‘Chennai Express’ Box Office Collection: SRK Starrer Crosses 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani' Lifetime Figures [Top 10 list]

Shah Rukh Khan starrer "Chennai Express" has surpassed the lifetime collection record of "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani" at the domestic box office.

"Chennai Express" has now become the highest grosser film of 2013 and third highest grosser in India after "3 Idiots" and "Ek Tha Tiger".

The romantic comedy, which also stars Deepika Padukone, has raked in ₹192.85 crore in just 13 days of its theatrical run in India. The lifetime collection record of Ranbir Kapoor-Deepika starrer "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani" stands at ₹188.57 crore.

With this "Chennai Express" has created another record at box office. Rohit Shetty's directorial continues to draw audience towards it in its second week. Its collection have seen a significant drop in the second week, but went  up on Tuesday due to the Raksha Bandhan festival.

The film's producers have created an innovative promotional strategy to draw audiences on Raksha Bandhan. The producers have offered a special offer of "buy two and get one ticket free" to his fans.

Due to the offer almost 1.7 lakh free tickets were doled out, the representatives of the film's co-producers told Mid-Day.

On the second Tuesday, the film has raked in ₹7.06 crore taking the overall domestic toll to ₹192.85 crore.

"ChennaiExpress [Week 2]: Fri 6.50 cr, Sat 8.51 cr, Sun 10.22 cr, Mon 3.80 cr, Tue 7.06 cr. Grand total: ₹192.85 cr nett. FANTABULOUS!" trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted.

The film is now set to cross "3 Idiots" records in India. Since 2009, "3 Idiots" has maintained the top spot and no films have managed to break its record. But the collection trend of "Chennai Express" shows that it will re-write the rules at the box office and bring down Aamir's film to the second spot.

Meanwhile, here is the list of top 10 films with lifetime collections based on figures provided by Adarsh: