 Chennai Express also broke overseas records ; during paid previews in the UK the film collected more than any first day of a Bollywood film in the UK . The film broke opening weekend records in foreign territories , taking in ₹ 504 @.@ 70 million ( US $ 7 @.@ 5 million ) , including record collections from key markets in the US ( $ 2 @.@ 22 million ) , the UAE ( AED 7 @.@ 73 million ) and the UK ( £ 934 @,@ 118 ) . Chennai Express set a record for opening weekends overseas , grossing US $ 7 @.@ 1 million . It was also successful in Pakistan , where it collected ₨ 18 @.@ 4 million ( US $ 180 @,@ 000 ) in its opening weekend . By 18 August , the film had broken all box office records in Karachi by grossing over ₨ 40 million ( US $ 390 @,@ 000 ) . 
