of collected by Bajrangi Bhaijaan to become the fifth highest grossing Hindi film of all time. The film's fourth week total was approximately and overall. Sanju thus surpassed the lifetime domestic net collections of Tiger Zinda Hai and PK to become the third highest-grossing film (nett) of all time. Overseas The film opened overseas with an estimated collection of in Australia, in New Zealand, in United Kingdom, and in the United States. Sanju debuted at number 8 at the US box office in the opening weekend, earning more than Avengers: Infinity War and Solo: A Star Wars Story in the same week on a comparatively lower number of 356 screens. Its opening week collection was 2.5 million. The film also opened to an earning of in Pakistan. In Dubai, the government allowed cinemas to remain open for 24 hours on Friday and Saturday to prevent crowd frenzy, causing shows to start as early as 4:30 am. In the GCC, the film opened to earnings of , along with a collection of in Norway. Overseas, the film has garnered as of two weeks of its initial release. CEO of Fox Star Studios, Vijay Singh went on to confirm that Sanju was the biggest Indian "film ever for Pakistan and Australia and the second biggest for US." Due to popular demand, Singh also confirmed that Sanju will be released in China. Critical reception India Sanju received mostly positive reviews from critics, with particular praise for Kapoor and Kaushal's performances and Hirani's direction. Swetha Ramakrishnan of Firstpost praised the performances of the cast, especially Kapoor, further writing, "the film doesn't attempt to decode Sanjay Dutt or justify his life. Neither does it try to whitewash his flaws." Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film four and a half stars out of five and wrote, "Sanju is an entertaining saga that blends emotions, humour and drama in adequate doses. It is powerful, engaging, emotional as well as compelling". Meena Iyer of Daily News and Analysis similarly rated the film four and a half stars out of five, stating that "it’s an emotional roller-coaster that will give you the satisfaction of having read a bestseller." Divya Solgama of Bollywood Times gave the film 4.5/5 stars stating that "Sanju’ is an emotionally enriching experience which every cinema lover should witness". Rachit Gupta of The Times of India rated the film four stars out of five