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Cast of 'Happy New Year' (R-L) Boman Irani, Farah Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood and Vivaan Shah pose for the cameras during the world premiere in Dubai, October 22, 2014. (SUPPLIED)
‘Happy New Year’, co-produced by and starring Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, has broken the first day India box office collection record set by ‘Dhoom 3’ in 2013.
‘Happy New Year’ released during the Diwali holiday collected $7.3 million (INR 450 million) in India on Friday.
‘Dhoom 3’ earned $5.9 million (Rs360 million) on its opening day during the 2013 Christmas holidays. Directed by Farah Khan - who previously made blockbusters ‘Main Hoon Naa’ and ‘Om Shanti Om’, both starring Shah Rukh Khan - ‘Happy New Year’ also stars top Bollywood heroine Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan and Boman Irani.
Set in India and Dubai, the film is about a motley bunch that must enter the finals of a global dance competition in order to get close to diamonds they plan to heist.
Shah Rukh Khan, who produced the film through his Red Chillies company, tweeted: "Thank u world for the love. What an enormous welcome to HNY all over. I hope team HNY made you all smile a lot."
‘Happy New Year’ was produced on an estimated budget of $24 million. ‘Dhoom 3’, produced for $20m, remains Bollywood's highest absolute earner with $86m.
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