Boxoffice can be most unpredictable and that's the beauty of the business. The SUPERB business of LOVE PUNJAB & ARDAAS proves this statement true. Punjabi film LOVE PUNJAB has not only overtaken

*opening weekend biz* of AIRLIFT in Australia and New Zealand, but also BAJIRAO MASTANI there.

The Top 3 openers [opening weekend biz] of 2016 in AUSTRALIA:

1. Love Punjab

2. Ardaas

3. Airlift

Note: First two are Punjabi films.

Weekend: 11 March - 13 March, 2016

United States of America

Rank	Movie	Weekend	Weekend Gross ($)	Screens	Total Gross ($)	Total Gross (INR)
28	Love Punjab (Punjabi)	1	1,74,468	36	1,74,468	1.18 crores
34	Ardaas (Punjabi)	1	1,41,493	30	1,41,493	94.95 lacs
44	Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum (Tamil)	1	87,112	50	99,695	66.9 lacs
52	Neerja	4	58,459	38	13,78,864	9.26 crores
56	Kalyana Vaibhogame (Telugu)	2	46,656	28	2,27,092	1.53 crores
69	Jai Gangaajal	2	18,635	26	1,42,112	95.36 lacs
71	Maheshinte Prathikaaram (Malayalam)	3	16,819	17	70,238	47.13 lacs
80	Tuntari (Telugu)	1	12,114	30	16,882	11.33 lacs
83	Kshanam (Telugu)	3	10,492	11	1,30,819	87.78 lacs
95	Action Hero Biju (Malayalam)	6	5,993	10	1,24,363	83.45 lacs
116	Vettah (Malayalam)	1	1,505	1	1,635	1.1 lacs
121	Shivalinga (Kannada)	3	1,040	3	8,358	5.61 lacs
123	Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gadha (Telugu)	5	931	3	7,72,482	5.19 crores
129	First Rank Raju (Kannada)	2	651	3	7,482	5.03 lacs
135	Airlift	8	578	1	18,58,243	12.47 crores
146	Pichaikkaran (Tamil)	2	250	2	1,259	0.85 lacs
157	Sethupathi (Tamil)	4	69	1	64,387	43.21 lacs
165	Pokkiri Raja (Tamil)	2	18	1	4,092	2.75 lacs

Note: Some screens yet to report.

Canada

Rank	Movie	Weekend	Weekend Gross (US$)	Screens	Total Gross (US$)	Total Gross (INR)
7	Love Punjab (Punjabi)	1	2,51,711	13	2,51,711	1.69 crores
37	Neerja	4	10,542	7	2,68,452	1.81 crores
41	Jai Gangaajal	2	8,862	12	41,627	27.94 lacs
51	Channo Kamli Yaar Di (Punjabi)	4	3,101	2	2,96,849	2 crores

United Kingdom and Ireland

Rank	Movie	Weekend	Weekend Gross (Â£)	Screens	Total Gross (Â£)	Total Gross (INR)
17	Ardaas (Punjabi)	1	71,134	10	71,875	69.24 lacs
24	Love Punjab (Punjabi)	1	33,514	5	33,514	32.29 lacs
29	Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum (Tamil)	1	16,538	23	16,538	15.94 lacs
36	Neerja	4	9,227	16	2,74,612	2.65 crores
48	Jai Gangaajal	2	5,376	7	35,617	34.31 lacs
49	Maheshinte Prathikaaram (Malayalam)	2	5,274	29	32,437	31.25 lacs
60	Puthiya Niyamam (Malayalam)	1	2,541	19	2,541	2.45 lacs
62	Action Hero Biju (Malayalam)	3	2,508	14	32,620	31.43 lacs
101	Sanam Teri Kasam	6	582	5	88,143	84.91 lacs
145	Bajirao Mastani	13	159	2	14,10,518	13.59 crores
149	Fitoor	5	132	4	2,54,478	2.46 crores
160	Airlift	8	100	1	4,48,027	4.32 crores
174	Charlie (Malayalam)	10	42	1	60,249	58.04 lacs
178	Pokkiri Raja (Tamil)	2	33	1	10,426	10.05 lacs
179	Mastizaade	7	33	1	29,451	28.38 lacs
181	Kyaa Kool Hai Hum 3	8	28	1	35,412	34.12 lacs

Australia

Rank	Movie	Weekend	Weekend Gross (A$)	Screens	Total Gross (A$)	Total Gross (INR)
7	Love Punjab (Punjabi)	1	4,06,601	27	4,06,601	2.07 crores
13	Ardaas (Punjabi)	1	2,12,583	15	2,13,252	1.09 crores
30	Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum (Tamil)	1	33,620	6	33,620	17.08 lacs
54	Neerja	4	6,087	7	3,07,823	1.57 crores
55	Jai Gangaajal	2	5,079	7	46,578	23.66 lacs
77	Kaakkaa Muttai (Tamil)	17	1,084	1	85,264	43.31 lacs
96	Channo Kamli Yaar Di (Punjabi)	4	187	1	1,22,024	61.98 lacs

New Zealand

Rank	Movie	Weekend	Weekend Gross (NZ$)	Screens	Total Gross (NZ$)	Total Gross (INR)
6	Love Punjab (Punjabi)	1	1,14,803	8	1,14,803	51.91 lacs
11	Ardaas (Punjabi)	1	51,661	9	51,661	23.36 lacs
28	Jai Gangaajal	2	8,239	4	33,808	15.29 lacs
39	Neerja	4	2,789	8	80,625	36.46 lacs

Malaysia

Rank	Movie	Weekend	Weekend Gross (MYR)	Screens	Total Gross (MYR)	Total Gross (INR)
13	Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum (Tamil)	1	52,211	14	52,211	8.56 lacs
17	Pokkiri Raja (Tamil)	2	12,206	6	51,504	8.44 lacs
18	Pichaikkaran (Tamil)	2	8,724	3	22,614	3.71 lacs
19	Sowcarpettai (Tamil)	16	7,152	6	62,908	10.31 lacs

Note: Reported screens only.