The Rs.36-crore figure for Aamir's latest film, free released non-festive weekend, has bested the first-day assortment of Shah Rukh Khan's chennai express, that earned Rs.33.1 crore once it released on Eid day. The opening day assortment of SRK's film had successively broken the record of Salman Khan's Ek Tha Tiger (Rs.32.9 crore), released on Eid 2012.
Chennai express additionally went on to become the largest Bollywood hit ever raking in Rs.420 crore at the global box-office. Incidentally that record was held by Aamir's 2009 release 3 Idiots, that saw a worldwide earning of Rs.393 crore.