Updated on Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 00:00 IST

Spicezee Bureau

Mumbai, Dec 30: For all those who have been trying to tag Akshay as Bollywood’s ‘King’ for the year 2008, there’s news. Reports reveal that Aamir Khan starrer ‘Ghajini’ is raking in big money not only in India, but abroad as well. The film’s collection has already equalled the collection of big hit of the year ‘Singh Is Kinng’, which opened with Rs 900 million worldwide.

And the pace at which ‘Ghajini’ is bagging millions, Industry Pundits suggest that the film would end up becoming the biggest hit of 2008, breaking the records of Bollywood’s highest grossers of the year, including Akshay’s ‘Singh is Kinng’. It is also being anticipated that with the way Aamir’s film is going, it may collect Rs 1.40 billion by the end of second week of its run.

In just five days since its release, ‘Ghajini’ has collected revenues totalling USD4 million (about Rs 200 million), taking its total worldwide collections to nearly Rs 900 million.

According to BIG Pictures, Reliance BIG Entertainment Ltd (RBEL), the distributors of the film in 22 countries, opened with USD0.92 million in the Middle East, followed by North America with USD1.4 million and Australia with USD254,000.

The film is reportedly set to open in Myanmar, Uganda, Malaysia and Morocco in the coming weeks. ‘Ghajini’ also opened in UK, Ireland, Norway, Germany, Denmark, Holland, Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa, New Zealand, Fiji, Mauritius, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia breaking all previous records of any Bollywood film including all Aamir Khan starrers.

None of the industry stalwarts had expected that the last week of 2008 would change the fortunes of Aamir and Akshay, with Aamir grabbing the coveted title of ‘King of Bollywood’ while unassuming Akki boy ushers into the New Year in Goa with wifey Twinkle.