On February 28, My Name is Khan set a new all-time career record for Shah Rukh Khan becoming the actor’s top-grossing film in North America with total sales of $3,635,000 after 17 days of release. The film surpassed Khan’s old record of $3,597,372 for 2007’s Om Shanti Om and continues to play in 119 theaters across the US and Canada in its third week of play.
On February 22, after only 11 days of release, My Name is Khan also became the highest grossing film ever for director Karan Johar beating the $3,275,444 of 2006’s Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna which starred Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee, Preity Zinta, and Abhishek Bachchan.
