THE RISING BREAKS RECORDS

Aamir Khan's THE RISING based on the story of Indian martyr, Mangal Pandey, has broken Hindi box office records.

It made US$5 million in its opening week (US$3 million in its first three days alone) and looks like it's heading for about US$12 million at the box office.

Overseas takings are good, US$781,451 in UK and US$787,027 in North America, but given the huge number of prints playing overseas, they're not quite as big as anticipated.