Aamir Khan's Ghajini is Bollywood's biggest box office hit of 2008

The Bollywood remake of A.R. Murugadoss' Tamil film Ghajini (which itself is an adaptation of Christopher Nolan's Memento) has blown away competition, reportedly mopping up Rs.30-32 crore on Christmas Day, when it opened nationwide, and is certain to rake in at least Rs.95-100 crore within the first week itself.

"Ghajini has shattered all box office records by gigantic margins. This type of craze for a film hasn't been seen since Gadar. We are expecting gross box office collections to be Rs.70 crore-plus from Thursday to Sunday night including paid previews," said Aman Gill, director (domestic threatrical distribution), Studio 18.

Ghajini, the industry pundits claim, has left Shah Rukh Khan's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and Akshay Kumar's Singh is Kinng far behind in the race of becoming the biggest grosser of 2008.

Agrees Jawahar Sharma, COO (international distribution), BIG Pictures. "The response has been unprecedented and the film is getting good word of mouth publicity. We are very happy with the film's response," he said.

"As numbers come in from various territories, it looks like Ghajini's going to be the biggest hit for the industry this year. It's doing much better than Singh is Kinng, Golmaal Returns and one can't even compare Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi with Ghajini's numbers," said trade analyst Taran Adarsh.