'Dangal' Becomes China's Biggest Non-Hollywood Foreign Film
Bollywood actor Aamir Khan wrestles with a female wrestler at Mount Qingcheng in Chengdu.
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Beijing (AP) -- The Aamir Khan film "Dangal," about an Indian man training his daughters to become wrestlers, has become China's biggest-grossing non-Hollywood foreign movie.
The Indian film, whose name translates as "Let's Wrestle, Dad," was released in China on May 5. By Tuesday, it had pulled in 806 million yuan ($117 million) in mainland China, according to data from EntGroup, a leading entertainment consultancy.