro In Dino, which, too, focuses on the same target audience.

However, the potential of both Sitaare Zameen Par and Metro In Dino in metro cities is being impacted by stiff competition from the Hollywood biggies – Jurassic World Rebirth and Brad Pitt's F1.

Sitaare Zameen Par Box Office Collection Day 17

According to industry tracker Sacnilk, Sitaare Zameen Par earned ₹3.23 crore till 5 PM on Sunday, Day 17.

With this, the movie's total earnings have climbed to ₹145.78 crore, which is nearly ₹4 crore away from the ₹150 crore mark.

These are just early estimates from Sitaare Zameen Par's Sunday earnings. The numbers will be revised later to include evening and night show collections.

Therefore, a decent jump in the second half of the day may help the Aamir Khan and Genelia D'Souza starrer to cross the mark by the end of the day.

By the end of Saturday, Day 16, the movie had collected ₹142.55 crore, of which its Tamil version garnered ₹74,00,000 and its Telugu variant earned ₹44,00,000.

Sitaare Zameen Par: Occupancy

Sitaare Zameen Par saw an overall 13.83% occupancy on July 6.

For the Hindi version, the occupancy was as follows:

Morning Shows: 23.03%

Afternoon Shows: 40.62%

The numbers for the evening and night shows are yet to be released.

Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Mumbai, and Pune recorded the highest footfall for the day.

Sitaare Zameen Par Worldwide Box Office Collection

Sitaare Zameen Par, directed by RS Prasanna, has earned a solid ₹217.5 crore globally in 16 days. Its overseas collection stood at ₹51.7 crore, while its India gross was ₹164.8 crore.

The numbers are yet to be updated for Day 17.