Reliance Big Pictures, a part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), said this was the highest box office opening for an Indian film worldwide.
It said the collections in the first four days, from Friday till today, were more than Rs 100 crores.
According to it, the film, starring Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor in the main leads, released in 2126 screens worldwide. It was also the biggest overseas release for a Hindi feature film, with 366 screens in 32 countries.
It said the gross of Rs 93 crore was the highest for the opening weekend in the history of Indian cinema.
Big Pictures said it was delighted with the reception that the film, produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, had got across the globe.
"We are stunned and delighted with the collections so far. The word of mouth for the film is something that I don't know I've ever seen in this business before," Kamal Gianchandani, Head India distribution, Reliance Big Pictures, said.
"I think it is the must-see film event of recent memory. This film is going to keep running and running over a long period of time. ‘3 Idiots’ is a game changer in many ways and we are convinced, it will finish its run at the box office with a record breaking set of numbers," he said.
Chopra said the response to the film had been overwhelming everywhere. "Aamir, Raju and I knew from the responses earlier on that people liked the film but this is something else... We have got reports from places like Australia that they have reduced 'Avatar' shows and increased ours," he said.
Based on Chetan Bhagat's novel, "Five Point Someone", 3 Idiots is an entertaining movie about three friends at an engineering college (Aamir, R Madhavan and Sharman Joshi) built around the theme of self-actualisation. Through witty lines and funny situations, the film takes a hard and incisive look at the education system in the country, which lays emphasis on marks and ranks, leaving hardly any time and space for real learning. Much of the film has been shot at the picturesque Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) campus.
Others in the cast include Boman Irani, Parikshit Sahni, Omi Vaidya, Javed Jaffrey and Mona Singh.
Other credits include:
Screenplay: Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi and Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Music: Shantanu Moitra
Lyrics: Swanand Kirkire
Cinematography: C.R. Muraleedharan
hahaha... what prediction!!!! accept the face that the movie has crossed 100 crore in just five days...