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Like Stars on Earth(2007)
Released
2007 · FILM

Like Stars on Earth

A gifted but misunderstood eight‑year‑old in Mumbai battles his family's high expectations and a rigid school system to prove that his imagination and art can be his true path to success.

“Every child is special.”

Directed by
Aamir Khan
Written by
Amole Gupte
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
162 min
Language
HI
DramaFamily

Synopsis

Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old boy who perceives the world through a lens of wonder, finding joy in colors, fish, dogs, and kites. Unlike the adults around him, who prioritize homework, grades, and order, Ishaan struggles to meet their expectations in school. As a result, he is sent to a boarding school, where he experiences a transformation that changes the course of his life.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 26

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Deepa BhatiaShot by Satyajit PandeScored by Shankar MahadevanDesigned by Shruti Gupte

Box Office

2007 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 11× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$28.4M

Budget$2.6M
Worldwide gross$28.4M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $1.2M — 4% of worldwide · International: $27.2M (96%)

Opening weekend: $353K — 29% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $663K — 54% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 70 theaters

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Also known as

  • Ein Stern auf Erdende
  • Taare Zameen Parde
  • Taare Zameen Par - Ein Stern auf Erdende
  • Stars on Earthen
  • Stelle sulla terrait

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